To know if an intervention is effective, we need to know who it helps most. Schools are rightly...
12 Qualities of an Effective Reading Teacher
Good systems need good people to deliver them. To have real impact, an intervention must...
Reading Crisis? What Crisis?
The reading problem in our secondary schools is serious but solvable. I have long been pleased...
A Heart for School Improvement
What one issue lies at the heart of school improvement? You are reviewing your school improvement...
Can We Do More With Less?
Effective use of resources depends on how well we know our students' needs More than ever, head...
Struggling readers in the secondary English classroom
“They just can’t access the texts.” This is one of the most frequent comments we hear when we...
The Bigger Picture
I have been inspired by #picbookday today! It's reminded me how important picture books (and books...
It’s Not Too Late
Our second session at ResearchED English and MFL, Oxford was entitled It's Not Too Late to draw...
Wars and Waste
Our first session at ResearchED English and MFL, Oxford was called Wars and Waste to highlight two...
It’s Not Too Late
Our second session at ResearchED English and MFL, Oxford was entitled It’s Not Too Late to draw...
Does phonics help or hinder comprehension?
A recent TES article headlined “Call for researchers to highlight negative 'side effects' of...
The Practitioners: Alison Clarke
This is the first in an occasional series highlighting the work of people doing good things in the...