A great covering letter for a Mathematics Head of Faculty/Department position. It has many of the key areas that leadership is looking for. You will just need to chop and change some of the details, but it will provide you with a solid foundation and starting point.

A great covering letter for an English Head of Faculty/Department position. It has many of the key areas that leadership is looking for. You will just need to chop and change some of the details, but it will provide you with a solid foundation and starting point.

A great covering letter for a Science Head of Faculty/Department position. It has many of the key areas that leadership is looking for. You will just need to chop and change some of the details, but it will provide you with a solid foundation and starting point.

A great covering letter for a History Head of Faculty/Humanities/Department position. It has many of the key areas that leadership is looking for. You will just need to chop and change some of the details, but it will provide you with a solid foundation and starting point.

A tried and tested letter that has been very successful. It includes all of the key areas that head teachers are looking for in a candidate.

A long list of varied questions that I have been asked and used over my 15 years as a teacher and in to leadership. They will be really useful to get you thinking and to effectively prepare before the interview at any level, from your first teaching post through to leadership. I have been asked or asked all of these in one form or another.

A letter outline that gives some ideas and structure as to how to construct a letter when making the transition to SLT. You will need to add your own experience and ideas, but should give you the basis of your covering letter. The more whole-school initiatives that you can add, the better. Remember to always look at the needs of the school that you are applying to and address those in your letter.

A good letter that has gained both myself and many colleagues a middle leadership post. Some of the detail will need changing, but the structure and format is a tried and tested one.

An editable resource that allows any departmental area to lay out a clear structure and sequence of learning. This is a superb way to demonstrate the building and intent of your course. It is easy to follow and demonstrate the key areas related to the new OFSTED framework. The example is a geography one, but it can be edited to incorporate the content of any subject area.

A lovely and simple lesson that allows pupils to understand what jobs may be available in the future. It also enables pupils to practice and develop their note-taking skills. With particular reference to putting texts into their own words. It was planned as an integral part of the KS3 Geography curriculum, but can also be used for PSHCE at a whole-school level.

A really useful tool that outlines the types of tasks that students can do when working creatively and/or independently. This can be used in any subject or linked to any unit of study. It is great to use for metacognitive learning and setting up units of independent learning, especially useful for pupils that struggle to know what to do.

A sheet designed to be used by pupils after a piece of workwork. It allows students to think about the processes that they undertook and how & why their practice could/should be improved in the future. It ties well in to metacognitive thinking in that it allows learners to address the entire learning experience and not simply knowledge. This should help promote even more effective learners at a departmental & whole school level.

A super lesson that explores percentages of different factors around the world, as if it was a village of 100 people.

Used to give a pupils an understanding that their actions directly impact the progress that they make. Pupils simply highlight the statements across the sheet that best describe them. Pupils then look at the top 5 key areas that they need to improve and say how they are going to achieve it.

A variety of resources that can and have effectively been used by all faculty areas to help set cover and revision lessons. These are all fairly simple activities. Some will need a little bit of your own content adding, but others can be used as they are. If you need any help or support, please feel free to ask. Thanks. Andy.

4 resources that can be used for retrieval, recap & recall for any subject. The low stakes test outlines need to be populated with questions specific to your subject. The hexagon grid needs no prior planning (other than printing off the sheet). The quiz sheet allows students to create questions that are linked to their learning and populate the grid with the answers. They can then switch sheets with a partner and complete it.