New blog post. Ideologically driven approach to SEND fails to help "neurodiverse" pupils open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...

PRE-ORDER NOW Succeeding as a Deputy Head by me and @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social is being published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in Jan 26. Contributors include @samgibbs.bsky.social @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social @joshpd.bsky.social and foreword by @samtwiselton.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/8ir1F7P

New post A thank you at the end of an academic year birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/a...

*FREE WRITING WEBINAR RECORDING* At Stanley Road, we have developed an approach to writing that we believe aligns with many elements included in the DfE's Writing Framework. If you'd like to watch a webinar on this, complete the form at this link... forms.gle/c66cnHyKTdZz...

The Writing Framework has just been published, and I'm very pleased to have been part of the sector panel which helped produce this important document. I'm optimistic that the framework will help leaders to further develop the teaching of writing in their schools. www.gov.uk/government/p...

We have a couple of exciting new webinars coming up for teachers in the US. We'll explain how we've integrated AI into our Comparative Judgement writing assessments & show you how our US projects work. The first one is next Monday, 14 July, at 4pm ET. www.nomoremarking.com/events?count...

Hi Bluesky people 👋 Here’s my latest post on school leadership birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/s...

Reading fluency a key priority at Sacred Heart. Our new reading bookmarks have arrived for every child and we love them. Thanks for putting up with us being huge copycats @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social

I’m delighted to have contributed to this series! @triciamoss.bsky.social and I wanted to bring together everything we wished we’d known back when we were starting out in leadership of the English curriculum. We hope How To Lead It, Primary English does just that for primary English subject leaders!

Today I was lucky enough to visit Stanley Road Primary School for the second time. The calm atmosphere, polite children and very high standards have blown me away again.

Excellent Enfield Education Partnership @haringeyeduc.bsky.social conference – strong presentations on writing curricula from StephenMcNicholas (St John Vianney) and our very own Sarah Cobourne – inspiration from @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social @theliteracytree.bsky.social #sentences #literature

Always good to hear of schools who are ditching onerous marking policies...

#TDaPEManchester - The content taught in the summer term is least likely to be remembered long term as it is the least likely to be retrieved in the following year or term. @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social 🙌🏻

What a way to start the day!! Thank you @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social for sharing your thoughts and experience at #TDaPEManchester 1. Clarify your curriculum precisely 2. Use multiple routes to knowledge 3. Space retrieval over long periods of time 4. Supercharge your homework strategy

Was there really any other option for the #TDaPEManchester keynote?! @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is talking about optimising retrieval practice this morning to get us all in the zone for some good old professional learning on a Saturday!

It’s great to be back in a room full of teachers on a Saturday morning, especially when @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is talking retrieval practice at #TDaPEManchester

ALEX QUIGLEY IN THE HOUSE New episode with @alexjquigley.bsky.social looking at evidence based practice: what is it? has it helped? where has it made things worse? what do we need to do better in terms of communication and translation of research? tune in + share! open.spotify.com/episode/5RnT...

Carousel is excited to be a sponsor and delighted that @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social will be speaking about retrieval practice in primaries! #TDaPEManchester is fantastic CPD and all for an excellent cause, so be sure to get your ticket to Manchester if you haven't already!

Off to a strong start at the Sacred Heart site. A huge thank you to @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social Visiting your wonderful school has had such a huge impact on our behaviour curriculum. Thank you for your generosity

OH. EM. GEE. BABS. CHECK THIS BAD BOY OF A #rEDBRUM PROGRAMME OUT!!🔥🔥🔥 drive.google.com/file/d/1O-sk... STILL A FEW TIX GOING HERE YOU LUCKY BABS YOU: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched... @tombennett71.bsky.social @msjasminemn.bsky.social @danielbundred.bsky.social @isaacmoore7.bsky.social

🚨Incredibly excited to announce this job 🚨 Are you interested in driving the future of professional development? Helping teachers everywhere get better faster? We changed the game on retrieval practice, we're going to do it on CPD. APPLY HERE Please share if you can 🙏🙏

Indebted to @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social and @jessrennie.bsky.social for such a comprehensive sharing of their Writing and Grammar Curriculum, and their current development in Reading (with huge impact!). We learned ELP loads!

HEY #EduSKy want to go to a great conference on all things Cognitive science and education? We are hosting the 2025 #CogSciSci conference in Surrey (UK) on the 30/5/25 Come and grab a ticket, £5 discount for the first 50 sold! Please share 🙏 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cogscisci-...

* STANLEY ROAD JOB ALERT* Exemplary behaviour ✅ Knowledge-rich curriculum ✅ Explicit teaching ✅ Sensible workload policies ✅ Dressing up for World Book Day ❌ www.greater.jobs/job/75683855

*New post!* Choral response & 'I Say You Say' are two techniques I use with high frequency during my explanations. Although they seem simple, there is a lot of thinking behind them. bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/c...

