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NQT Special: Five steps to failure!

Senior leadership NQTs
School leaders Sean Harris and Ben Ryder explain the five steps NQTs should definitely avoid if they want to have an impact beyond their NQT year!

According to Sir Michael Wilshaw, it is a “national scandal” that an estimated two-fifths of newly equipped teachers depart the teaching profession within five years of joining it.

Increasing demands to demonstrate progress at all times in your lessons, a persistence to pack further subject knowledge into key stage 4 courses, and widening working hours each pose a real challenge to NQTs about to take on a full timetable and maintain something of the energy and skill that has got them this far.

These five steps are guaranteed to help even the most dedicated, enthusiastic, promising NQT fail as a teacher. 

If you are looking to have minimal impact in the profession and lead students to “less than expected” outcomes then uphold the following principles!

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