Students who ask the right questions tend to get higher grades and feel less exam stress. Find those questions here 👇 www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/metacognition-quest...

Looking for high-quality CPD for your staff?

From Retrieval Practice to Cognitive Load Theory, Metacognition to Oracy, we’ve got a wide range of teacher workshops to choose from.

Explore them here:
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/teacher-cpd/

Want to give students strategies they’ll actually use?

Our workshops cover:
📚 Revision
🧠 Memory
🎯 Focus
💬 Mindset

See all student workshops here:
www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/student-wo...

A great CPD session should do more than spark ideas 💡

It should shape decisions, habits, and classroom practice long after the session ends.

That’s what we offer… https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/teacher-cpd/

Procrastination and test anxiety aren’t separate problems.

They feed each other.

And when they do, students get stuck in a loop that’s hard to break 🔁
www.teachercpdacademy.com/procrastination-and-test...

If you’re planning support for students this term…

It might be worth focusing on how they learn, not just what they learn.

Explore our student workshops:
www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/student-wo...

A simple morning routine:
☀️ Get light early
🧠 Ask better questions
🍽 Eat breakfast

More here:
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/perfect-way-to-wake...

If a student is feeling overwhelmed, these things matter:
☑ Sleep
☑ Movement
☑ Time to switch off
☑ A plan they can stick to

More here 👇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/how-to-manage-stude...

If Retrieval Practice only lives in isolated starter quizzes, we may be missing the bigger opportunity.

This is a useful read on how to build it into curriculum thinking more deliberately: www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/retrieval-practice-...

Reading regularly is one of those habits that seems small… until you look at what it can do.

📚 Better vocabulary
🧠 Stronger knowledge
😌 Less stress

www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/benefits-of-reading...

Asking for help can feel uncomfortable.

But for students, it is often one of the most important habits they can build.

Read more here: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/good-to-ask-for-help/

Fail Better by Mark Roberts is brilliant!

This is an absolute must read, particularly if you have students who struggle with perfectionism or from self-sabotage

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To reduce fear of failure teachers can:
✔️ normalise struggle
✔️ model error as learning
✔️ emphasise strategy over performance ✨

More in the blog 👇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/reduce-the-fear-of-...

Why do we make the wrong call sometimes?

It’s often because we focus on short‑term effects and ignore long‑term learning. www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/reasons-we-make-bad...

Using visuals to support learning? ✅
Teaching to a “learning style”? ❌

One is backed by evidence. One isn’t.

Read more here 👇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/dual-coding-learnin...

Planning CPD for your staff?

From Cognitive Load Theory to Metacognition, Retrieval Practice to Oracy - there’s plenty to explore here:

https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/teacher-cpd/

A vague goal can feel motivating… right up until you try to act on it.

This blog shares simple ways to make goals more effective 👇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/do-goal-setting-rig...

High-quality CPD.
Evidence-informed ideas.
Practical classroom application.

If you haven’t explored the Teacher CPD Academy yet, it’s worth a look:
https://www.teachercpdacademy.com/

If differentiation means giving some students less thinking… is it helping?

Adaptive teaching offers a different way to respond to need while keeping expectations high.

Read more here 👇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/differentiation-vs-...

Cramming = feels productive
Spacing = actually works

Research shows spacing learning can improve results by 10–30%.

Worth a read 👇
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/encourage-spacing/

Want to give students strategies they’ll actually use?

Our workshops cover:
📚 Revision
🧠 Memory
🎯 Focus
💬 Mindset

See all student workshops here:
www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshop-type/student-wo...

Can the way students think about themselves affect mental health? 🤔

The research suggests yes.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/mindset-and-mental-...

Teachers can reduce impostor syndrome by:
🧠 normalising struggle
💬 changing feedback language
🎯 focusing on process over talent

Learn how ➡️ www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshops/dealing-with-i...

Digital distractions in education and how to combat them | InnerDrive Withthemajority ofstudents now owning a phone,digital distractions are a real risk in the classroom. But what does research say causes them?

Students are not just distracted by using their phones

They are distracted by the presence of them.

https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/digital-distractions/

Students learn best when new knowledge links to what they already know.

That process is called schema building, and it sits at the heart of effective teaching.

https://www.teachercpdacademy.com/schema-topic

If, as a teacher, you’re often left wondering why your students always seem so exhausted, we’ve got some explanations for you. www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/reasons-students-ar...

65% of students say they get distracted by digital devices in lessons

And it’s not just their own phones, it’s everyone else’s too

We break down what this means for learning: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/digital-distractions/

CPD leads, this one’s for you 👀
Flexible, evidence-informed training teachers actually use.

Start here 👉 https://www.teachercpdacademy.com/

If CPD actually stuck, classrooms would look very different

We’re trying to fix that

https://www.teachercpdacademy.com/

Getting all students thinking hard at the same time sounds simple. In practice it is not

Adaptive teaching helps make that happen

www.innerdrive.co.uk/workshops/adaptive-teach...