NOVEMBER 2025

THIS MONTH IN ITM

By transforming Book Week into Literacy Week, librarians Jane Hayes and Fiona Shea open up a raft of new opportunities for their colleagues and students.

Helen Kavanagh simplifies the due diligence framework needed for effective school start-ups, and Simon Lightman continues the Assessment 3.0 series of articles started by Steffen Sommer in September, as he looks for changes in a school’s culture to accompany the way we plan assessment. 

Richard Crawshaw examines the emerging role of virtual engagement to address the problem of school refusal and, as the school recruitment season gains momentum, Keith Clark suggests that both candidates and schools have real responsibilities for making new appointments a success. 

Mark Robson and David Bates at Barnard Castle School in the UK, look at a new app developed by the school that is transforming their students’  self-assessment and personal goal-setting, while Tanya Nizam thinks through how the different roles educators are expected to play impact their effectiveness.  

And if you are not up-to-speed with the WWF’s Global Challenge for schools this November, your students could be missing out! Luckily, Charlotte Bouchier is on hand to let you know how to get involved – if you are looking for lesson ideas this month about the environment, this could just be just what you need!