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Teaching assistants and the Pupil Premium: Setting the record straight
New research into the role that teachings assistants have to play in delivering Pupil Premium outcomes is welcome. SecEd editor …
The Bett Show 2014 – A SecEd Guide
The Bett Show 2014 takes place once again from January 22 to 25 next year. SecEd's free annual 32-page guide to the world's largest technology event offers a full preview of the exhibition, CPD, seminars and workshops.
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Vocational Education in Germany – A Professional and Cultural Study Tour
A breath-taking holiday taking in some of Germany's most beautiful countryside and cultural sites is combined with a professiona…
10th Dec 2013
School Education in Finland and Sweden – A Professional and Cultural Study Tour
UK educators can take the journey of a lifetime to Finland and Sweden as part of a professional and cultural study tour taking p…
10th Dec 2013
Advice for recruiting teachers from abroad
While teachers trained overseas can contribute a great deal to your school team, the process of recruiting them can seem dauntin…
5th Dec 2013
Making better use of data to improve student outcomes
Simply by improving the use and analysis of data, one school has transformed the progress made by students in maths. Mark Browne…
Future Leaders,5th Dec 2013
The Bett Show 2014 – A SecEd Guide
The Bett Show 2014 takes place once again from January 22 to 25 next year. SecEd's free annual 32-page guide to the world's larg…
5th Dec 2013
NQT Special Edition – Information, advice and guidance for new teachers
SecEd's bi-annual NQT special edition offers eight pages of best practice and advisory articles aimed at supporting NQTs and you…
5th Dec 2013
Ideas for teaching students leadership skills
The Girls’ Day School Trust recently held its national Young Leaders Conference. Dr Kevin Stannard discusses some of their schoo…
5th Dec 2013
Active approaches to Shakespeare in the classroom
Practical, active approaches to studying Shakespeare can have a notable impact on achievement. Fiona Banks from Shakespeare’s Gl…
5th Dec 2013
Turning around an underperforming school
The challenge of turning an underperforming school around can be a daunting one. Principal Dara Carroll discusses some key areas…
5th Dec 2013
Starting an alumni network for your school
Alumni networks can bring huge benefits to schools, but not many spend the time to develop them. Alex Shapland-Howes argues why …
5th Dec 2013
Latest News
At a glance headlines: December 5, 2013
The latest in the stand-off between teaching unions and the government, autism CPD, supporting bereaved children and tips to avo…
SecEd Reporter,5th Dec 2013
Admissions warning as schools told to stamp out unlawful practices
Schools that act as their own admissions authorities, such as academies and free schools, do not always understand their respons…
Pete Henshaw,5th Dec 2013
‘Sex without consent, I suppose that is rape...’
A report into young people’s understanding of consent and rape has uncovered some disturbing findings. It is one of three report…
Pete Henshaw,5th Dec 2013
Singing songs for Friday afternoons
Composer Benjamin Britten wrote his famous Friday Afternoons songs in the 1930s – for pupils at the Prestatyn school where his b…
Emma Lee-Potter,5th Dec 2013
Ban students’ dialects at your peril, academic warns
Pupils should be allowed to speak in their regional dialects, as banning them from schools might do more harm than good, an Engl…
Dorothy Lepkowska,5th Dec 2013
Career CPD guidelines urged for mathematics teachers
The government has been urged to create guidelines outlining the provision of career-long CPD for mathematics teachers to help d…
Pete Henshaw,5th Dec 2013
Teacher training ‘shambles’ is turning into supply ‘crisis’
Experts have slammed the teacher training 'shambles' and fear that a teacher shortage is looming in some subjects while other tr…
Dorothy Lepkowska,5th Dec 2013
Pupil Premium Toolkit update on role of teaching assistants
The Pupil Premium Toolkit is to be updated when new research into the effective use of teaching assistants is published early ne…
Dorothy Lepkowska,5th Dec 2013
Quarter of schools still failing to meet statutory RE duty after EBacc
A third of community schools and more than a third of academies without a religious character are failing to meet their contract…
Pete Henshaw,5th Dec 2013
‘Innovative projects’ key to shared future in Northern Ireland
Lessons gained from shared education programmes between diverse secondary schools can benefit every institution in Northern Irel…