Tips & Techniques

Monday

6th Oct 2025

My Week As... head of an all-through school in Thailand
In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to Caroline Ratcliffe of St Andrews International School Sukhumvit 107 in Bangkok
Banner image featuring head of St Andrews international School, Caroline Ratcliffe .

Tuesday

9th Sep 2025

5 strategies to boost pupil engagement in an AP
An assistant principal at an alternative-provision setting explains how staff get pupils – and parents – onside and engaged in education again

Tuesday

2nd Sep 2025

Sir Jon Coles: ‘I don’t like the phrase impostor syndrome’
Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to CEO of United Learning
Sir Jon Coles

Friday

29th Aug 2025

Why 20 years at a special school has been a joy and privilege
A teacher embarking on another year at a SEMH special school explains why we she fell in love with a challenging job – and keeps on coming back for more
Woman solving rubik's cube

Wednesday

27th Aug 2025

Becoming a headteacher: why I wanted to step up
A new head about to begin his first term in the hot seat reflects on why he wanted to make the move up at a time when leaders are under more pressure than ever
Baseball player at the plate

Tuesday

12th Aug 2025

GCSEs and A levels: 5 tips for new teachers on results days
An experienced headteacher offers advice to new teachers on how to be helpful on results day, without overstepping the mark
Path with a hike marker

Monday

21st Jul 2025

4 ways to make the most of being an interim head
As his time at an international school in Mauritius comes to an end, Jonathan Taylor discusses the key ways a leader can have an impact during a short tenure
Model figures fixing bridge with jigsaw piece

Friday

18th Jul 2025

‘Thanks, teaching’: a love letter after a 36-year relationship
As she prepares to retire after almost four decades, MAT leader and former teacher Caroline Derbyshire pens a thank-you letter to a profession that has given her so much
Caroline Derbyshire: My love letter to teaching

Tuesday

8th Jul 2025

Sir Michael Wilshaw: ‘Structure and discipline liberate children’
In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Sir Michael Wilshaw, former chief inspector of Ofsted
Michael Wilshaw

Monday

30th Jun 2025

How to find leadership roles for quiet pupils
An international primary teacher explains how her school has found ways to encourage all pupils to step forward for leadership responsibilities
Mouse with megaphone

Monday

16th Jun 2025

How to make EDI work in practice
For an academy trust board, an equality, diversity and inclusion policy is far more than a box-ticking exercise and it takes work to put it into practice, trustees tell Tes
TREE with different hands for leaves

Tuesday

10th Jun 2025

The Kenyan boarding school aiming to become self-sustaining
Minimising its environmental impact has become a growing priority for St Andrew’s in Turi – from planting 60,000 trees to cooking with biogas produced from pigs’ waste
OK The Kenyan boarding school