Memory
With a new curriculum that demands students retain more information than ever before, teachers have faced a new set of challenges: how...
Can we make marking meaningful and manageable?
Kim White and I are the Professional Mentors at Notley High School. One of the main concerns that our trainee and newly qualified...
What Do You Expect?
‘In life we often get what we expect, not what we deserve.’ (Tom Bennett, 2011). When writing about high expectations, it would be...
Why do we introduce change?
The task of making KS3 assessments more effective is still a priority for our department and as discussed in my previous blog the...