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  • Slow teaching

    Slow teaching

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine What if we sought to put greater depth and therefore less breadth into our teaching, being clearer about and taking more time over key concepts and making our curriculum planning more effective? Matt Bromley calls this ‘slow teaching’… In my key stage 3 English lessons this term, I… Read more

  • The golden triangle

    The golden triangle

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine The golden triangle of performance management takes in quality improvement, performance development and CPD. Matt Bromley explains, offering some key tenets of effective performance management systems To improve the effectiveness of performance management in schools, I advocate forming a “golden triangle” which connects appraisal to quality assurance and… Read more

  • Adaptive teaching

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine The PISA research says that ‘adaptive instruction’ is one of the approaches most positively correlated with student performance. Matt Bromley looks at what adaptive teaching entails and how to deliver it One of my former students – I’ll call him John – contacted me recently. He wanted to… Read more

  • Tackling low level disruption

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine My work necessitates a lot of travel. Before you conjure images of me in a smoking jacket sipping martinis in the first-class cabin of a transatlantic flight, let me describe a recent journey… Imagine, if you will, an intercity train from the 1970s. You know the type: a… Read more

  • Explainer: The 2-year induction for Early Career Teachers

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine From September 2021, the early career teacher (ECT) induction is doubling for all new teachers in England from one to two years (following a pilot in some schools in the North East, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Doncaster that began in September 2020). But why? Why do we need… Read more

  • Explainer: The Early Career Framework

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine In November’s special supplement for Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) , I contributed three articles in which I proffered my advice on surviving and thriving as a new teacher. In the first of those articles, I tried to reassure new teachers that, whilst teaching is tough, it is tough… Read more

  • Ten top tips for transition

    This article was written for SecEd Magazine The adverse effects of transition In 2019, the Scottish government published a literature review on the subject of primary to secondary school transition. The review concluded that there was “fairly robust evidence that pupils’ educational outcomes decline after they move to secondary school.” The report found “evidence of… Read more

  • Impact – Step 6: Lead ethically

    Impact – Step 6: Lead ethically

    This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. Ethical leadership principles  Ethical leadership in education is driven by a… Read more

  • Impact – Step 4: Ensuring equity

    Impact – Step 4: Ensuring equity

    This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. The causes and consequences of disadvantage Sadly, as much as I… Read more

  • Impact – Step 3: Making marking motivating

    Impact – Step 3: Making marking motivating

    This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. Learning intentions and criteria for success One of the five key… Read more

  • Impact – Step 2: Sense-checking assessments

    Impact – Step 2: Sense-checking assessments

    This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. When we are clear why we assess, we need to ensure… Read more

  • Impact – Step 1: Counting what counts

    Impact – Step 1: Counting what counts

    This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. 1. Evaluating the impact of curriculum planning A good curriculum is… Read more

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