I have been overwhelmed by the lovely messages of support that I have received in the last week.  The new ventures are a tad scary. After years of independence and assurance (through lesson observations, Pupil Progress meetings, end of term data and feedback from parents) that I am a good teacher, I have become accustomed […]

Colleagues in Essex, and further afield, are waking up this morning to that holiday delight – a weekend without marking or planning. For us here in Kent, there is one more week. A delightful week, crammed with all manner of exciting activities, but a school week, nonetheless. Still, this time next week the school year […]

I’ve been touting around to get opinions on the provision of different sessions. Most people assume tutoring will be 1:1, or delivered via some sort of +club (in various incarnations depending on where you live).I  enjoy 1:1 sessions. You see huge progress, as your student has the benefit of your undivided attention, and as a […]

Well, this is another first in the new business venture. There’s been a bewildering array of technologies and tasks that I hadn’t dreamed of when I first conceived the idea of EKT. Fundamentally I am a teacher, not an administrator or a salesperson, so a lot of this is quite new: business cards, websites etc. […]