Claire Gadsby

Professional learning that changes classroom practice.

Most professional development ends when the training day finishes. I believe that's when the real work begins.

For more than twenty years, I've partnered with schools, trusts and education organisations across the UK and internationally, helping teachers turn educational research into confident, exceptional classroom practice.

Claire Gadsby presenting to educators
Student learning in the classroom
Children engaged in classroom learning

Meet Claire

For over 30 years, Claire Gadsby has partnered with schools, trusts, ministries of education and educational organisations across the UK and internationally to improve teaching, learning and leadership at every level.

Holding a Master's degree in Educational Management, Claire is recognised for translating educational research into practical, sustainable classroom practice. She has worked with hundreds of schools, supporting leaders to implement evidence-informed approaches that build teacher confidence, strengthen professional practice and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Claire's expertise spans Early Years to Post-16, working with individual teachers, leadership teams and whole-school communities. Her approach goes beyond delivering inspirational professional development; she helps organisations embed lasting change through implementation, coaching, deliberate practice and strategic leadership.

A respected keynote speaker, consultant, author and professional learning specialist, Claire is known for combining warmth, credibility and deep educational expertise with practical strategies that have immediate impact. Her work enables organisations to move from intention to implementation, creating cultures where educators continue to grow, collaborate and thrive long after the training has finished.

Whether supporting a single school, a multi-academy trust or a national education initiative, Claire's focus remains the same: empowering educators to create exceptional learning experiences that transform outcomes for every learner.

