Sentences with phrase «found headteachers»

He found headteachers were being undermined at the hand of the new governors and that curriculums were being narrowed to reflect their personal views.

A new analysis has found a headteacher's performance is not linked to their subject background — challenging previous research that claimed heads of failing academies can be categorised into five different types.

A new analysis has found a headteacher's performance is not linked to their subject background — challenging previous research that claimed heads of failing academies can be categorised...

Not exact matches

Headteachers will find it much easier to get rid of poorly performing teachers under a shakeup of rules from Michael Gove.

«A recent survey for the NASUWT of over 37,000 teachers and headteachers found overwhelming opposition to the Coalition Government's proposed pension reforms.

The President also stated that any headteacher found charging fees already exempted under the Free SHS policy would be dealt with.

Ben Thompson, Headteacher of Trinity Academy in London, commented on the report findings: «There is no doubt though that some areas and subjects are under extreme pressure across the country.

Interviews conducted by Reform found that the current top - slice arrangement is creating a system in which the headteacher views the academy as a «client buying into the chain service», rather than as a branch of the chain, which can lead to tension between headteachers and chain leadership.

Research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found that headteacher retention rates have fallen since 2012, giving cause for concern.

A survey of headteachers has found that 95 per cent feel that social media use is damaging the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

The Bureau found that just 7.6 per cent of teachers in English state schools are not white, compared with almost 25 per cent of pupils, with 97 per cent of English state school headteachers being white.

The issue of staff recruitment is well documented, with 79 per cent of schools in a 2015 NAHT (National Association of Headteachers) survey reporting that they «found recruitment problematic» and 56 per cent stating that they paid recruitment agencies between # 1,000 and # 10,000 per position.

Jayne Mullane, headteacher at Mersey Vale Primary School in Stockport, remarks: «We need to listen to parents to find out what information they want to receive.

Jon Chaloner, a trust chief executive and founding member of the Headteachers» Roundtable, told Schools Week: «In terms of equality of access to excellent provision, the growth of such funding is driving greater inequality between those who have the «right» contacts and can raise funds in this way in comparison to those who simply do not.»

Mr Herrington said that such efforts may involve pairing struggling schools with others, but would also involve working with academy sponsors to find out if there were additional ways in which they could be supported, including through things such as the DfE's new Talented Leaders programme which encourages high - performing headteachers to consider working in lower - performing parts of the country.

The trust was founded by Steve Lancashire, who is also executive headteacher at Hillyfield Primary School, in Waltham Forest.

Although the excessive bureaucratic and accountability demands placed on teachers right now can be demoralising, I found that teachers who are happy in their schools will often say that a great headteacher, the caring school ethos, friendly colleagues and career development opportunities will outweigh the negative aspects of their job.

The report, led by ex-primary headteacher Dame Reena Keeble (pictured below right), stated reception was «the most important year», but found inconsistencies in teaching, compared to year 1.

But primary school deputy headteacher, Michael Tidd, carried out a brief Twitter poll for his followers and found out that of the 200 people who responded, just one third met the attainment floor standard.

Key finding 2: Most headteachers appear to have taken a cautious approach to the reforms, choosing to implement only the statutory changes rather than to make more far - reaching revisions.

Datalab also found there was no difference in GCSE grades over the long - term after a headteacher had left a school, based on their subject background either.

Last November, a survey by the headteachers» union, the NAHT, found that although the proportion of heads admitting to using agencies dropped from 56 per cent in 2015 to 44 per cent in 2016, the average spend still worked out at # 3,221.50 per vacancy.

Key finding 3: Most headteachers report that the pay reforms have not had an immediate impact on teacher recruitment and retention.

The data experts also found that difference by pay according to headteacher type did not match up to the Centre for High Performance's findings.

These findings should be viewed in the context of a period of pay restraint, where many headteachers may feel they do not have enough funding to offer PRP bonuses to staff; an issue that has recently been raised by the CEO of a multi-academy trust.

The original research found English teachers were visionary «philosophers» who had little impact on school attainment and made up the majority of all headteachers.

On performance during the headteacher's tenure at a school, Datalab found subject background was not an important factor in explaining variation in school performance.

We need to find more than 2,000 new headteachers every year just to stand still.

If headteacher unions are right and recruiting headteachers has become increasingly difficult, they may struggle to find anyone.

Our previous study of the actions and impacts of 411 headteachers trying to turn around a failing school found there was only one type of leader who had a positive long - term impact, where the school continued to improve long after they'd left.

The union surveyed 322 headteachers and found 97 per cent had used agency supply teachers in the past 12 months, with two thirds doing so to cover vacancies caused by issues in recruiting staff.

Roy, who founded the National Education Trust (NET), has previously served as a headteacher in Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes, Her Majesty's Inspector, and government education adviser, among many other influential roles in education.

Before he joined Oasis in 2013, Yarrow was the founding principal of Chelsea Academy and headteacher at Hornsey School for Girls in Haringey.

Having commenced his career in education as a geography teacher, he went on to be headteacher at Hornsey School for Girls in Haringey and then founding principal of Chelsea Academy — both Ofsted «outstanding» schools during his tenure.

Founded in 1984 by two Headteachers who had a vision to improve learning, we have become the fastest - growing independent primary curriculum in the world.

Dave Whitaker, an alternative academies principal and founding member of the Headteachers» Roundtable, told MPs that schools «need to be rewarded for being inclusive».

We've taken our analytical scalpel to the brains of headteachers and deputies, as well as middle leaders, for example, and found that the staff area of our website is where they view most articles.

Analysis by the National Association of Headteachers also found that 77.7 per cent of pupils who entered four out of the five EBacc components were missing the languages component in 2016 (up from 67.4 % in 2015).

The headteacher must lead on this as young inexperienced teachers might find it hard to tell older parents they need to make sure homework is done.

Olive AP academy, which was itself a PRU in special measures when it joined Olive Academies two years ago, now has a new headteacher after inspectors found poor safeguarding procedures, low attendance, and not enough pupils integrating back into mainstream schools.

The school had been rated as outstanding since 2013 after being turned around by headteacher Liam Nolan (pictured right)-- establishing his reputation as a «superhead» and providing the springboard to found the Perry Beeches Academy Trust (PBAT).

The majority of the chapter on Hogwarts teacher, and later headteacher, Professor McGonagall, can still be found on the Pottermore website, with just 660 words written anew by the author.