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An Updated Practical Guide to the Pupil Premium (PDF)

Fully updated with the 2015 policy updates from the Department for Education and published in partnership with the National Education Trust, this book provides essential information and advice to help schools make best use of the Pupil Premium grant and improve outcomes for disadvantaged learners. The author is a recognised national expert on the Pupil Premium. He has visited more than 150 schools and has spoken with over 1000 school leaders and here he shares examples of innovation and excellence in their use of the additional funding. Featuring a foreword by Sir John Dunford, DfE Pupil Premium Champion.

The Art of Standing Out: School Transformation, to Greatness and Beyond (PDF)

The Art of Standing Out is the culmination of 18 years of experience as a Head for Andrew Morrish, who has a proven and unblemished record for transforming challenging schools from special measures to outstanding. Blending personal insight with tried-and-tested strategies, The Art of Standing Out is a powerful blueprint for all ambitious Heads, senior leadership teams and governing bodies, demonstrating how schools can be led from the brink of closure to world-class centres of learning. Reviews 'A beautiful, inspirational book. I hope it flies off the shelves!' Richard Gerver 'A memorable, uplifting read. I loved it.' Geoff Barton 'Compelling, moving and practical.' Russell Hobby 'An enjoyable read, peppered with accumulated wisdom and amusing anecdotes.' Professor Rob Coe 'I love this book. If you want to be a school leader then read it.' Vic Goddard 'A hugely entertaining read.' Dame Alison Peacock 'A thought-provoking book using deliciously bittersweet moments.' Ross Morrison McGill 'A compelling story, refreshingly honest and open.' Zoe Elder 'A must-read for all aspiring leaders.' Sue Williamson 'A book that will make you laugh, cry and think.' Stephen Tierney 'A sweeping tale...Optimistic and heartfelt.' Ty Goddard 'A timely powerful book that deserves to be widely read and debated.' Professor John West-Burnham About the Author Andrew is founder Chief Executive of Victoria Academies, a multi academy trust in the West Midlands, currently consisting of five primary schools. As well as a sponsor, the trust also provides school-centred ITT through Central England Teacher Training. Andrew is the Executive Headteacher of two schools: Victoria Park Academy, which he led from special measures to outstanding in exactly one thousand days and more recently, Rowley Park Academy, currently in special measures and sponsored by Victoria Park. Prior to this Andrew was the Headteacher in East London of one of the largest primary schools in the country with almost a thousand pupils, a school that he also led to outstanding. He is passionate about the role creativity, social enterprise (check out @thespiceacademy) and innovation can play in creating stand-out schools. Andrew is a National Leader of Education, a trained inspector and Fellow of the RSA. He blogs at www.standoutlearning.me

High Challenge, Low Threat: How The Best Leaders Find The Balance

High Challenge, Low Threat is Mary Myatt's smart and thoughtful exploration of all the things that wise leaders do. Informed through thousands of conversations over a 20-year period in education, Mary shows the lessons that school management teams can learn from leaders in a wide range of other sectors and points to the conditions which these leaders create to allow colleagues to engage with difficult issues enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. This book makes the case that any leadership role is concerned primarily with the relationships between individuals. It is the quality of these, whatever the size of the organisation, which make the difference between organisations which thrive, and those which stagnate. This is not to argue for soft, easy and comfortable options. Instead it considers how top leaders manage to walk the line between the impossible and the possible, between the undoable and the doable, and to create conditions for productive work which transcend the difficulties which come towards us every day. Instead of dodging them, they embrace them. And by navigating high challenge, low threat, they show how others how to do the same.

Managing Teacher Workload

It is acknowledged that the quality of teaching is the critical factor in raising standards of learning. And yet teachers' workload has rocketed in recent years, leaving morale for many at rock-bottom. Recent DfE analysis shows that primary teachers work around 60 hours a week and school leaders even longer. This is not sustainable. Teachers need an end to excessive working hours. Edited by Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at leading teaching union ATL, Managing Teacher Workload brings together leading educationalists to discuss real, practical ways to solve the biggest problem in the profession. Contributors: Mary Bousted, General Secretary, ATL; Emma Knights, Chief Executive of the National Governors' Association (NGA); Heath Monk, Executive Director of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham, former CEO of the Future Leaders Trust; Julian Stanley, chief executive, Education Support Partnership; Mary Myatt; Joe Pardoe; Lee Card; Toby French; Judith Vaughan; Collette Bradford

The School Leadership Journey: What 40 Years in Education Has Taught Me About Leading Schools in an Ever-Changing Landscape (PDF)

In this outstanding book, John Dunford sets out the key elements of what he has learned about school leadership, teaching and learning during his 45-year career. He interweaves a series of enlightening stories about government education policy during this period with the way in which successful schools have navigated the constantly changing policy landscape.

