In this blog post, I signpost three pillars (diagnostic reading intervention, whole-class teaching, and reading for pleasure strategies)...

Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash “You wouldn’t believe it, Miss – I used to love primary school. I even loved reading, you know: Roald...

Photo by Seven Shooter on Unsplash Fundamentally, a school is a community – of teachers, support staff, students, parents, governors, and...

Reading is important. By the time they are 15, 25% of students have a reading age of 12 or lower. Whilst girls, on average, have higher...

I’ve been very lucky over the last week or so. I’ve visited not just one, but three schools – for various reasons. In this blog post, I...

The EEF’s recent guidance report, Effective Professional Development (2021) provides a blueprint for delivering or seeking out...

Becoming research-informed offers real potential for supporting school improvement (BERA-RSA, 2014), but time, workload and high-stakes...

Most middle and senior school leaders in England are well-versed in Ofsted’s three ‘I’s: Intent: how curriculum leadership “sets out the...

Since I was 11, mine has been John William Waterhouse’s ‘The Lady of Shalott. I saw it for the first time on my only visit to London as a...