At the beginning of my career I was told that I had to pick one of two routes, the academic route or the pastoral route... no pressure. Now, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box and it takes me a while to master something properly so the idea that I had to quickly pick … Continue reading Why I Went Back to The Academic Route
English Department Leadership
Creating a Department Tracker
A teacher’s guide to creating a department tracker within a reasonable timeframe Now if you're anything like me, you have moved from school to school and have always been reliant on that mystical 'Data Person' to build your department trackers; a mind-boggling piece of work that has so many different numbers, formulas and 'don't touch' … Continue reading Creating a Department Tracker
#TENC19 Talk – How to enthuse and encourage Pupil Premium students with the English Curriculum
It was back in September 2018 when a DM from the awesome TENC (Team English National Conference) women appeared in my inbox asking me to lead a workshop at this year’s conference. I was stupefied at the thought that people actually wanted to hear from me. Keeping in mind, that this during the period when … Continue reading #TENC19 Talk – How to enthuse and encourage Pupil Premium students with the English Curriculum
A Long Time Coming…
I have been wanting to create a blog for quite some time now but never really mustered the courage to do it. So why now? I suppose the timing has something to do with fighting the 'imposter syndrome' that I have been battling with for a while. Not to mention the fact that I just … Continue reading A Long Time Coming…
A Scouser's Guide to Education 