Surviving Holidays
(Abridged version of ch 24 of my ‘Elephant in the Staffroom’ book) According to the old joke, October is the month where the cricket fan...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 11, 20203 min read
A brief guide to marking and feedback
As teachers marking work and providing feedback our aim is to ensure 2 things That we deliver good and useful feedback that helps...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 1, 20204 min read
Top Ten Interviews
I am not in the current ‘teacher transfer window’ ahead of the May deadline but I have had a lot of interviews over the years – good, bad...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 1, 20203 min read
A brief guide to handling teacher emails
In my book ‘the elephant in the staffroom’ I briefly mentioned dealing with email, citing one interesting statistic from John Freeman’s...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 1, 20203 min read
Leadership lessons from the Greeks
A few years ago I wrote an article for UkEdMag on lessons for teachers from the thinkers of Ancient Greece. Recently I have been thinking...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 1, 20202 min read
Navigating Change
Change is all around us, some good, some bad. This prompts a lot of reflection and there is much to reflect upon. One reflection is...
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Chris Eyre
Jul 18, 20202 min read
In the belly of the whale
Recently I re-read the story of Jonah in the Bible. (Yes, I am aware that the Bible uses the word 'fish' rather than whale but I'm going...
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Chris Eyre
Jun 1, 20202 min read
‘I’m sorry, I was wrong’ - the case for humility
Recently I shared some thoughts on competent vs charismatic leadership. This is almost a footnote to that post addressing something a...
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Chris Eyre
May 22, 20206 min read
Remote Learning - the first 7 weeks
If you’re reading this in 2025 - you may remember that for most of 2020 there was a coronavirus pandemic and schools closed. Many...
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Chris Eyre
May 21, 20204 min read
Dull and Grey Leadership
In the early 1990s, the satirical series Spitting Image famously characterised the Prime Minister John Major as the grey man. His grey...
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Chris Eyre
May 18, 20202 min read
10 Covid Commandments - via Rick Warren
Most of us if we're honest are having good days and bad days at the minute. After a couple of bad days I downloaded some podcasts given...
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Chris Eyre
May 12, 20203 min read
Teacher bashing
I don’t think it’s just me. Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be open season on teachers at the moment? From criticism of online...
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Chris Eyre
May 4, 20203 min read
Take me to Church - Early Leadership lessons
Having done quite a bit of reading around leadership recently, I realised that much of my early leadership development happened outside...
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Chris Eyre
May 4, 20203 min read
WFH - week 1 thoughts
We have had a week of working from home getting to grips with teaching our students remotely. Some parts of the job have remained the...
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Chris Eyre
Apr 15, 20203 min read
#50isplenty
Recent news stories of 60 hour weeks, Debra Kidd’s honest reflections on her experience and the subsequent debate on Twitter have led me...
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