Blog
Hello and welcome to my blog!
My name is Emma Hollis and I am the Head of MKTSA (Milton Keynes Teaching School Alliance) and MKITT (Milton Keynes Initial Teacher Training). I am also a founding trustee of NASBTT (National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers), an organisation that supports school-led training provision and represents their interests in the development and implementation of national policy and a voice at Government.
Within my blog, you will find information, insights, thoughts, and opinions on the teaching sector, sector-leading initiatives and change and improvements within the teaching and teacher training arenas.
I hope you enjoy it.
Emma Hollis
Knowledge or Skills?
Knowledge or Skills? In his recent speech to the Education World Forum, Nick Gibb strongly advocated for a move away from ‘child-centred’ pedagogies towards ‘teacher-led education’. In this speech, he questions the validity of a [...]
Ofsted “Thumbs Up” for School Based ITT
Those of you who work with ITT providers will be interested to read the following article which offers some wonderful news for those of us who are committed to high quality school-based teacher training. Well [...]
A shocking statistic!
A shocking statistic! Today I read a statistic which surprised me…and having spent the last 9 years working in Education, I didn’t think I could still be surprised! The headline read “one in three NQTs [...]
Teacher Workload: Ofsted are sitting up and taking notice…are you?
Teacher Workload: Ofsted are sitting up and taking notice…are you? Further to my previous blogs on teacher workload, it may interest many of you to note that Ofsted has recently issued guidance to its inspectors [...]
Remove unnecessary teacher workload: marking and assessment policy
Further to my recent blog on teacher workload, the NCTL have sent out the following message urging schools to review their policies and practice with regards to marking. The message is clear, schools must take [...]
Government reiterates ambition for all schools to become academies
The White Paper may be on the back-burner but the government’s ambition for all schools to become academies was firmly reiterated yesterday in a statement from the DfE announcing new funding for school improvement to [...]
Teacher Workload
If you weren't already aware that the Government is taking an interest in teacher workload then now is the time to sit up and take notice! As far back as October 2014, the DfE was [...]
Welcome to my new blog!
We know that everyone is incredibly busy and sometimes there's just no time to read all of the emails which hit your inboxes. The aim of this blog is to bring together the key information [...]