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‘Was it because I’m a woman? Or because I’m a black woman?’
Too many BME aspiring leaders suffer unconscious - or conscious – bias when applying for headships, writes one head
10 February 2019
Ranked: the best and worst lessons to cover
In supply teaching, you never know what lessons you will be teaching – some you’re happier to see on your timetable than others
9 February 2019
The real reasons kids ‘go to the loo’ halfway through a lesson
There’s one school rule the secret supply teacher always breaks - you never know why a student might need to go to the loo, he writes
26 January 2019
‘I was there for everyone else - but I forgot about me’
An ‘open-door’ policy left this head emotionally drained and unable to carry on teaching. Here they share their story
20 January 2019
Who do Ofsted think they are, treating teachers so disrespectfully?
Ofsted’s proposals to turn up with 150 minutes’ notice screams of distrust, says one headteacher
17 January 2019
I can’t sleep. Why? I’m too excited to go back to school
This time last year, fear of returning to school kept this teacher awake awake – now it’s their excitement to get back to teaching
13 January 2019