Effective Practice

Matrix’s leaders are not just leaders within the trust, but leaders of the whole system too. They regularly share their expertise with other schools, trusts and educational institutions. On this page, you will find some of these contributions.

Metacognition

In 2023, Etone College’s Head of Mathematics, Neil Randall, contributed this piece to the EEF blog ‘Using Worked Examples to Promote High-quality Mathematical Talk’.

In Autumn 2023, Matrix’s approach to assessment was shared at the ASCL Data Conferences in both Manchester and London.

Equality & Diversity

Our Director of School Improvement, David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE, has shared Matrix’s approach to Equality and Diversity via numerous blogs, magazines and books. Recently, he contributed his insights into what makes a great English curriculum to a new series of videos published by Pearson.

Some of his other contributions:

Matrix Leadership Consultant Jacqueline Newsome is a noted voice on Equality and Diversity and contributed a chapter to the Diverse Educators book.

Transition

Evidence Lead in Education and Etone Deputy Headteacher Juliet Stafford has shared Etone’s approach to transition.

Marking & Feedback

Etone Deputy Headteacher had shared Etone’s approach to feedback and efficiency

Several Matrix items are included in the Workload Reduction toolkit’s marking section. https://www.gov.uk/guidance

Matrix Leadership Consultant Jacqueline Newsome is a noted voice on Equality and Diversity and contributed a chapter to the Diverse Educators book.

Workload and Wellbeing

Director of School Improvement David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE talked about Matrix’s approach to workload reduction on the 10 With Zen podcast from Zen Educate.

CEO Lynsey Draycott and Director of School Improvement David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE shared how they reduced staff turnover in this DfE video.

In 2016, Michael Eszrenyi, our SCITT Director, contributed Matrix’s practice to the DfE’s Marking Policy Review Group report.

Since 2015, several of Matrix’s School Improvement Team have worked with the Department for Education on workload reduction, including the various iterations of the Teacher Workload Reduction Toolkit.

Find out more here.

Languages Today – Our trust’s approach to developing our pupils’ international outlook has been spotlighted in Languages Today magazine (published by the Association for Language Learning) in a piece written by School Improvement MFL specialist Felicity Callanan and Director of School Improvement David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE. This followed a conference presentation at the 2024 Language World conference delivering by Felicity.