The Satchel Blog

Many teachers and staff members understand the value of solid relationships with headteachers, school administrators, and others in leadership roles. What they don’t always ...

As a headteacher, you understand the importance of streamlining communication and improving data management while also reducing costs.  A Management Information ...

Management information systems (MIS) play a critical role in helping school staff, administrators and senior leaders keep up with the demands of their jobs. They improve ...

Strong manager-employee relationships enhance school wellbeing and help create a positive learning environment. This guide explains in more detail the importance of ...

It’s time to discuss Job Satisfaction and its effect on staff wellbeing. With longstanding challenges in both school recruitment and retention still ongoing, it’s more ...

With the introduction of wellbeing to the Ofsted framework, schools are looking for ways to monitor, improve and better understand how the different aspects of school life are ...

Schools have been some of the worst hit by the cost of living crisis, but how can school leadership support staff wellbeing in this difficult time? 

When it comes to formative assessments and summative assessments, if you're a

As a teacher, you know how important it is to have a clear plan in place for assessing pupils’ performance. Formative assessment, in ...

When it comes to looking for revision strategies for students, teachers have tried it all. Flashcards, multiple choice quizzes, mock ...

With concerns raised over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, the government introduced new guidance to schools across England and Wales. This article gives you an overview of ...

Ofsted have recently revealed that they have been asked by the  government to accelerate Ofsted inspections, with all school and further education providers now expected ...

In order to create a positive school environment, and with new wellbeing judgements being added to the Ofsted inspection handbook, it is important that schools are continuously ...

More than a year after schools first closed due to Covid-19, students' education is still being impacted by the virus. Recent figures revealed by the Department for Education ...

Samantha Jade Parker is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) working in mainstream secondary in the ...

The aim of homework has always been to increase students’ academic ability. But with a raft of research now showing that there’s much more to this than classroom teaching and ...

This week we have a guest blog from Paola Mileo, from FeelingHome; the team behind Refugee Week this June. 

That’s right, we’ve all successfully weathered lockdown 3.0 and everyone is back in school. But things have changed since students were last in the classroom.