Every Child Achieving and Thriving – Is this true inclusion? Terri Bottriell-Wyse shares her reflections on the government’s recently published 'Every Child Achieving and Thriving' White Paper...

Special school headteacher Terri Bottriell-Wyse shares her reflections on the government’s recently published ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ white paper…

Learn Spanish through games – Harness informal online language Is the key to engaging students with Spanish learning to harness the informal language learning processes of online games?

Is the key to engaging students with #MFL to harness the informal language learning processes of the online spaces where they spend their leisure time? | via Neil Parker

Is GCSE maths failing the students it’s meant to help?

In episode 1 of our new podcast, No Running in the Corridors, Helen Mulley, Dougald Tidswell and @mrmattock.bsky.social challenge the assumption that everyone should take GCSE #maths

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Smart & refreshingly honest, No Running in the Corridors unpicks the rules shaping your school day.

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⭐ Ep1: Maths GCSE for all
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⭐ Ep3: 3 strikes & you're out

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GCSE PE practical assessment – How to set up for success Senior assessment associate Dane Smith talks us through the process of setting up your GCSE PE practical assessments for success...

Dane Smith talks us through the process of setting up your PE practical assessments for success…

AI marking – Can it do the job? Can AI do your marking? That depends on what you mean by ‘do’, and which part of the marking process you’re referring to...

Can AI do your marking? | via Anthony David

William de Ferrers School – Tackling behaviour and staff retention How the leadership of William de Ferrers School has gone about tackling those all-too-common issues of student behaviour and staff retention…

How the leadership team of William de Ferrers School in Essex has gone about tackling those all-too-common issues of student behaviour and staff retention… www.teachwire.net/news/william...

12 Min Cooper Run – KS3/4 PE recording sheet Use this 12 Min Cooper Run information and recording sheet to help students to assess their own performance and measure against a standard...

Use this free 12 Minute Cooper Run information and recording sheet to help students assess their own performance and measure against a standard. It’s easily adjustable to suit the needs of different classes…

Hamlet key quotes – 10 posters and worksheet for KS3/4 This download includes 10 posters featuring Hamlet key quotes. There's also a worksheet (in PDF and Word Doc format) featuring the quotes...

This free download includes 10 posters featuring key quotes from Hamlet. There’s also a worksheet featuring the quotes so students can make notes as you read through the play…

Wire art – Simple 3D activities for KS3/KS4 Inspire students’ imaginations and take them on a creative voyage of discovery with these deceptively simple 3D wire art activities...

Wire art is a very accessible and immediate way of introducing notions such as ‘drawing in space’ and volume. It’s often the ‘unlikely’ child who succeeds in a 3D task, so this is the opportunity for visual/spatial thinkers to come out and shine…

An Inspector Calls GCSE – Medium-term scheme of work This 121-slide medium-term An Inspector Calls GCSE plan follows Inspector Goole's questioning of the family...

This medium-term plan for An Inspector Calls follows Inspector Goole’s methodical questioning of the family. Each lesson focuses on a different character. At the end it moves on to more thematic lessons and then revision…

Romeo and Juliet key quotes – 10 posters & worksheet This download includes 10 posters featuring key quotes from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, plus a worksheet...

This free download includes 10 posters featuring key quotes from Romeo and Juliet, plus a worksheet for students to make notes on as you read through the play…

Maths reasoning KS3 – Doughnuts lesson plan This standalone maths reasoning KS3 lesson is based on the scenario of a teacher buying doughnuts for each student in their class...

This standalone KS3 maths reasoning lesson is based around doughnuts. What is the cheapest way of getting at least a certain total number of doughnuts?

Budgeting lesson – KS4 citizenship/financial education resources In this free budgeting lesson for KS4 you'll explain the concept of budgeting and money management. All resources are included...

Cover how to budget and what it entails, identify different potential living costs and discuss the importance of money management with this free resource…

CPD poster – 8 ideas for making it great his CPD poster includes eight ideas from David Weston that underpin the Teacher Development Trust's work with hundreds of school leaders...

