Explore how book-making blends writing and play to enhance children's creativity, language skills, and social connections in early education.

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Four renowned euro-style board games return with triumphant new editions.

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Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning.

“Hi Ross and Phil. We recently received some training where it was recommended that in the EYFS we should only focus on teaching handwriting to ‘mastery’. We shouldn’t look to teach composition unt…

Because of formatting, we can recommend downloading the PDF version of this article: download this article This is a writing map we have started using in our professional development. We tried to c…

Two champions of knowledge-rich instruction reflect on its current momentum

International school leader Joanna Povall outlines her framework for kind leadership and explains why kindness is a trait that has far more impact than you might imagine

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Secondary Literacy

New evidence on spacing, practice, early instruction, and reading shows that durable learning emerges through delayed effects, structured practice, and well-organised knowledge, not ease or intuition

Alex Quigley (The Confident Teacher) is a blog by the author, Alex Quigley - @AlexJQuigley - sharing ideas and evidence about education, teaching and learning.

Hi Ross. We really want to use books during our writing lessons in the EYFS. Do you have any advice on how this could be done? Absolutely! Teachers should use mentor texts to inspire and guide the …

Time spent reading together builds a bond between adults and children.

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In France, the proportion of low-achieving students in mathematics has increased, and the difference in results between the socially advantaged and disadvantaged students marks a significant achiev...

Research evidence can act as a school’s 'north star', writes the EEF’s co-CEO, helping teachers and leaders to focus on the 'best bets' for making a difference to pupils

download this article For too long, writing education has faced a significant challenge: many children and young people not only underachieve in writing but also develop a strong dislike for it. Su…

Amid a focus on raising standards in Reception, Julian Grenier shares recommended reads for teachers and leaders who want to better understand early years pedagogy and practice

There are myriad reasons why a child might struggle to become a fluent reader: they might have extreme difficulties in learning to decode words relating to phonological issues, working memory or ot…

The government’s updated Sure Start approach should be embraced by schools as the right way to address educational inequality, argues Jonny Uttley

In Brazil in 2012, the government offered prisoners the chance to read for their lives. Their novel approach saw prisoners granted four days of remission for each book they read and reviewed. Prisone...

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