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Jonathan Roe
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Claire Wood - May the longtime sun shine upon you
Two weeks ago Claire Wood and I visited all 9 Thrive schools in a two-week period. Claire calls it her grand tour. For Claire, it was...
Jonathan Roe
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
School’s energy crisis update
In a few years' time, the school sector may look back and wonder why it took sky-rocketing gas and electricity bills to get it thinking...
Jonathan Roe
- Mar 7, 2022
- 5 min
Rebel Ideas - Matthew Syed
In Autumn 2021 I visited St Mary’s College (Hull) to understand how they planned a journey towards really great teaching - in essence, I...
Jonathan Roe
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Passionate about Ofsted
Personally I don’t think Ofsted should be back to full inspections at the moment - we are in the process of recovering from the greatest...
Jonathan Roe
- Nov 3, 2021
- 6 min
How can schools give learners a belief that they can thrive in life - a sense of personal agency?
A review of ‘Thrive: The purpose of schools in a changing world’ by Valerie Hannon and Amelia Peterson (2021 Cambridge University Press)...
Jonathan Roe
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Is it the CEO's job to come up with the best ideas?
What follows is my best explanation of how we go about things at Thrive. The best bit for staff readers is probably the section on...
Jonathan Roe
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Big Ask, The Big Answer (the BIG challenge)
In April the incoming Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, set out to listen to England's children, on a huge scale. More than...
Jonathan Roe
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Why did we change our name to Thrive?
Two short answers and one longer one. The first short answer is that it was becoming increasingly irritating hearing other MAT leaders,...