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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

Ever since the Prime minister's recent announcement that all pupils in England will return to school on 8th March, I've been in a bit of a state. On the one hand, like many parents who are struggling to work and support

This year, we are all being urged to put up our Christmas decorations early to disperse the 2020 Covid gloom and to cheer ourselves up. This sounds like a great idea to me and, in many of the schools I

This September marked 24 years since I qualified as Secondary English teacher and as, usual, the start of the new school year brought with it a period of nostalgia and reflection for me. What a a year we are living through

Back in 2011 I was juggling first time motherhood and writing my first book, "The Perfect Assessment for Learning". Suffice it to say, it was a challenging year! Just after I had submitted the final draft of the book I...