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Six tips for improving teaching and learning for vocabulary and maths

The more targeted the learning activity to a student’s ability level, the more impactful it will be.

Commission calls for ‘expert teacher’ role to reward classroom elite

Report warns of a ‘weakened workforce’ and calls for long-term reforms to create ‘thriving’ profession

Turbo boost your pupil outcomes with Teach First

Finding new teaching talent for your school can be time consuming and costly. Especially when you want to be focusing on your pupils and giving them the great education they deserve. At Teach First we can help. Not only we will do all the recruitment work for you, but we’ll deliver you a trainee teacher who is ready to hit the ground running, and has all the dedication, commitment and skill required to become a brilliant teacher for your school and your pupils.

More children start school with poor speech and language skills, warn teachers

And most say this makes their job harder, poll finds

Enter your fabulous colleagues into the Pearson National Teaching Awards

The 1st of March entry deadline is fast approaching for the 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards – and we need your help to uncover the educators and support staff who are delivering inspirational work every day to help transform the lives of young people in early years, schools and colleges.

In Flanders Fields Museum: the starting point for your battlefield trip

The In Flanders Fields Museum brings the story of the First World War to life through thought-provoking, interactive displays. Housed in the rebuilt Cloth Hall of Ypres (Belgium), a visit to the museum is the ideal starting point to take your school on a battlefield tour to Flanders Fields. The museum’s Learning Team has developed a wide range of educational programmes for different age groups, inside and outside the museum. Brand new is the free e-book ‘5 ways to learn about in Flanders Fields’, written for British (history) teachers.

Ofsted: 9 key findings from its history subject report

History’s position in schools is ‘more secure’, but ‘significant’ work needed to develop ambitious curriculums

Can you help us inspire change in the education sector? The Science Teaching Survey 2023 is open now.

We are inviting all science teachers, heads of department and technicians in secondary schools in the UK and Ireland to take part in the Science Teaching Survey 2023. The findings will provide valuable insight into science teaching in the UK and Ireland, helping us to influence policy and drive positive change in the education sector.

In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite

Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education’s shrinking workforce