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Whatever your take on the government's Education White Paper there is plenty for governing boards to be thinking about and, looking forward, plenty of strategic thinking to be done.

With the move to more online working and collaborations, it is becoming more apparent that this style of working has helped the introverts excel. I have been reading articles about how the ‘working from home world’ has helped the introverts shine, which got me thinking about how this might affect those children who are introverts.

Sophie MacNeill explores some ways to shake up feedback to make it more efficient and effective in terms of teacher workload and pupil progress

What exactly is a positive relationship in the Early Years and how important are they?

Puppets are a great way of injecting fun and learning in the classroom. They can tell stories, promote positive behaviour and help with teaching phonics.

Great leadership in schools is about balancing investment to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of education with sound financial management to ensure that the trajectory of improvement is sustainable.

Risky play has always been a cause of disagreement. With health and safety in mind how do you incorporate risk into you provision?

Before Covid we all knew safeguarding was critically important, ‘post’ Covid it needs to be an unrelenting focus for governors, trustees and boards more than ever before.

Screen time – how much, how often and how else?

How expectations for snacks and meals in day nursery or full daycare have changed over the last 40 years.