I’ve uploaded the PPT slides, model text and medium-term plan onto my Google Drive.🎄✨ drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

I’ve shared them before, but I’m getting a new laptop soon so will be uploading lots of old resources to my GoogleDrive, starting with these maths KOs. 🔗 drive.google.com/drive/mobile/f…

Leveling up engagement with Tabletop Twitter! Have your students write a summary, come up with a one-word gist, and add a graphic.✨ Unleash the power of imagination and collaboration in the classroom. 🤝🧠 💡Idea from lead4ward docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Looking for a fun way to motivate your students? Try Behavior Bingo! Set a class goal and let students earn their way to a prize by following classroom norms. Whether it’s a straight line, diagonal, or full board, Bingo keeps learning fun and engaging! buff.ly/3SKVBCq

On Wed 8 Oct 4pm I'll be doing a live webinar, looking closely at the Curriculum and Teaching strand in the new inspection framework. Link below

We’ve been getting granular about modelling in Teaching and Practice Labs recently. This simple exercise gave teachers the chance to think about checking for understanding as they model - what are the ‘do not pass go’ moments that need checking before handing over to students? 🤓

📚 Loving our T&L Book Club! Staff get these one-pagers summarising the chapters we’ve explored from Kate Jones and Doug Lemov — perfect for quick reflection and classroom inspiration. #CPD #TeachingAndLearning

SEARCHING FOR MR JOHNSON'S SONG A touching story of the friendship between a young boy and his elderly neighbor, and how that boy helps jog the man’s disappearing memory anewchapterbooks.com/product-page/s…

Thank you for visiting and I am so glad you found it useful. Our Junior Leaders are inspirational and do shine. So proud of them.

⚠️ The The Sutton Trust has published a really interesting report - Double Disadvantage? Socio-economic inequalities in the SEND system This is a MUST read for anyone working in our schools suttontrust.com/our-research/d… #SEND #Inequalities #Disadvantage #edutwitter #schoolleaders

Here are 3 of the posters from the series that went out in Teachwire and was inspired by Ian White

It’s the leader that must drive the culture. [ PG 16 from “The Power of Positive Leadership” ]

Ofsted inspections using the new toolkit begin this week. No more subject deep dives — just a broader, “shallow paddle” across the school. Here’s what leaders need to know, and how to prepare: 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p/p… #Ofsted #Edutwitter #SLT #SchoolLeadership

✍️ NEW BLOG: Metacognition: 5 key changes in the new EEF report 🧠 @EducEndowFound have released an update to their popular metacognition report. 🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools? 📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX

An incredibly impactful resource, if you fancy some organised quotation explosions and inference loops... 💥🪄 Securing independent thinking, acting as a scaffold, promoting AO2 and strengthening interpretations. 🎯 #teamenglish #ECTenglish #gcseenglish stan.store/secondaryengli…

Model this learning reflection tool in a staff meeting so teachers can take it back to students! (Inspiration by leader Jessica Vance) x.com/jess_vanceEDU/…

Think-Pair-Share has the widest gap between success and failure in the classroom. With clear prompts, tight timing, and real accountability, it’s a powerhouse for thinking. Toss it in without intentional design and it collapses into noise. With TPS, intentionality is everything.

Just taking a moment to reflect on and enjoy our daily maths practice. Our maths approach adapts White Rose planning to promote deep thinking, rich vocabulary, and discussion sentences, which help children to structure their answers. Every child benefits—and the books show it!

This week marks the 1st anniversary of Power Up Your Questioning: amzn.eu/d/0iZr8iyt To celebrate, Grace Hudson (Grace Hudson) has been working with me to produce a collection of superb sketchnotes, summarising each of the six themes from the book. This is the first one👇