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History school trips destination Stonehenge

History school trips – Help pupils develop a greater understanding of chronology Use a history school trip to explain to pupils how historical events link together

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Residential trips for schools – We need collaboration and more government funding for school trips Is a night away for every child too much to ask for, asks YHA’s Alison Stevens

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Ofsted jobs – Who are the regulator’s inspectors actually working for? Adrian Lyons posits that the sense of alienation many feel towards Ofsted may have something to do with its current focus on serving the will of the Chief Inspector

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EAL students – How to teach them (and what they can teach their peers) Rebecca Leek explains how students with EAL can be taught well by ‘differentiating without differentiating’...

Leah Williamson – What the England footballer learnt at school Arsenal and England defender Leah Williamson looks back on the efforts her school made to help her realise her footballing ambitions...

ProgressTeaching

Turning schools around in challenging areas – interview with headteacher Simon Cox The Education Committee’s report “The forgotten” states that white working-class pupils have been badly let down by decades of neglect. It highlights that: “White British pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) persistently underperform compared with peers in other ethnic groups, from early years through to higher education.”  Simon Cox, headteacher at the Parker Academy […]

ProgressTeaching

ProgressTeaching

Review – ProgressTeaching ProgressTeaching is founded on a simple concept: to improve teaching so that every school provides a great education. The basic ethos is built upon the idea that a school is only as good as the quality of its teaching. ProgressTeaching is designed with teacher improvement in mind and that is what makes it stand out […]

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MFL trips abroad – How to expand your students’ learning horizons Sylvia Holland talks us through the ways in which schools can facilitate unforgettable, learning-rich international trips for their students

Group work – Your students are getting on, but are they learning? Students often enjoy working in groups, but as Colin Foster explains, a class doing things together isn’t necessarily learning together…

Unmet needs – are we just excusing bad behaviour? Getting kicked out of school was the wakeup call I needed. Now I’m a teacher and it’s got me questioning our view of ‘unmet needs’...

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MFL teaching – Use foreign media to create brilliant bespoke resources Fiona Easton recalls how casting around for media materials outside of her school’s rapidly ageing textbooks helped to inject new life and urgency into her MFL lessons

Illustration of teenage girl leading a crowd of protestors to illustrate the concept of student activism

Student activism – Why not make it a learning opportunity? A.M. Dassu makes the case for why important lessons can be learnt by allowing students to channel their energies and enthusiasm into causes they believe in

Photo of a young boy reading a book while conducting a science experiment to illustrate the concept of cross-curricular literacy

Cross-curricular literacy – All subjects need lessons in reading English teachers and external programmes alone can only do so much to improve cross-curricular literacy – but get other departments on board, and the sky’s the limit, discovers Molly Bolding...

UK Parliament Week for secondary schools

UK Parliament

Taking action and making an impact: UK Parliament Week 2022 What is UK Parliament week? UK Parliament Week (UKPW) is an annual event, spreading the word about what Parliament is, what it does and how everyone can get involved. It is a great opportunity to empower young people to use their voice for change and participate in their democracy both locally and in Westminster. This […]

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Whole-school literacy strategies – What can schools do to ensure they succeed? Between time constraints and complex subject demands, improving whole school literacy standards can be an uphill struggle – which is why it’s best to tackle one area at a time, advises Alex Quigley…

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Toxic teaching – “I was answering work calls from my hospital bed” An anonymous contributor shares their experiences of the toll teaching has exacted upon both their physical and mental health…

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Geography and elitism – Why diverse thinking is key to making the subject inclusive To become a more inclusive subject, geography should focus less on the partisan and do more to prioritise the universal, writes Alex Standish

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‘Open door’ classrooms – Why teachers shouldn’t be afraid of letting others in Stuart Carroll runs through the CPD benefits of adopting an ‘open door’ policy with respect to your school’s classroom teaching...

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HUE

How maths teachers use the HUE HD Pro visualiser Visualisers are perfect for demonstrating physical and practical subjects such as science, art and design & technology, but you can use one for teaching maths too. Whether you’re teaching geometry, algebra or using hand-written formulae, graphs and diagrams, teaching maths becomes easier when you can share examples with the whole class. Here, some maths teachers […]

Usborne For Beginners series

Usborne

Tackle big subjects and inspire your students with Usborne’s For Beginners series Do we have free will? Who decides what is legal? Can economics save the planet? Tackle all these questions and more with Usborne. What is the For Beginners series? Usborne’s For Beginners series serves as an insightful resource for secondary students choosing their subject options and a shelf essential for any enquiring minds who find […]

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Core leadership traits – 4 tips for any teachers wanting to join their SLT Different leadership roles can involve different challenges, writes Dame Alison Peacock, but there are some core attributes that any teachers eyeing up a more senior position can start honing right now...

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Behaviour in boys – 5 misconceptions that teachers must overcome Sam Strickland highlights five stubborn fallacies that teachers still labour under when addressing school behaviour issues among boys

British Army

Free British Army LGBTQ+ Voices resource Help your students develop their levels of understanding and empathy, and broaden their worldview with the British Army’s free LGBTQ+ Voices resource… Since its launch in 2021, LGBTQ+ Voices has been downloaded more than 2,000 times and was crowned ‘Best Free Resource’ in the Teach Secondary Awards. The resource consists of a lesson plan and […]

Pythagoras’ theorem – KS3 worksheet Prevent confusion among your students when studying the intricacies of Pythagoras’ theorem with the aid of this worksheet. Students have to: Put the triangles in order from smallest perimeter to largest perimeter Note whether there were any they could place without calculating Create their own set of eight right-angled triangles Read more about this task […]

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SEND parents and angry emails – How to make peace with the keyboard warriors Debby Elley explains how teachers can avoid combative exchanges with parents of children with SEND and build mutually beneficial partnerships

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