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So, You Want to Build a New School
A ten-point plan on how to get BSF right from a school that has done it - and done it under budget, ahead of schedule and achieved their best ever GCSE results in the middle of it.

I’m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here!
Sticks are not a commonly used resource in most schools. Images of children getting hurt through being poked in the eye run rife through the heads of many teachers.

40 'Facts' I Learned at School
'Imagination is more important than knowledge' according to Einstein. 'I want there to be core curriculum content – facts, knowledge' according to Michael Gove. One of them is a genius who changed the course of the world, the other is Michael Gove

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Super-Teaching If you only buy one book in order to improve what goes on in your classroom then let it be this one.
The Little Book Of Thunks 260 questions to make your brain go ouch!

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The Learning Revolution This book is an inspiring synthesis of theory and practical techniques.

Sustainable Programmes

Outdoor Learning
Juliet Robertson taking learning outdoors: her whole school approach to improvement

The Lazy Way
Jim Smith's programme on shifting the emphasis of a lesson from staff teaching to students learning by encouraging students to think independently

Visions of Leadership
Simon Cooper-Hind's leadership development programme

Whole School Emotional Intelligence Programme
Mike Brearley's powerful emotional intelligence programme for schools