NEW ‘Power and Conflict - The Interpretations’ revision booklet. I always get my students to consider 3 interpretations of each poem and ask them to consider which they agree with the most. It’s a great springboard for debate and considering new ideas. I have collated these into

Can you find our Frankenstein book?

Researchers think that secondary students probably need to have about 15 - 20,000 word families in their working vocabularies by the time they begin higher education. Read more in our blog “Thinking and Reading” wp.me/p4hKgx-84H (5 min read).

🕹Competition time!🕹 To celebrate the fact that I've finally got my hands on a copy of my book, I want to give away a copy. Please like, retweet, and perhaps give me a follow to be in with a chance to win. amzn.eu/d/2oVrwRD

*NEW* for June 2026 onwards: a folder of specimen Lang P2s along with PPT slide decks to support teaching, with scaffolds and models like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh3z…

We're proud to publish the Royal Court Young Playwrights Award Winners 2025. The six winning plays have been published in a volume available as a free-to-download digital PDF, coinciding with the award's inaugural festival this week. Read for FREE here: nickhernbooks.co.uk/royal-court-yo…

Proudly sharing my podcast for “The Missing Link” on Black and Womanist Theology. Practical ideas for including diverse scholarship in RS. I hope it inspires people to widen their circle. #TeamRE podbean.com/wlei/pb-dajeq-…

Feeling a strong dislike of people this evening.

Charlotte Check out this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide from Fe Brewer, Mary H-P and Gwenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🧙! (bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbury-…)

Common approaches to teaching GCSE English, including reducing texts to a series of extracts, have been blamed for a decline in reading for pleasure. So, what can schools do to counteract the trend? tes.com/magazine/teach…

First holiday task: clear out the 7k + emails one of my email accounts!

📽️ | #Measles cases are rising in #Liverpool. 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 paediatric consultant Andrew McArdle outlines the facts and why it is important to protect children from the infection. Find out more: liverpool.gov.uk/measles NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Prof Matt Ashton FFPH (also on Bluesky) Public Health Liverpool

Fantastic! How lucky these children and their families are to have this investment in their futures. X

Luke Treadaway and Vinette Robinson are set to join the star-studded cast of Othello in the West End whatsonstage.com/news/further-c…

New post One for the John Donne fans and English teachers Chris Curtis Douglas Wise Christine Counsell Carl Hendrick Seadragonseeker Mary H-P Matt Lynch John Donne’s miniature worlds birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/joh…

Now on Attempt 2 to get to Croatia.

Saw this and thought of you Becky Wood Greetings from Croatia!

I miss teaching An Inspector Calls.😢 One of my fave lessons is when we discuss Mrs Birling. I enjoy teaching new words and my students used to enjoy learning them so here’s one of the vocab starters I use to recall tier 2 vocab to describe Mrs B. Litdrive UK #teamEnglish

Right, I've done it. My website is live. Link in bio. waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Lots of dogs on trains these last two days.