Teaching and learning

In this article, experienced teacher and author Megan Mansworth offers her 10 tips on one of the more effective classroom management strategies: teaching to the top. 

Fun, engaging and original ideas for starter activities to help busy teachers with effective lesson planning. Here we share favourite tried and trusted starters from our editorial team of experienced teachers.

What is oracy and how can it help teachers to close the language gap? Let’s dive into why oracy matters before sharing tips, ideas and classroom resources to develop students' speaking and listening skills.

Sometimes trying something new, whether it's a revision game or even a gimmick, will help to kick-start the revision process for students who are struggling to get down to it. Here are 20 creative and fun ideas to try in class or at home.

Helen Howell is a Director of English and author of The Revision Revolution: How to build a culture of effective study in your school. Here, Helen discusses the teaching of explicit study skills and how to make simple tweaks to existing strategies to make the act of revising for GCSEs, A-levels and other exams more effective. 

Find out everything you need to know about SATs 2024 including key dates, details of the KS1 and KS2 SATs tests and how to prepare children for these exams. You’ll also find our newest and most popular SATs resources including free practice papers and revision materials.