Secondary

Tuesday

12th Dec 2023

Every school needs SEND ‘champions’
Training and empowering key members of staff to advocate for the needs of pupils with SEND can have a big impact, says Ben Mallinson
Race SEND champions

Monday

11th Dec 2023

How we’re using school corridors to boost student writing
The introduction of weekly ‘composition’ lessons, coupled with an in-house art project to celebrate beautiful sentences, is making students more motivated to write, says Pete Jones
Boosting writing composition

Thursday

7th Dec 2023

What do reading assessments really tell us?
Reading assessments can lead schools to think that an intervention hasn’t worked, but that’s not always the right conclusion, says Jessie Ricketts
What do reading assessments really tell us?

Saturday

2nd Dec 2023

Internal truancy: how we cut incidents from 200 to 5 per day
The attendance crisis is not just about getting children into school, it’s also about getting them to attend lessons once they’re there, says head Keziah Featherstone
Internal truancy: how we cut incidents from 200 to 5 per day

Tuesday

21st Nov 2023

Why we’re taking a data-informed approach to PSHE
Drawing on school-specific data helps this secondary school tailor its curriculum to address local issues that matter to students, says Aimee Stevens
Data-informed approach to PSHE

Friday

17th Nov 2023

Why we have students on reception - and what they gain
Students learn a lot and grow in confidence when they are the first faces visitors see, says pupil support teacher Pam McIntosh
Why we have pupils working on reception - and what they’ve gained

Thursday

16th Nov 2023

How to create self-motivated learners
The key to creating independent learners isn’t to give them more freedom, says Jo Facer, but to provide the scaffolding that will help them form good habits
Lightbulbs newtons cradle

Tuesday

7th Nov 2023

Shakespeare is still relevant - here’s how you prove it in class
Despite this week marking 400 years since the publication of Shakespeare’s first folio, his plays still raise powerful questions for students today, says Hetty Steele
Hamlet iPhone

Monday

6th Nov 2023

3 common behaviour problems, and how to fix them
Behaviour might be slipping at this time of year, says Sam Strickland, who sets out how to respond to typical issues teachers could be experiencing
Behaviour

Monday

16th Oct 2023

Why ‘line-ups’ have improved my mornings
The simple practice of asking pupils to line up at the start of school and after breaktimes can improve pupil behaviour at key points in the day, says Laura May Rowlands
Ducks in a row

Thursday

28th Sep 2023

How we embedded Dunlosky’s toolkit in our school
A focus on teaching independent learning strategies is helping to raise standards across subjects, explains Emma Smith
How we embedded Dunlosky’s toolkit across our school

Friday

15th Sep 2023

How to respond when a pupil asks, ‘When am I going to use this?’
It’s difficult to find real-life contexts for some topics in maths – but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth learning, explains Nathan Burns
How to respond when a pupil asks: ‘when am I going to use this?’