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1 | Greatest common factor explanation This is a good place to start for the most simple explanation of what the highest common factor is…

In most schools, the budget is always tight. Any extra money spent on books needs to be saved somewhere else. And if you want to implement…

I work with young people who are, in the words of education policy and politics, NEETs (not in education, employment or training). To me,…

Have you heard of the ‘learning pyramid’? The one that states that students remember a mere 5% of lectured content, only 10% of what…

Academic research can be an invaluable tool for teachers’ CPD – but alas, it’s often written in a way that seems designed to put…

Observed lessons are a fact of life. Throughout every teacher’s career, from time to time someone will turn up with a clipboard and pass…

A new parliament and government are on their way. We will know the shape of both in under three weeks. But how much difference will that…

Over the past 30 years we at BESA have gathered data from more than 26,000 UK state schools on their views, budgets and areas of spending…

There’s a natural tension between two of the main purposes of education. Yes, it needs to help students learn about the world as it is…

The Coalition Government recently announced the second round of its flagship priority school building programme. The programme provides…

Visualisation is imagining and creating events in the mind — not only images, but also sounds, feelings and smells — a complete…

Surely being a teacher has never required a greater range of skills? We’re not just knowledgeable about our subjects - we’re also…

Diamond Light Source, where I am chief executive, is one of Britain’s best kept secrets. A giant silver, ring-shaped science facility the…