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Possibly interested in a lecture or training related to either of the three books? Below is further information about the type of work we do with schools and more information about the books.

Once you have decided on the type of training you want in relation to either of the three books, use the link to the top right of the page to contact me for a 15-minute free consultation to discuss options.

Progress Plain and Simple - What every teacher needs to know about improving pupil progress (2020)

What is progress in learning? How do we see progress being made in a lesson? Progress Plain and Simple offers a fresh perspective on teaching, learning and progress in the classroom. Written by an experienced and authoritative teacher and school leader, all the events explore the different ways in which progress can be made in the classroom and how it can be more effectively delivered, identified, evidenced, measured and assessed.
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Rated 4.6/5* on Amazon

The School Leader’s Year: Month-by-month
progress, every lesson, every day (2022)

This practical handbook offers a month-by-month guide to the curriculum, assessment, progress, and leadership over the school year. It provides a clear, comprehensive, and coherent structure to the academic year helping school leaders to prioritise their time and workload, supporting them and their team to work as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Considering the statutory and key leadership activities from admissions, induction, transitions, and parents’ evenings to coursework, timetabling, assessment, staff performance, and much more, the book provides a clear plan of action to ensure school leaders have prepared their work at the optimal time over the year. Each chapter features tried-and-tested strategies to help schools put robust systems and processes in place alongside guidance on sustaining pace, developing resilience, and exam preparation and technique.

Full of practical tips to help improve progress and including real-world examples of leadership in action from leaders working in primary and secondary schools, this is essential reading for all school leaders that want their students to be as successful as they can possibly be in every lesson, every day.

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Rated 4.4/5* on Amazon

Teamwork Plain and Simple:
5 key ingredients to team success (2023)

What are the necessary ingredients which make a team of staff in schools successful? How can teamwork in schools be improved? In what ways does effective teamwork in schools result in more efficiency, more enjoyment, and more success? Teamwork Plain and Simple provides the answers to these questions, offering a fresh perspective on how teachers and school leaders can implement effective teamwork in schools.

Rooted in three decades of teaching and school leadership experience and drawing on his ground-breaking research through this essential text, Dr Michael Harpham identifies the five key ingredients that support effective teamwork in schools and offers over 40 situation-driven strategies to help you lead and develop your team. The chapters cover:

  • Expectations of working and progressing as a team
  • Team communication and interaction
  • Team behaviours and building relationships
  • Organisational infrastructure and team functionality
  • Capacity and growing your team
Including a user-friendly audit to evaluate the efficacy of your team, as well as useful tips and practical case studies, this guide is a crucial read for any teacher or school leader who wishes to improve their organisation’s teamwork. Get in touch either through the “Book a free consultation” button at the top of the page for your free 15-minute consultation. Alternatively, use the “Contact” page for a more in-depth conversation.
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Course summary

Effective Assessment in the Classroom helps teachers ans school leaders be more skilled, more knowledgeable and therefore more effective at assessing pupil work. Providing you with short courses which develop your technical and evaluation skills, it helps clarify and strengthen your ability to differentiate between assessment that helps drive learning and assessment of that learning. Content includes
  • Developing your Excel Skills · Effective Feedback
  • Effective Marking and Moderation
  • Clarifying Assessment for Learning
  • Top tips for Self and Peer Assessment
  • Clarifying Assessment of Learning · Effective Use of Tests
  • Looking after pupil mental health around assessment
All modules can be delivered either together as a suite of training through, for example, an INSET day or individually as twilight or remote training.
An introduction and a sample preview of this course can be viewed here:

Course summary

Outstanding Progress Over Time provides a number of strategies for teachers and school leaders to implement, and as a result, secure outstanding progress over time. The benefits of the course include easy-to-apply tips and strategies in creating effective curriculum maps, programmes of study and schemes of work, ensuring that everything that needs to be taught is taught. It helps teachers and students to have a clear and coherent path of teaching and learning that builds on and strengthens previous teaching and learning. Content includes
  • Structuring the Year for Success: Planning Long Term Progress
  • Structuring Progress: Outstanding curriculum maps
  • Structuring Progress: Outstanding programmes of study
  • Structuring Progress: Outstanding schemes of work
  • Evidencing progress over time
  • Monitoring and tracking progress over time
  • Evaluating progress over the year
All modules can be delivered either together as a suite of training through, for example, an INSET day or individually as twilight or remote training.
An introduction and a sample preview of this course can be viewed here:

