Secret Headteacher
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Primary HT. Speak honestly about life as a HT and teaching in general. Blogging about life as an HT.
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Is there anything harder in the primary maths curriculum than trying to convince children that a rectangle does not have 4 lines of symmetry?
January 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Is there anything harder in the primary maths curriculum than trying to convince children that a rectangle does not have 4 lines of symmetry?
Feeling a bit guilty about all the to-do list bits I didn’t get round to this holiday.
Homes Under the Hammer
Die Hard
Christmas Only Connect
Doctor Who
Maltesers
Naps
Need to try harder.
Homes Under the Hammer
Die Hard
Christmas Only Connect
Doctor Who
Maltesers
Naps
Need to try harder.
January 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Feeling a bit guilty about all the to-do list bits I didn’t get round to this holiday.
Homes Under the Hammer
Die Hard
Christmas Only Connect
Doctor Who
Maltesers
Naps
Need to try harder.
Homes Under the Hammer
Die Hard
Christmas Only Connect
Doctor Who
Maltesers
Naps
Need to try harder.
Ofsted working hard at writing their new framework. #exemplary
November 16, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Ofsted working hard at writing their new framework. #exemplary
My little lad was trying to use the word ambidextrous today.
Instead he said my wife was ambitrocious.
And, I very much like this new word.
Instead he said my wife was ambitrocious.
And, I very much like this new word.
September 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
My little lad was trying to use the word ambidextrous today.
Instead he said my wife was ambitrocious.
And, I very much like this new word.
Instead he said my wife was ambitrocious.
And, I very much like this new word.
This is how I’ve spent my summer.
25lbs/11.3kg lost.
Still a long way to go, but yes, I’m bragging.
25lbs/11.3kg lost.
Still a long way to go, but yes, I’m bragging.
August 27, 2024 at 7:38 AM
This is how I’ve spent my summer.
25lbs/11.3kg lost.
Still a long way to go, but yes, I’m bragging.
25lbs/11.3kg lost.
Still a long way to go, but yes, I’m bragging.
Obama said that decisions he faced as POTUS were never easy decisions.
80/20 or 70/30 decisions were made by others and never reached him.
His were all 60/40 at best and 51/49 at worst.
Not the same scale at all, but similarities and why headteachering is so knackering.
80/20 or 70/30 decisions were made by others and never reached him.
His were all 60/40 at best and 51/49 at worst.
Not the same scale at all, but similarities and why headteachering is so knackering.
August 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Obama said that decisions he faced as POTUS were never easy decisions.
80/20 or 70/30 decisions were made by others and never reached him.
His were all 60/40 at best and 51/49 at worst.
Not the same scale at all, but similarities and why headteachering is so knackering.
80/20 or 70/30 decisions were made by others and never reached him.
His were all 60/40 at best and 51/49 at worst.
Not the same scale at all, but similarities and why headteachering is so knackering.
No Apple Fitness.
Music tracks from the 2010s are not “throwback hits”.
Music tracks from the 2010s are not “throwback hits”.
August 26, 2024 at 8:12 AM
No Apple Fitness.
Music tracks from the 2010s are not “throwback hits”.
Music tracks from the 2010s are not “throwback hits”.
Labour want to change Ofsted.
How can they go into a school year with a system they know isn’t right and causes distress and anxiety?
Pause inspections for a year, reflect on Big Listen, consult, rewrite, and pilot. Launch in Sept 2025. Safeguarding inspections only this year.
How can they go into a school year with a system they know isn’t right and causes distress and anxiety?
Pause inspections for a year, reflect on Big Listen, consult, rewrite, and pilot. Launch in Sept 2025. Safeguarding inspections only this year.
August 20, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Labour want to change Ofsted.
How can they go into a school year with a system they know isn’t right and causes distress and anxiety?
Pause inspections for a year, reflect on Big Listen, consult, rewrite, and pilot. Launch in Sept 2025. Safeguarding inspections only this year.
How can they go into a school year with a system they know isn’t right and causes distress and anxiety?
Pause inspections for a year, reflect on Big Listen, consult, rewrite, and pilot. Launch in Sept 2025. Safeguarding inspections only this year.
Lots of new heads will be starting in September.
Here’s 10 things I wish I’d known before I started.
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Here’s 10 things I wish I’d known before I started.
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10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Became A Head
1. You are responsible for more than you could ever imagine. The list is never-ending. My neck is on the line for things I never even knew existed. I am still surprised by things that come at me that ...
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August 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Lots of new heads will be starting in September.
Here’s 10 things I wish I’d known before I started.
secretheadteacher.org/2020/01/02/1...
Here’s 10 things I wish I’d known before I started.
secretheadteacher.org/2020/01/02/1...
One of my favourite things I did with my class was 30-45 minutes a week of Current Affairs.
No plan, no agenda, just ask the children what they’d seen in the news. As time went on, they bring things to share they’d seen, or fun facts.
Hard in a packed timetable, but it was very valuable.
No plan, no agenda, just ask the children what they’d seen in the news. As time went on, they bring things to share they’d seen, or fun facts.
Hard in a packed timetable, but it was very valuable.
August 17, 2024 at 8:54 AM
One of my favourite things I did with my class was 30-45 minutes a week of Current Affairs.
No plan, no agenda, just ask the children what they’d seen in the news. As time went on, they bring things to share they’d seen, or fun facts.
Hard in a packed timetable, but it was very valuable.
No plan, no agenda, just ask the children what they’d seen in the news. As time went on, they bring things to share they’d seen, or fun facts.
Hard in a packed timetable, but it was very valuable.
I have a feeling this next academic year will be different.
Less of a battle, less of a struggle, less of feeling under appreciated and more of having an undercurrent of support.
Let’s hope so anyway.
Less of a battle, less of a struggle, less of feeling under appreciated and more of having an undercurrent of support.
Let’s hope so anyway.
August 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I have a feeling this next academic year will be different.
Less of a battle, less of a struggle, less of feeling under appreciated and more of having an undercurrent of support.
Let’s hope so anyway.
Less of a battle, less of a struggle, less of feeling under appreciated and more of having an undercurrent of support.
Let’s hope so anyway.
I know primary’s get all hung up on SATs results, but I can’t even begin to imagine the pressure of GCSE and A-level results for secondaries.
August 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I know primary’s get all hung up on SATs results, but I can’t even begin to imagine the pressure of GCSE and A-level results for secondaries.
Only Connect and Race Across the World are both back. Life is good.
August 15, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Only Connect and Race Across the World are both back. Life is good.
Well, hello Bluesky.
August 15, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Well, hello Bluesky.