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E09 - Hear from a headteacher who puts teaching and learning first, breaks down barriers and ensures every child has a champion.

E09 - Hear from a headteacher who puts teaching and learning first, breaks down barriers and ensures every child has a champion.

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Phil Brooke is headteacher at Alexandra Park Primary School in Stockport, and a former SLE and NCETM Mastery Lead. Alexandra Park is rated Outstanding by Ofsted, which notes that the school “is very well led and managed.”


We talk to Phil about teaching in a deprived area, having a focus on teaching and learning and his determination to make sure the children under his care don’t struggle as he once did.


00:00 Intro

00:31 A culture of care for children & staff

07:09 Barriers to learning school extremely difficult

19:41 Travelling & creating a better future for children

27:47 ""Reading will never be a barrier!""

30:47 Who drives Teaching & Learning?

33:22 Whatever your role in school, you are a professional life-changer

38:53 Let's talk budgets and cover staff

42:03 School development & giving teachers time

46:28 Teaching assistants & pay rises

50:28 A research-based approach

53:32 An extra INSET day, well-being & Lieu days

55:18 First to arrive, last to leave


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