How Do They Do It?: What can we learn from amazing schools, leaders and teachers? - Softcover

Mark Enser; Zoe Enser

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785837427 ISBN 13: 9781785837425

Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

Dispelling myths, highlighting best practices, and prompting readers to assess their strengths and weaknesses, former HMI and members of the Curriculum Unit Mark and Zoe Enser explore what makes schools successful using the Ofsted framework as a starting point for evaluation. With so many schools doing amazing work, How Do They Do It? What can we learn from amazing schools, leaders and teachers? by Mark and Zoe Enser is a much-needed celebration of teachers, school leaders and their successes. Drawing on their combined experience as teachers, school leaders and former HMI and members of Ofsted’s Curriculum Unit, they answer one central question: how do amazing schools do it? Using the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF), they break aspects of school life down into their component parts and identify some factors that make things go well - and some that make things go badly. Together, Mark and Zoe unpick what we mean by a high quality of education, what matters when it comes to pupil attitudes and the importance of education going beyond the academic and including personal development. Along the way, they bust some common myths about inspections and offer reflective questions which will help school leaders and teachers improve their practice. Suitable for teachers of all levels, head teachers, Ofsted inspectors and anyone interested in education today.

About this title

About the Authors

Mark Enser is a former HMI and was a member of Ofsted’s curriculum unit as the National Lead for Geography. He is a former head of department and research lead as well as author of numerous books on education (including Powerful Geography, Teach Like Nobody’s Watching and The CPD Curriculum) and a regular TES columnist. He is now a freelance writer, speaker and provider of school support.

Zoe Enser is a former HMI and was a member of Ofsted’s curriculum unit as the National Lead for Secondary English and Drama. She was a school leader and local authority adviser, as well as the author of numerous books on education (including Bringing Forth the Bard, Generative Learning in Action and The CPD Curriculum) and a regular TES columnist. She has also worked with The Teacher Development Trust, Best Practice Network, The Ambition Institute and the Chartered College of Teaching. She is now the school improvement lead for a multi-academy trust in the North West of England, which includes mainstream primary and secondary schools, as well as alternative provision and specialist settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785837427
• ISBN 13: 9781785837425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200