FREE CPD Events
J & G Marshall is delighted to be launching two free CPD events to help and support education leaders; whether they be headteachers, business managers, governors or trustees. Both events […]
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Good Governance: Watchdog, Mediator, Champion
The first half term is drawing to a close and we are all crawling to our first break. This only means one thing… the first meetings of governors and trustees […]
What do Bright Tribe and Trainspotting 2 have in common?
Over the last couple of weeks, a couple of things have caught my attention on television…bear with me on this one. Firstly, and somewhat unsurprisingly, the Panorama investigation into Bright Tribe […]
Where do special schools sit in a fully academised system?
Academisation is something that everyone in the education sector has a view on. There are those who are passionate about the opportunities on offer, and then there are those who […]
Can a reduction in hours amount to a redundancy?
Section 139(1) of The Employment Rights Act 1996 states the definition of redundancy as follows:- ‘An employee who is dismissed shall be taken to be dismissed by reason of redundancy […]
Imagine if Santa’s Naughty or Nice list was monitored like school finances…
This may sound like an unusual analogy, but imagine if Santa’s Naughty or Nice list was compiled and monitored in the same way as finances in the education sector are? Just […]
Associate members of MATS – a real egg cuber?
David Carter, the National Schools Commissioner, has hinted at a new, potentially game changing, policy at a Church of England schools training event last week. The basic premise of what […]
Rhetoric or reality – are the powers-that-be getting more adept at oversight?
In the last couple of weeks problems within Multi-Academy Trusts have made the headlines yet again. Putting the Party Conferences to one-side, three stories caught my eye: A MAT in […]
Why Headteacher Boards? Why just Heads?
There is many a paradox in the Academy world but perhaps the biggest one is around the Headteacher Board. A group of Headteachers, together with and headed by an RSC, […]