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Leadership & Coaching

What ISI’s inspection reports reveal about teaching and learning in independent schools

Teaching is the finding ISI raises most often, and almost never the one that fails a school. After going through 395 of this academic year’s routine inspection reports, here is…

José Picardo19 June, 2026

Teaching & Learning

Teaching is for learning, not for show

Visible, dynamic teaching is easy to admire and easy to mistake for effective. The two are not the same. The classroom worth defending is the one where learning is happening,…

José Picardo23 March, 2025

Professional Development

What do I look for in a learning walk?

Learning walks are often defended as developmental and used as judgemental. The difference is in what the observer is looking for. A short, honest list of what genuinely tells you…

José Picardo15 March, 2025