Teaching and Learning

What History is Being Taught in Primary?
The Education System that Lost its Purpose
Teacher Political Neutrality and Other Relevant Matters
Unseen Extracts: The Last Barrier to Reading Comprehension?
Reading Strands are Meaningless
The Holy Grail of Teaching Spelling
Perverse Incentives: The KS2 Reading SAT and the Myth of Generic Reading Comprehension Skills
Is the KS2 Reading SAT testing reading?
Reforming the Key Stage 2 Reading SAT – Why it’s Needed and Possible.
From Guided to Independent Writing
Writing Revolution Activities in Primary Science
Expressive Writing Mapped
The Writing Revolution Mapped
In Defence of British Values
Accountability Measures?
Shared Understanding is Vital to Writing
Express Yourself
Primary Writing Genres – Sacrificing Depth for Breadth (Updated)
WLFS History Conference – A Primary Perspective
The Unethical Code of the College of Teaching
Beyond Political Correctness and Black History Month: What is the Purpose of Teaching History?
#TLAC: I feel inadequate and it’s about time I did.
#LearningFirst: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Great Phonics Debate
We Don’t Need No Innovation
Strictly Come Dancing
Enough is Enough
Core Content for ITT – The Fightback
Have We Learnt Our Lessons?
NPQML Updated
Conditions of Employment: Part Two
Conditions of Employment: Part One
What Difference Do Words Make?
Time to Link Social Mobility and Education Again
Fear and Loathing in UK Classrooms
Love, Actually
Moving on from Maslow
Maslow’s Hierarchy – Critique Part Two
Maslow’s Hierarchy – Critique Part One
No Excuses = No Relationship
The Earth is Flat – I Didn’t Want To Believe it Either
Can Cross Curricular Be Brilliant? Yes!
Why Don’t Intervention Strategies Use Progressive Methods?
Debating Education – Debates and Highlights
Private Schools, Parents and Progressives: Why the Judgement?
Mitra Myths – Slum children with No English?
Trot or Tory – Brothers Under the Skin?
Deprived Children – The Politics of Sympathy
The Hijacking of the Left in Education
Oh Look the Sun Came Out Today and Made the Ice’ – Conversations I’ve Had That Changed Me.