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Back when I was a kid, everyone wanted to learn karate.

It is my penultimate 3Rs newsletter of the academic year. As term end approaches, the baking heat continues, you may want to lay down with a cold drink to read this one!

I asked ChatGPT to make this image with the prompt: Can you produce an illustration suggesting process moving from being weak or done well only in small pockets, then a mass implementation phase where things improve but nuance and subtlety are lost and then a final phase where...

Why do experienced people mistake expertise for common sense? What looks obvious to an expert may be invisible to a novice. In schools, it’s just common sense can dismiss the very knowledge someone has not yet had the opportunity to build.

A look back at the last week in education, a peek at what's coming up, plus lots of other bits and...

Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 26 June 2026 Welcome to Education Eye, a regular update detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education, compiled by Steve Besley. What's happened this week? Important stories across the board: Two big...

Back in April, we told you the recruitment market was eerily quiet. Now that the 31st May resignation deadline has been and gone, we can see just how quiet, and what this might mean for schools.

Rebuilding social cohesion and democratic trust has become a key concern in British politics, amid increasing political polarisation, misinformation and declining trust in public institutions.

Is the rise of adaptive teaching a sign of better inclusion, or a warning that the SEND system is struggling? Over the last year, I’ve noticed a marked increase in requests from schools and colleges for training on adaptive teaching, SEND and inclusion.

Howdy Teacher Tappers! Wow – the hot sticky weather continues, and heat warnings are being shared across the country.

It’s the first day of a new academic year with no mistakes.

Making positive changes to yourself is hard but to try and do it at a school, college, or even across a group of schools locally, and sustain that change, is doubly difficult.

These days there is a lot of discussion about the role of commonly agreed principles and routines in teaching.

A look back at the last week in education, a peek at what's coming up, plus lots of other bits and...

Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 19 June 2026 Welcome to Education Eye, a regular update detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education, compiled by Steve Besley. What's happened this week? Important stories across the board: The...

We talk about a lot of different strategies on our blog that all have been shown effective for student learning.

Curriculum documents are strange things. At their worst, they’re dead paper: worthy phrases, careful compromises and lists of dry content.

As a teacher, I saw first-hand how education can lift children out of incredibly difficult circumstances.

The UK government’s decision to introduce restrictions on children’s access to social media marks a significant moment in the evolution of online safety policy.

Hey there Tappers! We are halfway through June – the countdowns have started!

Wax on, wax off retrieval practice

The 3Rs- Reading, writing, and research to be interested in #86

The flow of ideas on the road to sustained, nuanced impact: A predictable pattern when ideas get spread at scale – and why we should embrace it

The curse of expertise: Why ‘common sense’ isn’t common

Weekly Round Up - 26/06/2026

Education Eye - 26 June 2026

Teacher Recruitment and Retention in 2026 - June Update

Citizenship education: primary school children are already able to think politically

Adaptive teaching: Priority or panic?

Behaviour tracker, screen time in schools PLUS favoured displays over time

The Gender Trap: why we're seduced by obvious explanations

Why educational impact fades out

Agreed principles; common routines: These are the ladders to better teaching

Weekly Round Up - 19/06/2026

Education Eye - 19 June 2026

Retrieval practice vs worked examples: When to use which

A vision for teaching English

Persistently disadvantaged pupils are too often invisible – the government must act

UK social media ban: tech restrictions for teens can’t be the only approach

Ofsted workload, PPA cover PLUS interview questions that cross a line