Perhaps the phrase "work-life balance" is a misnomer. Or at least it was rather too simple a term to help me to get things in c...

For a book based around the responses to a survey of around 4000 teachers which revealed that 57% wouldn't recommend teaching to a fam...

In her book 'The Four Tendencies' author Gretchen Rubin outlines four ways in which people respond to expectations. According to...

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SchoolWell , a school staff wellbeing directory, asked me a few questions about wellbeing, marking, Twitter, reading and #OptimisticEd; the...

I have been known to write about, and comment upon, wellbeing (possible understatement). My interest in reducing workload - my o...

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In recent conversations with teachers I have had my eyes opened to a world of pain that some of our colleagues are being subjected to. Whils...

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 Thanks to February I've racked up a fair few blog posts now and in looking back over them I can see there are definite recurring themes...

The word 'autonomy' comes from the Greek 'auto' meaning "self" and 'nomos' meaning "law", so t...

A popular call as a solution for teachers' workload is for teachers to be given extra time at school within working hours to get more o...

Tonight is date night. I say that as if it's a regular fixture in our calendar but it's not. It should be though. My wife is a sta...

If teachers could save time on their everyday routine tasks then inevitably there could be more life in the balance. I love finding time...

The year I began my requested move to year 6 was the year marking and feedback became high on the agenda. With the knowledge that book ...

These days plugging your phone in to charge must rank up there with brushing teeth when it comes to bedtime routine. You wouldn't want...

What if I miss a day? I know it's only 29 minutes each day, but it could happen. This is something I want to do: write every day for a ...

The view from my classroom window for the past year has been characterised by hi-viz jackets, heavy plant and, more latterly, clean stone...

It all started when, every week, an unemployed friend would ask me how my week had been, to which I invariably replied 'Busy!' . ...

Some might say I labour under the illusion that, as a teacher, one doesn't have to work at the weekends. Except it's not an illus...