HFL Education advisers continue to share their expertise through national education publications, with two new articles now live offering practical support for school leaders and teachers.
Supporting effective governance in schools
Jonathan Ellam, HFL Education’s Governance Adviser, has been published in Headteacher Update with a highly practical article exploring how headteachers can work positively and effectively with their governors and trustees.
The piece focuses on the key ingredients of strong governance, including clarity of roles, professional communication, effective challenge and the importance of building trusting relationships between school leaders and governing boards. Jonathan draws on his extensive experience to offer realistic, actionable strategies that school leaders can apply in their own settings.
Promoting the article on social media, the Headteacher Update editor highlighted a message we strongly agree with: strong governance leads to strong schools.
Literacy and learning in secondary science
HFL Education expertise is also featured in SecEd, where Anna Mapley, Secondary Science Adviser, explores the importance of literacy in science teaching.
In this article, Anna considers why literacy is so central to success in science and how teachers can support all students to better understand scientific language, vocabulary and written texts. She shares subject-specific approaches that help students improve comprehension while maintaining the precision and rigour essential to the discipline
As Anna explains in the article:
“Literacy matters in science teaching – but how can teachers best support all students to better understand scientific language and improve their comprehension?”
Read the article for practical strategies that secondary science teachers can use immediately in their classrooms.
