The Spring 2024 edition of Headteacher Update offers 48 pages of in-depth, research-based and expert best practice, advice and guidance relevant to primary school leadership and teaching. We also publish our latest seven-page Best Practice Focus pull-out, which offers practical ideas and advice for identifying and supporting our pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH).
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Headteacher Update Spring Edition 2024: Click here to read

 

The edition offers best practice articles covering a range of useful, important and topical issues including the latest Ofsted reforms, wellbeing advice for your school staff during inspection, and nine lessons learned from inspections during 2023.

We also have articles on safeguarding against extremism and the Prevent Duty, financial planning, inclusive schools, school library advice, news and research summaries, comment & opinion, and the latest resources.

It features our latest seven-page Best Practice Focus special report (pages 21-28) entitled Supporting children with SEMH needs. Why are primary schools seeing more social, emotional and mental health needs in their pupils and what can we do about it?

In this Best Practice Focus, Ali Williams looks at how we can support these vulnerable children to make progress and thrive. He looks at school culture, building relationships, behaviour, managing crises, family engagement and more. He offers practical ideas as well as 20 self-evaluation questions for primary school leaders.

 

 

Edition article highlights include:

  • Ofsted inspection: Wellbeing advice (pages 1 & 3)
  • War and conflict: Helping pupils to cope with disturbing world news (pages 6 & 8)
  • Strategic financial planning for schools explained (pages 10 & 11)
  • Tackling extremism (Prevent Duty): Advice and best practice (pages 12 & 13)
  • Ofsted inspection: Nine lessons learned from inspections in 2023 (pages 14 & 15)
  • Removing the barriers to early intervention of SEN (page 16)
  • Retention. Funding. Ofsted. A perfect storm is brewing (page 17)
  • Top 10 tips for... When you don't have a school library (page 18)
  • Top 10 tips for... When you do have a school library (page 19)
  • Teacher workload reduction ideas (page 20)
  • SEN: Tic disorders in school (page 29)
  • Inclusive school case study: A tale of five rooms (pages 30 & 31)
  • Adaptive teaching or differentiation (pages 33 & 34)
  • Where I went wrong with lesson observations (pages 36 & 37)
  • Ofsted subject reports: Music, PE, geography (pages 38 & 39)
  • Common problems with EHCPs (pages 40 & 41)
  • Spotting and supporting pupils with hearing issues (pages 42 & 43)
  • Supporting the wellbeing of supply teachers (page 46)

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