Minor updates have been published to the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education safeguarding guidance – but more significant changes could come in September.

Therefore, this is a timely reminder of just how transformative clear, student-friendly success criteria can be. When we break-down learning objectives into manageable, meaningful steps, we don’t just ...

The latest workforce figures from the Department for Education (DfE, 2024a) show that the retention crisis is not abating. The most recent figures covering 2022/23 show that 39,971 teachers left state ...

Great teaching is, of course, central to better pupil engagement. Drawing in your pupils by using a range of teaching techniques and tricks will ensure that they remain connected with their learning.

Recent years have seen a focus on inclusion. The pastoral systems and structures in schools support inclusion and the socialisation and personal development of learners.

Graphic organisers are a visual tool for organising information and encouraging critical thinking. They come in many forms, such as mind-maps and spider diagrams. Indeed, the idea of graphic ...

It is a golden thread that can be weaved into all aspects of our classroom practice. In this series of articles, I describe the rationale behind our whole-school teaching and learning model at Orchard ...

Ofsted’s report card and wider inspection reform proposals are unworkable, will create unreliable and insecure judgements, and will do nothing to ease the acute pressure felt by school staff, says Ian ...

Twelve barriers that prevent young people from disclosing sexual abuse and four factors that help them have been identified by researchers.

In this five-part series, Matt Bromley looks at how we can create a questioning classroom. In part four, he explores the purposes of our questions, timing our questions effectively, how we can ‘pass a ...

When it comes to great teaching and pedagogy, the sequence of learning trumps everything – and our new goal is pedagogical content knowledge. Ben Harding offers some insights into what this means in ...

The “lamentable” state of SEN support in England has been laid bare after an investigation by MPs revealed “a system in disarray, mired in red tape, and lacking funding”.