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3 key elements of great financial literacy teaching
In 2014, financial literacy became part of the National Curriculum in England for the first time, with the intention of enabling young…
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Catch them early
Townley Grammar is a high performing grammar school for girls that specialises in the teaching of computing. As a specialist computing…
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Use technology for real-time assessment
Arecent study by Pearson found many schools fear children have increasingly short attention spans, preferring to spend time online rather…
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Assistive technology to support literacy
With smaller budgets and more students with dyslexia, communication issues or who are recent arrivals, schools are finding it increasingly…
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Transform your library with technology
The role of school librarian used to come with a heavy admin load; and the humble card index was king. Not any more – because these days…
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How to support struggling students in mainstream education
There are currently 8.56 million students in UK schools alone (Department for Education (DfE), 2016) – and there’s no denying the…
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The hidden benefits of going cashless
The benefits of introducing cashless payment systems in schools have been widely touted. We know, for example, that cashless payment…
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Careers advice with an ethical twist
What do today’s young people want from their working lives? The short answer is: everything. As well as good wages and progression,…
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Supply teachers – no more agency fees!
Supply teaching offers many benefits; flexibility, variety, better work-life balance, and a stepping stone to more permanent roles. However,…
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Video for CPD: how to make it work
evidence of the benefits. Schools will usually introduce this technology with the objective of improving teaching and in turn, outcomes for…
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Classroom life - Rainford High Technology College
As a school our ethos is ‘Everyone Matters Everyone Helps and Everyone Succeeds’, and to achieve this at Rainford High Technology…
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Classroom life - Bedminster Down School
I’m almost at the end of one of the toughest but most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my teaching career. As well as fulfilling my…
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Don’t leave design and technology out of Progress 8
We’re now well into 2017 and over the past few years the nation has witnessed its worst global recession since the 2nd World War, despite…