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Reading fluency: Headteacher Update

News
24 Feb 2025
What are the three elements of reading fluency and how do we teach them? Our Reading Fluency Project Leader Kathy Roe explores what reading fluency is and what it is not in her latest article.
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Reviewing contracts – the balancing game

Blog
18 Feb 2025
It is the time of year where we are reviewing our contracts ready to plan for the new budget 2025/26
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Term Times - spring 2025: The Great School Framework

The Great School Framework (GSF) outlines ten ambitious features of an ideal school, aiming to improve education quality and outcomes.
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Nursery World and QA Education Update

News
14 Feb 2025
Two of our talented team members, Jennifer Ferguson and Fiona Tobin, have recently published articles exploring themes of home visits for smoother transitions and the power of pedagogy when using EdTech. Wanting to find out more? Read on to discover the full articles.
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Creative ways to teach multiplication and division with beadstrings: One Hundred Hungry Ants activities

Blog
11 Feb 2025
Discover engaging multiplication and division activities using beadstrings and One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J Pinczes. Fun learning in primary maths for World Book Day.
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Embracing flexible working – a governor’s guide (Part 1)

Blog
10 Feb 2025
This, and our next blog, will be focussed on supporting governors and trustees to explore the concept, challenges and benefits of flexible working in schools with a follow up focussed on taking action to embrace flexible leadership models when recruiting a headteacher.
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The Great School Framework

The Great School Framework
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The Great School Framework - ambitious inspirational and strategic leadership

The Great School Framework  - ambitious inspirational and strategic leadership in schools and working with schools.
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The Great School Framework - background

Background to the development of the Great School Framework which is designed to inspire those in schools and working with schools.
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The Great School Framework - self-review

The Great School Framework - embedded, forensic self review and reflection.