News
Best Practice Network leads on Equality Leadership Programmes
December 05 2017
The DfE has released the feedback from the 2015-16 participants in the Leadership Equality and Diversity programmes. BPN led a programme in Newham with the Learning in Harmony Trust. Headteachers remarked on the success of the programme for their leaders:
Getting serious about behaviour
November 23 2017
Liam Donnison speaks to London headteacher George McMillan about his approach to behaviour policy.
In 2011, an Ofsted Inspector described the behaviour at Eltham Green as ‘feral’ and the school made front page news when the police fired tear gas at the students who were rioting on the London Ring Road. Within a term, behaviour was transformed. By 2014, behaviour was graded as Outstanding. By 2016, the school was awarded ‘World Class’ status. What’s the secret? There is no secret…
Read the full article on the SecEd website.
Rebecca is Outstanding HLTA of the Year
November 22 2017
Plymouth Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Rebecca Ward has been awarded the Outstanding HLTA of the Year title for 2017.
Rebecca, who works at Courtlands Special School Academy in Plymouth, was presented with a trophy and framed certificate by Plymouth MP Johnny Mercer at an awards ceremony in Westminster on Monday (20 November).
Leadership with creativity
November 14 2017
Liam Donnison talks to Paul Jackson about why creativity shouldn't just be reserved for the classroom, it should permeate every aspect of school leadership.
Read the full article on the Headteacher Update website.
Leadership, and learning to fly
November 10 2017
Best Practice Network managing director Liam Donnison meets Andrew Warren, chair of the Teaching Schools Council.
National Professional Qualification Scholarships
October 24 2017
Best Practice Network (BPN) and the Outstanding Leaders Partnership (OLP) will be bidding for a share of the £10million scholarship fund announced yesterday by the Department for Education (DfE) to support teachers and leaders in challenging areas to access the reformed National Professional Qualifications (NPQs).
Know your strengths
October 11 2017
Can you make inspection an enriching learning process that is actually good for your school? Heather Clements of Best Practice Network offers some advice.
Read the full article on the School Inspection and Improvement website.
Meet our 2017 HLTA of the Year regional winners
October 10 2017
We’re proud to announce our regional winners of the 2017 Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) of the Year awards.
The award, now in its fifth year, is organised by the HLTA National Assessment Partnership (HNAP), an organisation made up of the four regional assessment providers – including Best Practice Network - that work together to manage and quality assure the assessment of standards for HLTAs across England.
Leadership: Three questions for new headteachers
October 05 2017
In an article for SecEd Liam Donnison talks to executive principal Peter Rubery about what those who aspire to headship can expect and offers three key questions they need to ask themselves.
Read the full article on the SecEd website.
Share your favourite children's books in our Brilliant Books survey
October 02 2017
Which book do you find most successful in engaging children's imagination and attention? Maybe there's a book you remember most fondly from childhood that is still in print?
We’d like to make a contemporary list of books in print, suitable for children, which our network of education practitioners and parents can refer to. We’d really appreciate it if you could spend a couple of minutes filling in a very brief and anonymous survey, to share the books you love to read with children.