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The Ungodly by Joanna Carrick - a review: Some plays ring on into the night, long after the curtain falls... They call at you in the middle of a conversation: 'You see? Here I am, and my story is true,' they say.
The Friend
October 2024
SEND Governance with Suffolk Education Partnership
Coombs Ford Primary, Stowmarket
October, 2024
Engaging on executive pay 'Explore the quartiles data of MAT gender pay gap reports and a very clear pattern emerges. While significantly more women work in our schools, men are disproportionately represented in the top two quartiles.'
Schools Week
April 2024
School Governor Visits 'With such little slack in our current school system, these kinds of meetings often happen in what i call the 'margins of time.' Getting the most out of link governor visits.
Teach Primary
July 2023
Eastern Leaders and Ofsted - 'As school leaders in the East of England, we felt it important to undertake a structured inquiry to explore perceptions of Ofsted to discern common themes'
May 2023
Ofsted: time to press the mute button 'So for those reporting on Ofsted inspections in local newspapers, I ask that you change your tune. With so many well-attested flaws in the system are you amplifying something that is causing damage to your local communities?'
East Anglia Bylines
May 2023
Teachers live in fear of Ofsted's punitive inspections 'Teachers across the country are speaking out about the inpact of inconsistent processes, unpredictable inspectors and the starin of waiting weeks, months and years for an inspection to be announced.'
The Guardian
March 2023
When is sharing not caring? 'What you value in your classroom will seep through to the children. If the art materials are dished out willy-nilly and are in a poor state, then there is a message that the children will pick up on. Why is drawing inferior to writing?'
Teach Primary
January 2023
Black Friday - Green Friday 'There is abundance to be found within diversity.' Rebellion against Black Friday madness, half-marathon running and Double Deckers.
The Green Runners
December 2022
Go outdoors 'We're clear that the outdoors and nature are essential ingredients in a child's education, but why does this peter out as our children get older?'
Teach Secondary
November 2022
Edgy: Behaviour management - try tinkering around the edges.. 'You can’t really say it’s a success when this was not the group that needed the system in the first place'...
Headteacher Magazine
October 2022
Keynote: SEND Leadership Conference, Inspiration SEND Network
Thursday 20th October, 2022
Inspiration Teaching School Hub, Hall Road, Norwich, NR1 2RN
Rebecca will be speaking about building viability into your systems.
Warm Banks: Ahead of what promises to be a tough winter for disadvantaged families, Rebecca Leek examines the practicalities of turning your school into a vital centre for local support.
Teach Secondary Magazine and TeachWire online
September 2022
The Perfect Hire: Kindness and the final million dollar question - uncommon ways to hire the perfect Assistant Headteacher.
Headteacher Magazine and Teach Co online.
September 2022
EAL strategies and embracing the advantages of multilingual learners: Rebecca Leek explains how students with EAL can be taught well by differentiating without differentiating.
Teach Secondary Magazine and TeachWire online
August 2022