Simple answer? You can’t. More complex answer: lots of homework and tests to spot anyone struggling as soon as possible and then be prepared to give up lunch or break times for catchup sessions. (View Post)

We also have some teachers who are not the most mobile of people for various health related issues. I’m used to tweaking the rooms teachers use so that our less mobile students don’t have to go up st… (View Post)

It’s why training days are a bit curate’s egg: the excellent part is the absence of pupils, the rest of the egg is the fact that they took it out of our holiday allowance. (View Post)

Recessions are a great time for recruiting teachers. It’s how I ended up giving it a try back in the early 90’s. (View Post)

“In an ideal world there would be no state schools as all parents would be able to afford to pay for their children’s education.” Discuss 😀 (View Post)