Pupils

Track and support pupil progress and make sure your school is doing everything it can to encourage their development and ensure their wellbeing.

What bothers your staff most about pupil discipline?
Pupils
- Many teachers think heads don’t do enough to support them with poor classroom conduct. Iain Ford, from Teacher Tapp, shares its findings
Developing better practices to support LGBTQ+
Mental Health
- Al Kingsley advises on how to tackle the rise in discrimination against trans and gay pupils
Empowering your staff to build a curriculum that matters
Pupils
- Stemming the flow of talented young people out of Warrington was driver for a major reappraisal and redesign of the entire curriculum at Bruche Primary School, says Chris Jones
Giving child refugees a firm foundation
Teaching Practice
- Make newcomers’ early days in school less daunting by being creative in how you communicate, says Sue White
How to tackle summer learning loss
Teaching Practice
- Aimee Cave shares four effective strategies for getting children up to speed from the very first days of the new academic year
We’ve not been headteachers, but Covid managers
Pupils
- LAs were late to the party, and where was government recognition for our role in managing the pandemic? asks Undercover Headteacher
How to improve pupils’ mental health
Mental Health
- Trying out new strategies for supporting children can reap benefits, says Simon Antwis
Heads - don’t make mental health a negative term
Mental Health
- Treat emotional problems in staff and pupils as you would physical ones, says Ben Levinson
What’s it like being a black pupil in a primary school?
Teaching Practice
Getting honest about home education
Pupils
- There’s no reason why schools can’t work closer with home educators and stop the culture of suspicion and mistrust, argues Dr Harriet Pattison