The Satchel Blog

Teaching and Learning Teacher Workload Pedagogy
05 Feb 2020

What is Pedagogy? An Introduction to Learning Theories

Pedagogy, pronounced ‘ped-a-godge-ee’ (yes, we had to google that), is a term whose definition is regularly contested. Wedged somewhere between teaching theory and ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Teacher Teacher Workload
15 Jan 2020

Email Etiquette and Saving Time

It’s a familiar routine for most - sitting down after a full day of teaching to an overflowing email inbox and working through the bottomless pit of ‘To whom it may concern’ ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Time Management Teacher Workload
28 Nov 2019

How to Manage Time - A Teacher's Guide

The clock strikes 12 and you’re still sat at the kitchen table, eyes wearily bouncing from exercise book to mark scheme. Any promise of an early night has been dashed by the ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Ofsted Lesson Plans Teacher Workload Data Management
23 Oct 2019

3 Workload Increasing Myths About Ofsted

For teachers and SLT alike, Ofsted inspections are stressful. It’s hard to keep up with ever-changing guidelines and regulations whilst working ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Teacher Workload Behaviour Management
16 Oct 2019

How to Reduce Behavioural Workload

Behaviour has a huge impact on teacher wellbeing. Over a quarter of teachers’ mental health issues are caused by student behaviour, forcing 70% to consider leaving the ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Communication Home-school Communication Teacher Workload
11 Oct 2019

How to Create a Good School Communication Policy

Almost every school has a communication policy, but despite constantly evolving technology, they are notoriously slow to keep their policy up-to-date with the latest trends. By ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Lesson Plans Time-saving Student Engagement Teacher Workload
03 Oct 2019

What is Lesson Sequencing and How Can it Save You Time?

Lesson planning is a crucial part of PPA (Planning Preparation and Assessment), it can be the difference between a successful lesson and a complete classroom catastrophe. ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Guide Teacher Workload Classroom Management Behaviour Management Data Management
01 Oct 2019 | Read time 12 mins

The Complete Guide to Reducing Teacher Workload

Teacher workload has long been a cause for concern. The teaching crisis has consistently ranked workload as one of the main reasons that teachers are leaving the profession, ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Reducing Workload Teacher Workload Data Management
23 Sep 2019

6 Steps to Managing School Data Efficiently

Data poses a unique problem for schools. On the one hand, data is now easier than ever to collect and gives useful insights into student performance, attendance and behaviour, ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Feedback Marking Education Technology Teacher Workload
17 Sep 2019

A Guide to Efficient Marking

Almost ¾ of teachers report spending too much time on marking and feedback in their workweek. It is cited as one of the biggest strains on teacher workload along with data ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Marking Planning Teacher Workload Data Management
10 Sep 2019

The 3 Worst Offenders for Adding to Teacher Workload

The working environment in schools is becoming increasingly bureaucratic. Working hours are already high for teachers, the last thing they need is more paperwork and hoops to ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Workload Reducing Workload Teacher Workload
05 Sep 2019

The State of the UK's Teacher Workload Crisis -

The UK is in the midst of a crisis. Work related stress accounts for almost half of all sick leave, with 12.5 million working days lost to the condition per year. What’s more, ...

Author: Ben Greenwood

Blog Teaching Crisis Teacher Workload Teacher Retention Teacher Wellbeing
12 Oct 2017

How to Tackle the Teaching Crisis

The teaching crisis is ongoing, and despite the fact we’re all fully aware of the issues in play the only ...

Author: Bethany Spencer

Blog Teacher Workload
28 Jun 2017

What Can We Do to Reduce Teacher Workload?

It’s a question that’s plagued schools around the country for years and in light of the recent teaching crisis it’s resurfaced and is back to the forefront of everyone’s minds, ...

Author: Bethany Spencer