Friday, 6 January 2017

LESSON THREE!

Constantly search for excellence to share, network and learn from...

Thursday, 5 January 2017

LESSON TWO!

Be relentlessly positive and optimistic and yet realistic...

LESSON ONE!

Be driven by a mission with values and beliefs that focused on fairness, inclusion and equity...

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

THE TWELVE KEYS TO BRILLIANT LEARNING!

It has been another great year working in Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster and whatever happens next we must continue to tell and share our stories; success stories, learning stories, stories about developing understanding, stories about real people and real places.

Tuesday, 3 January 2017

THE HECKMAN EQUATION!

At the heart of the Cutlers' 'Better Learners, Better Workers' approach is a recognition that to be successful young people need skills, behaviours and character traits alongside knowledge and understanding and that we need to develop a curriculum entitlement that develops all of these.

WHAT WORKS!

I have spent the last forty years in this crazy profession searching for the extraordinary; looking for what works and trying to understand why some things don't work!

Monday, 2 January 2017

HARD TIMES AND TOUGH ISSUES REQUIRE BOLD, BIG AND BRILLIANT SOLUTIONS!!

Whether it is care for the elderly, unemployment in young people, concerns about special educational needs and inclusion or the underachievement of looked after children; hard times and tough issues require bold, big and brilliant solutions... anything to shake things up and challenge the status quo.

Sunday, 1 January 2017

BE HAPPY!

Happiness appears to be connected to seven things: relationships, contentment, security and money, health, transcendence and fulfilment. 




HAPPY NEW YEAR!



I hope that everyone who reads my blog has a happy, healthy, safe and successful 2017 and that it brings you and those you love and care about, peace, fulfillment and all the things you really, really want. Most importantly love what you are doing and simply be happy! And always remember that when it comes down to it the only things that really matter are faith, family and friends!