Making our school safe in Covid -19 times
I take little, if any credit for making our special school as safe as it can possibly be for our …
Author Archives: cherrylkd
Those Lazy Teachers
On Thursday June 4th 2020 The TES ran this story from the DfE which basically said that head teachers must …
In appreciation of all key workers, a guest video from @NeillOldham
Eighteen months ago Highfurlong School welcomed a new Head Teacher, Neill Oldham. He was not only new new to us …
Silent Corridors
This week I’ve been reading many tweets and articles on the subject of silent corridors. This isn’t a new debate …
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 …
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 …
