Contents Dear Reader,
Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. In this issue, we look in detail at best practice and how it can be shared between practitioners. This is timely, as MPs in the Public Accounts Committee have scrutinised the effectiveness of the pupil premium and have stated that “urgent steps” are needed to ensure more effective support for two million disadvantaged pupils in England. According to the committee, one of the practical ways in which attainment can be raised in this cohort is through the effective sharing of best practice.
With that in mind, I’m delighted to bring you another extended version of our ever popular View from the classroom feature. This month, we speak to Nazneen Chadee from Woodford County High School for Girls, about the school’s involvement in the Digital Schoolhouse Project, and its provision of expert support and knowledge for the study and delivery of the Key Stage 2 Computing curriculum. Working with providers such as the DSH allows great ideas to be shared across all the schools participating in the programme, to the benefit of pupils and practitioners alike. Meanwhile, in our main feature, we look at the Let Teachers SHINE programme, designed specifically to reward teachers who have come up with innovative ways to help disadvantaged pupils. Elsewhere, we hear from Jane Friswell at nasen, who describes what best practice looks like in a SEND setting, and from Kirsty Timmins, qualified teacher and Director of Shropshire-based TARA Professional Recruitment, who offers advice to supply teachers on fitting in with a school’s methods and keeping up with best practice.
Remember, you can get in touch with us via Twitter, Facebook and our homepage, as well as by phone or email. We love hearing from you!
Enjoy the issue! Jonathan Swift – Managing Editor In this issue... 4-11 NEWS
Highlights from the UK education sector 7 VIEWS
With VSO volunteer Kate Evans, and BESA’s Caroline Wright
12 COLUMNISTS
Insight and advice from Alicia Blanco-Bayo and Kirsty Bertenshaw
13-19 VIEWS AND OPINION
Featuring opinion and comment from the UK education sector 20-23 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
With Nazneen Chadee from Woodford County High School for Girls
24-25 BEST PRACTICE: SUPPLY TEACHERS
Tips for supply teachers
26-27 BEST PRACTICE: LET TEACHERS SHINE
Looking at the Let Teachers SHINE programme
28-29 BEST PRACTICE: SEN
Jane Friswell of nasen asks “What does ‘Outstanding’ SEN provision look like?”
30-31 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT
Including products and services from Altro and Elliott
32-39 COMPUTING & IT RESOURCES
Including products from Groupcall and 3P Learning 40-41 RESOURCES
Including products and services from Fieldwork Education and Hackney Learning Trust
42 ROUND UP
Including news from Vanlease and the ERA Awards
Publication Manager: Carl Hearnden Publishing Director: Paul Ryder Managing Editor: Jonathan Swift Production Controller: Claire Noe Art Editor: Kirsty Hood Secretary: Ashley Parnell Published by:
Datateam Business Media Limited, London Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8LY Tel: 01622 699108 • Fax: 01622 757646 Email:
education@datateam.co.uk Circulation:
datateam@pmps.info Subscription Prices 2014 Number of editions per year: 11 UK: £45 Overseas: £115
The Publishers cannot accept responsibility for any discrepancies either in copy or between products and/or services listed. Nor can they be responsible for illustrations and/or copy for products which lead to infringement of copyright
Education today
OCTOBER 2015 the
decorative panels group
YOUR PERFECT PARTNER
*99.9% germ free lamination board material suitable for furniture and fit out manufacture.
Works
continually for the life of the product.
Available from stock in unicolour and woodgrain finishes.
● ● ● ●
dp-BioCote®
Abrasion results far exceeds that of standard high pressure worktops.
Quartz working within schools
Will not wear off or wash away.
- ideal for use in furniture
manufacture and fi t out *Tested in accordance with ISO22196:2011
In the autumn of 2014, Decorative Panels worked with Bio- Cote®, a leader in the field of antimicrobial technology and other users of its technology to create the world’s first ever classroom that actively inhibits the growth of potentially harmful microbes. For full technical reports and perfor- mance criteria please contact us on 01484 658341, or email us at
info@decorativepanels.co.uk
www.decorativepanels.co.uk
‘Register for your FREE digital issue of Education Today,
www.education-today.co.uk
Sponsored by The Decorative Panels Group
Simply click the ‘registration’ tab and complete a short form in minutes!
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44