Whilst politicians and others desperately try to convince everyone that schools are back to normal, the reality is very different. They are back to the new normal. One headteacher I know had planned a day of activities designed to lead to the creation of a school vision in which all staff felt fully engaged, only to be hit with a Covid ‘local decision-making framework’, the ‘hierarchy of controls’ and ‘updated operational guidance’ – resulting in the fact that she could … Continue reading “●Can’t see beyond Covid and the curriculum?”