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Be more self: the ultimate leadership paradox

     07/06/2023 08:57

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20 min read

The following research article is from Issue 17 (Spring 2023) of Impact, the Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. The theme was 'Teacher effectiveness and teacher development', Here, Andrew Morrish suggests that authentic leadership is the ultimate leadership paradox.

Please Ofsted, stick to your brief

     07/11/2017 11:46

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15 min read

Two particular tweets caught my eye last week. One was from Ofsted and the other a leading academic. The Ofsted one was in relation to them wanting to do some good by conducting research. The other was based on research about how Ofsted do more harm than good. I had to read on.

ITT by numbers

     13/05/2017 22:20

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15 min read

Until not that long ago I didn’t really have a clue how to run an ITT partnership. So I did what I usually do when stuck and turned to others, namely leaders from within the trust. We locked ourselves in a room for days on end, determined that we wouldn’t come out until we cracked it. We did and we created Central England Teacher Training.