Liverpool-born Sir Ken Robinson will forever be an influential figure in education. His TEDTalk ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ from 2006 is the most watched online with more than 66 million views. He championed creativity and stressed that the education system needs to cultivate creativity and divergent thinking rather than being focused on
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Many people would struggle to see the similarities between a headteacher and a football manager, but for the headteacher of St Bede’s Catholic High School in Ormskirk, there are many affinities. Mr Phil Denton has headed up St Bede’s for four years. For Phil, teaching wasn’t an obvious career path. After
A winning formula Surrounded by terraced houses in the streets of St Helens lies Parish CE Primary School. Built in 1912, you can immediately tell the school was, and continues, to play a huge part in the community. Leading the school is Jennifer Young, 39, from Prescot. Jennifer studied English and German
Empowering the future generation St John Bosco Arts College is situated in Croxteth, Liverpool, and is led by University of Liverpool alumnus, Darren Gidman. Darren began his teaching career in 1997 when he became a teacher of mathematics at Archbishop Beck Catholic College. During his time here, he took on a range
At the time of the visit (18 March), it had been over year since the Educate team had the pleasure of stepping foot inside a school to conduct a headteacher interview. Schools had only just reopened a week ago and whilst the way we met staff and students has changed