Teaching and learning

Leading CPD practitioners including Mary Myatt, Kathrine Mortimore, Sue Cowley and David Didau offer their advice on the key topics and evidence-based research in teaching and learning to help you to grow and develop as a teacher.

  • 12 ideas for effective reading intervention

    12 ideas for effective reading intervention

    Published: 02/02/2022

    James Murphy and Dianne Murphy are internationally renowned experts in reading intervention. They share their suggestions for 12 effective approaches to reading intervention for primary and secondary schools as part of the recovery curriculum. 

    By: James Murphy and Dianne Murphy
  • Developing an ambitious curriculum: fewer things in greater depth 

    Developing an ambitious curriculum: fewer things in greater depth 

    Published: 02/03/2022

    Mary Myatt is an educational author and an expert on curriculum development. Here she shares her suggestions for focusing on the quality of the curriculum and making time to do this by reducing marking and data gathering.  
     

    By: Mary Myatt
  • Creating narratives – storytelling in the English classroom

    Creating narratives – storytelling in the English classroom

    Published: 05/07/2022

    Writer and English teacher Alison Powell shares her suggestions for classroom resources to inspire KS3-4 students with a range of creative writing experiments. 

    By: Alison Powell
  • Teaching grammar – for and against

    Teaching grammar – for and against

    Published: 20/10/2022

    The teaching of grammar has long been a hotly debated topic in MFL teaching. Theories have differed not just about how to teach it but even about whether to teach it explicitly at all ...

    By: Lucy Palmer
  • Starting and finishing primary school

    Starting and finishing primary school

    Published: 13/06/2022


    Whether you're teaching the youngest or the oldest, we have resources to support children starting school and children making the transition to year 7. 

    By: Jo Barwell
  • The most effective classroom layouts

    The most effective classroom layouts

    Published: 05/07/2022

    Classroom layouts can have a huge impact on learning. We share the latest evidence-based research and experienced teachers' views on the most effective classroom layouts. 

    By: Jo Barwell