- How he got into teaching
- How North America influenced his education philosophy
- Why Reach Academy Feltham may never have come to exist
- Why is he reluctant to shout from the rooftops about Reach Academy’s success
- Which strand of work runs through everything they do and which organisations have been pivotal to their success
- An unpopular opinion he has about student attainment data
- How they can afford to timetable teachers to not be teaching to make teachers lives easier
- How this work will be shared with other schools and thousands of trainee teachers
- Why he thinks teachers leaving the profession might actually help the retention
- His latest thinking on offering staff more flexibility
- Which leadership model has been central to improving teaching and learning
- Why two cross sectors training programmes were the best professional development experiences he’s ever had
- What he thinks the school can do better to improve CPD
- How he makes sure the organisations Reach partners with are worth their salt
- Why he’s glad he isn’t a headteacher in France
- Why he is surprisingly bullish about the funding crisis
- How he has reduced costs and increased income for the school
- What one question he would ask every headteacher if he could
- When he had a heart attack in the first year of teaching
- Why he thinks supporting families and communities before students begin school is the key to a bright future in education
Ed Vainker, Executive Headteacher, Reach Academy Feltham - How to improve progress by investing in relationships with families
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In this episode of the We Are In Beta Podcast, Ed Vainker, Executive Headteacher, Reach Academy Feltham, shares his thoughts on:
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