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Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by @bphillipsonMP. We’re proud to join @educationgovuk to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again. #NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk

IT’S HERE! The Writing Framework has landed! 🚨 IT’S A BELTER! A powerful blend of explanation and practical advice for teaching writing, both transcription and composition. “The best moments during writing are when pupils are so absorbed in their creations that they lose all sense of time, and when they read what they have written and experience the thrill of creating with words and language.” Explicit instruction, direct deliberate teaching and knowledge pupils need to write with confidence and purpose. It must be TAUGHT not CAUGHT! Writing matters because it cements learning in long term memory. A MUST, MUST read if you want to be a better teacher of writing. A thread 🧵 gov.uk/government/pub…

Article on teaching the really quite useless English Language syllabus: open.substack.com/pub/philbeadle…

We forget how much power reading has given us – and so underestimate how powerless you are when you can’t read. Read more in our book. ow.ly/pwVX50QPqIq

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 Rosenshine is well known for his principles of instruction, but what did he think about knowledge? 'Rosenshine on knowledge structures' alexquigley.co.uk/rosenshine-on-…

BREAKING: Teachers have been offered a pay rise of 4% next year, with the DfE announcing additional funding of £615 million towards the increase for schools tes.com/magazine/news/…

2 classroom vignettes to illustrate our analysis ⤵️

🚨🚨NEW PAPER ON INCLUSIVE TEACHING ...that I've been working (pretty intensely) on for the last few months. Details below: ↓

In our Sussex case study, we found that the average rate of progress for Thinking Reading graduates was 1.9 months per lesson. The average gain was three years. Read more in our blog “Can Struggling Readers Catch Up Quickly? Completely?” wp.me/p4hKgx-8je (3 min read).

Students’ enjoyment of their education suffers a substantial decline during the first year of secondary school, according to two separate studies tes.com/magazine/news/…

💡Creating a positive and supportive environment for all means placing support for pupils with special educational needs at the heart of school priorities. We’ve pulled together all our resources on supporting SEND in mainstream settings into one place. 1/2

⏩Been thinking carefully about the underlying principles of teaching for learning and how to link them to a framework.

👀Breaking News👀 Pupils in England disengage more than other countries when they move to secondary school, Impacted report shows. tes.com/magazine/news/…

EMC CPD Online: Purposeful Grammar at Key Stage 3 (4.3.25) Capitalising on the knowledge students are taught at KS2 to enhance their reading and writing at KS3. Book by: 8am on 28 Feb tinyurl.com/4cetdcrn @jdurran

🚨 Final call! 🚨 Today is your last chance to share your views on education. Education professionals, employers & organisations - your input will be crucial in shaping a curriculum that works for everyone. Your expertise & experience matter. Complete the call for evidence ⬇️

Why is Shakespeare so interested in the ideas of Kingship and Government? Mr Stephen Siddall explores this in relation to Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Check it out: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dFHkv0

Around 1,000 #wallabies are believed to be living in the Manx countryside, according to a report published by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture today. Find out more 👉 ow.ly/k61k50U50eE. 🦘 📷 Stephen Corran

"Ofsted’s confident and authoritative focus on ‘logical’ sequences in teaching and learning is open to serious criticism."

How to support pupils with literacy difficulties in secondary school Currently writing the literacy chapter of my next book (SEND Strategies for the Secondary Years) please spam me with research, people to follow etc on supporting pupils with literacy difficulties in secondary