National Standards

Blatchford’s A Practical Guide to the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers: A Chapter by Chapter Review, Chapter 5 Domain Two, Excellent Headteachers: pupils and staff

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Chapter 5 moves on to Domain 2: Excellent Pupils and Staff. The six characteristics that make up this domain of the National Standards of Excellence for Head teachers are as follows: Demand ambitious standards for all pupils and staff overcoming disadvantage and advancing equality, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact …

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Blatchford’s A Practical Guide to the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers: A Chapter by Chapter Review, Chapter 4 Preface to the Domains

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The preface to the discussion of the domains is Chapter 4 of Blatchford’s guide. While it might seem confusing to have a preface follow a preamble, Blatchford’s purpose is to describe the methodology with which he will take you through the National Standards of Excellence. There will be six exemplars, one for each characteristic in …

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Blatchford’s A Practical Guide to the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers: A Chapter by Chapter Review, Chapter 1 International Perspective

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As a new Head, I know that I need to understand better what is expected of me. It is surprisingly hard to get an accurate impression of this from teachers or other school leaders, or even from being a teacher previously. There are always a lot of positives and there are usually people who will …

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How can teachers and schools exercise a constructive control over negative features of the unintended hidden curriculum?

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The phrase ‘unintended hidden curriculum’ comes directly from the work of Paechter (1999). She does not directly define it, but cites examples of it in practice and suggests where it may be seen. She also asserts that it may be controlled by ‘society’ and because of its unintentional nature be very hard to ‘resist’. Drawing …

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