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Teacher workload – Smart strategies for faster and more effective marking Bhamika Bhudia offers some suggestions for tackling those marking demands in a less labour-intensive way…

Teaching politics – satire gets students engaged, but the subject requires more Satire provides an easy ‘in’ when engaging students with the study of politics, says Robin Hardman, but it risks undermining the subject’s most profound lessons

Teacher burnout – The signs, indicators and symptoms to watch out for Preventing burnout requires self-awareness, knowing your limits and being attentive to those who care about you the most, advises Dr Emma Kell…

Council control reinvented – A new governance model for schools? The approach to education policy taking shape in Hackney points to a new way of thinking about local authority 'control' of schools, observes Melissa Benn

This time, it’s personal – Why the age of personalised learning has truly arrived Héloïse Ardley considers the extent to which students’ needs are increasingly best met by personalised learning

Listen slowly, read quickly – Why staff communications should respect people’s time Colin Foster argues that Macfarlane’s law may hold the key to crafting internal communication systems in schools that work better and faster for everyone…

The Big Bang

Enter the UK’s top STEM competition for young people Inspire your students’ imaginations and creativity by entering the UK’s top STEM contest. The Big Bang Competition is free and open to all 11- to 19-year-olds studying in the UK. Students can enter a project on their own or as part of a team before 20th March 2022. Something for everyone Projects for The Big […]

KS3 Geometry – What is an angle? Angles crop up in a lot of topics in mathematics, but students are often confused about what exactly an angle is...

Student praise – A short guide to how it’s best used As a tool for encouraging positivity in the classroom, praise can be hugely effective – but only if deployed appropriately, says Adam Riches...

Teacher supply – how your school can avoid falling short Ollie Parsons considers the options schools have for finding the staff they’ll need to stay fully operational during what’s proving to be a long, cold winter…

MFL and beyond – Why learning Japanese helps our students stand out Dafydd Francis describes how learning Japanese can help drive student engagement with modern languages – and why getting started isn’t as hard as you might think…

What is an angle? – Task Sheet A PDF task sheet to accompany the ‘Maths Problem’ article contained in Teach Secondary issue 11.1, titled ‘What is an angle?’ – an online version of the article can be found here.

The problem of perfectionism – What happens when students chase unrealistic expectations Rob Lightfoot explains how a ‘perfectionism literacy’ intervention can benefit everyone…

Implementing Edtech – Why small steps can make the biggest difference Using edtech effectively needn’t always call for a big investment – at least not if you have a team of staff and pupils willing to make incremental, but meaningful changes observe Matthew Knight and Kate Broadribb...

Distance learning – 6 things remote teaching taught us When the pandemic first hit, Greenwood Academies Trust was already ahead of the digital education game – but there were still important lessons to be learnt, as Tom Campbell explains…

Back to school – Beat the January blues With a little planning and organisation, it’s possible to lift colleagues’ spirits and keep morale high during the January gloom, says Nicola Brooks…

GCSE Music – How to teach composition Many music students consider composition to be a rarefied, almost unknowable art – but that’s really not the case, counters Paul Clark…

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