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Publications - Leadership and Management

Curriculum Briefing Vol 3 No 1: Positive classroom behaviour

Author: Angela Dewsbury

This issue of Curriculum Briefing focuses on developing systems and support structures to help your teaching staff implement effective behaviour management skills in practice read more

Curriculum Briefing Vol 2 No1: Achieving effective assessment for learning

What is assessment for learning all about and how can these concepts be applied to everyday classroom practice to trigger real improvements in your pupils' learning curve? Questions like these are constantly on the minds of curriculum managers and school leaders that it can often feel as though you are tip-toeing on a mine-field of uncertainty read more

Curriculum Briefing: Assessment for learning: Targeting success

As a curriculum manager or headteacher, you will need to ensure your school’s assessment for learning approach is a permanent and central part of everyday classroom practice throughout your school read more

Curriculum Briefing Vol 2 No 3: Vocational curriculum: Making it work

Under the 14-19 reforms, vocational education is being given more weight in the curriculum. Whether you have already introduced some vocational courses, or are starting from scratch, this issue of Curriculum Briefing has been written to help schools' vocational programmes go from strength to strength read more

Extended Schools Update

Author: Edited by: Colleen Cummings

NEW Extended Schools Update offers extended school co-ordinators and those responsible for developing, coordinating and delivering core offer provision, the practical advice, support and reassurance which will help them with this important task.

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Early Years Handbook

Author: Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton

Early Years Handbook provides a complete guide to establishing and running high quality, sustainable early years provision which provides good outcomes for children and meets the needs of parents and carers.

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Making the most of SIMS.net: Assessment for Learning: The Path to Primary School Improvement

Author: Anthony Powell

This easy-to-use guide will help you monitor and evaluate performance in your school using SIMS, enabling you to support school improvement and assessment for learning. Publishing in November, this book comes from Anthony Powell, author of the bestselling SIMS book for secondary schools.

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Making the most of SIMS.net: Improving School Attendance

Author: Alison Parkinson

Use SIMS software effectively to improve attendance and attainment – publishing in November this new easy-to-use guide for secondary schools will show you how!

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More Favourite Assemblies Key Stage 2

Author: Edited by Gerald Haigh

Bringing you the best from the Primary Assembly File plus more new assemblies in one handy book! Edited by Gerald Haigh.

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The Home-School Partnership File

Author: Mike Walton

Enhance your home-school partnerships with this one-stop resource by Mike Walton, offering all the resources you need to communicate with parents!

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The Peer Mediation and Mentoring Trainer's Manual

Author: Belinda Hopkins

Empower your students to resolve conflicts for themselves and their peers with this brand new guide, by Belinda Hopkins, to making peer mediation and mentoring happen within your school.

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Self-Evaluation for School Improvement

Author: Gill Bracey

This unique guide written by Gill Bracey provides the tools you need to help all staff embed the self-evaluation process within your school and use it to raise levels of achievement.

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Making the most of SIMS.net - Assessment for Learning

Author: Anthony Powell

This straight-forward guide by Anthony Powell will help you to monitor and evaluate performance, showing you how you can exploit the power of SIMS to assist with this task and support school improvement and assessment for learning.

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Making the most of SIMS.net - Timetabling for School Effectiveness

Author: Nicholas Faux

This complete guide by Nicholas Faux will enable you and your staff to produce and work with timetables that can contribute to the overall improvement of school performance.

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The Role of the Subject Leader

Author: Edited by Glynn Kirkham

Subject leadership is developing as a role. The Role of the Subject Leader, edited by Glynn Kirkham, assists subject leaders in the establishment of a detailed appreciation of the role.

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