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CEO’s Blog: “The Pale Blue Dot”
Regular readers will know that I am “late to the table” with regards to reading for pleasure, and also that I’m no scientist by any definition of the term. Yet, I enjoy reading the work of…
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CEO’s Blog: “Turn up. Work Hard. Be Nice.”
Many of you will be reading this having clicked on a link via Twitter. I don’t have a personal Twitter account but follow many colleagues who do. One such colleague tweeted recently about a large display-sized…
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CEO’s Blog: “Miles didn’t hear it as a mistake… He heard it as something that just happened: an event.”
For this blog, I want to relay a story that is well-known amongst afficionados of jazz music. I don’t claim to be amongst their number but, as with fine art, and literature “I know what I like”.
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Fradley Park Consultation Report
Section 10 Consultation Report Executive Summary Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School is a non-selective, non-denominational primary school in the pre- opening phase with a planned opening date of September 2022. The school will be part…
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CEO’s Blog: “You blow in one end, and move your fingers up and down the outside.”
It is probably far too late in the month to wish readers a ‘Happy New Year’, but somehow for this first blog of 2021 it would seem impolite not to, especially in the context that the closing words of my previous piece was to wish you all a good Christmas.
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Fradley Park Consultation
Statutory ConsultationFradley Park Primary and Nursery School, proposed to open in September 2022. Consultation Period: Closed Consultation Period: 12 noon Wednesday, 10th March 2021 – 12 noon Wednesday, 21st April 2021 Consultation Events We look forward…
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Rugeley John Taylor FAQ
.Below are some of the questions we have been asked about the new all-through free school Rugeley John Taylor. We will add to this list of FAQs over time, as we are committed to providing clear answers to your questions. You may also find useful information about John Taylor MAT and its schools on our website http://www.jtmat.co.uk (under the “Free School Applications” tab) and on Twitter @JohnTaylorMAT and about Rugeley John Taylor on Twitter @JTRugeley.
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John Taylor High School selected to provide high-quality professional development to teachers and leaders.
John Taylor High School is one the 81 schools in England selected to be designated as a new teaching school hub.
Teachers across the country will benefit from vital developmental support and expert advice, allowing them to improve a broad range of vital teaching skills, under plans announced by the Department for Education today.
The teaching workforce will get best-practice and expert advice on how best to engage with pupils, lesson planning, and classroom management, as the teaching school hubs programme is rolled out across the country.
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John Taylor MAT Successful in Further Free School Application
A new “All Through” free school planned for Rugeley will open in September 2023 as part of the John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust (JTMAT), the Department for Education has announced. This is the only “All-Through” school to…
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CEO’s Blog: “We’re cathedral builders – and we always have been.”
It is probably far too late in the month to wish readers a ‘Happy New Year’, but somehow for this first blog of 2021 it would seem impolite not to, especially in the context that the closing words of my previous piece was to wish you all a good Christmas.
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CEO’s Blog: “The Shape of the Spoon”
As we move toward the end of the term, and the end of the calendar year, we will all be taking some time to reflect on what 2020 has meant to us. Writing in a personal capacity, as I do for these blogs, there have certainly been many lows as well as highs as I am sure you, my reader, will have experienced also.
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Our vision for Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School
John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust wishes to build on the success of the existing primary schools within its MAT and use their expertise and educational leadership in the area to copy many of the key areas of…
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CEO’s Blog: “We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
Readers of my blogs will recall that earlier in the year (March 2020) I drew my inspiration from Michael Palin’s “Pole to Pole”, a book I had chosen to read during the most restrictive phase of…
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Have you considered becoming a school governor?
Did you know that school governance is the largest voluntaryactivity in the country? Would you like to help shape the future for the nextgeneration? Are you committed to contributing to your local community?If you have answered…
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CEO’s Blog: “If you have to tell folks ya is, ya probably ain’t!”
One of the reasons I enjoy history, and became a History teacher, was my capacity to enjoy and recall events with reasonable accuracy and ease. Thinking of a theme for my blog this month, I was…
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CEO’s Blog: When no one is watching.
I hope this Blog finds all its readers safe and well, as we continue to live and work through these times. There are numerous writers and broadcasters who have made the timely, and expedient, connection between…
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CEO’s Blog: Learning: a precious resource.
Learning: a precious resource. For the past week or so, I have been reading Michael Palin’s “Pole to Pole”, in which he charts a journey from the North to the South Pole, passing along the line…
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Covid-19 IT Guidance
Last updated: 24/03/2020 Technology plays an important role in ensuring your child(ren) can continue their education during this time of uncertainty. We know from experience technology can be temperamental at times and issues can occur when…
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CEO’s Blog: The great outdoors
Perhaps writing this blog in the aftermath of some of the worst and most damaging storms for decades may be unwise, but it was prompted by several occurrences last week that I wanted to share with…
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CEO’s Blog: “And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you.”
It was almost ten years ago to the day that I began my association with John Taylor, by taking up the headship at John Taylor High School. My most vivid memory of 4th January 2010, which succeeded a somewhat sleepless night, was to be greeted at the snow-covered entrance to the school by a member of our admin staff, who enquired with an outstretched arm and an upturned palm, “So, are we opening today, boss?” Welcome to headship!
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