Five mistakes I made as a young HoD
by Whittling all the great howlers of my early career down to just five was not an easy task, I can tell you, but it has …
Category: Career
What’s it like training in England but teaching in Scotland?
by This was the situation in which I found myself as a teacher of Classics. I had graduated with the PGCE from Cambridge but accepted my …
What happened when a History teacher taught themselves Latin GCSE?
by I’m going to share a secret with you all. My name is Rachel, and I’m a history teacher, but I don’t have a history degree. …
What does a HoD need from a new teacher?
My answer to this is an answer, and I speak from quite a privileged standpoint: my school is Classics-friendly, offering Latin, Greek and Class Civ …
What does a new teacher need from their HoD?
by I’m a big believer in the mantra ‘recruit good people and let them get on with it’. If you give people- and pupils- trust and …