Inspired by Harold Rosen’s vision of English as ‘a different model of education’, the 2026 NATE Conference brought teachers and educators together to explore the future of the subject through...

Barbara Bleiman explores what the current momentum around oracy means for English classrooms, drawing together research, policy developments and classroom practice to highlight the big ideas teachers ...

Barbara Bleiman explores what the current momentum around oracy means for English classrooms, drawing together research, policy developments and classroom practice to highlight the big ideas teachers ...

From zines to protest poetry, an East London college has transformed the Extended Project Qualification into a year-long creative writing incubator. Pete Lawler explains how it works — and why...

NATE's Director Anthony Cockerill on the NATE Conference 2026, the new issue of Teaching English and our latest news and blog posts, plus some updates from our friends and partners.

With a lively atmosphere and a central city location, our summer conference is the ideal place to refresh your practice, deepen your subject knowledge, and feel energised by thoughtful discussion...

An English teacher sets out how he is required to teach by his senior leaders - and what it is doing to students

Tweaking the requirement for GCSE students to read a 19th-century novel could add diversity while maintaining rigour and reducing teacher workload, argues Robert Eaglestone

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Ian Cushing, who has been has been awarded a 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize to lead a three-year project on linguistic justice in schools, explains how the research will move beyond...

Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2026 09:30 - 15:30 BST Location: University of Manchester Join English teachers, writers and researchers from across the UK and beyond for a day packed with fresh ideas, practical s...

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In an exam-driven system, choosing a modern, diverse GCSE text can feel like a gamble. But Kit de Waal’s My Name Is Leon has given Alix Amrane and Caroline Ovel’s students insight...

In an exam-driven system, choosing a modern, diverse GCSE text can feel like a gamble. But Kit de Waal’s My Name Is Leon has given Alix Amrane and Caroline Ovel’s students insight...

Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2026 09:30 - 15:30 BST Location: University of Manchester Join English teachers, writers and researchers from across the UK and beyond for a day packed with fresh ideas, practical s...