In this KS3 lab activity, students will do an experiment to develop their own vaccine using a simple model where yeast represents a virus, sugar water represents the blood of two individuals, and a mixture of yeast, oil, and salt acts as a vaccine…

Discover a range of inspiring classroom resources and activities to help you support pupils’ wellbeing during #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and beyond…

Get students excited about #BritishScienceWeek in March with these great worksheets, lesson plans, resources, activities and ideas…

Improve attendance and re-engage disengaged pupils by building consistent, collaborative community partnerships… | via @schoolbusiness & Brendan Tapping @bccet

We can’t put the AI genie back in the bottle, so it’s time to redefine what homework is, and what it’s for | via Anthony David

As #NationalApprenticeshipWeek approaches (9-15 Feb), we look at what companies are doing to mark the occasion and the difference that apprenticing has made to some young people’s lives…

Use Safer Internet Day (10th Feb) to educate children about being responsible online, with these fun, informative resources…

#HolocaustMemorialDay takes place on 27th January – use these resources to get involved and educate your students…

Next month is #LGBTHistoryMonth so we’ve rounded up some great resources that you can use to educate and celebrate…

How film and media studies can truly transform learning… | via Jose Sala Diaz

[email protected] examines what leaders’ priorities should be when it comes to safeguarding – from health and safety in school, to visits home…

Why reasonable adjustments for GCSE exams depend on more than compliance alone… | via Asmaa Ahmed

How to help students get better at tackling exam questions | via Sam Holyman

Katharine Radice shares with us her advice on what schools can do to help their Y11 students navigate the crucial final year of their schooling…

The curriculum and assessment review seems to call for a careful adjustment of the government’s education priorities – but its cautious language conceals what may yet prove to be some genuinely profound changes in the years ahead | via Melissa Benn

Encourage students to look at themselves differently as they explore Emma Delpech’s thoughtful and inspiring suggestions on the theme of the self-portrait…

Your students will be amazed at what they can achieve by the end of this inspiring and fast-paced abstract art ideas lesson…

This differentiated lesson looks at Paper 2-style GCSE Eng Lit unseen poetry questions for ‘Autumn’ by Alan Bold and ‘Today’ by Billy Collins. It reviews the presentation of autumn and spring in both poems, as well as their use of language and structure...

This lesson features simultaneous equations puzzles that involve students solving picture-based questions without using formal algebra...

Use this descriptive writing KS3 lesson idea to show students the potentially hilarious consequences of timid and imprecise description. It just might have a remarkable impact on subsequent writing…

This free PDF for KS3/4 students presents six concise points of advice for writing persuasively, with examples…

In this three-lesson English language paper 1 and 2 sequence, students will explore and practise reading and writing skills while examining two alternative perspectives on the infamous Kray twins…

This KS4 persuasive writing lesson plan will get students exploring difficult moral issues whilst developing their understanding of how writers manipulate language and why it is essential to support opinions with evidence…

These three listening and speaking activities – leaky balloon; changing our school; good cop, bad cop – will help pupils practise persuasive language and debate skills, as well as develop their command, use and articulation of English…

This maths murder mystery is a great revision task. Use it with a whole class to cover key algebra topics. This includes expanding single brackets, substitution, nth term and solving equations…

This free Suffrage movement download includes facts and statistics on pay, hours worked and career progression, as well as news articles, photos and other similar sources…

In this free reflective symmetry worksheet, students will explore the fundamental principles of symmetry through a practical exercise. They need to identify and name company logos, then draw on all lines of symmetry…

This free Christmas maths quiz resource offers a fun and engaging way for secondary students to revise GCSE questions with a festive theme…

Sprinkle some festive cheer into your lessons with this free MFL Christmas activities PowerPoint. It’s packed with engaging activities to keep students entertained and learning right up until the end of term…

In this lesson from @colinfoster77.bsky.social, students have to find a formula for a linear sequence based on a physical scenario…

It’s taken too long for the initial promise of VLEs to be fully realised, but they’re now the best solution we have for cultivating the kind of learning we want to see… | via Aaron Swan

Why media literacy needs to be on your curriculum | via Nicky Cox MBE

If he had his way, Gordon Cairns would sound the death knell for those rude, school-wide blasts of disruptive noise that signal the end of one period and the start of the next…

Autistic and neurodivergent advocate Joe Fautley suggests ways to support autistic pupils so they can avoid burnout…

Bett 2026 is on the horizon! Here’s what to expect and why you should be there…

Take inspiration from art therapy and create powerful art lessons that promote wellbeing | via Alice Guile

How a learning programme funded by the Premier League uses students’ love of football as a means to get them re-engaged with the routines and demands of school…

The headteacher’s guide to SLT alchemy – Hannah Carter breaks down the process of honest chaos that goes into assembling an effective senior leadership team…

How to ease school trip anxiety | via Daniel Harvey

Use this free chapter from 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens during #DisabilityHistoryMonth to focus on how people in the past perceived and represented disability. You'll focus on the case of Peter the Wild Boy… www.teachwire.net/teaching-res... @crownhousepub.bsky.social

[email protected] reflects on her ‘geeky’ school days, her A Level turning point and the TEFL experience that deepened her respect for teachers…

Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023 geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...

What do we know about Reform UK's education policies? | via Melissa Benn

Is your school ready to weather a storm? Crisis communications expert Jody Cooksley offers her advice on the steps school leaders should take…

How the leadership, staff and students of a struggling school in East London were able to enact a dramatic turnaround… www.teachwire.net/news/harris-...

Huge congratulations to Richard Bustin! 🎉 His book #WhatAreWeTeaching? was highly commended in the 'Curriculum Improvement' category at the @teachsecondary.bsky.social Awards. Transform your curriculum with #powerfulknowledge & a #capabilities approach with Richard's essential book: buff.ly/9NfUe0v

We're celebrating the very best in education resources with this year's #TeachAwards winners! Browse our flipbook to see all of this year's winners and get inspiration for your classroom… cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...

This KS4 persuasive writing lesson combines a variety of tasks that get students exploring difficult moral issues while also developing their understanding of how writers manipulate language and why it's essential to support opinions with evidence...

Is 50% off a better deal than 50% extra free? This KS3 percentage change lesson helps students get to grips with the issues surrounding percentage change…

This print-ready reading strategies PDF details six classroom strategies, and assorted associated activities, that Lodge Park Academy in Corby uses to improve standards of cross-curricular literacy…