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Books written by teachers and senior leaders for teachers and senior leaders! Our Practical Teaching series covers a diverse range of topics from supporting well-being of school staff and yourself to change of management.

These dynamic and carefully crafted texts serve as valuable companions for teachers to make their job easier and more satisfying, whatever stage they’re at in their career.

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What Every Parent Should Know About Education

What Every Parent Should Know About Education

How knowing the facts can help your child succeed

By Chris Atherton and Stuart Kime

A walk through all the most important issues in education, comparing commonly-held beliefs with simple summaries of the evidence, providing you with clear, jargon-free information. 

SPIN

SPIN

Time and task management in teaching

By David Gumbrell

39 reflections to turn task completion into time for you

Following on from LIFT and RISK, David Gumbrell uses his unique approach to help you juggle your workload and tackle your to do list with greater effectiveness. An increase in productivity means you can create more time for you leading to improved well-being and a happier and relaxed teaching experience.

The Head of Year’s Handbook

The Head of Year’s Handbook

Driving Student Well-being and Engagement

By Michael Power

Is it possible to achieve a good work-life balance as a head of year while still being effective and offering the best pastoral care for your students that you can? This book shows you how.

All Change!

All Change!

Best practice for educational transitions

By Rhiannon Packer

This text examines transitions within education – between year groups, key stages and schools – and how they can be managed and supported for the maximum benefit of the pupil.

If you can’t reach them you can’t teach them

If you can’t reach them you can’t teach them

Building effective learning relationships

By Kevin Hewitson

A book about putting learning relationships at the heart of your teaching; then everything else will fall into place including positive behaviour management, stress reduction, student engagement and pupil progress.