🚨 Just released: Essential Spelling — completely refreshed and updated for 2025! ✨ Now with new resources, improved planning support, and even more ways to boost confident, accurate spellers. 🔗 Dive in: hfleducation.org/school-improve… #PrimaryEnglish #Spelling #Edutwitter

Sara Peden Advancing Structured Literacy Practices Carl Hendrick Mazza Dr. John Seelke alfiekohn.org/blogs/clt/

SoundsWrite + Kinetic Letters in Reception = 👌

Pleased to have been part of the panel, who met regularly to thrash out this document. We discussed each area and thought deeply about the writing process. It will be republished, which is good. What we will be left is an evidence informed go to read, for all practitioners!

Questioning the Schools Minister earlier on SEND funding for infant schools, such as the John Hampden School in Wendover.

Did the pandemic trigger a crisis in pupils’ speech and language? Or did lockdown merely shine a light on existing issues? Tes explores a complex picture of causation and solutions tes.com/magazine/teach…

Low literacy levels, poor attendance and SEMH needs are the most frequently cited barriers for disadvantaged pupils, according to a new analysis of pupil premium statements tes.com/magazine/news/…

''(1)secondary teachers generally do not believe that teaching foundational reading is their responsibility; (2)there is no longer dedicated time in the day or curriculum to teach reading; and (3)appropriate resources to teach this age-group may not be widely known or available''

In a UK study, 75% of adopted children had prenatal alcohol histories. FASD Network UK, advocates for including FASD information in adoption preparation training to strengthen and support families. #adoption #FASD

Dive into our latest blog 'Year 1 phonics check 2025: impact analysis for inclusive next steps' from the fantastic Kirsten Snook.🤩 It contains a useful analysis tool as well as top-tips on how to make the most out of phoneme frames. Read it here: hfleducation.org/blog/year-1-ph…

We are SO excited to have Tim joining us in November!🤩

With the new Ofsted inspections focusing on inclusion, Alex Quigley recommends that schools deliver teaching that is ‘inclusive by design’ – and shares 5 research-backed strategies for this ⬇️ tes.com/magazine/teach…

A Department for Education advisor on SEND has admitted the reforms are taking longer than the sector hoped as government looks to 'get its plans right' schoolsweek.co.uk/?p=236273&prev…

Pupil Premium is a label, a starting point. Low family income is a state in which families exist. It isn't static. It impacts learning, opportunity, wellbeing, confidence. Family stressors exacerbate. We mitigate LFI through great teaching & learning, enrichment & pastoral care.

Not long to go until our Reading Fluency Showcase! 🎉 We have arranged a fantastic line-up of speakers to provide inspiration and strategies for improve reading fluency in your school and setting. Take a look at the agenda and book your spot here: hfleducation.org/events/2025-re…

Not long now until our Reading Fluency Showcase! The brilliant Tim Rasinski, Matt Goodfellow and Christopher Such are keynote speakers and we have a host of excellent workshops too. Don’t miss out on a spot at this exciting afternoon of CPD! Check out the agenda & book your place:

ESSENTIALWRITING is the WINNER of the Teach Primary English category in the Teach Primary Awards 2025! And ESSENTIALWRITING for Early Years was highly commended in the Teach Early Years Communication, Language & Literacy category of the Teach Early Years Awards! A massive thank

It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.

Season's greetings from all of us at HFL🎄 However you choose to spend the festive season, we hope you find time to rest and do things that fill your cup and bring you joy❤️

A reminder of our two keynote speakers! If you’d like to hear from Nina Jackson #Talk2MeMH and Claire Gadsby we’d love for you to join us next month: hfl.mobi/SENDConf26SOCI… We hope to see you there! #SENCO #SEND