Tips & Techniques

Monday

21st Jul 2025

4 ways to make the most of being an interim head
As his time at an international school in Mauritius comes to an end, Jonathan Taylor discusses the key ways a leader can have an impact during a short tenure
Model figures fixing bridge with jigsaw piece

Friday

18th Jul 2025

‘Thanks, teaching’: a love letter after a 36-year relationship
As she prepares to retire after almost four decades, MAT leader and former teacher Caroline Derbyshire pens a thank-you letter to a profession that has given her so much
Caroline Derbyshire: My love letter to teaching

Tuesday

8th Jul 2025

Sir Michael Wilshaw: ‘Structure and discipline liberate children’
In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Sir Michael Wilshaw, former chief inspector of Ofsted
Michael Wilshaw

Monday

30th Jun 2025

How to find leadership roles for quiet pupils
An international primary teacher explains how her school has found ways to encourage all pupils to step forward for leadership responsibilities
Mouse with megaphone

Monday

16th Jun 2025

How to make EDI work in practice
For an academy trust board, an equality, diversity and inclusion policy is far more than a box-ticking exercise and it takes work to put it into practice, trustees tell Tes
TREE with different hands for leaves

Tuesday

10th Jun 2025

The Kenyan boarding school aiming to become self-sustaining
Minimising its environmental impact has become a growing priority for St Andrew’s in Turi – from planting 60,000 trees to cooking with biogas produced from pigs’ waste
OK The Kenyan boarding school
Estelle Morris: ‘I wish I had understood the impact of resigning on others’
Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to former education secretary and teacher Estelle Morris
Estelle Morris How I lead

Tuesday

13th May 2025

Cathie Paine: ‘I see myself as a wandering encourager’
Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Cathie Paine, CEO of England’s largest primary multi-academy trust
Cathie Paine

Monday

12th May 2025

My week as... CFOO of Consilium Academies
In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to the chief finance and operations officer at Consilium Academies, John Halstead
John Halstead

Thursday

8th May 2025

Why we gave our school leaders 5 ‘reading days’
Carving out time for headteachers to research, read or plan reduces the risk of them burning out – and offers their deputies the chance to step up, says this trust CEO
Gentleman quietly reading in an armchair

Wednesday

7th May 2025

Being a headteacher is hard but it brings joy like no other job
Amid reports that fewer teachers are interested in headship, a long-serving head explains why, despite the difficulties, it’s still an incredible role that she loves every day
Being a headteacher is hard - but brings a joy like no other job

Tuesday

29th Apr 2025

How should a trust board manage risk?
Nuanced understanding of risk is crucial to inform decision-making at board level. But what does that look like in practice?
Trust Essentials: How should academy trust boards approach risk management?