Former teacher and Vice Chair of the Campaign for State Education, Dr Tom Mann, discusses the impact of behavioural policies that are performative, cost-effective and lazy I taught for 35 years both in the UK and abroad in comprehensive schools,…
Following last year's Observer investigation into allegations of abuse, Mossbourne Victoria Park academy is undergoing an independent safeguarding review. Read the original investigation here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/nov/23/teachers-at-mossbourne-academy-in-hackney-screamed-at-and-humiliated-pupils-say-angry-parents And details of the safeguarding review here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/dec/15/academy-trust-england-safeguarding-review-mossbourne The BBC reported on it several times,…
Various family members spent time in prison during Andy West's childhood, including his siblings and father, and today he works as a teacher with The Philosophy Foundation within inner London schools. So, he knows something about behaviour, schools and the…
Thank you to Hannah Fuller, primary teacher and mother of a secondary-school age daughter for her fantastic insight on why a top-down punitive education system is such a failure to young people We have created a secondary school system that…
Assistant head teacher at Henry Fawcett Primary in Lambeth explains why they decided to take a more relational approach to behaviour, starting from point that every person in the school - including the staff - are human beings. Lots of…