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Diary of a headteacher: Time for the annual reports

No matter what approach we take, annual pupil reports are a mammoth undertaking. Good support for our teachers is a must

I received a very nice text from one of my young teachers this week thanking me for the day off she had been given to start writing her annual reports. I am sure that every one of us remembers having to write reports and also remembers what a time-consuming job it is! I have tried it in so many different ways over the years – writing the full report on each kid, doing it subject by subject, working at 4am for three hours each day, using just the half-term week to do them. But however I did it, I always found it a mammoth undertaking!

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