The most read article of the week was ‘No Written Marking. Job Done.’ by @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social 📚

AND BACK WITH A BRUMMIE BANG ARE ALSO THESE ABSOLUTE LEDGES: SEALY @claresealy.bsky.social PERCIVAL @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social OLD @oldandrewuk.bsky.social ROBINSON @trivium21c.bsky.social SPALDING @mrsspalding.bsky.social TIX HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched... 💥💥💥💥💥💥 #rEDBRUM

#rEDBRUM IS BACK! 8/3/25 💥 CHRISTODOULOU @daisychristo.bsky.social BENNETT @tombennett71.bsky.social SHERRINGTON @teacherhead.bsky.social MYATT @marymyatt.bsky.social DIDAU @didau.bsky.social COUNSELL @counsellc.bsky.social AND HIS BRUM DEBUT: HENDRRIIIIIIIIIICK @drchendrick.bsky.social

#rEDBRUM TIX ARE GO GO GO GRAB YOUR TICKET AND A BIG DOLLOP OF @daisychristo.bsky.social @tombennett71.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @drchendrick.bsky.social @counsellc.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social @claresealy.bsky.social AND THE REST OF THE GANG www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

If you want to come and see what we do at Stanley Road Primary School in Oldham, a few spaces have become available at short notice for our open morning on Monday 27th Jan. Please DM me to book a place.

*NEW POST* Why do students hate homework? (and how can we help them to see it can help!) bit.ly/42ilXB4

NEW EPISODE Labour are pushing a massive education bill through. What will it change? Why are the tories trying to stop it? What might the next five years of education policy look like? Mega-brained @johndickenssw.bsky.social joined us to explore! Please share 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/3n5C...

‘If a progress measure is the hub on which your assessment system is built, then the wheel almost certainly isn’t going to run true.’ Progress measures break assessment www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/01/15/p...

This article is missing the point and we are treading on old ground here #EduSky. This is how we were trained to teach and I feel ashamed every time I think of the lessons and time we wasted patronising them into engagement. Low expectations is not the solution. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

A *new* blog - 5 Key ideas from Primary Reading Simplified primarycolour.home.blog/2024/12/22/5...

I’ve been diving into the @michaelfordham.bsky.social blog back catalogue researching some writing I’m doing. It remains a treasure trove. Here, something I’m constantly struggling to articulate re ‘formative assessment’ : clioetcetera.com/2017/10/19/s...

Massive well done to you and the team Andrew. Perseverance & and being ambitious for all children certainly pays off. 💪

In 2017, we began our journey to build a school around our 3 pillars - Exemplary behaviour Knowledge-rich curriculum and Explicit teaching The KS2 outcome below was something we could only dream of when we started, but I’m pleased to say that perseverance pays off...

*new* The persistent challenges of being a teacher A sneak peak of my new book curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/t...

Oh blimey! Turns out we’re the second most improved school for Progress 8 in Brum and joint 23rd most improved school for Progress 8 in England! Amazing kids, amazing colleagues 🌟

Whole Class Feedback is automatically built in to every homework quiz you set on Carousel: youtu.be/QM-EAU3P1Ag?...

#Soane25 is live! Come and join us on Saturday 8th February for a day with a *phenomenal* line up of speakers. Tickets are ONLY £25 (including lunch!) Don’t miss it! www.eventbrite.com/e/ark-soane-...

8 years ago we stopped writing comments in pupils' books and moved to whole class feedback. Teacher workload and pupil outcomes improved dramatically as a result. We have never looked back. Very pleased to see our case study in @katejonesteach.bsky.social excellent new book.

Progress 8 day. We are a school that is 67% PP; last year we were 61.9% PP. Thrilled with the improvement in progress in 2024, *especially* for our disadvantaged children. 2023 P8 was -0.39 Disadvantaged P8 was -0.67 2024 P8 0.22 Disadvantaged P8 0.16 Huge team effort 💛💙

I have a blog series on task design. There are 24 blogs thus far. Check them out here - morgsedu.wordpress.com/2022/07/09/t...

The main drivers of this success in England: 1. Phonics 2. Knowledge-rich emphases 3. Focussing on sequenced curriculums 4. Clearer behaviour guidance based on the behaviour curriculum, boundaries, consequences and support. 5. Teacher training/ ECT reform 6. Assessment clearly linked to curriculum

You can't use one assessment for multiple purposes - it gets pulled out of shape. That's what happened to GCSEs when they were used for all kinds of purposes they weren't designed for. Things are a bit better at secondary now - but what about primary?

Feedback: Workload friendly strategies for the classroom Date: Thursday 5 dec • 16:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feedback-w...