Coaching school leaders enhances High Performance

By Rachel Coles | May 14, 2024 |
Teacher in a classroom with children sat at desks with their hands in the air

Russel Ellicott, Headteacher of Pates Grammar school – an HPL world-class school – discusses the benefits of using a coaching leadership style which enhances teachers’ ambitions and creates a culture of trust. “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast, or a bridge player. We all…

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Educational expectations and missing the target

By Melanie Saunders | May 14, 2024 |
Teacher working with a teen girl on a laptop

Does the background of a student have an impact on what they can achieve academically, and what data do we have to prove either way? Discover how you can support students to get the results that are reflective of their true potential. Predictive data was a whole new world during the 80s/90s– the Technology Colleges…

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Setting – time for a rethink?

By Melanie Saunders | May 14, 2024 |
Group of primary school children sat on a carpet with their hands in the air

Is the way we set students outdated? Is it time for change? Melanie Saunders, Chief Education Adviser at High Performance Learning, argues that it’s time for schools to reflect upon their student grouping policy and focus on competence, expertise and mastery as a continuum which can be grown in students with the right teaching. Student…

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