Webinar: From Performance Management to Professional Growth Join @profcoe.bsky.social to explore how school leaders can use the Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review (2020) to drive genuine professional growth. This session will run twice on the day to suit different time zones (link in comments

We have a new team member Dr Rachel Conlon has joined us as our new Research Statistician & Data Analyst and will be working with Professor @profcoe.bsky.social and the team behind the Great Teaching Toolkit, helping us carry out research into teachers' professional development and learning.

@profcoe.bsky.social and Raj Chande at #REd25 There are a *small* number of teachers who we can currently say are statistically (with 95% confidence) better or worse than average for student results… but even the ‘best’ teachers have individual classes who have negative progress, and vice versa!

Slides from my #rED25 talk are available at profcoe.net/talks

I really enjoyed presenting at the Nurturing Great Teaching Conference with @evidencebased.education in Yorkshire. Terrific keynotes from @profcoe.bsky.social & @profkime.bsky.social. I’m really pleased delegates found the ‘What can senior leaders do to support middle leaders?’ sessions so useful 😊

I think this is the clearest and most authoritative explanation of attention and working memory I have seen. I'm not usually a fan of these diagrams, but the depth of explanation here is very rich. Is the choice of red/green (which many people can't discriminate) a deliberate metaphor?

After good conversations with @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social and @rlrossi64.bsky.social I now think the root EHCP problem is: There are too many and lots shouldn't need them. Some do need them and will drown if they are taken away. We can't tell the difference between the two groups.

New blog post ↴ ▸Decoupling lower & upper secondary curricula #UKEd #EduSky #EduBlogUK #SciTeachUK cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...

Join our team We're looking for a Research Statistician/Data Analyst to join our Research, Development and Education Team ✔️ Working (or worked) in education? ✔️ Keen to collaborate with a great team? ✔️ Want to support thousands of teachers to develop practice? More info here

We are looking for a Research Statistician and Data Analyst, working with me and the @evidencebased.education team. evidencebased.education/work-with-eb...

Feedback from the most important people 👥 Survey your students to generate powerful insights in as little as 10 minutes. 💪 Identify your strengths 📝 Set specific goals for improvement Try a student survey by creating your free Great Teaching Toolkit: Starter Account today 👉 buff.ly/thTToZf

My latest blog around why primary CPD needs experienced primary voices. thinkingflexibly.com/2025/03/24/w...

Huge thanks to our panellists @pepediiasio.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social @mp4stratford.bsky.social @munirawilson.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social, our chair @natalieperera.bsky.social and to @ascl-uk.bsky.social for partnering with us for this crucial discussion.

@profcoe.bsky.social says he likes the explicit mention of inclusion, focus on PD and requirement to share best practice in the proposed system. BUT is concerned about the validity of judgements. The consequences are disproportionate to the amount of control schools have in influencing judgements.

Thanks to our panel with @edupolicyinst.bsky.social at #LDConf for a lively discussion examining Ofsted’s plans for report cards. @pepediiasio.bsky.social, @mp4stratford.bsky.social, @munirawilson.bsky.social, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social, @natalieperera.bsky.social, and @profcoe.bsky.social.

Bruce combines a deep understanding of the underlying research evidence, a close familiarity with everyday classroom practice, and the ability to distil what is actionable into concise, clear language. This combination is, to use his own words, genuinely powerful.” - @profcoe.bsky.social

🎉DISCO North: Newcastle Upon Tyne, 21st March🧑‍💻 Our panel will be joined by @profcoe.bsky.social presenting 'How good are the Commercial Assessments used by Primary Schools?' Buy your tickets today: https://buff.ly/42l4zvt Brought to you by Insight, Smartgrade and Carousel

'We' here is Mike Adkins & Natallia Yakavets @uniofnottingham.bsky.social + @philippacordingley.bsky.social & Bart Crisp at CUREE! Thanks also to Georgina Hudson. Huge thanks to Dale Hill & team at WELL & to the schools & leaders who contributed. @profcoe.bsky.social @jonathansharples.bsky.social

Teacher Magazine just posted this article, 'The power of 'pruning' – how one school is doing less to achieve more'. It's a great example of #ThePruningPrinciple at work. https://buff.ly/4jEnmIy

The Great Teaching Toolkit: Are you ready for it? Although the GTT is available to all, not every school is ready for it – and that’s ok. But how do you know if your school’s culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now? Find out here 👇

This is an interesting take on ot all rebeccaallen.co.uk/2025/01/07/g...

