(Tiffin
Boys School, Kingston upon Thames)
Phil Beadle is the ex-rock musician turned
award-winning teacher who has forged his reputation on engaging challenging
inner city kids. He wowed the nation in the Channel 4 series The Unteachables
with his unorthodox but effective approach to teaching English, including
Punctuation Kung-Fu, and reading Macbeth to a field of cows.
Through unconventional methods such as these,
Beadle achieved the seemingly
impossible - successfully drawing out the desire to learn from a group of
disaffected, failing pupils.
Despite earning the wrath of the TES on-line chat room and the
Sunday Times alike, Phil has generated reviews for edgy, creative and
challenging work that include:
You couldn't possibly call Beadle a traditionalist; there's not
much that's back-to-basics about his approach. He is an innovator, unafraid of
the modern.' - The Guardian
Refuses
to accept students' backgrounds as an excuse for underachievement - Evening Standard
Mr Motivator - The Scotsman
An
extraordinarily commanding teacher ... a late-starter to teaching who has
become one of its finest practitioners. It would be hard not to be invigorated
and inspired by his particular brand of teaching - Teaching Awards Trust
The climate for
learning is infectious. A highly creative teacher of English and Drama, Philip
connects with pupils by using visual, audio and kinetic stimulus material in
unique ways
- Teachers TV
He looks like a
rock musician and is one of the very best teachers in the country - John Humphrys, Daily Mail
Invigorating,
inspiring and exceptional
- GTC Magazine
Feedback from a recent client included this memorable line:
'I have spent all
weekend talking about your training day, which has surprised my husband because
usually I would rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to a guest speaker at
the school. I think you rattled a few cages and freaked out some of the
SLT which is always good, but as well as that you made so many of us feel that
it is not that we are failing our boys, it just that we are not understanding
them.'
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further information/application forms, please go to www.kingstondyslexiaassociation.org.uk