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Bruce Robertson
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Next Level Educational CEO: Powering Up Professional Development for Teachers & Leaders | The Teaching Delusion & Power Up series’ | teachingpowerups.com
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Jun 12, 2025
    I’m delighted to announce the launch of the new TEACHING POWERUPS membership website for schools: teachingpowerups.com 🔵 Over 100 Trusted Techniques 🔵 Coaching frameworks 🔵 Extra professional learning supports If this is of interest for your school, please get in touch 😊
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Jul 2, 2020
    I am delighted to have been appointed Headteacher of Berwickshire High School in the Scottish Borders! It is a huge honour. I am tremendously excited about taking up post in August and working with students, staff and parents in the Berwickshire community.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Nov 2, 2022
    Schools have been asking to see a copy of Berwickshire High School’s Lesson Evaluation Toolkit. It’s included below. Remember: it’s a reflective tool, not a tick-list. You can read about how to develop one for your school, and how best to use it, in The Teaching Delusion book.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Aug 31, 2021
    ‘The most effective form of differentiation is through responsive teaching - preparing for the top and supporting pupils to get there, rather than deciding in advance which pupils will perform which tasks.’ Spot on, @MaryMyatt.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Sep 19, 2023
    At what point is the penny going to drop in Scotland that schools without any consequences for poor behaviour are very unlikely to offer rich learning environments for students or happy places of work for staff? (And that restorative conversations alone often aren’t enough.)
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Sep 21, 2020
    Today, Berwickshire High School appointed a Principal Teacher: Pedagogy. I am tremendously excited about the impact this is going to have on our professional learning culture, and teaching practice across our school.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Nov 12, 2023
    Replying to @daisychristo
    For anyone interested, here’s a snapshot of what ‘The Teaching Delusion 2’ says about the Scottish curriculum👇 “This is not a curriculum. The vagueness and ambiguity of the statements are prohibitive to anyone understanding what, specifically, students should be learning.”
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Jan 29, 2024
    📱Interval in Berwickshire High School: no mobile phones. 📱Classrooms: no mobile phones. 📱Corridors & transitions: no mobile phones. Three and a half years after it was implemented, our ‘mobile phone free school’ policy continues to work really well: berwickshirehighschool.co.uk/attachments/do…
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Oct 27, 2023
    We take professional reading and discussion very seriously in Berwickshire High School. Every teacher and school leader engages with this on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Why? Because, to quote a teacher, ‘it’s mind-expanding’. It helps us get better and better at what we do.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Dec 3, 2024
    Schools across Scotland keep telling me they’re being criticised in inspections because students aren’t ‘co-constructing’ success criteria. It’s a great example of feedback that’s got more grounding in ideology than in sound pedagogical principles.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Sep 23, 2020
    I’ve had a few people get in touch asking about the remit of Berwickshire High School’s new Principal Teacher: Pedagogy. Here it is:
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Feb 19, 2024
    Berwickshire High School’s policy on mobile phones: simple, practical and effective.
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Jan 31, 2023
    One year on from the review visit by HMIe that led to the monitoring of Berwickshire High School being signed over to the local authority, the progress our school has continued to make has resulted in HMIe disengaging completely. We are tremendously proud of this result 😊
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    Bruce Robertson
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    Feb 20, 2024
    Berwickshire High School has been a ‘mobile-phone free school’ for almost 4 years. Our approach is very clear and simple: mobile phones aren’t to be seen, heard or used at any time whilst in the building. It works really well.
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