I just watched the @teacherhead.bsky.social and @emmaturner75.bsky.social Mind the Gap episode 71 with @profcoe.bsky.social. It's a really interesting discussion and a highlight from 2024 youtu.be/8C2Gsl2vwtg?... #EduSky #Evidenceinpractice #Podcast

If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...

@andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social writes about important stuff in a clear, accessible and entertaining way. Here he is on why students don't like thinking hard, and what we might do about it: www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-ben... #edusky #CogSciSci

🤩We've started the countdown to our DISCOs next year!🤩 Our speakers include (so far) Emily Hobson @michaelt1979.bsky.social @emmacate.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social hosted by @jpembroke.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social and @joshuaperry.bsky.social Book here: https://buff.ly/3XA6Sab

Really enjoying a preview of @katejonesteach.bsky.social new book on Feedback. This argument from @paulclinepsy.bsky.social against scoring essays is very compelling.

SEND in the mainstream a gathering of the best thinkers leading the practice #send @teacherhead.bsky.social @walkthrus.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @katejonesteach.bsky.social

Alongside building a community of leaders, we'd love this to become an opportunity to share expertise, wisdom and viewpoints on a range of scenarios, the first of which is on the substack below 👇🏽 @pnjfoster.bsky.social @bennewmark.bsky.social @nowmrsmfl.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social

🔔 New blog alert 🔔 teacherfeature2.com/2024/11/16/t... Please read and share widely edu-pals 🙌🏼

Delivering a short Teacher Bites tomorrow morning on poor proxies for learning. Here is the big takeaway question for the team to think about when planning or observing lessons Heavily referencing stellar work from @didau.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social and others #edusky #cogsci

🎤 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: DISCO⭐ Emily Hobson, @profcoe.bsky.social and @michaelt1979.bsky.social will join @jpembroke.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social and @joshuaperry.bsky.social West: 7 February 2025 South: 14 March 2025 North: 21 March 2025 Tickets here: https://buff.ly/3XA6Sab

This week, we welcome more than 1,500 delegates to @cstvoice.bsky.social conference #CSTConf24 on the theme of #Building. It has never been more important than now that we understand our capacity to act 'on' not just 'in' the system. I am so looking forward to seeing our wonderful members.

Claire's work is always so scholarly while also brilliantly readable. This is among her best. Should follow her. She's going to be a Big Thing.

Great advice from @alexjquigley.bsky.social (as ever): - Don’t obsess about the limitations of reading tests - no test is perfect - Do these 5 things to teach every child to read really well

Would you like me to work with your organisation? I am available on Fridays for CPD and consultancy work. Please get into contact using the Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1VQd...

Slides for my #rED24 talk ‘Why you need feedback more than you think you do’ are here: profcoe.net/talks

The edu-research that has had the biggest and most transformative impact on my teaching is the ‘Model for Great Teaching’ by @profcoe.bsky.social et al. It changed the way I plan, structure and deliver my lessons www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/58454... @evidencebasededu.bsky.social

Bang on. The effect of many educational interventions fades out (or is well on the way) by 2 years after implementation: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul... If you're feeling extra combative in an INSET session, don't just ask "what happens tomorrow?" ask "what happens in 2026?"

researchED National Conference 2024 is almost HERE www.eventbrite.com/e/researched... Featuring a cast of hundreds…

8 days to go! We are exhibiting at researchED on the 7th of September. Come meet us at our stand and grab your free resources. See you there! More information here 👉 https://buff.ly/3XajC8y

Well this got me all misty eyed on a Monday evening. Well worth a read.

And I also wrote about how we might view pedagogy policies via a systems approach. musingsofadr.wordpress.com/2023/11/11/a... #UKEd

Loving this series by @mrmountstevens.bsky.social This is my favourite bit:

New blog post. What do we tell students about our subject through assessment? Write-up of a TM History Icons talk. This is Part 1, in which I summon the ghost of assessment past. Parts 2 and 3 to follow soon. #UKEd #UKTeaching #EduSky occamshairdryer.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/a...

NEW blog - Learners are the experts in their learning experience ✍️ David Spencer, a music teacher at Nexus International, shares how student feedback shaped his professional development. Read it here 👇 https://buff.ly/4dzbioG

I'm writing some 'back to school' blogs, is there anything specific that would be helpful?

We are also interviewing CEOs, Heads and school leaders who are doing incredible work to retain their most experienced staff. Happy to hear from anyone who would like to contribute.