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Want your kids to succeed? Praise effort and grit not talent. Fascinating study.

A lovely image to show the power of sharing a great book.

We are proud of how our staff work tirelessly to support pupils with additional needs. However, we want to continue to innovate and develop provision; our new Vision For SEND provides a framework for how we will make progress on this over the next two years.

We should absolutely try to make lessons interesting and varied, and engage students. Several issues with 'fun' though: 1. The goal of school is learning, not entertainment 2. Aiming for fun is a losing game for education. School and teachers are never going to be able to

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

Working in collaborative partnership is at the heart of our Trust mission. Our Business Team spent time understanding the essential role they play in ensuring the best possible curriculum for our pupils. #Collaboration

Our Senior Leaders from across the Trust came together to evaluate ‘to what extent are we developing Successful Learners’. This evaluation will inform our Education Leadership Team’s bespoke professional development for the Spring term. #collaboration

Bespoke professional development is a key entitlement for all staff at ACE. We were welcomed to Brixham C of E to evaluate the Headteacher’s new vision for the school and see the impact through the lens of the pupils.

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Staff across the Trust are empowered to be their very best through personalised professional development. Our support staff team requested training on their ACE curriculum: staff were able to explore and evaluate their own personal values and how they align to the vision. #ACE

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The Educational Leadership Team Meeting brought together Heads and staff from across the Trust to collaborate. The focus was on evaluating ACE Pedagogy; planning the strategy to ensure our pupils achieve their potential and time to reflect on the future of assessment.

Photographs of the Sun taken at the same place and time for 12 months.

Athletes!!!!!

St Gabriel’s hosted an excellent Trust wide book look. Leaders had time to explore, question and evaluate the quality of writing in their pupils’ reflective journals. It is inspiring to see the progress of each school on their journey to excellence. #collaboration #excellence

Being a headteacher isn't about climbing the school hierarchy; it's about fostering the growth and improvement of those around us.

Research shows that listening to music while revising is not as beneficial as doing it in silence. Students who revised in quiet environments performed over 60% better in an exam than their peers who revised listening to music that had lyrics. Read more innerdrive.co.uk/blog/music-whi…

‘It may or may not be the case that a child growing up on a council estate will encounter Shakespeare at home. Or Plato. Or Pythagoras. Or Hildegard of Bingen. Or the music of Miles Davis or the poetry of Keats. That is precisely why we teach it. School is not meant to reflect

This argument doesn’t follow. The curriculum hasn’t changed in years, but attendance has- mainly because of lockdowns, dehabituation of children and families from the presumption of attendance. Asking students if they are engaged with the work misunderstands what engagement is: