Inspired by the publication of the EEF’s updated implementation guidance – Putting Evidence to Work – the podcast features advice, examples, and ideas from three experienced school leaders.
The EEF’s new guidance distils the latest research into effective implementation and is aimed at helping schools to ensure new approaches, interventions and practices are successful.
Our episode kicks off with some general tenets of good practice when leading and implementing new approaches and we discuss how school leaders can structure and implement new initiatives.
We ask how the new EEF guidance can be woven into school practices, not least to ensure our interventions are meeting the needs of our most disadvantaged pupils. We also ask what we need to do when interventions are not working.
We also ask how we can respond if members of school staff are reluctant about the changes we are proposing.
Finally, our guests share case studies of successful implementation along with lessons learnt and top tips/takeaways.
Our host as ever is Helen Frostick, a National Leader of Education and a retired primary school headteacher. She is a long-standing member of the Headteacher Update editorial board. Her guests for this conversation were:
- Nicola Arkinstall is director of the Staffordshire Research School and deputy headteacher at Little Sutton Primary School in Birmingham. Nikki has also written on the themes of this podcast in the summer 2024 edition of Headteacher Update. Find this article here.
- Sonia Thompson is the headteacher of St Matthew's Primary School in Birmingham and director of St Matthew's Research School in Birmingham.
- Karl Rogerson is the principal of Billesley Primary School and director of the Billesley Research School in Birmingham.
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For details about The Headteacher Update Podcast, or to suggest future topics, email editor Pete Henshaw at pete.henshaw@markallengroup.com