THE REFLECTIVE TEACHER

Recently, I've been thinking about the language we use in schools (for example, how we communicate/ outline expectations), heavily sparked by GCSE results da...

September is finally here. How has this happened? Surely, it was only yesterday that we were wishing students ‘good luck’ for exams and 5 minutes since we wi...

I remember my first experience in an FE college well. It involved presiding over enrolment season in late August/ early September with too many emails flying...

As an English teacher and leader in FE, I spend my time working with GCSE English and maths students who have achieved less than a grade 4 at KS4. A lot of m...