A senior school leader with responsibility for raising the standards of teaching and learning, KJ O'Hara has had the experience of being inspected over 20 times by Ofsted and Local Authorities since 2006, including under the new Ofsted Framework. During his last post, along with his colleagues, he implemented and developed a set of classroom practices that raised the percentage of teaching graded good or better from 4o% to 82% in just 9 months and helped the school get out of Special Measures, under the new Ofsted Framework, in just 15 months. This book discusses the techniques in classroom teaching that were proven to raise the quality of teaching in the school in such a short time. During that time, the majority of teachers who had previously only managed to get satisfactory or 'not good - requires improvement' in their observations moved to at least good and many of them achieved outstanding. 'be outstanding' covers a wide range of techniques that teachers can implement to improve their teaching in order to work towards getting outstanding under the new Ofsted framework. It gives clear practical advice about what you should and should not do in observations and in your everyday teaching. Suitable for teachers in primary, secondary and post 16 education; for experienced and trainee teachers; and senior leaders with responsibility for CPD and teaching.

Abridged specially for teachers and students of English and drama, this is a pacy and engaging version of the play that maintains the coherence of the plot and contains all the essential elements needed for classroom study and dramatic performance. This version is based on a script abridged by the for a highly successful tour of schools.

'Behaviour Management: How To Achieve Outstanding Classroom Management and Higher Level Behaviour' is a comprehensive guide which explains not only how teachers can establish and maintain outstanding classroom behaviour but also showing the techniques needed to help students achieve the higher level behaviour (resilience, enthusiasm, learning independently and cooperating to solve problems and help each other progress) now required by Ofsted and school leaders. With lots of practical examples for both primary and secondary teachers, this book is recommended for teachers of all age ranges looking to enhance their behaviour management and for trainee teachers preparing themselves for teaching practice.