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Is your school on track for coaching gold?

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Hot on the heels of coaching successes at the Rio Olympics, Michael Holland explores how schools can embed an effective coaching culture

Great coaching has been catapulted into the spotlight after a summer of exceptional sporting success for Team GB and Northern Ireland at the Rio Olympics. But how effective and embedded is coaching in your school?

Being able to unlock potential to maximise performance is just as important in a school setting as it is for those athletes competing on the world stage. Professor Dylan Wiliam captures the essence of this in his assertion that “every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better”.

So how can you use coaching in your school to raise staff performance, improve pupil outcomes and ultimately drive school improvement? Here are five steps towards embedding a coaching strategy across the whole school.

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