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3 February 2023
Ofsted has published a report which reviewed science education from a sample of primary and secondary schools, gathered during routine inspections carried out between September 2021 and July 2022. This…
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Zak can’t start his science task. He unpacks his pencil case. Then packs it again. He looks around at his peers. Sasha asks to see the force meter they used…
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EEF’s Mathematics Content Specialist, Kirstin Mulholland, introduces a new resource for teachers and school leaders. 'Classroom talk is important. In my own practice, I consistently built opportunities for pupils to discuss their…
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There are two ‘Eff’ words we permit in classrooms – efficiency and effectiveness; the former begets the latter, and the latter is, to quote Peter Drucker, “doing the right things”.…
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Ofsted has recently published a commentary explaining that over 80% (308) of outstanding primary and secondary schools exempt from routine inspection that had a graded inspection last year did not retain the…
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Our memory is the centre of all learning. It stores and processes any knowledge we need to learn or use in the future. However, it’s made up of several sections,…
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Ofsted has published the first in a series of research reviews into early years education in England - Best start in life part 1: setting the scene. This review examines…
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The return of national assessments in Key Stage 1, including Year 1 phonics, has again shone a light on the attainment of summer-born pupils relative to their autumn-born peers. For example,…
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Retrieval practice is often one of the first educational strategies that comes to mind, proven effective in helping pupils to learn and remember information. But are its benefits limited only…
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New Ofsted research, published on 8th November 2022, finds a lack of access to specialist help means more primary school children with additional needs are being referred to alternative provision…
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How you choose to present new information can either inhibit or maximise your pupils’ learning, due to how they process the content in their working memory. This is where cognitive…
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Over the past few years, ‘differentiation’ has become an increasingly unpopular term in teaching. Most likely, it was an unintended consequence of an accountability system that incentivised teachers to ‘prove’ they were…
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