In this blog, a teacher, tutor and pupil from Nottingham Emmanuel School explain how they’ve seen tutoring improve attendance.
Practical advice on school-led research – in the third blog in a series on research in schools, Robin Hall looks at the advice from schools who took part in the Closing the gap: test and learn research project.
Practical advice on school-led research – in the second blog in a series on research in schools, Robin Hall looks at how to set up randomised controlled trials.
Practical advice on school-led research – in the first of a series of blogs on research in schools, Robin Hall looks at approaches to testing interventions in the classroom.
South Axholme Academy in Doncaster has introduced a series of changes to reduce the time spent on cumbersome data collection and allow teachers time to respond to what the data is telling them. A year or so ago, it became …
Following the Government’s decision to remove levels from the National Curriculum I was keen to review the school’s assessment practice. There was a general feeling in the school that the removal of levels provided an opportunity to re-think the approach …
Plantsbrook School is committed to tackling teacher workload. We recognise the importance of staff welfare to ensure that our students get the best possible learning experiences. Today I'm writing this update on my previous blog because the three reports from the …
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School in Buckinghamshire has been making innovative use of technology to tackle two long-standing teacher workload burdens: data sharing and marking. For the last couple of years Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, a selective co-educational secondary …
Shireland has for well over a decade had a national reputation for using technology well not only in the classroom but also as a means of underpinning and improving school processes. It supports all areas of school life, from day …
By Lesley Allwood, Headteacher, Winteringham Primary School, Lincolnshire Winteringham Primary School in rural Lincolnshire has introduced smart paperless planning and “write, reflect, mark" sequences during lessons to help reduce task-duplication, improve learning and help teachers have a better work-life balance.
Shaw Primary Academy in Thurrock has implemented a new marking system that allows teachers to check every book quickly and efficiently.