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What Educators Say

Trusted by Schools and Organisations Globally

Outstanding training delivered by Claire - excellent tools to use within and outside of the classroom that allows engagement and excitement in learning, whilst also allowing for pupils to make their best efforts, with limited resources when necessary.
St Joseph’s RC Willesden
Teacher
The most engaging CPD that I have had in such a long time. Many ideas to take away and implement. Ideas that are easy to try - limited resources needed. Following on Instagram and have already ordered your books!
Timbercroft
Middle Leadership
I really enjoyed it and found Claire's PD at our school highly valuable. When I first heard about the schedule of the PD I personally thought "there's no way she's going to teach one of our classes, with our students and 25 other teachers in the room with her" and she did! All the strategies she not only taught but physically showed us in real time, adapting her practice, discussing options and justifying it as she went was truly remarkable. I have learnt a lot which will definitely inform and improve my practice. I feel empowered in my own practice and in supporting my colleagues. Highly recommend, best PD I've been a part of in engaging students, checking progress and in making teaching easy.
Australian International School
Teacher
Best PD!
Al Salam Charter School
Inclusion Teacher
Your workshop completely changed the concept of classroom observation, transforming it from mere monitoring into an active role as a supporter, participant, and genuinely engaged contributor. I truly appreciated what you presented to us, and I extend my sincere thanks.
AIS
Middle Leadership
Brilliant refresher of the importance of initial early language building. I will be sharing the vocabulary with our nursery parents. We already use lots of makaton and actions but retrieval of these will show competence.
Little common
Teacher
Incredible as always! I've loved being on your coaching course and now this additional training, I still managed to take things away, so thank you!
DBSJP
Teacher
Loved the training and the pace was great after a long day it was very active so avoided falling asleep and actually added lots of new ideas into my page to try before the end of the term especially the ideas about including the LA more during continuous provision. As i am in early years I found the session to relate to not only the older children but the strategies can be adapted to meet the needs of my little learners too
DBF
Teacher
Strategies, tips and in the moment ways to have an impact on teaching and learning instantly. Modeled in the classroom to help embed learning. As always, things to try and implement straight away.
Raha International School, KCC
Senior Leadership
I found it incredibly helpful going into lessons without any pre-planning meetings and seeing how you could immediately apply your strategies to engage a completely new class. Watching you build rapport so quickly and sustain active participation really showcased how powerful these techniques are in real classrooms. It was also extremely beneficial observing you in secondary lessons, as it highlighted how the same approaches can be adapted for older students. Overall, the training has strengthened my confidence and given me practical, high-impact strategies I can use across different year groups.
Dubai British School Jumeira
Teacher
Fantastic - have attended in person and training online is a close second :)
River primary
Senior Leadership
Great as was the course I did in person with Claire ten years ago! Great how applicable the training is to daily practice full of ideas that can be applied immediately rather than exhaustive explanations of pedagogy. Many thanks!
St Leonard’s ce primary academy
Teacher
Outstanding training delivered by Claire - excellent tools to use within and outside of the classroom that allows engagement and excitement in learning, whilst also allowing for pupils to make their best efforts, with limited resources when necessary.
St Joseph’s RC Willesden
Teacher
The most engaging CPD that I have had in such a long time. Many ideas to take away and implement. Ideas that are easy to try - limited resources needed. Following on Instagram and have already ordered your books!
Timbercroft
Middle Leadership
I really enjoyed it and found Claire's PD at our school highly valuable. When I first heard about the schedule of the PD I personally thought "there's no way she's going to teach one of our classes, with our students and 25 other teachers in the room with her" and she did! All the strategies she not only taught but physically showed us in real time, adapting her practice, discussing options and justifying it as she went was truly remarkable. I have learnt a lot which will definitely inform and improve my practice. I feel empowered in my own practice and in supporting my colleagues. Highly recommend, best PD I've been a part of in engaging students, checking progress and in making teaching easy.
Australian International School
Teacher
Best PD!
Al Salam Charter School
Inclusion Teacher
Your workshop completely changed the concept of classroom observation, transforming it from mere monitoring into an active role as a supporter, participant, and genuinely engaged contributor. I truly appreciated what you presented to us, and I extend my sincere thanks.
AIS
Middle Leadership
Brilliant refresher of the importance of initial early language building. I will be sharing the vocabulary with our nursery parents. We already use lots of makaton and actions but retrieval of these will show competence.
Little common
Teacher
Incredible as always! I've loved being on your coaching course and now this additional training, I still managed to take things away, so thank you!
DBSJP
Teacher
Loved the training and the pace was great after a long day it was very active so avoided falling asleep and actually added lots of new ideas into my page to try before the end of the term especially the ideas about including the LA more during continuous provision. As i am in early years I found the session to relate to not only the older children but the strategies can be adapted to meet the needs of my little learners too
DBF
Teacher
Strategies, tips and in the moment ways to have an impact on teaching and learning instantly. Modeled in the classroom to help embed learning. As always, things to try and implement straight away.
Raha International School, KCC
Senior Leadership
I found it incredibly helpful going into lessons without any pre-planning meetings and seeing how you could immediately apply your strategies to engage a completely new class. Watching you build rapport so quickly and sustain active participation really showcased how powerful these techniques are in real classrooms. It was also extremely beneficial observing you in secondary lessons, as it highlighted how the same approaches can be adapted for older students. Overall, the training has strengthened my confidence and given me practical, high-impact strategies I can use across different year groups.
Dubai British School Jumeira
Teacher
Fantastic - have attended in person and training online is a close second :)
River primary
Senior Leadership
Great as was the course I did in person with Claire ten years ago! Great how applicable the training is to daily practice full of ideas that can be applied immediately rather than exhaustive explanations of pedagogy. Many thanks!
St Leonard’s ce primary academy
Teacher
Motivation for staff has been amazing. The entertainment in the room and across the day has been lovely to see.
Timbercroft
Senior Leadership
It was really insightful and the fact that we were able to see it being implemented in a real life classroom at our own school, with our own kids helped a lot and made a huge difference. Thank you for your time, effort and sharing all your knowledge and ideas with us.
AIS
Teacher
The session was very interactive and I truly immersed and related to every single word she said about the long ppts and especially the differentiation being implemented in the lessons these days. The idea of including every single child without feeling bad of themselves resonated with me. I walked out with so many wonderful and easy strategies to implement in my class. I am very grateful for this opportunity.
Al Salam charter school
Teacher
Engaging and quick strategies to use straight away in the class. Claire is always friendly, positive and relative- love seeing her in school!
The English College
Senior Leadership
I’ve been to many training sessions in many countries this was the best!
American Academy
Teaching Assistant
I thought it was the most insightful PD session we have had all year and I would love you to come back and delve into this further. I have gained so many useful ideas that I think could really benefit my learners and lighten my workload in the process.
JBS
Teacher
This was the clearest, most actionable CPD I have ever had the privilege of taking part in. I am so inspired to take what I have learned today and apply the coaching from you in my lessons moving forward. I'm so excited! Thank you for reigniting the spark in Term 3 and reminding me that not everything in life needs a worksheet, and all our children deserve the highest challenge and support.
DBSJP
Teacher and Middle Leader
A really helpful presentation, full of fantastic ideas that could be implemented immediately. Thank you.
Maidstone Specialist Teaching & Learning Service
Specialist Teacher
Great ideas shared on why and how which can be implemented immediately. Great to see it in action in the classroom to see the immediate impact. Bank of strategies shared to use and apply when coaching.
Jebel Ali
Senior Leadership
Very engaging even when over zoom! I attended the day at the Amex and it was great to have that enhanced with new strategies like create the apetite!
Heene Church of England Primary
Senior Leadership
Wonderful and engaging and really applicable for our school atmosphere and learning! Emotional attachment to all teachers and how they learn! Would love to have you back!
American Academy for Girls
Senior Leadership
I loved both or your sessions. Really got me thinking about my lessons as a teacher and how I give feedback as a HOD. I loved the idea about the bronze, gold and silver and deciding before the lesson what level of feedback the teacher wanted. Thank you
JESS
Middle Leadership
Motivation for staff has been amazing. The entertainment in the room and across the day has been lovely to see.
Timbercroft
Senior Leadership
It was really insightful and the fact that we were able to see it being implemented in a real life classroom at our own school, with our own kids helped a lot and made a huge difference. Thank you for your time, effort and sharing all your knowledge and ideas with us.
AIS
Teacher
The session was very interactive and I truly immersed and related to every single word she said about the long ppts and especially the differentiation being implemented in the lessons these days. The idea of including every single child without feeling bad of themselves resonated with me. I walked out with so many wonderful and easy strategies to implement in my class. I am very grateful for this opportunity.
Al Salam charter school
Teacher
Engaging and quick strategies to use straight away in the class. Claire is always friendly, positive and relative- love seeing her in school!
The English College
Senior Leadership
I’ve been to many training sessions in many countries this was the best!
American Academy
Teaching Assistant
I thought it was the most insightful PD session we have had all year and I would love you to come back and delve into this further. I have gained so many useful ideas that I think could really benefit my learners and lighten my workload in the process.
JBS
Teacher
This was the clearest, most actionable CPD I have ever had the privilege of taking part in. I am so inspired to take what I have learned today and apply the coaching from you in my lessons moving forward. I'm so excited! Thank you for reigniting the spark in Term 3 and reminding me that not everything in life needs a worksheet, and all our children deserve the highest challenge and support.
DBSJP
Teacher and Middle Leader
A really helpful presentation, full of fantastic ideas that could be implemented immediately. Thank you.
Maidstone Specialist Teaching & Learning Service
Specialist Teacher
Great ideas shared on why and how which can be implemented immediately. Great to see it in action in the classroom to see the immediate impact. Bank of strategies shared to use and apply when coaching.
Jebel Ali
Senior Leadership
Very engaging even when over zoom! I attended the day at the Amex and it was great to have that enhanced with new strategies like create the apetite!
Heene Church of England Primary
Senior Leadership
Wonderful and engaging and really applicable for our school atmosphere and learning! Emotional attachment to all teachers and how they learn! Would love to have you back!
American Academy for Girls
Senior Leadership
I loved both or your sessions. Really got me thinking about my lessons as a teacher and how I give feedback as a HOD. I loved the idea about the bronze, gold and silver and deciding before the lesson what level of feedback the teacher wanted. Thank you
JESS
Middle Leadership
Recent Work

