School improvement update - July 2023

Sensible stuff, no quick fixes

Dear colleague

I hope things are well with you.

The DfE Reading framework has been updated to include advice on developing literacy across Key Stages 2 and 3.

The Teachers’ Collection team have uploaded more resources to the library with texts, draft plans and vocabulary lists as a way to support curriculum planning with high quality texts. It now has its own Twitter page, where we’re updating new book suggestions and planning resources.

We’ve developed Five steps for the curriculum to help colleagues get a sense of the subjects across primary and secondary. They start with the national curriculum importance statements, then chapters from Primary and Secondary Huh followed by subject resources on Myatt & Co.

Daisy Christodoulu at No More Marking has scheduled a new set of Comparative Judgement intro webinars for the autumn term. More details here.

The IncludEd Conference 2024 organised by The Difference is returning after a sell-out affair in January 2023. The biggest conference for school inclusion, Saturday 13th January at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, further details here.

Carousel Learning have launched a new feature, C-Scores, which will give teachers even more data on what are the best questions to quiz pupils on. To celebrate, they are making available a set of free INSET materials on retrieval practice. You can get your copy here.

Sam Strickland will be running a one-hour workshop on Sunday 3rd September. It will cover an array of practical tips, hints, approaches and strategies to support teachers and trainee teachers alike to make a strong start to the new academic year. More information here.

Cohort 2 of the Leadership Lobby launches on Friday 15th September. I’m running this with Andrew Morrish and it’s suitable for new and experienced leaders: ‘Wow there is SO much leadership gold here. Loved the session on leading trustfully and hearing Mary and Andrew discuss the ‘messy middle’ of getting this right.’

And a shout out to Teacher Tapp which helps keep me in touch with stuff that really matters to teachers!

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Have a good break

Mary