Keven Bartle
@kevbartle.bsky.social
Former headteacher offering reflective supervision for school leaders that is normative, formative, and supportive (www.mind-your-head.net).
Senior Education Lead for SSAT focusing on attendance, behaviour, headship development, and student leadership.
Senior Education Lead for SSAT focusing on attendance, behaviour, headship development, and student leadership.
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Keven Bartle
@kevbartle.bsky.social
· Apr 11
I've been providing reflective supervision to school leaders for over a year now.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Reposted by Keven Bartle
Delighted to share the new Student Leadership for IMPACT webpages.
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
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@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
SSAT | Student Leadership for IMPACT
Our Student Leadership team provide a huge range of resources and activities including school council training and the Student Leadership Accreditation.
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July 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Delighted to share the new Student Leadership for IMPACT webpages.
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
Delighted to share the new Student Leadership for IMPACT webpages.
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
SSAT | Student Leadership for IMPACT
Our Student Leadership team provide a huge range of resources and activities including school council training and the Student Leadership Accreditation.
share.google
July 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Delighted to share the new Student Leadership for IMPACT webpages.
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
@ssatuk.co.uk has a rich history of supporting schools in enhancing student leadership. We have now updated that offer in light of recent research.
Join us for a free briefing in September.
share.google/724j2KAc0CAG...
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If you're an aspiring, new or experienced headteacher, our Head Cases programme offers a case-based approach to exploring the complexity of the role.
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
If you're an aspiring, new or experienced headteacher, our Head Cases programme offers a case-based approach to exploring the complexity of the role.
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
If you're an aspiring, new or experienced headteacher, our Head Cases programme offers a case-based approach to exploring the complexity of the role.
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
If you're an aspiring, new or experienced headteacher, our Head Cases programme offers a case-based approach to exploring the complexity of the role.
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
It's not too late to sign up for cohort 2 of this innovative and involved approach to headship CPDL.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Books 21-30 of my 100 for 2025 challenge/resolution.
Pick of the bunch was Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat.
Quite simply, I've never read a novella like it. Deeply moving, disturbing, confusing, and powerful. I'm still trying hard to process it and suspect that I will be for a long while.
Pick of the bunch was Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat.
Quite simply, I've never read a novella like it. Deeply moving, disturbing, confusing, and powerful. I'm still trying hard to process it and suspect that I will be for a long while.
April 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Books 21-30 of my 100 for 2025 challenge/resolution.
Pick of the bunch was Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat.
Quite simply, I've never read a novella like it. Deeply moving, disturbing, confusing, and powerful. I'm still trying hard to process it and suspect that I will be for a long while.
Pick of the bunch was Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat.
Quite simply, I've never read a novella like it. Deeply moving, disturbing, confusing, and powerful. I'm still trying hard to process it and suspect that I will be for a long while.
Reposted by Keven Bartle
I've been providing reflective supervision to school leaders for over a year now.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've been providing reflective supervision to school leaders for over a year now.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Reposted by Keven Bartle
Hi Beth. Thanks for the kind mention. The follow up chat about the limitations of NPQH is very familiar. It came up in our Rethinking Headship survey repeatedly last year.
Which was why I developed the Head Cases offer, now recruiting for a second cohort.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Which was why I developed the Head Cases offer, now recruiting for a second cohort.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hi Beth. Thanks for the kind mention. The follow up chat about the limitations of NPQH is very familiar. It came up in our Rethinking Headship survey repeatedly last year.
Which was why I developed the Head Cases offer, now recruiting for a second cohort.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Which was why I developed the Head Cases offer, now recruiting for a second cohort.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
I've been providing reflective supervision to school leaders for over a year now.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've been providing reflective supervision to school leaders for over a year now.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Neither counselling nor therapy, case-based supervision has given them a space to share, reflect on, and rethink how they tackle the weighty challenges they face.
It helps. Each of them has renewed for a second year.
Reposted by Keven Bartle
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Reposted by Keven Bartle
In a recent blogpost, I asked what is happening with behaviour in Ofsted reports.
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Attention needed: What is happening with behaviour in inspection reports? - SSAT
This morning, I asked an AI tool ‘what are the recent trends in pupil behaviour in English schools?’. The response that came back said this:
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In a recent blogpost, I asked what is happening with behaviour in Ofsted reports.
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
As well as the DfE report on attendance (see earlier posts) March also saw this report from the Education Policy Institute.
epi.org.uk/publications...
Focusing primarily on the disadvantage gap between 2019 and 2023, it speaks volumes about the impact of attendance and outcomes.
epi.org.uk/publications...
