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

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

Curriculum Briefing Vol 3 No 1: Positive classroom behaviour

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

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

Early Years Handbook

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.

Improve your Leadership Skills

This school resource tackles the issues that those with leadership positions in schools face. It contains worksheets, guides and 20-minute activities designed to help middle leaders develop practical and straightforward procedures that will make a contribution to teaching and learning within their school. Edited by Kit Field, Elizabeth Hoult and Simon Hughes.

Improving Performance in Primary Schools

This pack provides a framework that penetrates to the core of teaching and learning, enabling the headteacher, school management team and teachers to focus clearly on the pertinent issues.

Making the most of SIMS.net - Assessment for Learning

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Making the most of SIMS.net: Improving School Attendance

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!

Resource Management

Resource Management, edited by Simon Hughes, is written for all subject leaders interested in managing resources more effectively and efficiently in their school.

Self-Evaluation for School Improvement

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.

The Cross-Curriculum

The Cross-Curriculum, edited by Kit Field, is designed to support subject leaders in the organisation of learning in relation to cross-curricular matters. By focusing on cross-curricular matters, subject leaders are likely to improve the performance of pupils in their own subject area, as well as contribute to the broad education of the learner.

The Home-School Partnership File

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

The Peer Mediation and Mentoring Trainer's Manual

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.

The Role of the Subject Leader

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.

Curriculum Briefing

Curriculum Briefing is your guide to implementing change, cross-curriculum management and introducing new teaching and learning strategies. It is edited by Angela Dewsbury.

Early Years Update

Managing nurseries and the foundation stage.

Early Years Update, edited Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton, brings together essential news and information in a concise and practical format to support anyone managing nurseries and the foundation stage.

Education Law Update

Each month Education Law Update brings you analysis, insight and practical guidance, edited by Leila Segal.

Extended Schools Update

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.

Gifted & Talented Update

G&T Update, edited by Linda Evans, will help you to provide for gifted and talented pupils in your school or cluster.

"Up to date relevant information on the real issues regarding G&T from real practitioners and those in the know. It provides a wealth of information on G&T and is very informative when it comes to national developments etc. It's excellent and is essential for every G&T co-ordinator."
Andrea Broadbent, G&T Strand Co-ordinator, Tameside Excellence Cluster

Primary Headship

For the latest insights into school leadership - read Primary Headship, edited by Steve Mynard.

“If you are only going to read one publication, then this should be the one.” Roz Levin, Headteacher

Secondary Headship

The job of a school leader can be an isolated one. Tackling the prominent issues affecting your school's performance will help you gain the professional respect you drive for!

Secondary Headship, edited by Jill Wyatt, will help you achieve successful leadership of your school. Latest issue available now.

The Home-School Partnership File

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

The Peer Mediation and Mentoring Trainer's Manual

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.