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Doug Harmer explores barriers to learning and their correlation with a ‘sense of belonging’.

The fragile threads of mental health: why we should maintain a watchful eye on mental health in our schools.

Clare Hodgson, Lead Moderator for Key Stage 2 Writing, reflects on last summer's moderations and draws out some successes and key lessons for the future.

Beginning a series of blogs across the coming year, Martin Galway explores the requirements of the GDS standard for Year 6 writing, considers the short and long term implications for schools, and looks more widely at what lies beneath "good" writing. 

In this blog, Martin Galway further explores the requirements for awarding GDS in writing in year 6. He offers some time-efficient suggestions to help make the most of the time remaining in class, prior to the teacher assessment deadlines and provides links to supporting blogs.

Martin Galway unpicks some potential quick wins and additional guidance to help you get the best possible outcomes from the final stretch of teaching, in readiness for KS2 writing assessment.

Kathy Roe shares some strategies for supporting children with reading in Key Stage 1.

Two new tools designed to support practitioners in developing pupils’ reading fluency, created by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in collaboration with HFL Education.

Michelle Nicholson introduces ESSENTIALspelling, an exciting new resource from HFL Education.

This is our moment. We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, re-wild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature. Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s be bold, not timid #Generationrestoration