Synonyms and Antonyms: Vocabulary For The C. E. M. Style 11 Plus

Synonyms and antonyms are crucial for success in the C.E.M. 11 Plus exams. Students need to be able to complete large sets of synonyms or antonyms in a short amount of time. These can be either choosing the correct word or filling in the missing letters. Many students find these very difficult and concerted practice is essential. This book contains lots of practice, to enable student to improve their vocabulary and their ability to answer these crucial question types. This edition is freshly revised and edited.

Dragon Gold

What would you do if there was a school competition to make a dragon that can fly? Ryan always wins everything, thanks to his incredibly competitive dad. Ryan will have the state-of-the-art gadget like always. Harri would love to know what it feels like to win, just once, but there's no chance. And then someone new walks into Harri's mum's shop. Someone almost invisible. What would you do if you had a dragon. A real fire-breathing, chocolate loving dragon. But you can't tell anyone....

Mr Mahli's Shed: and a ghost named Dylan

Everybody likes Mr Mahli, especially his neighbours, nine-year-old Tomos and Alys, but when they volunteer to look after his garden on Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, they get more than they bargained for in the form of a rather grumpy ghost called Dylan.

IB Skills: Science - A Practical Guide Teacher's Book (PDF)

From IB Publishing, in cooperation with Hodder Education. Help students to understand the key and related concepts and build the skills they need to reach the highest level of the assessment criteria. IB Skills is an innovative new series of resources for years 4 and 5 of the MYP. These resources aim to: - introduce students to key and related concepts that are relevant within and across the subject areas - develop interdisciplinary and disciplinary skills that are essential to the understanding of both concepts and subject content - help students to understand key features of the MYP-global contexts, approaches to learning (ATL), inquiry and reflection.

You Wouldn't Want To Be On Shackleton's Polar Expedition! (You Wouldn't Want to Be)

Get ready...as a harderned sailor, you're about to join Shackleton in what will prove to be one of the most gruelling adventures of all time as you brave your way across the bitterly cold continent of Antarctica. As you encounter extreme cold, strong icy winds and a worrying lack of food and water, you'll soon see why you really wouldn't want to join Shackleton's polar expedition! This title in the popular You Wouldn't Want to Be series features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail. This extended edition features brand new extra content including a timeline, fun facts a list of 'top' characters and a map.

You Wouldn't Want to be in the Ancient Greek Olympics! (You Wouldn't Want To Be... Ser.)

You are a young boy in the city-state of Athens at the height of the Ancient Greek civilisation. Following several years in one of the city's schools, your father wants you to prove yourself at the most famous athletic competition of all - the Olympics.

Beginner's Watercolour

Over 20 simple watercolour projects for beginners, packed with techniques and tips.Paint beautiful watercolours with ease, even if you've never picked up a brush! With a fully illustrated step-by-step introduction and a range of beautiful projects to paint, you'll quickly go from painting novice to art aficionado.

Classical Music's Strangest Concerts and Characters

Extracted from five hundred years of musical history, this is a fascinating collection of stories about classical music's most unusual concerts and characters.

How To Make Art (How To Ser.)

'Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up' – Pablo Picasso

Inclusive Primary Teaching: A Critical Approach To Equality And Special Educational Needs And Disability (PDF)

This is an invaluable and fully updated text on inclusive practice for primary trainees and teachers and for those in the UK working towards the National Award SEN Co-ordination. The book provides an equality- and child-centered approach to inclusion, combining both theory and practice while promoting critical thinking about the complex issues involved. Scenarios are used as the basis for unpicking major topics and provide opportunities for learning in context, while questions and reflections encourage deep thinking about key learning points. This second edition has been fully revised throughout and now includes: full reference to the UK's new Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2014), as well as the Children and Families Act (2014) and Behaviour2Learn * two new chapters on understanding learners who are vulnerable and understanding learners with communication difficulties * extended thinking activities and extended reflections to support M-level study * an improved organization with emphasis on the UK's national priorities. *** ''Readily accessible writing style and clearly structured chapters, using visual spidergrams, are suited to the needs of our trainees - particularly highlighting implications for their own practice. Good distillation of current practice underpinned by evidence from educational theory and policy; right up to date. Concise summaries in the form of taking it further - with descriptions of the references to encourage further investigation/clarify information and provide greater depth. '' -- Karen Taylor Burge, U. of East London *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO (Series: Critical Teaching) [Subject: Education]

Key Concepts In Primary Science: Audit And Subject Knowledge (Critical Teaching Ser.)

Essential reading for all primary science trainee and beginning teachers who want to strengthen their science subject knowledge.

Language, Literacy And Communication In The Early Years: A Critical Foundation (Early Years Ser.)

Alpha: The 1st Book of Mathsteasers

Alpha: The 1st Book of Mathsteasers is one of three question booklets aimed at advanced learners, written by Dr Tony Gardiner. The books, similar to the Maths — No Problem! Primary Textbook Series, follow the 2014 English National Curriculum. The problems in this book are ideal for children in Years 4 to 8 who have mastered the standard curriculum work and are looking for a further challenge. Questions featured in each book deepen pupils’ mathematical knowledge rather than advancing them through topics. This book contains 12 chapters, based on the national curriculum for Year 4 including topics such as place value, fractions and geometry, and over 140 challenging problems in total.

Beta: The 2nd Book of Mathsteasers

This question book uses the knowledge learnt in Year 5 to challenge advanced learners to think more deeply. The problems are tricky and can be used to stretch older pupils until Year 8. It is a flexible resource designed to be used by any pupil having a clever day and looking for that extra challenge to today's lesson. The Mathsteasers Series follows the 2014 English National Curriculum so is a great addition to any maths mastery programme or to be used as an after-school activity. As an added bonus at the end of each chapter you can find full solutions to each problem.

Gamma: The 3rd Book of Mathsteasers

This question book uses the knowledge learnt in Year 6 to challenge advanced learners to think more deeply. The problems are tricky and can be used to stretch older pupils until Year 8. It is a flexible resource designed to be used by any pupil having a clever day and looking for that extra challenge to today's lesson. The Mathsteasers Series follows the 2014 English National Curriculum so is a great addition to any maths mastery programme or to be used as an after-school activity. As an added bonus at the end of each chapter you can find full solutions to each problem.

Maths — No Problem! Magic Oven – Foundations: (pdf)

Tell a Maths Story. Cooking in a magical kitchen adds up to a lot of fun! Maths — No Problem! Foundations brings you maths through stories. Let these humorous family tales take you through a landscape of maths, where shapes, numbers and patterns are all part of the fun!

Maths — No Problem! Playmates – Foundations: (pdf)

Tell a Maths Story. Join five friends who want to play with numbers! Maths — No Problem! Foundations brings you maths through stories. Let these humorous family tales take you through a landscape of maths, where shapes, numbers and patterns are all part of the fun!

Maths — No Problem! Rosy Red – Foundations: (pdf)

Tell a Maths Story. How many eggs will the hungry bunny find? Maths — No Problem! Foundations brings you maths through stories. Let these humorous family tales take you through a landscape of maths, where shapes, numbers and patterns are all part of the fun!

Maths — No Problem! This 'n That – Foundations: (pdf)

Tell a Maths Story. Meet a tangram cat and dog who live in a world of shapes. Maths — No Problem! Foundations brings you maths through stories. Let these humorous family tales take you through a landscape of maths, where shapes, numbers and patterns are all part of the fun!

Pearson BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award in Digital Information Technology: Component 3

This is a brand new book covering all of the externally examined Component 3 of the Level 1/2 BTEC Tech Award. It provides comprehensive yet concise coverage of the component through case studies and questioning. It will be invaluable both as a course text and as a revision guide for students nearing the end of their course. It is divided into six sections covering every element of the Component 3 specification.