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For all your Secondary English needs - curriculum, progression, improvement, CPD and more. Summer and Winter Heads of English Conferences every year. Join our twitter community and message us for bespoke services tailored to you and your setting.

Heads of English Summer conference is in full swing! News, updates, curriculum review, horizon scanning, AI and Recalibrating Reading all ticked off before breaktime! And freebie notebooks are filling up nicely! @HFL_Education @EducEndowFoundn #englishteaching #headofenglish

Something wicked this way comes -in a good way! Just over 2 weeks to go until the first of the HFL AQA GCSE Saturday online revision sessions -schools or parents can pay per session here: hfl.mobi/HFLGCSEworks Quality assured and superb value. Pop these dates in your diary:

Finding great friends ⁦@TeachingAwards⁩ ⁦@HFL_Carole⁩ ⁦⁦⁩

Looking forward to ⁦@TeachingAwards⁩ and found one of our favs- ⁦@miss_mcinerney⁩ ⁦@HFL_Carole⁩

We've got that 'warm hot-chocolate and a book' feeling about being half way through our Autumn HFL Reading Fluency Project! 🙌 Come and join in with our Spring 2025 cohort! Email reading.fluency@hfleducation.org to find out more!

Da-dah: our ⁦@oracycommission⁩ report is out: “Parents want it, the economy demands it, democracy needs it, teachers welcome it and our children deserve it … ” schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-traini…

It's Week 1 of the KS3 and KS4 Reading Fluency Project's student facing sessions. Good luck everyone! We can't wait to see you at your coaching sessions. #HFLRFP #reading #fluency #teamenglish #windowsandmirrors #youngadults

We are excited for all our KS3 and KS4 teachers who are choosing students and scoring comprehension tests this week as part of the Autumn 24 HFL Reading Fluency Projects! Limbering up to go large with our PROSODY teaching! #fluency #readingfluency #HFLRFP #reading #teamenglish

Updated with new tools and resources for this academic year, download the newest version of the Hertfordshire SEND Toolkit now!🌟 Together with Hertfordshire County Council and families who have children and young people with SEND, we have given the toolkit a refresh to continuously support professionals to deliver great provision for children and young people with SEND. Download here: hfl.mobi/SENDtkit6th #SEND

We are delighted to have won a @TeacherTapp High Riser Award in the September Brand Tracker! Each month Teacher Tapp polls over 10,000 teachers on their awareness, usage and recommendation of 30 education brands. We're thrilled to have had the highest increase in recommendation score! #TeacherTapp

Students! Join our online GCSE English Language writing masterclasses in time for mock exams or re-sits. 💻Wednesdays 5-6pm-see link for dates... 50% of your GCSE! Find out more: hfl.mobi/GCSE_ENGLANGSM… #GCSEEnglish #persuasivewriting #creativewriting

It's the birthday today of Prof David Crystal. Anyone who has taught English language at any level will know how influential he has been as an explainer of linguistics. Here, for example, is a piece on the quirks of English spelling. David - thank you. buff.ly/3RZbyo9

Brilliant session today by Becky Rothwell from ⁦@HFL_Education⁩ for English subject leaders - focusing on supporting students with SEND in English. Every Head of English needs this guidance!

Challenging, but inspirational and ultimately uplifting input from @greatergadsby at today’s HASSH conference! Thanks to the conference team and @HFL_Education for a thought provoking morning.

We are so looking forward to being a part of the @NATEfeed Annual Conference! Have you got your tickets yet?

This July, we're thrilled to join the vibrant community of English educators at the NATE 2024 Annual Conference at King's College London. Our English advisers @kathyeroe and Alison Wood, will be in the spotlight, sharing how our Reading Fluency Project at Key stage 3 and 4 is transforming student engagement and literacy skills. Join us for a day of celebration of English Teaching and Practice: hfl.mobi/Nate

Our Science AQA Easter revision sessions were more popular than expected and feedback was very positive. Recorded sessions have all been made available on demand - if you are still pushing for grades 4/5 it might be worth taking a look 👀 rb.gy/8zc7ku

And as we say goodbye to our Spring cohort; it's a warm welcome to our Summer '24 cohort of KS3 Reading Fluency Project participants! #fluency #reading #teenreading #lovereading #HFLRFP

Amazing results! Well done to all who took part! Email us at reading.fluency@hfleducation.org to take part in the Autumn cohort. #HFLRFP #reading #fluency #readingfluency #teenreaders @TimRasinski1

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Andrew Wellbeloved. Andrew was a much loved Member of our Trust. His sad passing will be felt by the education and church communities in Hertfordshire. Andrew touched the lives of so many, in such a positive way.