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Our relationship with Mile Cross Primary School, helping them on their journey to giving the best possible educational start in …

April’s edition of Teach Primary magazine included an article by us based on a key theme from our latest book; Teaching Backwards. …

“Levelling” is a concept developed by MALIT, the Liverpool-based education consultancy and continuing professional development team. Watch the video below …

Foundations of Flow How often are your learners so engaged, that you could turn the school bell off and they …

Many teachers we work with, come to realise that they talk too much. Some teachers know this before they go …

A key part of backward planning lessons is to ensure that there are opportunities to gain feedback from learners about …

Prospero House in London was the venue for our first national Outstanding Teaching conference this week attended by over 200 …

We are evangelists for planning lessons backwards as we discuss in chapter six of our recent book. Planning starts with …

Most student surveys suggest that what they most want from school is confidence. By looking to build a student’s competence …

September sees the start of the school year. It can be a disconcerting time for learners as well as teachers. …

Relevance is a fantastic motivational trigger. It can make abstract learning appear relevant, important and necessary for learners. If you …

How curious are your learners? January’s edition of Teach Primary magazine included an article by us. In it we explore …

“Books in education tend to be dry academic tomes or full of anecdotes usually premised on “do what I did” … Outstanding Teaching an engaging book emphasising the core qualities of teaching while making it sound fun.”
Professor John Hattie- University of Melbourne
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Do you know what your students know already about the next topic you are going to teach them? Are you in the habit of making assumptions of understanding? Much better to pre-assess learning. Learn how here……

For teachers, identifying areas to focus their limited time and effort can be confusing given the plethora of acronyms and often contradictory initiatives. Our experience of working with intensively with more than 800 teachers is that focussing improvement on what we refer to as the ‘The Big Four’ is key.
So what are the ‘Big Four’?