The Holy Grail of superb science teaching

Fergal Roche • 28th April 2020


I cannot remember a single science lesson I enjoyed at school. The teachers never managed to engage me. Many no doubt assumed I should be looking forward to their lesson on the timetable, but I entere…

What did you do in the war, Daddy…?

Fergal Roche • 16th April 2020


Lessons learnt from the Covid19 crisis…..so far Two of the most difficult times in my career to date left me with scars, to be sure, but they also gave me a strength and a resolve that have serv…

The Industrial Revolution we are witnessing

Fergal Roche • 11th April 2020


It’s going to be fascinating to see how the rapid adaptation in working habits to the exigencies of Covd19 end up creating another industrial revolution. Will the attractions of the metropolis a…

A new kind of work-life balance

Fergal Roche • 6th April 2020


Our thinking paradigm around work life balance is still fixed on a factory model, with a clocking-in, clocking-out, fixed-breaks type of reference in our heads. It doesn’t apply to 99% of us who wor…

The Back Office…

Fergal Roche • 12th February 2019


Ok, ok, don’t get over excited… But it seems to me that this is the way the management of schools is heading: Group schools together within tight geographies to become more efficient and t…

Show you love me, by promoting me

Fergal Roche • 2nd January 2019


Oh no I won’t. Certainly not if you’re a teacher, anyway. But I will try to pay you more and I will give you more feedback as to your effectiveness and I will enable you to learn from the …

Where are all the MAT CEOs?

Fergal Roche • 29th November 2018


You can now do a national professional qualification in just about anything, or so it seems.…