Leading English in the Primary School

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Commons Education Select Committee
Conduct Lesson Observation
Coordinating English
Coordinating KS2 english
Coordinating literacy
Coordinating primary English
curriculum leadership strategies
educational policy implementation
Effective Subject Leader
English Subject Knowledge
English Subject Leader
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formative assessment in literacy
Government Clarity
Guided Reading Session
High Quality Text
Home Literacy Practices
Home School Partnership
HSKE Project
literacy curriculum innovation
Literacy leadership
Liz Chamberlain
Mary Scanlan
Monitor Pupil Progress
Neil Suggett
NLS
NLS Framework
pedagogical reflection techniques
primary literacy pedagogy
Professional Development
professional development for English coordinators
Pupil Interview
Pupil Progress Meetings
Sandy Stockwell
School Improvement Cycle
School Literacy Practices
School's Self-evaluation Process
School’s Self-evaluation Process
Subject Leader
Subject Leader Role
Subject leadership
Teaching Visual Literacy
UCL Institution

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138304918
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Oct 2018
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Leading English in the Primary School is a comprehensive guide for both aspiring and experienced leaders of primary English. It supports you in navigating your way through the role and offers practical guidance to help you develop a clear understanding of how to improve the teaching of English in your school.

Written by experts with extensive experience of both leadership and the primary classroom, it explores skills required for effective subject leadership while continually considering the specific implications for English. With action and reflection points throughout the book, it offers a detailed introduction to:

  • the role of the English subject leader
  • implementing strategy and vision
  • adapting to new educational policy
  • methods for leading teaching and learning
  • how and why leaders evaluate and monitor progress
  • contemporary changes to the curriculum.

Rich case studies reveal how schools lead English in practice and provide real-life examples of English subject leaders’ decision-making processes and actions. Grounding the subject leader role in the current curriculum, Leading English in the Primary School is a source of advice, support and inspiration for all professionals embracing the complex, challenging, yet fulfilling role of Primary English Leader.

Lisa Baldwin is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Winchester, UK. She completed her NQT year in a Dorset school before becoming a senior teacher in a school in the London Borough of Brent. In 2007 she became a school improvement adviser for the London Borough of Hillingdon, delivering training and providing school support for English and school leadership. Her research interests are in all aspects of English, but particularly early reading.

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