Focusing primarily on the disadvantage gap between 2019 and 2023, it speaks volumes about the impact of attendance and outcomes.
Breaking down the gap - Education Policy Institute
The latest report by EPI investigates the drivers of the disadvantage gap and calls on the government to address the underlying causes of school absences, as it identifies higher levels of absence to ...
epi.org.uk
April 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As well as the DfE report on attendance (see earlier posts) March also saw this report from the Education Policy Institute.
epi.org.uk/publications...
Focusing primarily on the disadvantage gap between 2019 and 2023, it speaks volumes about the impact of attendance and outcomes.
epi.org.uk/publications...
Focusing primarily on the disadvantage gap between 2019 and 2023, it speaks volumes about the impact of attendance and outcomes.
Reposted by Keven Bartle
SSAT has tracked every “need to improve” bullet point made in every Ofsted inspection conducted in schools and colleges since September. The results are fascinating.
Find out more: ow.ly/76GM50UfBTq
#EduSky @kevbartle.bsky.social #education
Find out more: ow.ly/76GM50UfBTq
#EduSky @kevbartle.bsky.social #education
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
SSAT has tracked every “need to improve” bullet point made in every Ofsted inspection conducted in schools and colleges since September. The results are fascinating.
Find out more: ow.ly/76GM50UfBTq
#EduSky @kevbartle.bsky.social #education
Find out more: ow.ly/76GM50UfBTq
#EduSky @kevbartle.bsky.social #education
Reposted by Keven Bartle
Do you want to delve a little deeper into the five ‘best bets’ for improving attendance and punctuality?
Find out more about our webinars: www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/school-i...
#EduSky #attendance @kevbartle.bsky.social
Find out more about our webinars: www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/school-i...
#EduSky #attendance @kevbartle.bsky.social
Attendance: What works - SSAT
Deliver cost-effective training to staff in your networks and generate additional income for your school with SSAT's franchise models.
www.ssatuk.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Do you want to delve a little deeper into the five ‘best bets’ for improving attendance and punctuality?
Find out more about our webinars: www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/school-i...
#EduSky #attendance @kevbartle.bsky.social
Find out more about our webinars: www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/school-i...
#EduSky #attendance @kevbartle.bsky.social
In case you missed it (you probably didn't) the DfE report about the impact of absence on 2023 outcomes at KS2 and KS4 is fascinating but not surprising.
Improving from any lower 5% attendance band to the next one increases a student's odds of success notably.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Improving from any lower 5% attendance band to the next one increases a student's odds of success notably.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Link between attendance and attainment
Report showing that school attendance is associated with higher average academic performance in an assessment year across all pupils from all backgrounds.
www.gov.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In case you missed it (you probably didn't) the DfE report about the impact of absence on 2023 outcomes at KS2 and KS4 is fascinating but not surprising.
Improving from any lower 5% attendance band to the next one increases a student's odds of success notably.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Improving from any lower 5% attendance band to the next one increases a student's odds of success notably.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
In a recent blogpost, I asked what is happening with behaviour in Ofsted reports.
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Attention needed: What is happening with behaviour in inspection reports? - SSAT
This morning, I asked an AI tool ‘what are the recent trends in pupil behaviour in English schools?’. The response that came back said this:
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In a recent blogpost, I asked what is happening with behaviour in Ofsted reports.
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Based on every need to improve comment in every inspection report since September 2023, this post has some uncomfortable answers.
Not much and increasingly less would be the summary.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/attenti...
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Book 8 of my 100 for 2025 pledge.
Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan (2023)
Harrowing at times, with clear identification of the failings of the state in tackling poverty (without being preachy). Education is key but, sadly, so too are funded life-changing programmes that are now largely gone.
Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan (2023)
Harrowing at times, with clear identification of the failings of the state in tackling poverty (without being preachy). Education is key but, sadly, so too are funded life-changing programmes that are now largely gone.
February 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Book 8 of my 100 for 2025 pledge.
Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan (2023)
Harrowing at times, with clear identification of the failings of the state in tackling poverty (without being preachy). Education is key but, sadly, so too are funded life-changing programmes that are now largely gone.
Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan (2023)
Harrowing at times, with clear identification of the failings of the state in tackling poverty (without being preachy). Education is key but, sadly, so too are funded life-changing programmes that are now largely gone.
Fittingly, book 7 of 100 for 2025.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Betting Hughes - 2024
A revelation given my rather limited knowledge of ancient history. Beautifully put together as more than simply a history.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Betting Hughes - 2024
A revelation given my rather limited knowledge of ancient history. Beautifully put together as more than simply a history.
