What can my 3 year old son and many school leaders I have spoken to recently, learn from a Chinese philosopher writing in the 3rd Century...

League tables should be reformed to give parents the information they really need First published in 2021. One absurdity which has stood...

Imagine what a school that learns the lessons of lockdown might look like First published in 2020. In the Republic, Socrates invites his...

When we all return we need to do more of those things we have missed most First published during the Lockdown of 2020. Reading Gert...

From a blog I wrote for Learning from Lockdown, 2020 Has the pandemic provided an opportunity for us to re-think where, and how, learning...

My #BrewEd session at the NEU #celebratingeducation conference, 2019 This year (2019), for the first time since studies began, young...

First published in 2017. Introduction: Six Years Ago It was nine in the morning on a Saturday in early July.  A Teach First session...

This is an article I wrote for 'Innovate my School' in 2016. Introduction: Why get out of bed in the morning? I do not think there is...

First Published in 2015 When I first started experimenting with Project Based Learning (PBL) in School 21, one of my biggest concerns was...

Here is the blog I wrote for The Innovation Unit about assessment and rigour in Project Based Learning. First published in 2015. “I am a...

The following account is from a piece I wrote for the Innovation Unit (first published in 2013) about my journey from skeptic of...