Helpful summary in @tes of the significant changes to the OFSTED Toolkit and inspection for the new school year.

A compelling article by @DTWillingham on 'Do Today's Kids Have Reduced Attention Spans?' Well, yes and no - it is a complex question... "It’s not that students can’t pay attention, but rather that they more readily choose not to." aft.org/ae/spring2026/willin…

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 'SHARE to support struggling readers and writers' S – Scaffolding challenging tasks H – High expectations for every student A – Assessment-driven adaptations R – Responsive interventions E – Explicit teaching of literacy alexquigley.co.uk/share-to-s…

🌟 New blogpost: 8 Tips for SENDCOs to Drive Teaching and Learning for Pupils with SEND Comments and reposts appreciated sendmatters.co.uk/2026/04/12…

Help @NottmTrentUni build evidence on what works for KS2 reading 📚 Primary schools are invited to take part in an @EducEndowFound supported evaluation of PALS-UK for Year 5, testing its impact on reading fluency and comprehension. 📩 Register interest buff.ly/hqqDuAJ

Incredible day at the ECTP regional event at Greetham Valley! 🌟 ECTs explored the EEF's "Five a Day" principle & research-based spaced learning. Huge thanks to facilitators Keira, Sarah from @LEARNSENDHub, @karjrob, and Joe from @LouthAcademy!

‘6 strategies to support shared reading for students with SEND’ “… the solution for pupils who struggle with reading is not to only offer them a thin diet of levelled/banded reading, but instead to better scaffold the reading of complex texts.” alexquigley.co.uk/6-strategi…

'6 strategies to support reading for students with SEND' "Shared reading, done well, may just be one of the most important things that students with special needs do and learn in classrooms, so focusing on doing is effectively is well worth our time." alexquigley.co.uk/6-strategi…

What Ofsted reports are really showing New Ofsted reports are out — and the message is clear. Strong schools focus on: ✔️ Belonging ✔️ Removing barriers ✔️ Intentional leadership We’ve summarised the key themes so you don’t have to trawl through reports. 👉 Read the summary: headteacher-chat.link/OFSTED… #Ofsted #SchoolLeadership

Here are two helpful examples how schools are evaluating the effectiveness and impact of their Pupil Premium strategy - @GreenshawR and Ashfield Junior School in Cumberland: greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk… and ashfieldjuniorschool.co.uk/w…

Colleagues might find this governance reflection tool helpful - when thinking about the strategic impact of Pupil Premium strategies. Please feel free to change it and improve it if helpful!

"Over a decade ago, Rob Coe and other researchers at the Sutton Trust authored What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research (2014). In this influential review, the authors identified several ‘poor proxies’ for learning; these are indicators that may lead observers to assume learning is taking place, but in actuality may not be related to learning." Blog by @KateJones_teach Read it here hubs.la/Q03ZNXcb0

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We had a fantastic time with our Year 1 ECTs & expert facilitators at the Early Career Training session! ECTs dove into deliberate practice and applied their learning across contexts. Excited for next week's session! Thanks to Nick & Lucy @LincsShowground for the great service!

⭐️New blog: Joyous ownership of our pupils with SEND Comments, likes and reposts very welcome, thank you sendmatters.co.uk/2025/08/25…

The best new research for teachers: the @EducEndowFoundn's co-CEO shares 7 findings that can help teachers and leaders improve their practice in the school year ahead tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

Last year, I tried to move into a much more practical space on occasion when blogging, for fear of speaking in the abstract (I’ve always been guilty of this when blogging, especially when using blogging as a process of thinking!) Here is a thread of some of these blogs 👇🏻

10 things: Establishing expectations with a new class. teacherhead.com/2023/08/25/1… via @teacherhead

My new blog today: on starting in a new leadership role (as a Middle Leader, Senior Leader, or head). Hope it's helpful. Please share with those you know who are facing the challenge, & the opportunities & experiences it will bring, this autumn? Thanks. jillberry102.blog/2025/08/1/…

It's great to see this new series of animated films from @Earlychildhood, which are designed to support the social and emotional development of young children. In this blog, headteacher Sam Williams introduces the films and how to use them. Read more: eef.li/DqCCxY