subject knowledge

8 min read 2022-03-16 13:45:02

Establishing effective curriculum leadership

If you’re a senior leader it is likely that you’ll have some responsibility that involves the the curriculum. It is also likely that, at least in

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The spotlight Every subject leader rightly thinks that their subject is important. And every subject requires colleagues’ attention to build

8 min read 2022-01-22 01:00:00

Availability of expertise, time and the juggling of many responsibilities all make it very difficult to meet the high subject specific expectations

7 min read 2021-12-08 15:42:58

Quality assurance or monitoring is a staple leadership activity but the typical mechanisms for doing so such as lesson observations, work scrutinies

7 min read 2021-12-03 04:20:26

Quality first teaching is a strange phrase. I may be wrong but I think its origin can be traced back to the SEND code of practice. It’s most recent

1 min read 2021-11-20 01:17:20

Whether a senior leader in charge of the curriculum or a subject leader in charge of one or a number of individual subjects, the challenge is the

1 min read 2021-10-16 01:30:00

Subject leaders do an incredible job. In the average primary school, most get minimal additional non contact time and often lead more than one

1 min read 2021-09-25 02:45:43

Leading a subject is a tough job. ITT prepares teachers to teach but as soon as the induction period is completed, teachers often take on the

1 min read 2021-05-27 22:34:45

If you’re in charge of something in school, it’s likely you’ve been asked to write an action plan. I have a number of issues with these that I

8 min read 2020-11-21 02:00:18

This post, a follow on from previous in the same vein on cultural leadership and impact, aims to identify the knowledge needed by leaders to lead the

6 min read 2020-11-15 16:53:14

Leaders need to know the difference between the actions that they take and the result of those actions. This can sometimes be blurred, particularly

3 min read 2020-05-18 21:45:15

In the first post in this series, I detailed our process of setting strategic direction – a community wide collaboration of agreeing aims, values

1 min read 2020-03-11 02:22:07

One way of creating coherence in a curriculum is to pay close attention to the key concepts for each subject. These key concepts go by other names

7 min read 2020-02-16 21:50:38

This post leans heavily upon the great work by Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler in The Writing Revolution. In my school, the least advantaged

1 min read 2019-12-10 05:22:17

This post, the second of three, details the process carried out to reform the curriculum upon taking up my Headship back in July 2018. Every