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Pupils assessed on body language, academic effort ! See this article attached. "Exams create immense stress, narrows the curriculum and has led to an industry of grind schools that unfairly favour the students of economically privileged parents (Hargraves, 2024).

 "Our role is to help make sense of what we see and hear, feed it back, and use it to affirm, challenge, and stretch what educators are doing together with a trusted and collaborative relationship of critical friendship"(Hargreaves, 2024, p. xi). This is the "Why"...

In schools we're often caught in the pursuit of quantifying the unquantifiable. As teachers, we strive to measure aspects of student life that inherently resist simple metrics – wellbeing, effort, collaboration, character etc. But the challenge isn't just in the...

Ed-tech utilisation and spending are growing significantly in absolute terms and as a proportion of overall school budgets. This is happening alongside rising user expectations, increasing use of unauthorised “shadow IT”, and powerful education mega-trends that are...

The most important thing in schools is to ask questions about significant, unresolved issues. Students need to identify problems in the real world, come up with questions that point towards solutions, and gather, organise, and analyse information.

Agency is important for teachers because continually learning and developing sets a positive example for their students. Having agency helps teachers be positive role models and act as leaders. It empowers them to make decisions about their learning and support the...