St Matthew's Research School

Incredible work from Helen - to summarise all of the In Action books, giving a flavour of what they're all about. Check this out.

Reform UK were rejected by more than 70% of voters yesterday, and the media is treating the result as terminal for Labour while almost entirely ignoring the fact that most people said no to the hatred, the division and the bigotry. That is the actual story.

Exemplary Leadership Programme (ELP) Year 6 cohort is running on apace. ELP Year 7 enrolment is now open! Don't miss out on early enrolment price. Details and how to request a pack below: knowledgehub.org.uk/elp

.@SkyNews now projecting a national vote share for Reform of 27%, based on results so far. That’s four points down on what they achieved in local elections last year. Somewhat of a counter to the prevailing narrative.

Enrolment for ELP Year 7 is now OPEN! Take a look below to see all of what ELP has to offer. Click link below to receive your pack including enrolment form. knowledgehub.org.uk/elp

Excited to attend today's Reading Conference at Himley Hall. I'm looking forward to learning a great deal more and supporting other schools in their implementation journey @StMattResearch

Exciting news coming out of ELP headquarters ... we are getting ready to launch the Exemplary Leadership Programme, now in it's 7th year. Be the first to receive an enrolment pack and be part of 2026-2027 cohort. You won't regret it! knowledgehub.org.uk/elp

📹 Have you seen Clips from the Classroom? 🗓️ Every week we spotlight a clip of a school putting evidence into practice This week, @StMattResearch focus on learning processes in the primary classroom 👀 WATCH NOW: buff.ly/bUKdcM5

How can schools start using multimodal texts to boosting reading culture? @jonnybid is here at #PrimCon26 with one powerful route to reading... 📚

Our Reading Champions spent some time this week finding out about which children's books are being published in 2026 and then helping create a display. It was fantastic to see other pupils getting excited about a new book in a favourite series or from a favourite author.

A grey morning but inside Westminster we focused on reading proficiency and developing the habit of reading. I hope my contribution helped. @eduHelenHendry @ricketts_lara @jotaylor2306 and Jeanne Shinskey were brilliant colleagues. @HouseofCommons

A real treat to read this over the weekend. Just what I needed to take my mind off a broken wrist that’s not healing as well as I wanted. Thanks @CharteredColl for including my very small contribution amongst all these brilliant colleagues.

Start your day with practical, evidence‑informed strategies that make a real difference in classrooms. Join us to: February session: bit.ly/4r5MtqL April session: bit.ly/4r6gdnq Let’s turn evidence into impact together. #EvidenceInAction #ResearchSchools

Don't delay! Only days left to sign up! Don't miss this unique conference and networking opportunity... ⏲️ @rs_network @EducEndowFoundn

@GauravDubay3 Loved having you with us, as always Gaurav! 🙏🏾

The ELEs at @StMattResearch are the best. It was great meeting up with all of them this afternoon.

The @EducEndowFoundn has launched an updated Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning Guidance Report, plus 3 practical tools: Metacognitive Strategies, Promoting Metacognitive Talk, Scaffolding Metacognitive Strategies. Explore them here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evid…

So proud of our ‘Reading Comprehension’ Regional Partnership participants. Once again, they went ‘all in’ during Module 5. All schools now have Reading Implementation plans, which we will be unpicking and adjusting in Module 6. @son1bun @traceya75 @dudleymbc