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"You’re a teacher. You know how to help people learn hard stuff. Do that." Professor Rob Coe Teaching can be, without a doubt, a complicated business. Defining effective teaching is not straightforward and there are many facets to it that combine to...
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Children who are inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive are likely to benefit from an environment which is well structured and predictable. It is good...
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Although I now have the luxury of not being accountable to Ofsted, for ten years as a primary headteacher I attempted to navigate the shifting sands...
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At last, September has arrived and the start of a new school year. As the Early Years Lead across 23 schools with Early Years settings, I’m excited...
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There’s plenty to cry ‘unfair’ about in teaching right now. Your classes are getting bigger; there was no money for decent CPD again this year; and...
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By Alex Quigley Having been a teacher for nearly fifteen years, it may surprise you to hear that I hold a persistent fear that I have been grossly...
By Professor Rob Coe Download Professor Rob Coe’s presentation from the 2017 Festival of Education. We’ll update with a more detailed blog piece at...
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Assessment is one of those things that you think you know what it is until you start to really think hard about it.
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We all know that academic progress is an individual thing. Making progress relies on a whole range of influencing factors and students make progress...
