teachers, Homework, Blog

It’s long been known that teachers are overworked and the burden of admin and excessive workload is impactful to their lives, both mentally and physically. Today’s Metro headline...

teachers, Blog

For some celebrities it seems as though teaching was a stepping stone in their career to stardom, with many of them spending time at the front of the class before they were famous. Here...

teachers, Education, Blog, social media, teaching and learning

The impact of social media is undisputed, the simple use of a hashtag can start a movement and the simple act of sharing a status update or picture can reach millions of people from...

teachers, guide, tutoring, online tutoring, Students & Parents, tutors, Student Engagement, student independence, Teacher Resources, Student & Parent Resources

Tutoring is an easy way to get extra help when you need it‭. ‬Simple as that‭. ‬But even so‭, ‬there are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding tutoring about how it isn’t‭...

teachers, Blog, guide, Parental Engagement, parent teacher relationships, Teacher Resources

Building relationships with your students’‭ ‬parents lays the foundation for a successful home-school partnership‭. ‬By interacting with parents and providing feedback on their child’s...

Saving Time, SLT, teachers, marking, Blog, guide, Teacher Resources, SLT Resources, Assessment

Marking students’‭ ‬work and providing them with feedback to relay to them how they are performing is crucial to their own personal development‭. ‬It‭ ‬also lets them know how they can...

SLT, teachers, Parental Engagement, Teacher Resources, SLT Resources

When thinking of parental engagement in a child’s school life‭, ‬thoughts of Parents’‭ ‬Evening and phone calls home may spring to mind‭. ‬Sometimes we have parents coming along to trips...

Saving Time, teachers, time management, guide, time saving, Teacher Resources

Time constraints are a feature of most people’s day-to-day lives‭, ‬whether that be on a personal or professional level‭. ‬We can all benefit from more effectively managing our time‭,...

teachers, Students, Blog, guide, STEM, tech, Girls, Network Managers, Teacher Resources, Network Manager Resources

We are more connected than ever thanks to the likes of Facebook and Skype‭, ‬and continue to develop digital solutions to streamline our lives‭. ‬Advances in computer technologies have...

teachers, Revision, Blog, exam, tutors

We’re in the midst of the Summer Term for schools and for many that means the dreaded GCSE exam period. It’s a time that can be filled with confidence and self-assuredness, but it’s also...

teachers, parents, Students, Blog, children, abuse in the classroom

Teacher abuse is something that we never quite think of or even acknowledge that it actually happens.

School, teachers, Bullying, parents, Blog, children, anti-bullying

Satchel looks at what measures can be taken if your child is being bullied at school. Bullying is often caused by an imbalance of power either perceived or real. It is the repeated...

Autonomous learning, teachers, parents, Homework, Students, Blog

Homework is a form of independent learning that allows students to take hold of the reins of their education.

teachers, Blog, teaching, time, gained time

When students go off for study leave, teachers pick up 'gained time'. We explore the best ways to utilise this time.

teachers, Blog, workload challenge

Last year, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan gave teachers the chance to voice their concerns in The Workload Challenge, as a means to call upon them for feedback on their unnecessary...