When teachers improve, more pupils succeed. This CPD poster includes eight ideas from David Weston that underpin the Teacher Development Trust’s work with hundreds of school leaders…

Earth Day activities – Great 2026 ideas for schools Celebrate our natural environment by taking part in Earth Day with these free resources, activities and ideas – perfect for KS2-KS3

Celebrate #EarthDay in your school next month with these free resources, activities and ideas…

Animal Farm GCSE – Must-have resources for teachers This curated collection of effective and engaging Animal Farm resources will help you teach this cautionary novel...

Strategies for teaching Animal Farm | via Karen Hart

Intergenerational learning programme – Does it work in secondary? If carefully designed, intergenerational learning programmes in secondary schools can boost empathy, communication and critical thinking...

Does intergenerational learning work in secondary schools? | via Di Newton

Student feedback – How to mark smarter (without paid products) Aaron Swan shows how you can use the apps already on your school-issued devices to make the task of giving student feedback less onerous...

How to mark smarter (without paid products) – Aaron Swan shows how you can use the apps already on your school-issued devices to make the task of giving student feedback less onerous…

Triple science GCSE – Making it available to all who want it Letting all students take triple science GCSE may prove challenging – but can we at least agree that the objective is a good one?

Letting all students take triple science may prove challenging – but can we at least agree that the objective is a good one? | via Kit Betts-Masters

Financial education in schools – What should it look like? As financial education becomes a more prominent part of the curriculum, what that looks like in practice will be down to schools...

As financial education becomes a more prominent part of the curriculum, what that looks like in practice will be down to schools… | via George Vlachonikolis

Food technology – Why it's ripe for reinvention Sarah Lillie Webber tells us why food technology is a subject ripe for reinvention and some novel teaching approaches…

Sarah Lillie Webber tells us why #FoodTechnology is a subject ripe for reinvention and some novel teaching approaches…

RSHE – Let's weave it through the whole curriculum Ed Carlin makes his case for why teaching RSHE via a series of discrete lessons might not be the best approach...

Ed Carlin makes his case for why teaching #RSHE via a series of discrete lessons might not be the best approach…

Citizenship – How to tackle tough topics & boost media literacy Learn strategies for teaching citizenship from specialist Helen Blachford – from navigating tricky issues to developing media literacy...

Learn practical strategies for teaching citizenship from subject specialist Helen Blachford, from navigating contentious issues to developing media literacy…

Collaborative talk – How to use it effectively and efficiently Charlotte Lander offers some advice for making effective and efficient use of collaborative talk within your lessons...

Charlotte Lander offers some advice for making effective and efficient use of collaborative talk within your lessons…

British Heart Foundation CPR – Step-by-step poster for schools Download and display this British Heart Foundation CPR poster in your school. It features instructions and illustrations for giving CPR...

This free British Heart Foundation CPR poster reinforces the memorable slogan: Call, Push, Rescue. Fewer than 1/10 survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, so download and display this poster in your school so everyone knows what to do…

KS3 reading comprehension – Worksheets with questions This is a free KS3 reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions – all about the concept of "alternative facts"

These free and easy-to-use KS3 reading comprehension packs feature three sections of differentiated questions…

AuDHD – An AuDHD HT explains what teachers need to know Having been diagnosed with AuDHD as an adult, Adam Dean came to see his own schooldays with a clarity that teachers may find helpful...

Having been diagnosed with #AuDHD as an adult, headteacher Adam Dean came to see his own schooldays with a clarity that other educators may find similarly helpful…

SENCo – The role, its challenges and how to succeed Being a SENCO means juggling many different roles while managing a challenging workload. Here's how to excel in this multifaceted role...

Evidence-based strategies for repositioning SENCos as strategic leaders | via Professor Geoff Baker, Craig Lomas and Angela Scott

Debating – Is there a more nuanced way to exchange views? Traditional debating can equip you with some useful skills – but is there a more nuanced, less adversarial way of exchanging views?

The cut and thrust of traditional, Oxford-style debating has its place, and can equip you with some useful skills – but if we’re to meet the demands of the modern age, we’ll need a less adversarial way of exchanging ideas | via @natashadevon.bsky.social