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The secret supply teacher has experimented with a number of teaching strategies. But what would happen, he wondered, if he didn’t talk in lessons at all?

A bad day can be improved by stopping to appreciate small moments of joy and wonder on the way into school, says the secret supply teacher

From the moment their course begins, trainee teachers are under pressure to find a job. But, says one NQT, this is a recipe for disaster

A great form tutor quit because his struggling tutees fared badly at GCSE. His former colleague reflects on a needless loss

While permanent staff listen attentively to cliché-filled welcome-back speeches, the secret supply teacher sits serenely

The assumption that you have to like all pupils in early years foundation stage is a myth, claims this Reception teacher