Knowing if, when and where to move schools as a new teacher is a difficult decision. Here, I offer some advice from my own experiences.

"Sir, what day did the rebellion happen?" - "It was the 8th July 1549, a Friday. The weather was 25°C with sunny spells" Knowledge of your subject is clearly...

"Paul, I hear you're a bit of a whiz with OneNote. Do you reckon you could...?" No. It is important for teachers to ease themselves into the start of term. A...

"Always ask yourself, why this? why now?" Yeah...I'm more of a 'why me?' 'why today?' kind of guy. Last weekend, while the majority of teachers were drowning...

This summer, I cosied up in front of the metaphorical fire with some of the happiest teachers in the world - could the laid-back Scandinavian lifestyle help ...

"As a small country, it is all about survival for us, and education is at the very heart of this." This post was originally published on the Winston Churchil...

'A teacher's learning is: Life long. Life wide. Life deep. Life wise' 'Life long. Life wide. Life deep. Life wise'. These are the four key key beliefs that e...

"From September, it will be BYOD for all Year 9 pupils; 'Bring Your Own Device'" "Can it be BYOB for teachers?" Anyone who has worked in a school that has mo...

"Why don't you switch from AAABBBCCC to ABCABCABC?" "You lost me at 'A'..." As a new teacher who continues to absolutely boss this world we call teaching, yo...

Phase One of my Churchill Fellowship is less than a month away and I have just finalised Phase Two, so watch out, Norway! Before I even begin, I should proba...

"Errr....what is this stack of parcels in the bedroom?" -"Surprise!!" So, for the handful of people who actually read this blog and the two people who actual...

"But sir, what's the title..?" I bloody love a good starter. Whether it is a breaded mushroom in a low-end chain restaurant (this says a lot about my upbring...

"I use the 9-1 grading system for Year 7 and I give them GCSE questions to stretch them" - Mate...are you crazy? One of the biggest challenges I faced when I...

"The number of people talking about Cognitive Load Theory is almost as high as the number of people quoting that tweet from Dylan William about Cognitive Loa...

"This will be the best CPD you will ever complete" = Cue me sat in a Holiday Inn eating pain au chocolat for 8 hours... Later this year, I will travel to Si...

As well as sharing my limited wisdom about all things teaching, this blog is also a space for me to share updates on my upcoming Churchill Fellowship project...

"He would really benefit from being sat at the front" - said every parent ever... How a classroom is laid out is not really something that is discussed durin...

"So I write a response on a piece of work, then wait for the student to respond, then respond to their response, then..." Green pen, red pen, purple pen, no ...

"For about a year, I just thought you were really aloof..." Confidence is not something that gets talked about when you first go into teaching. A lot of peop...

"I genuinely think this is the best thing I have ever created...ever" So it wasn't my intention to go straight in with hard-hitting research; I hoped instead...