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Ellen Mukwewa
May 83 min read
Just A Little Something - Episode 4
Just a little something: Episode 4 This is a series which covers some of the things that some leaders of independent schools overlook,...
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Ellen Mukwewa
May 63 min read
Just A Little Something - Episode 3
Just a little something: Episode 3 This is a series which covers some of the things that some leaders of independent schools overlook,...
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Ellen Mukwewa
May 64 min read
Just A Little Something - Episode 2
Just a Little Something – Episode 2 A few weeks ago, I started what I intend to be a regular series called Just a little something. It...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Jan 94 min read
Just A Little Something - Episode 1
Just a little something…Episode 1 This is the beginning of a series about some things some leaders of independent schools overlook, omit,...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 11, 20231 min read
Improve What's Not Working Well
Improve What’s Not Working Well This is the fourth in our 4-step procedure for promoting excellence. So how do we go about improving...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 10, 20231 min read
Strengthen What Works
Step 3: Strengthen What Works Last week we started talking about the 4 step procedure that Marell Consulting Limited uses to promote...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Monitor & Evaluate What You Do
Step 2: Monitor & Evaluate What You Do It's the second of the 4-step procedure we use to promote excellence in schools. Let’s talk about...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 3, 20234 min read
Do Your Best!
Step 1: Do your best. It's the first of the 4-step procedure we use to promote excellence in schools. We work exclusively with...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Sep 22, 20235 min read
No, Ofsted is not talking to you.
To Proprietors, Governors, Trustees, Headteachers and other school leaders at independent schools that are inspected by Ofsted – Ofsted...
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Ellen Mukwewa
May 16, 20227 min read
Who supports non-association independent schools from the impact of COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic took all of us by surprise. I doubt there was a single business continuity policy that covered the incidence of a...
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Ellen Mukwewa
May 11, 20224 min read
Ofsted Inspection Statistics Published Yesterday
Ofsted’s “Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information” was published yesterday. What interests...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Sep 21, 20215 min read
How to become inspection ready.
Worrying about Ofsted inspections is one of the most popular issues that keeps independent school leaders up at night. Inspection can be...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Mar 9, 20216 min read
Independent Schools and Ofsted: Essential Reading
If you want to know what to expect during an inspection there’s a lot of information freely available out there. Inspection handbooks,...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Mar 1, 20215 min read
Demonstrating Progress
When I asked the Headteachers of Independent Schools about issues that keep them up at night, this was one: “Demonstrating progress-...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Dec 5, 20204 min read
What can cause your Independent School to close and what can you do about it?
Last week, after watching a video by Social Ink suggesting that our content should not just be about what matters to us - that it should...
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 29, 20204 min read
Continuing Professional Development and School Improvement
Although CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development, we also need to look at CPD as Continuing Personal Development.
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 22, 20204 min read
Challenges Faced by Non-Association Independent Schools
Independent schools face challenges? Sure, I hear you say. Like whether to build a second olympic-size swimming pool or to add dressage to t
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Could You Work in a Non-Association Independent School?
Teaching is a vocation. A calling. No one gets into teaching for the money or the glory. There’s very little of one, and none of the other.
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Ellen Mukwewa
Oct 8, 20204 min read
How Non-Association Independent Schools Help Students
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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