Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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We must commit now to address the inequality that exists within the education system
In this blog, Claudenia Williams gives her reaction to recently published research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) which explores the representation and career progression opportunities in the teaching profession in England among people from different ethnic minority backgrounds.
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What's it like being a mentor on the Early Career Framework?
Vice Principal and mentor Maria Hawkes discusses the Early Career Framework, instructional coaching and deliberate practice, and shares some top tips for mentoring teachers.
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Melissa shares her journey to parenthood
Ambition Institute colleague Melissa Thomson-Mead shares her experiences of the journey to parenthood, and how Ambition Institute have supported her to build and take care of her family.
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New NPQ framework for early years leaders: four reasons to be excited
Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that 40% of the attainment gap is already evident by the age of five, making early years settings crucial for excellent, high-quality, early years education and care. In this blog, early years expert Rebecca Curtis reflects on early years leadership professional development provision and explores the new NPQEYL framework, from specificity to settings to the 'golden thread'.
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Leading literacy in schools: aims, challenges, and solutions
Sarah Bagshaw-McCormick unpicks what we know about leading literacy in schools, the challenges currently faced by literacy leaders in the sector, and possible professional development solutions.