A recent wave of enormous schools is planned to add places without recent buildings. But there are fears the most vulnerable pupils could sufferIan Wilson is either a very caring headteacher or he enjoys memory games,judging by his study: the walls are papered with individual photos of 1350 pupils so he can learn all their names.“Whenever I have a spare moment I try to put names to faces because names are very, very powerful, or ” he says. “Sir Alex Ferguson says his most important management skill was knowing everyone’s name. whether I see something going on in the playground and I call a child by name they soon discontinue. ‘Sir,you know my name!’ they say.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com