January 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Fittingly, book 7 of 100 for 2025.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Betting Hughes - 2024
A revelation given my rather limited knowledge of ancient history. Beautifully put together as more than simply a history.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Betting Hughes - 2024
A revelation given my rather limited knowledge of ancient history. Beautifully put together as more than simply a history.
Book 6 of my 100 for 2025 resolution.
James Barr - A Line in the Sand - 2011
An episode from modern history that I knew very little about. And, as the author's final line concludes, "a tale from which neither country emerges with much credit". But fascinating nonetheless.
James Barr - A Line in the Sand - 2011
An episode from modern history that I knew very little about. And, as the author's final line concludes, "a tale from which neither country emerges with much credit". But fascinating nonetheless.
January 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Book 6 of my 100 for 2025 resolution.
James Barr - A Line in the Sand - 2011
An episode from modern history that I knew very little about. And, as the author's final line concludes, "a tale from which neither country emerges with much credit". But fascinating nonetheless.
James Barr - A Line in the Sand - 2011
An episode from modern history that I knew very little about. And, as the author's final line concludes, "a tale from which neither country emerges with much credit". But fascinating nonetheless.
Book 5 of 100
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles - 2016
What a delightful gem. Made me laugh and weep in equal measure.
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles - 2016
What a delightful gem. Made me laugh and weep in equal measure.
January 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Book 5 of 100
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles - 2016
What a delightful gem. Made me laugh and weep in equal measure.
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles - 2016
What a delightful gem. Made me laugh and weep in equal measure.
4th of a planned 100 books for 2025, and the 1st of 20 in French.
Albert Camus - L'Etranger - 1942
My first novel read in French.
Albert Camus - L'Etranger - 1942
My first novel read in French.
January 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
4th of a planned 100 books for 2025, and the 1st of 20 in French.
Albert Camus - L'Etranger - 1942
My first novel read in French.
Albert Camus - L'Etranger - 1942
My first novel read in French.
My umpteenth cake bake of the festive season (I should probably cut back on these in the new year).
And a new recipe, a very classic ginger cake. With fresh ginger, golden syrup and treacle.
Mmmmmm. Maybe one more slice, methinks.
And a new recipe, a very classic ginger cake. With fresh ginger, golden syrup and treacle.
Mmmmmm. Maybe one more slice, methinks.
January 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My umpteenth cake bake of the festive season (I should probably cut back on these in the new year).
And a new recipe, a very classic ginger cake. With fresh ginger, golden syrup and treacle.
Mmmmmm. Maybe one more slice, methinks.
And a new recipe, a very classic ginger cake. With fresh ginger, golden syrup and treacle.
Mmmmmm. Maybe one more slice, methinks.
Daisy Christodoulou - I can't stop thinking about VAR - 2024
Book 3 of my 100 target for 2025 completed. The challenges of complexity in sport, and especially football, laid bare. And then some intriguing suggestions about how/whether we might attempt to tackle (pun intended) these.
Book 3 of my 100 target for 2025 completed. The challenges of complexity in sport, and especially football, laid bare. And then some intriguing suggestions about how/whether we might attempt to tackle (pun intended) these.
January 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Daisy Christodoulou - I can't stop thinking about VAR - 2024
Book 3 of my 100 target for 2025 completed. The challenges of complexity in sport, and especially football, laid bare. And then some intriguing suggestions about how/whether we might attempt to tackle (pun intended) these.
Book 3 of my 100 target for 2025 completed. The challenges of complexity in sport, and especially football, laid bare. And then some intriguing suggestions about how/whether we might attempt to tackle (pun intended) these.
New Year's Resolution #1 should always involve taking care of oneself in some way. It's that old chestnut about donning one's own oxygen mask first.
If you're a school leader fighting the very good fight and worried that you might not be winning it, seek support. Supervision can help a lot.
If you're a school leader fighting the very good fight and worried that you might not be winning it, seek support. Supervision can help a lot.
The nicest thing on my website, which is full of nice things.
This is why I started providing reflective supervision.
I'm currently working with over 50 people, individually or in groups, in-person or online.
Get in touch if you'd like to know more.
www.mind-your-head.net
This is why I started providing reflective supervision.
I'm currently working with over 50 people, individually or in groups, in-person or online.
Get in touch if you'd like to know more.
www.mind-your-head.net
January 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New Year's Resolution #1 should always involve taking care of oneself in some way. It's that old chestnut about donning one's own oxygen mask first.
If you're a school leader fighting the very good fight and worried that you might not be winning it, seek support. Supervision can help a lot.
If you're a school leader fighting the very good fight and worried that you might not be winning it, seek support. Supervision can help a lot.