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Tom Fay
Tom Fay is executive director of teaching and learning at Pontefract Academies Trust. Tom has considerable leadership experience having worked as part of leadership teams in both the secondary and FE sector over the past 13 years. His passion lies in the development of teaching strategies that make learning outstanding.
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Juggling leadership commitments alongside your normal workload can be a challenge. This downloadable year planner helps to structure key tasks across each term
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Download our year planner for primary deputy headteachers to structure your workload across each term and ensure your time is managed effectively
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In mixed ability classes it's all too common to teach to the middle. What can teachers realistically do to help their students get to the top marks independently?
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Students are not always revision experts. This three step process shows how students should break down their revision for exams and in what order to prioritise tasks
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The design of the curriculum is a good starting point to evaluate your curriculum intent. Are pupils gaining the knowledge and skills that you intend? Tom Fay offers strategies to use
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How do you ensure all staff buy into a new curriculum and share accountability for it? Tom Fay offers questions for different team members to ask at each stage of a curriculum review
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Can we avoid curriculum stagnation for our more able students? Tom Fay shares how his honours programme ensures high achievers are getting the most out of their school experience
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Tom Fay explains how a simplified marking strategy has enabled teachers to focus on feedback that makes a difference
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What types of feedback can maximise learning and get the best out of pupils? Tom Fay explains how to boost the effectiveness of this much misused teaching strategy
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Understanding why we forget can help teachers in planning for sustained learning. Tom Fay shares a six step approach to improving memory