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Want To Make Your Lessons More Inclusive? Learn From The Tube We can learn a lot about how to include pupils with SEND by taking a ride on the Tube, suggests Adele Devine...

Rory Bremner On Living With ADHD – “A Lot Of Mind-Wandering Goes On” Impressionist Rory Bremner reflects on being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and how the condition’s proved to be both friend and foe...

Is There Such A Thing As ‘No Excuses’ Inclusion? Can a school that maintains certain expectations, no matter what, still call itself inclusive? Loic Menzies tries to unpack the contradictions…

How To Solve A Problem Like Billie – A Show-Off With An Attitude, And A Chaotic Home Life "All students need teachers who are fair and consistent, especially those with difficult home lives"

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Ade Edmondson – “We got hit a lot, with sticks” For actor, musician and comedian Ade Edmondson, surviving education was an achievement in itself...

Parents Vs Providers – When Opinions Differ On The Best Way To Care For Children Conflict Can And Should Be Avoided Sometimes families and providers clash, and in these cases it’s better for all involved to part ways

Want To Engage Young People In STEM Subjects? You Need To Start Getting Personal How to boost your students' science capital

SPaG – Why are some teachers lacking confidence when teaching primary spelling, punctuation and grammar "I can’t remember being taught much grammar until I took a course in ‘Use of English’ at 17 years old"...

Teach Shakespeare Across The Curriculum With 12 Amazing Activities To Rocket-Boost Learning According to scientists, simply reading Shakespeare’s words can boost our brainpower – so why not make use of that in every subject?

Poetry and song play a key role in children’s development – and in more ways than you’d think Immersed in verse – Make sure you have a range of poetry, poems and poetic stories in your book provision, says Anjali Patel...

Historical objects – How to use them to encourage curiosity, creativity and conversation Investigating a single artefact can provide the powerful opportunity for your pupils to engage almost all their senses

Managing Complaints – Are You Ready To Resolve Them? Some organisations devote whole teams to managing complaints. In early years we don’t have that luxury; it’s yet another one of those things we must all do

Rachael Lucas knows what it’s like to be a young girl with autism, and to parent one “As autistic females, we slip under the radar” – Rachael's latest novel could change the way you teach...

3 Excellent Activities For Early Years That Won’t Break The Bank Laura England breaks out the matching sticks, extols the flexibility of playdough and introduces her brand new book club

How To Cram More Vocabulary And Comprehension Into The School Day Broadening a child’s vocabulary won’t just help them pass a test, it will also enrich their life, says Jane Andrews…

It’s Time We Stretched Children With More Challenging Reading Texts If we want children to become confident, competent life-long readers, we need to give them access to texts that stretch them, says James Clements…

7 grammar gremlins that you’re passing on to pupils A devil-may-care approach to the English language may bring charm to personal communications but could seriously hurt your students’ marks, says Anna Blewett...

Using Dominoes To Teach Early Years Maths When developing children’s understanding of numbers, sometimes the old resources are the best, as Ems Lord and Liz Woodham explain…

Books for topics KS2 – 8 of the best for writing activities From letters and diaries to creative fiction, news articles and persuasive writing, these fantastic novels provide inspiration aplenty

Girls In STEM – Drones, Flares and Auto-arms At The Science Museum Dr Ajay Sharman, regional STEM Ambassador Liaison Lead for STEM Learning in London and the South East, was bowled over by the creativity and passion on display at this year’s Ultimate STEM Challenge final.

SEND Funding Is Changing – How Will It Affect Your Setting? Fairer funding for settings working with children with special educational needs? Let's hope that's the case

New Specifications Make Starting GCSE Courses In Y9 More Tempting Than Ever – But Beware Of Teaching Too Much, Too Soon Every secondary school teacher is grappling with supporting their students through the new GCSEs. As we venture into the unknown, one thing we can all recognise is that they are, without a doubt, much bigger and harder qualifications than before. So what do you do if you are a subject teacher of history, when your […]

Ofsted Inspections Are Still A Lottery – Its New Report About Consistency Doesn’t Tackle The Main Problems "Are you’re honestly telling me that there are some inspectors who use the universal who-do-you-fancy system?"

Prime Meat And Cattle Kids – Are Our Pupils Being Herded Up To Be Sold At Market? There’s something worryingly familiar about James Andrews’ agricultural report

Term Time Absence – Even After A Supreme Court Judgement – Remains Something Of A Minefield When, if ever, can you authorise it, asks Vic Goddard

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