The increasing need in the classroom is taking away the time needed for teachers to think, plan and teach their lessons well. It has to be much simpler.

Education should open doors for young people. Changing the system could make it so we lock them in and make it very difficult to provide the key.

Education should open doors for young people. Changing the system could make it so we lock them in and make it very difficult to provide the key.

High participation where everyone speaks? Here are some methods I got prospective Year 7s doing straight away.

Education in 2045: A dystopian tale of algorithms, 250-student classes, and the death of pedagogy.

Education in 2045: A dystopian tale of algorithms, 250-student classes, and the death of pedagogy.

Since qualifying in 2017, I reflect on the points I have wanted to leave teaching and what may push me over the edge.

Since qualifying in 2017, I reflect on the points I have wanted to leave teaching and what may push me over the edge.

What is revision actually aiming to do?

How was PowerPoint impacting my teaching and why I rely on little more than a pen, visualiser and paper.

It used to take me hours to plan for a lesson, now it takes me 15 minutes.

In my time as a teacher, I have been repeatedly urged to adopt generic one size fits all methods which fundamentally collapse when applied to the rigour of science.

The story of physics is intertwined with the stories of people. We are delighted to be able to share this collection of amazing, amusing and enlightening stories from Richard Brock, a former physics t...

Science is more than bunch of dry facts. Using Hinterland can help us to develop understanding, create conversations and build science as a world of creativity, exploration and even deceit.

How diagnosing the real literacy problem led to a whole-school reading culture at Dixons Croxteth.

Having access to information does not make us learn more, what matters more is the motivation to learn more. AI will both do absolutely nothing to education and everything to society.

Having access to information does not make us learn more, what matters more is the motivation to learn more. AI will both do absolutely nothing to education and everything to society.

Forget the lentils and stopwatches. From frontloading to the power of 'we,' here are some tiny, intentional changes that can transform classroom culture.

Forget the lentils and stopwatches. From frontloading to the power of 'we,' here are some tiny, intentional changes that can transform classroom culture.

Stop dumbing down vocabulary. When I taught the structure of the ear, I had a choice. I could teach: Hammer, Anvil, and Stirrup. Or I could teach Latin. Not to be pretentious, but to give them a tool.

Dixons Academies Trust took over De La Salle in Croxteth in 2022

The National Curriculum in science has become far too large. In order to have a population of those who are scientifically literate, we must reduce the amount of content.

An exploration of how logical fallacies like sunk costs and tradition shape our schools, plus practical ways to outsmart these biases for better teaching and leadership.

Why a teacher's voting habits should stay a secret to protect the intellectual freedom of every student. You may feel you are doing right, but you may be enabling the wrong.

Question Level Analysis (QLA) is a staple in many schools. It is designed to turn exam results into a roadmap for student progress. But does it actually lead us where we need to go?

Robert Coe writes a two-part blog on how to improve the value of assessments in the classroom. Part 1 poses questions to the reader.

Question Level Analysis (QLA) is a staple in many schools. It is designed to turn exam results into a roadmap for student progress. But does it actually lead us where we need to go?

Conversations surrounding behaviour are, sometimes rightly, focus on those students who display poor behaviour. However, the conversation doesn't often include those who show up and do the right thing