Almost every school I go to has their values displayed everywhere in the form of a charming acronym formed in some torturous way to spell out SHARE or RESPECT or something. I focus group *lots* of groups of kids. Over 70% can’t even name those values. Posters and acronyms won’t

I mentioned a blog about middle leadership - so here we go (the first of a series.... eek!) Thanks to those who encouraged me to post it a month or so back ❤️ Finally got around to it - enjoy! Middle Leadership Chronicles: The importance of gratitude laurawebbcpd.com/2025/08/13/mid…

New Blog Post 9 Traits of Thriving Secondary Schools My thoughts on what I think has worked in my experience, before I head off to primary headship :) samcrome.com/2025/08/22/9-t…

AQA English Language examiner feedback summarised for you thehappyteacherhub.co.uk/resources-of-t…

*NEW* for June 2026 onwards: AQA Lang P1 specimen papers and accompanying PPT slide decks. I’ll add to this folder as I update them. Includes: ✅ Enduring Love ✅ Hound of Baskervilles ✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping ✅To Kill a Mockingbird Help yourself 😊 dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qgdc…

It is 5 August 1914 & THE STORMCLOUDS OF WAR have broken over Europe. Today, the first in a six part special on the outbreak of the great catastrophe that was THE FIRST WORLD WAR. We march with the German army on Flanders, & witness THE RAPE OF BELGIUM linktr.ee/restishistory

This seems appropriate. It is just a piece of cloth … then blind your conscience to the end.

🧵Every year when I work with SCITT students, I highlight that the teacher is, ‘The frame around the picture not the picture in the frame’. It is not how slick you look in your lesson, it’s how your teaching affects what’s going on in the minds of the students.

susansenglish.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/why… Here is the English Language Summary of both Paper 1 and Paper 2 2025 exam reports for AQA if useful. Team English

Obesogenic societies make it easy to be overweight. Are we living in a stupidogenic society - one that makes it easy to be stupid? And if so, what can schools do about it? Latest on our Substack - link below.

LPMarthu Chris Curtis Kirsty B📖 We use the Bedrock Learning platform now, but in my previous school we had reading booklets. Students had to read the text for that week and complete the questions and tasks. Each week’s homework text was a continuation of whatever text we read in the reading lesson. You can see

Revamping our Macbeth scheme and have used AI to create sketch images of each scene. Thought I’d share here in case they’re of any use to anyone for lessons, displays or revision. Use/ignore as you see fit! dropbox.com/scl/fi/aezx33s… Team English

I am really looking forward to teaching "Othello" in September. My updated teaching booklet is available here - feel free to use/chop/change. Go to the downloads at the bottom of the page. amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/othello/

2026 LANGUAGE EXAM: I shared this series of lessons last year, but I’ve gone back and revised them to reflect the changes to the AQA English Language exam for 2026. Covers both papers. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Team English dropbox.com/scl/fo/o6vw4t9…

There are 8 in here now: ✅ The Monkey’s Paw ✅ The Landlady ✅ The Pearl ✅ The Birds ✅ To Kill a Mockingbird ✅ Hound of the Baskervilles ✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping ✅ Enduring Love I’m having a rest now 🤣

This September, if you are looking to improve your classroom practice, one of the highest-leverage but underused strategies to try is HIGH-FREQUENCY questioning. Not note-taking, not copying definitions, not retrieval starters. What do I mean? 1/

Why new teachers must look after their wellbeing: tes.com/magazine/analy…

Why Frankenstein is the story that defines our fears bbc.com/culture/articl… via BBC Culture

🧵 As I go into my 26th year working in education & directly in schools I want to share 5 key reflections….

I was about to write this post - but then found I already did, six years ago. But it's timeless - always true. Find your space; Own your space! To be effective and happy, we need to be ourselves. teacherhead.com/2019/01/02/fin… via Tom Sherrington