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Geographical model making competition

14 May 2024

The Geographical Association is running a new competition for pupils to get involved and explore their creativity and geographical knowledge by creating a 3D model. The theme is 'My Local…

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Comprehend this!

9 May 2024

Reading is not a skills based subject. This episode of Thinking Deeply about Primary Education, Neil Almond takes us through the fascinating world of reading comprehension in the first, audio-lecture…

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EEF blog-Voices from the classroom: modelling effective mathematical discussion

2 May 2024

Grace Coker, EEF maths specialist, introduces a new Voices from the Classroom video. In this new instalment, Helen Jones – Assistant Maths Hub Lead for Yorkshire Ridings Maths Hub – explains…

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EEF Guidance report: A School’s Guide to Implementation

27 April 2024

The latest edition of A School’s Guide to Implementation, produced in collaboration with expert teachers and leading academics and based on a new review of the evidence, outlines how school and setting leaders…

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New Ofsted report finds schools need to add depth to their RE curriculum

20 April 2024

Inspectors found that leaders have been keen to improve the quality of education in RE. However, evidence shows that there has been little progress since Ofsted’s last subject report in 2013. The…

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Changes to NPQ funding

10 April 2024

Scholarship funding for autumn 2024  Funding for autumn 2024 will target those teachers and leaders who work in the most challenging schools or educational settings, serving more disadvantaged communities.  Scholarship…

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Primary Science investigations

16 March 2024

In this series of investigations, learners explore the science behind a variety of exciting yet simple experiments, practising key scientific skills from making predictions to taking measurements and analysing results.…

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Ofsted English subject report published

7 March 2024

Ofsted has just published its latest subject report which evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of how English is taught in schools across the country. The main headline is that the…

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Primary science podcast

24 February 2024

In this installment of the Evidence into Action podcast Alex Quigley and Grace Cocker discuss high-quality science teaching that fosters progress and children’s interest in science. Evidence into Action is…

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Does the data really matter when it comes to improving literacy?

4 February 2024

In England last year (2022−2023) only 44% of our disadvantaged children reached the combined national expectation in reading, writing and maths in KS2, compared to 66% of children who were not disadvantaged…

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Women in Science conference

24 January 2024

Free STEM conference for primary, secondary and post-16 teachers and technicians with all workshops and the keynote delivered by women. Saturday 18th May, 9:30am - 3:30pm, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell…

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NCETM podcast: I Can’t Do Maths – part 1

22 January 2024

In this episode, Professor Alf Coles and Professor Nathalie Sinclair talk about their book, I Can’t Do Maths! Why children say it and how to make a difference. In the book,…

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