A Week in the Life of… Ken Heaton
A Week in the Life of… Ken Heaton, headteacher at Florence Melly Community Primary School. Florence Melly Community Primary School in Liverpool has a...
January 15, 2016
Thoughts Worth Sharing – Headteacher Talk
Michael Pennington Headteacher of The Blue Coat School. One thing I wished I had learned at school: I always say I was one of...
January 15, 2016
Thoughts Worth Sharing – Curriculum Vitae
Rob Peacock Principal, Carmel College Your education: My primary school was St Austin’s in Grassendale and, having passed the 11+ exams, I then went...
January 15, 2016
Alex Greenwood
Bootle-born Alex Greenwood plays as a defender for Notts County of the FA WSL and previously played for Everton, who she joined at the...
September 8, 2015
World of Work
At the end of each academic year, hundreds of thousands of students receive their GCSE and A Level results and exit the school gates...
September 7, 2015
Holding schools accountable: The challenges of ring-fenced funding
When the pupil premium was first introduced in April 2011, it promised to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils from poorer backgrounds and...
September 7, 2015
A new way of thinking
Changes in how pupils are assessed The new national curriculum introduced in September 2014 has led to a change in the assessment of pupils...
September 7, 2015
Fostering talent
For Les Rippon, headteacher at St Francis Xavier’s, one of the benefits of being at the helm of a school is the ability to...
September 7, 2015
Aiming for inclusion
In 2019, St Mary’s College will celebrate its milestone centenary year. It’s an occasion which will not only provide the school with an opportunity...
September 7, 2015
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frank Cottrell Boyce – Screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor Frank Cottrell Boyce was born in 1959 in St Helens to an Irish Catholic family....
May 12, 2015
