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Zofia Niemtus

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07 May 2017 Are you an NQT applying for teaching jobs? Read this first

22 May 2017 Classroom fad or fix? The big picture on class sizes

22 March 2017 Classroom fad or fix? Taking a closer look at learning styles

13 February 2017 From drunk declarations to awkward texts, what happens when teachers date their colleagues?

24 May 2017 10 must-follow Twitter accounts for school governors

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Siobhain Woodhouse

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21 November 2016 A teaching assistant explains why she thinks teaching staff shouldn’t shy away from discussing current affairs with young pupils

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Deborah Eyre

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16 June 2016 Why challenging high performers is important … and what we can do

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Tom Welch

Tom Welch is former head of research at SSAT.

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12 April 2016 The 'Impact' of my research

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EdCentral Team

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07 November 2016 Six behaviours teachers should praise to help pupils build a growth mindset

19 July 2018 A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

08 September 2016 A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

27 September 2016 A beginner’s guide to: Professor Carol Dweck

27 September 2016 A beginner’s guide to: Professor Eric Donald Hirsch

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Joining a multi-academy trust: a governor’s view

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My school is an outstanding secondary located in London and was one of the first schools to convert to academy status – and we have recently joined a multi-academy trust (MAT). As a governing board, w...

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The 'Impact' of my research

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Tom Welch, former head of research at SSAT, shares his professional journey and vision for a framework for action research that embraces the broadest definition of educational research. I had meant to...

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You don't need a school research champion, you need a team of champions – and here's how to build one

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We are asking school research champions to do an impossible job. This isn't a poor reflection of the professionals in these roles – the job is simply too much for one person. There are three aspects t...

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Classroom Fad or Fix? The many sides of mixed-ability grouping

Classroom fad or fiction

What is it? The process of putting students into classes that have a mix of abilities, rather than streaming them into sets alongside others of a similar attainment level. The practice is still quite ...

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Do you know your free schools from your academies? Here’s our guide to secondary schools in England

Bite Size Policy

We've all been there – you know you should know how academies and free schools differ, but since it doesn't make the daily grind of planning, assessment and teaching any easier, you have never had a m...

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Six behaviours teachers should praise to help pupils build a growth mindset

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Byline: Bradley Busch Ask someone about growth mindset, and the majority of people will be able to tell you that it is different from a fixed mindset. We've blogged previously about the best way to ca...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

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Don't miss Professor @john_hattie of #VisibleLearning fame during a webinar entitled 'Collective Efficacy or Individual Ineffectiveness - part of the #sparkingconversations series with #BTSSparkUS and...

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