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Teaching enterprise skills and money management at primary level

It is never too young to begin teaching the skills of enterprise and money management. The programmes, resources and expertise of Young Enterprise are showing schools how...

Guide To: Building key skills through school trips & residentials

This practical Headteacher Update guide offers ideas and advice for how schools can harness the power of outdoor learning, school trips and residentials to develop children's key skills, boost personal development, and support academic outcomes.

Ofsted inspection toolkits: ‘The best preparation’

From the 90-minute call to subject deep dives former headteacher Helen Youngman has created a range of tried and tested toolkits to support schools with every aspect of their Ofsted inspection

The many benefits of school trips and outdoor adventure residentials

Challenge, play, explore, discover, socialise, reflect – primary schools are being offered crucial support to get pupils learning outdoors, with all the benefits these activities bring...

Guide to: Implementing a new school MIS

This Headteacher Update Guide explains the key steps to implementing a new school management information system (MIS), including what is needed for a successful switchover, cleaning your data, what to expect from your supplier and more.

Funded STEM research projects: What will your pupils investigate?

Schools are being funded by the Royal Society to bring STEM research and STEM professionals into their classrooms, allowing pupils to develop crucial skills and giving them career insights and inspiration

An average refund of £400 – why school leaders are paying too much tax

Many teachers and school leaders are paying too much tax on their income because of incorrect tax codes. Are you being paid the right amount each month? How do you know? Headteacher Update investigates...

Guide To: Effective year 6 to 7 transition

This free 10-page Guide To offers a range of tips and ideas for how primary and secondary schools can work together to support effective transition work, including a term-by-term 'transition calendar' of proposed activities

Diversity, equality & inclusion across the curriculum

It is vital that our curriculum reflects the diversity of the world in which we all live. Following a series of Pearson webinars looking at diversity, equality, and inclusion across key subjects, this supplement considers the lessons, advice and tips for reviewing and updating our curriculum ...

What would Melva do? Using ‘worrits’ to help pupils with mental health

A film, online game and associated resources are giving key stage 2 pupils the language and skills to have ‘open, honest and regular’ conversations about mental health, encouraging them to ask: ‘What would Melva do?’ Emma Lee-Potter finds out more

Preparing for inspection: A complete Ofsted toolkit

From the 90-minute phone call and subject deep-dives to Pupil Premium scrutiny, reading, and phonics, former headteacher Helen Youngman has created a range of toolkits to support schools through their entire Ofsted inspection. Emma Lee-Potter gets some tips from the three-times outstanding leader

Free film resources streamed directly to the classroom

Using film in the classroom can be incredibly powerful and Into Film’s new streaming service Into Film+ has a range of short and feature length resources tailored specifically for teaching. We find out more, including how Into Film helps schools with licensing and copyright obligations

Guide To: The Future of Digital Learning

This 16-page guide – produced by Headteacher Update and Pearson – supports school leaders and teachers as they evaluate their use of technology and consider how they intend to develop their digital learning approaches in the coming months

Headteacher Update Podcast: The Future of Digital Learning in Schools

This episode looks at how digital learning in schools is evolving in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and what it will look like in the months and years to come – with lots of ideas, examples and suggestions for effective practice.

An inclusive school playground: Six key criteria

Is your school’s playground truly inclusive? We look at six key tenets for effective, inclusive playground areas and offer some ideas, tips, and guidance

From pedagogy to wellbeing: Have you tried Continuous Professional Empowerment?

A new online professional learning programme is helping teachers and school leaders with everything from pedagogy and practice to health and wellbeing. Its creator has dubbed it Continuous Professional Empowerment. Dorothy Lepkowska explains

Cleaning our schools: How long does Covid-19 last on different surfaces?

How long does Covid-19 last on different surfaces? How should we approach the cleaning of our schools and classroom resources to tackle the virus threat? What does the latest research say? And how can the innovative X-Mist sanitising product help? Dorothy Lepkowska finds out

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Post-lockdown resources: Supporting pupils returning to primary school

A range of resources produced to support the new relationships and health education curriculum are also well placed to support the wellbeing of pupils returning to school post-lockdown. Dorothy Lepkowska takes a look

Post-lockdown: Three areas for primary schools to build on

Primary schools have led much innovation during the coronavirus lockdown. Emma Lee-Potter looks at three areas of practice which we can build on as schools begin to re-open to more pupils

Guide to... Music for three to eight-year-olds

The latest Headteacher Update Guide to... focuses on inclusive music education for three to eight-year-olds and is available for free download.

Taking on a Teach First graduate

Teach First recruits and trains high-quality teachers to work in schools facing the greatest challenges, using the latest research to raise learning outcomes for our poorest children. Emma Lee-Potter explains

School collaboration: The quiet revolution

The Teaching School Hubs pilots will see schools tackling the challenges they face by working together, but there are already good examples of how this collaborative approach can work in action. Nick Bannister meets the collaborators kickstarting a quiet education revolution

Guide To: Getting GDPR right

Headteacher Update's latest Guide To focuses on GDPR and aims to help schools self-evaluation and review their provision to ensure they are meeting statutory requirements.

NFER Research Insights Articles: 2017

Headteacher Update's Research Insights articles, published in conjunction with the NFER, offer in-depth, evidence based advice, guidance and best practice covering a wide range of areas relevant to primary school leadership and education. Download the latest articles from 2017 for free here.

NFER Research Insights Articles: 2016

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