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Recruiting parent governors Started by Julia Flutter Wednesday, 03 January 2018

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Brexit Started by Kate Hodge Monday, 08 May 2017

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Optimising your school's use of the Pupil Premium

Research Matters

If there is a holy grail in education, then it is probably to improve the education outcomes of our most disadvantaged pupils and narrow the performance gap between them and their peers. It has certai...

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Competition can be helpful in the classroom – but teachers need to use it carefully

Expert Insights

When it comes to introducing competition into your classroom, opinion is both fierce and divided. Is a little healthy rivalry useful for motivation? Or should students focus solely on their own achiev...

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

Classroom fad or fiction

Confession time: when I was a new teacher, I got my year 11 form group to do a learning styles test to help with their revision. While they answered the questionnaire, I did it too and discovered tha...

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Laugh it up: how comedy can improve students’ writing skills

Tales from the frontline

Research from the National Literacy Trust has found that young people who enjoy writing very much are seven times more likely to write above the level expected for their age, compared with those who d...

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Classroom fad or fix? Growth mindset goes under the microscope

Classroom fad or fiction

What is it? Growth mindset is Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck's theory that learners need to move away from the belief that skills are innate and unchanging – a "fixed mindset". Instead, ...

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