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We are recruiting – Closing date 7th May 2013

by | 24 Apr, 2013 | Job

Teacher Development Trust Programme Support Officer 1 year fixed term contract, full time Are you looking for an opportunity to use your outstanding organisation, communication and research skills to take a young charity to a new level? Are you excited by the...

Does more teaching mean higher achievement?

by | 18 Apr, 2013 | Opinion, Research

The Telegraph reports that Michael Gove has declared that he wants to cut the length of school holidays in order to improve standards. I’ve plotted a graph of the number of hours that teachers spend teaching per year (from OECD TALIS data) against their average...

The dangers of performance-related pay

by | 17 Apr, 2013 | Opinion

A personal blog by our Chief Executive. Why are we motivated to teach? Research by Barmby for Durham University in 2006 interviewed 200 teachers and noted the top 10 reasons given for entering the profession (some gave more than one): Always had it in mind – 40%...

National Scholarship Fund for teachers

by | 9 Apr, 2013 | News

The DfE has opened the applications for the new National Scholarship Fund which provides grants of up to £3500 to subsidise half the cost of CPD covering specialist or subject knowledge within English, Maths, Science or SEN. Applications must be completed online and...

A new government focus on CPD?

by | 2 Apr, 2013 | News

The Teacher Development Trust welcomes the new focus from the Department for Education on the importance of professional development for teachers. The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, wrote to our Chief Executive last week and said: “As you will...