Nurturing Talent: Creating a climate in which non-specialist teachers of physics can thrive

Nurturing Talent: Creating a climate in which non-specialist teachers of physics can thrive

For this guest post, Tony Lyng, former Headteacher of Brockhill Park College, Folkestone discusses five key strategies Headteachers can implement to support non-specialist teachers Most secondary schools have to rely on non-specialists to teach physics to at least some classes in their schools. Physics is by no means a unique example of demand for specialist … Read more

How a Head of Science found physics support for non-specialist teachers

Thanks to Krysia Sosin, former Head of Science at Buxton School in London and now a trustee for Physics Partners, for this guest blog post on how she focused on developing her own department to transform physics teaching in her school. Year after year our outcomes were improving but results for biology and chemistry continued … Read more