Happy Friday all - here's more from me on 'Do Nows' shaunallison.substack.com/p/do-nows-it...

Congratulations to Durrington High School who have been accredited for transforming practice in climate for learning within SSAT’s Framework for Exceptional Education. Find out more: https://ow.ly/BEX550WSX01 #education #schoolsuk #excellence

How can we improve our ‘Do Nows’? open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Purchased

Good to go - September ready!

*** NEW POST *** What books would every teacher benefit from having read? I take a look (and miraculously avoid recommending any of my own...) www.tes.com/magazine/tea... via @tesmagazine.bsky.social @pepsmccrea.bsky.social @shaun-allison.bsky.social @dtwuva.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social

New from me - Collective Acceleration open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

So proud of this celebration of our fabulous teachers. Thank you to @chrisruneckles.bsky.social for putting it together classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/t...

New from me - Why Curriculum Leaders are the Engine Room of our School open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

New from me - Testing the Temperature open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

New from me - Testing the Temperature open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

So the fabulous @anniehewett.bsky.social is leading CPD at Durrington next year. I’ve bought her a gift @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social 😉

NEW - with a hat tip to @atharby.bsky.social - what do we mean by challenge? open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

NEW - with a hat tip to @atharby.bsky.social - what do we mean by challenge? open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Magnifique!

NEW: The Importance of Noticing open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Great thread from Peps

How we’ve tried to make professional development more regular and relevant open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

We are looking to recruit a music teacher for September 2025. Please share dmat.education/vacancy/teac...

Give a follow to @anniehewett.bsky.social - one of our fabulous AHTs at Durrington

New from me - how we're using @steplab.bsky.social to share the bright spots open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

New from me - how we're using @steplab.bsky.social to share the bright spots open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

This Department for Education short course on ‘Supporting reading in secondary school’ is an excellent free resource with useful video to build understanding for this crucial area: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Only biologists of a certain vintage will appreciate the sheer beauty of these

We are looking to recruit a PE teacher for September dmat.education/vacancy/teac...

A post on 'teacher prompts'

New @theeef.bsky.social guidance on the ‘Deployment of Teaching Assistants’ has gone live today. Take a look here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

**EXCITING OPPORTUNITY (FOR A SCIENCE TEACHER!)** We are looking to recruit a science teacher at our fabulous school. Details here: dmat.education/vacancy/teac...

Dipping in to our ‘Leadership Principles in Practice’ document open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Giving Substack a go. Here you are... open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Giving Substack a go. Here you are... open.substack.com/pub/shaunall...

Like just about everyone else I’ve joined Substack. No idea what I’m doing with it, so any tips/advice would be great! Anyway, I’m here: shaunallison.substack.com?r=5e2wjc&utm...

We are so fortunate to have @marcrowland73.bsky.social sharing his wisdom at our trust INSET day

Great blog here on how we’re developing cold calling classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/d...

NEW BLOG A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking: researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...

With keynotes from @benniekara.bsky.social & Jeffrey Boakye, this conference is being hosted by the five Research Schools across London & the South-East. 🤩 Find out more about the conference, browse the workshops on offer & BOOK TICKETS HERE ⬇️ www.unlock-ed.org

Why do teachers in some schools keep getting better for longer? We are developing a new measure of teacher workplace social capital to find out: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...

Great way to start the day - @chrisruneckles.bsky.social leading our SIP Briefing on think/participation ratio. With thanks to @innerdrive.bsky.social

A very thorough and easy-to-follow, research-backed revision techniques overview from @ensermark.bsky.social - useful for teachers, pupils, parents and magazine editors! www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

10 Strong quotes - thanks @alexjquigley.bsky.social alexquigley.co.uk/10-wise-quot...

Help please - what are the best apps for Y11 to use to help them structure, plan and organise their revision time? Not content apps e.g. flashcards etc, but organisational. Thanks.

The Research Schools of London and the south east are leading a one day conference on literacy. Details here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocked-l...

Excellent blog by Ben Crockett from @durringresearch.bsky.social on ‘My New Year’s resolution: Embrace the vocabulary of my discipline’. You don’t need to be a geography teacher to find this insightful & useful: classteaching.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/m...

Great to start our two INSET days with a bit of magic from Andy Tharby

Who needs Harlan Coben, when you’ve got Peps? This looks superb. Great work and thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Feeling burnt out? 🤯 Our Cognitive Load Theory workshop can help you ditch the cognitive overload & design lessons that ACTUALLY stick! Enquire here: bit.ly/4eFlpJ3

We may feel like we’ve done ‘effective revision strategies’ to death… but the kids still aren’t doing them folks www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

A short blog from me about accountable talk, exemplifying the sort of evidence-informed strategies we have been exploring in our partnership with B&H council and schools. The project is focused on addressing educational disadvantage in the city: researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...

This is the first #EduWeeklyRoundUp where I found more on @bsky.app than on the old place. The tide is certainly turning... #BOTW goes to @southgloshead.bsky.social with 12 other great reads waiting for you, just one click away: classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/w...