*NEW post* Becoming Better People. Do your pupils become more polite, more hard working & more responsible each year they progress through school? bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/bec…

Doug Lemov We’ve created this false narrative that managing behavior is somehow at odds with being a compassionate educator. Actually, clear, consistent behavioral systems and expectations are a form of deep care.

People who want to change the curriculum to make school more "engaging" never seem to take the role of the teacher seriously. Great teachers render material fascinating and joyful. "Interest" is not inherent or fixed; neither in children nor in the material itself.

Direct instruction is joyful & leads pupils to success. Here is a *clip* where I use high frequency & high participation questioning in 3 phases: 1. Check for listening 2. Rehearsal 3. Check for understanding Established routines: all hands up, turn & talk, SLANT & ruler reading

If you have a ticket for our #Soane25 History teacher conference, then you'll very soon get the full programme and workshop options – exciting!! Meanwhile, here is a sneak peak (with more to be revealed). 👇👁️ There are just a handful of tickets left. Link below!

🚨🚨 NEW TODAY About that viral teaching clip of Pritesh... It's from a top secret documentary I've been working on for the last 18 mths to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK. Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free): ↓

Feeling proud of what our Year 10s can produce - all from memory. Describe how the digestive system, respiratory system and circulatory system interact to provide a cell with the reactants for aerobic respiration. How is this possible?

We are recruiting to English, Maths, Science, RE and geography as we go into our 5th year. You can find out more… From our team: youtu.be/oFJMDBizmSg?fe… From a documentary: steplab.co/watch On our website: arksoane.org/jobs/vacancies

Self-regulation & self-discipline will help young people succeed at almost every endeavor of their lives. They are gifts. We should do everything we can to help students learn them.

How about more parents: take internet away; have evening & morning routines that support 8 hrs sleep/completion of hw/reading/breakfast/punctuality/correct & clean uniform/courtesy & obedience. All of these would help schools to help children.

Interested in a direct approach to history teaching? 'Lean lessons' with booklets, whole-class reading, explanation, and lots of questions? Jacob Olivey and I are leading a webinar series for Historical Assoc in June – and it's cheap! Just £50 for all six webinars. Link below! 👇

Ark Greenwich Free School 89% achieved a Grade 5+ in BOTH English and Mathematics. Congratulations to our wonderful scholars and staff💪

At Astrea Academy Trust we have achieved as a trust: ✅ our highest ever Basics 4+ and 5+, with both now at national average ✅ ⬆️EBacc APS, above national ✅ our highest outcomes for disadvantaged ▶️A key milestone on our improvement journey 🎆Well done to our Astrea community!

🚨 First blog post in about 5 years. Link below.

🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨 Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25. Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today. Presenters & link below 👇

Very excited to be invited to speak at the Ark Curriculum Plus Annual Conference in January. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on all things joyful in KS3 English!

That first taraweeh felt like it brought my soul back from the dead All the dirt and grime and filth and blackness faded away as soon as I heard the opening takbir Entered the masjid with the weight of my sins on my shoulders dragging me down Left it like I’d been given a

The Spectator Index This war started on the premise that this is for the Iranian people and that they should take back their country. Now he's threatening to holocaust an entire civilization, ending it with 'God bless them'. He's lost the plot and this is a war crime. We provide a real-time