Ideas That Inspire Better Education

Find it or Fix It – Mark one, Mark them all!

Research tells us that effective feedback is the most powerful lever for pupil progress, equating to 8 months additional progress per year. Yet as teachers, we seem to spend inordinate amounts of time marking books with very little to show for

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Publications

Tools for Better Teaching

Claire is the author of three highly regarded professional development books, trusted by thousands of educators to improve classroom practice and learner outcomes. Combining educational research with practical, ready-to-use strategies, each publication is designed to help teachers create engaging, inclusive and high-impact learning experiences.

A little guide for teachers: Efficient Marking

A little guide for teachers: Efficient Marking

Full of highly innovative, practical and labour-saving strategies, this guide shows busy teachers exactly how to provide feedback which moves learning forward, while also inspiring and motivating pupils yo want to improve

Dynamically different classrooms

Dynamically different classrooms

Bursting with a rich variety of practical ideas, this inspiring guide to the great indoors talks you through the clue corners, ceiling circuits and windows of opportunity waiting to be discovered in your classroom sharing 148 high-impact techniques proven to boost pupil engagement, long-term learning and progress.

Perfect Assessment for Learning

Perfect Assessment for Learning

Too much valuable teacher time is devoted to marking and feedback that does little to improve pupils' learning. This easy-to-read, practical guide introduces a range of innovative strategies and top tips to ensure that assessment genuinely is for learning a simple how-to for implementing sustainable Assessment for Learning in your school.

The Gadsby Method E-Books

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Unlock the Power of The Gadsby Method E-Books

Take your training day further with Claire Gadsby's expertly curated e-books, each packed with the top 10 most impactful strategies for every primary year group. With over 500 proven techniques distilled into bite-sized videos and practical examples, these resources make professional learning truly stick. Plus, the full set includes a senior leadership matrix to track whole-school coverage and progression at a glance.

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All books of The Gadsby Method by Claire Gadsby

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The Gadsby Method Matrix Overview by Claire Gadsby

The Gadsby Method Matrix Overview by Claire Gadsby

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The Gadsby Method Reception by Claire Gadsby

The Gadsby Method Reception by Claire Gadsby

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