Secondary

Friday

13th Jan 2023

Why we turned detentions into taught sessions
When behaviour lead Stuart Hodgson realised that detentions weren’t helping to change pupils’ behaviour, he decided to try a different approach
Why we turned detentions into taught sessions

Monday

9th Jan 2023

How to respond to boys inspired by Andrew Tate
Teachers are being confronted by more and more students expressing misogynistic attitudes, inspired by influencers such as Andrew Tate. Assistant headteacher Mark Roberts shares his advice on how to tackle the issue
How to tackle attitudes inspired by Andrew Tate

Wednesday

14th Dec 2022

Is this the future of assessment?
Calls for exams to be scrapped have grown louder in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But rather than getting rid of exams, we may just need to reimagine them, says Daisy Christodoulou
Exams

Sunday

11th Dec 2022

How to focus on progress rather than attainment 
It’s been years since the national curriculum levels were scrapped, but it’s easy to slip back into the habit of talking about attainment, rather than progress. Jason Ford shares advice on how to separate the two
How to focus on progress, rather than attainment

Thursday

8th Dec 2022

Could an AI bot be writing students’ homework?
ChatGPT has been live for just over a week and concerns are already being raised about its uses in education – here, Kate Parker explores the implications
Could an AI bot be writing your students’ homework?

Friday

2nd Dec 2022

Is there a vocabulary ‘slump’ in transition?
Teachers have observed an apparent decline in children’s literacy as they move from primary to secondary school. But does this slump really exist? Reading researcher Jessie Ricketts finds out
Literacy

Friday

18th Nov 2022

Scaffolding: how to use it well
Every teacher will use scaffolding in the classroom, but often we rely on the same approaches again and again, says Rachel Ball as she explains her new method
Books

Friday

11th Nov 2022

How to support a teacher struggling with behaviour
No teacher should feel they are dealing with behaviour management issues all alone; leaders need to offer genuine support, says Ian White as he shares his advice
Behaviour management

Friday

4th Nov 2022

Why Ofsted’s focus on reading must go further
Recent guidance from the inspectorate shines a welcome light on reading skills at secondary school but neglects some key elements of learning to read, says Jessie Ricketts
Why Ofsted’s focus on reading must go further

Friday

28th Oct 2022

Is this the best extracurricular education?
In Denmark a seaport town has spent the past decade revolutionising extracurricular activity – and there are a lot of lessons that schools in the UK could learn, writes this teacher
Es

Wednesday

26th Oct 2022

Do later starts improve attainment?
Research into teenagers’ sleep patterns indicates that starting the school day later could be better for their health. But might their grades also improve as a result? Kate Parker looks at the evidence
Alarm

Friday

21st Oct 2022

6 tips to help students get to grips with Shakespeare
Teaching Shakespeare isn’t easy but keeping it simple, and focusing on the gripping narratives and fantastic characters, makes it much more accessible, says Hetty Steele
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