A Special few Weeks
The last few weeks @Highfurlong School have been bordering on incredible. It’s been a month of mixed emotions, a month …
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For all the NQTS.
This is a quick post aimed at NQTs who will be taking up their role as class teacher for this …
High Expectations for SEND
For some time now I have been feeling that there has been a downward turn in the assessment of SEND. …
Doodles’ Progress
For those readers who don’t know, Doodles is Highfurlong’s school dog. He was bought by me in 2017, with the …
Academies, Free Schools and Maintained Schools
Yesterday Damian Hinds MP, our Secretary of State for Education put this statement on Twitter: ‘And this week we celebrated …
Mentoring the Newcomers
September usually brings new staff into our schools, some may be new to education while others may have moved from …
Doodles Earns his own Certificate
Doodles, our school dog has been in school since he was 11 weeks old. I wanted him to be in …
In Defence of Attendance Awards
This is one of those posts that could be seen as slightly controversial but I’ll say it anyway. Lately on …
Using the new Pre Key Stage Standards
Last Monday a perfectly lovely lady from the LA came to eat biscuits, drink tea and most importantly moderate our …
Lesson Planning and TAs
As a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) I am allied to the Fylde Coast Teaching School Alliance. Being an SLE …
