CPD

You'll find a range of CPD articles and downloadable resources from leading CPD experts, lead practitioners and experienced teachers and trainers on the key topics in teaching and learning, initial teacher education and SEND support to help you to grow and develop as a teacher.

You'll also find expert advice on wellbeing and students' mental health, as well as curriculum and subject-specific CPD.

English

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Download our helpful hints eBook for information and assistance for teachers coping with exam season. Includes five ...
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Free GCSE exam support eBook
Teaching Shakespeare — fun ideas for the classroom

Help students to genuinely enjoy studying Shakespeare by celebrating the beauty (and humour!) of the bard’s language and...
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Teaching Shakespeare — fun ideas for the classroom

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Maths

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Download our helpful hints eBook for information and assistance for teachers coping with exam season. Includes five ...
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Free GCSE exam support eBook
Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

Students are facing exams for the first time since 2019, after being cancelled due to ...
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Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...
Embedding the CPA maths approach: concrete, pictorial, ...

Alexi Makris discusses the CPA approach to learning maths, a key principle of the Mastery programme.

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Embedding the CPA maths approach: concrete, pictorial, ...

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Science

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Download our helpful hints eBook for information and assistance for teachers coping with exam season. Includes five ...
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Free GCSE exam support eBook
Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

Students are facing exams for the first time since 2019, after being cancelled due to ...
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Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...
20 ideas for planning a progressive practical curriculu...

Author and Head of Science, Emily Seeber, shares her ideas for a progressive, practical science curriculum.

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20 ideas for planning a progressive practical curriculu...

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Languages

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Download our helpful hints eBook for information and assistance for teachers coping with exam season. Includes five ...
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Free GCSE exam support eBook
Gender-neutral language and inclusivity in the MFL clas...

Sheena Newland, Languages Subject Advisor at Pearson, explores the difficulties involved in achieving gender neutrality in...
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Gender-neutral language and inclusivity in the MFL clas...

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Primary

Return of the SATs

However you feel about them, SATs are back for 2022 and the impact of Covid-19 means children may need even more time...
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Return of the SATs
Closing the language gap - how an ambitious vocabulary ...

As primary schools react to the challenges of the recovery curriculum in the wake of the pandemic, we consider how ta...
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Closing the language gap - how an ambitious vocabulary ...

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Geography

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Download our helpful hints eBook for information and assistance for teachers coping with exam season. Includes five ...
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Free GCSE exam support eBook
Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

Students are facing exams for the first time since 2019, after being cancelled due to ...
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Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...
Using technology in the geography classroom

Alan Parkinson is a Head of geography and textbook writer. Here he shares his top 20 tips for using technology effectively...
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Using technology in the geography classroom

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ITE

10 ideas for new MFL teachers

10 tried and tested language learning activities that never fail to engage students, brought together by Languages editor ...
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10 ideas for new MFL teachers
Formative assessment in science

Sue Howarth is a former teacher-trainer at the University of Worcester and science writer. She offers training teache...
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Formative assessment in science
The big ideas of science

Sue Howarth, an ASE Chartered Science teacher, teacher-trainer and science writer, explores the big ideas of science, and ...
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The big ideas of science

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SEND

20 ideas for supporting SEND learners in science classr...

Rob Butler was a special school science teacher for twenty years and has worked with mainstream schools as an advanced ski...
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20 ideas for supporting SEND learners in science classr...
Handwriting in primary school

Deborah Smith, an experienced paediatric occupational therapist, offers her advice to primary teachers on how to work with...
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Handwriting in primary school
20 tips for working with SEND students

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, offers some advice for training teachers and NQTs ...
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20 tips for working with SEND students

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Wellbeing

Loneliness – how to help ourselves, colleagues and st...

Loneliness is a common human experience that we are all likely to feel at some point in our lives....
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Loneliness – how to help ourselves, colleagues and st...
Coping with the exam season as a member of staff

As exam season edges closer, much of the focus will be on supporting your students. It is important to r...
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Coping with the exam season as a member of staff
How to talk to children about the war in Ukraine

Since Russian forces entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022, you will no doubt have heard children in your class talking abou...
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How to talk to children about the war in Ukraine

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English

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Teaching Shakespeare — fun ideas for the classroom

Maths

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

Embedding the CPA maths approach: concrete, pictorial, ...

Science

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

20 ideas for planning a progressive practical curriculu...

Languages

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Gender-neutral language and inclusivity in the MFL clas...

Primary

Return of the SATs

Closing the language gap - how an ambitious vocabulary ...

Geography

Free GCSE exam support eBook

Exams 2022: Everything you need to know about GCSE chan...

Using technology in the geography classroom

ITE

10 ideas for new MFL teachers

Formative assessment in science

The big ideas of science

SEND

20 ideas for supporting SEND learners in science classr...

Handwriting in primary school

20 tips for working with SEND students

Wellbeing

Loneliness – how to help ourselves, colleagues and st...

Coping with the exam season as a member of staff

How to talk to children about the war in Ukraine