Course summary

Popular with schools, the Introduction to Leadership provides the new-to-post leader with the necessary skills and knowledge to hit the ground running in their new role. Should you need a different content to any of the modules – please get in touch.
  • Leading Yourself: Values
  • Leading Yourself: Time Management
  • Leading Yourself: Workload Management
  • Leading Others: Driving Your Team
  • Leading Others: Challenge and Accountability
  • Leading Others: Change Management
All modules can be delivered either together as a suite of training through, for example, an INSET day or individually as twilight or remote training.
An introduction and a sample preview of this course can be viewed here:

Praise for our Books and Courses

“This book really does have everything you need to know about progress. As an experienced teacher it was refreshing to reflect again on the how and why progress is core to teaching and learning and how to improve future practice. As a subject leader I have already used this book in department training reflecting on writing new schemes of work and assessment. It has been a great help. I would highly recommend.”
(Head of Department)
“This book really is for anyone involved in education. Beginning with the theory behind progress in teaching, it moves on to sharing activities and strategies for teachers to use in lessons and then how to evaluate the progress being made. Useful for trainee teachers and school leaders alike this is a very practical and informative guide to improving and sustaining pupil progress.”
(Teacher)
“A great book that not only outlines strategies for progress across the school, but also gives the reader a multitude of simple to use practical ways in which progress can be demonstrated within the classroom. Easy to follow and a book you can dip in and out of and go back to whenever you need.”
(MAT CEO)
“Mike Harpham’s experience of schools and the challenges of the learning cycle make this book both insightful and engaging for anyone who has experience of the classroom or simply want to understand more about progress in learning. It explores and presents the different ways in which progress can be made and how it can be more effectively delivered. With practical tips and tools, many of the scenarios are situationally based and offer great scope for both teachers, coaches, those leading school and learning environments as well as parents. Not to be missed!”
(Education consultant and coach)
“Thank you for the session, it was clear and easy to follow and offered some excellent insights into how to encourage students to reach their potential :)” -
“What was really useful was the inclusion of accuracy,resilience and independentlearning as measures of progress.”
University of Greenwich
“Very informative, good pace and enough time to reflect after each section.”
London Metropolitan University
2h. “I am very interested in teaching SEND pupils and so resilience, etc. is a good way to see their progress as using academic strategies sometimes isn’t always efficient.”
Liverpool Hope University
“really helpful to see and understand what progress actually is and how it can be measured / implemented.”
St Mary's University
“Super useful session, worth every minute. Regarding the activities, I liked particularly the castles one (rearranging the order of teaching concepts about castles); I also liked going through the students´ grades. And also some of the slides were so beautiful and catchy (for ex: the “Progress over time” slide). Also the lecturer was very keen to answer to questions, and he gave recommendations of books about the topics covered, in case we want to explore these matters on a deeper extent. Thank you, it was great!”
University of Hertfordshire
“The discussion on homework, and links to useful websites was really useful.”
University of EastAnglia (UEA)
“I really enjoyed this lecture, it has clarified some aspects of progress and has made me think about how small steps and progress needs to look in the classroom. I found it really interesting and refreshing to have a lecture by somebody who has such a vast experience in a school environment and can inform students on what progress looks like from teachers to headteachers and how to overcome challenges. Online lectures can sometimes feel flat and it’s hard to stay engaged, but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your expertise and advice.”
Manchester Metropolitan University
“Good generic review of progress, especially the final activity to reinforce the idea that what is important is justifying choices.”
Middlesex University
“Developed understanding of the importance of differentiating between transmission of information and transference. The diagrams were very useful for my ongoing research project as a requirement of my teacher training.”
Nottingham Trent University
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Kingston University
Average rating: 8.3 / 10
University of Greenwich
Average rating: 9.3 / 10
London Metropolitan University
Average rating: 9.1 / 10
Liverpool Hope University
Average rating: 9.25 / 10
St Mary's University
Average rating: 8.5 / 10
University of Hertfordshire
Average rating: 9 / 10
University of East Anglia (UEA)
Average rating: 8.1 / 10
Manchester Metropolitan University
Average rating: 8.9 / 10
Middlesex University
Average rating: 9 / 10
Nottingham Trent University
Average rating: 8.5 / 10

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