Key Issues for Primary Schools

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
Admissions: towards greater transparency and equity......Page 16
Appraisal: an integrated system......Page 20
Assessment complexities......Page 25
Attendance: improving pupil attendance......Page 30
Baseline assessment: strengths and limitations......Page 35
Behaviour and its improvement......Page 39
Benchmarking: a machete not a scalpel......Page 44
Bullying: not in our school......Page 49
Child protection: awareness and procedures......Page 53
Classroom management: developing interrelated skills......Page 57
Curriculum changes......Page 61
Differentiation: the importance of planning......Page 65
Direct teaching: some strengths and weaknesses......Page 69
Early years: nursery developments and reception classes......Page 72
Efficiency of the school and how it may be improved......Page 76
Emotional and behavioural difficulties......Page 80
English as an additional language (EAL): guidelines and confusions......Page 85
Equal opportunities: beyond the platitudes......Page 89
Governing bodies: clarity about their role......Page 93
Group work: learning together......Page 97
Head teachers: leadership and management......Page 101
Health and safety: a manageable framework......Page 106
Homework: the importance of whole-school planning......Page 110
Inclusion: ideology or pragmatism?......Page 114
Information and communications technology: exciting developments......Page 118
Initial teacher training: routes and structures......Page 122
Inspection: getting the most from it......Page 126
Learning resources and their full use......Page 130
Literacy: a national strategy......Page 134
Marketing the primary school......Page 138
Media management for the school......Page 142
Numeracy......Page 146
Organisation of pupils in school (including class size)......Page 150
Parents and the community: improving partnership......Page 154
Planning for teaching and learning......Page 158
Project management in primary education......Page 162
Research: action research in the school......Page 166
School improvement plans within strategic planning......Page 170
Security of the school......Page 174
Sex education: steering a steady course......Page 178
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development: complex interrelationships......Page 183
Staff development including newly qualified teachers......Page 187
Standards: the new watchword......Page 191
Support for children: maximising outside help......Page 196
Target setting......Page 200
Teaching assistants and associates......Page 205
Topic work as an approach to the curriculum......Page 209
Value added measures and their relation to league tables......Page 213
Very able pupils......Page 217
Bibliography......Page 221