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5 reasons to welcome the new Headteacher Standards and NPQ frameworks

by David Weston | 13 Oct, 2020 | Uncategorized

Our CEO, David Weston, reflects on today’s publications. Headteachers have never been more under pressure, more stressed and more taken up by day-to-day operational matters, let alone the impact that the current pandemic is having on them and their families....

Leading Teaching Across Trusts: 4 Key Ideas

by David Weston | 18 Sep, 2020 | Uncategorized

David Weston, TDT’s CEO, reflects on key principles for Trust leaders when thinking about leading for effective teaching quality and collaboration across their schools. Leading great teaching across a trust is a series of puzzles: How do we create a shared...

Sec-Ed Podcast

by Michelle | 6 May, 2020 | Uncategorized

What Makes Effective CPD? Maria Cunningham, Head of Education, and Ben Solly, Headteacher, talk to Pete Henshaw of Sec-Ed in this recent Podcast.

Time to think

by David Weston | 1 May, 2020 | Uncategorized

The obligatory phrase ‘How are you?’ is, more often than not, the opening line of many of our conversations. Whether we are talking to a family member, friend, colleague or even a stranger, we tend to ask some variation of this question. But how often do we get a...

Dr Kathy Weston (@Parentengage): Advice on supporting parents through home education

by David Weston | 23 Mar, 2020 | Uncategorized

Key ideas [bctt tweet=”Don’t overload parents: structured timetables and too many demands may be unhelpful as parents are trying to balance things at home”]. Some parents may be really struggling to adapt to the new situation, it could be very...

Secondary CPD spend surges… and 5 other things you need to know

by David Weston | 19 Mar, 2020 | Uncategorized

Some really surprising startling trends have appeared in this year’s analysis of schools’ spending on staff development. Carried out as a collaboration between SchoolDash and the Teacher Development Trust, the headline is that [bctt tweet=”Teachers...