Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 24 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures. Find your nearest Hub and book your visit! 🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...

We couldn’t let Wicked 2 have all the drama this month. Here’s the trailer you didn’t know you were waiting for! The Steplab Conference returns. June 2026 | London. Tickets drop 19 November. 🎥 Cue the music. #SteplabConference2026

Leading PD across your school or trust? Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale. 💷 £155 + VAT 🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...

What if your questions could get every student thinking — not just the ones with their hands up? Sarah Cottinghatt explores accountable questioning and how it transforms classroom talk. 🎥 To see it in action — read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...

How can school leaders make the most of their PD budget? Dr Sam Sims shares evidence on what really works – from instructional coaching to active ingredients like modelling and feedback. If you’re deciding how to allocate your PD funds, this one’s essential reading: steplab.co/resources/ho...

🚀 Schools are loving the Group PD Builder! 💬 “Utterly brilliant... creating the PD session literally took minutes! The session was such high quality and made embedding group rehearsal so much easier.” – Alice Shilling, The Canterbury Academy 👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo

🌟 Great news – Ivy Learning Trust has joined the Steplab community! We can’t wait to collaborate with their leaders, supporting teachers and teaching assistants to deliver high-quality professional development that drives real impact across the trust.

⏰ 10 days to go! Join us for our Instructional Coaching Intensive – a one-day practical training to sharpen your coaching and feedback skills. 📅 Mon 3 Nov 📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone 🎟️ Book now → www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...

🎉 We’re delighted to welcome The Black Pear Trust as a new Steplab partner! We’re excited to work with their schools and leaders to strengthen teaching and empower staff through professional development that really works – improving outcomes for every student.

Paired talk done right helps students think harder and learn better. 💡 See real-classroom video examples and the research behind why it works in our latest newsletter by Sarah Cottinghatt - Paired talk that drives thought! 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...

💡 Steplab’s evidence-informed coaching framework makes coaching more focused and impactful — helping teachers improve bit by bit through clear, actionable steps. 📨 Stay tuned for tomorrow’s newsletter for steps to improve classroom talk. 👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo

🎓 Final chance to start your NPQ with Ambition Institute this November! 💡 Did you know all of their NPQs are delivered using the Steplab platform? Already using Steplab? An Ambition NPQ is the perfect next step. 📅 Apply by 21 Oct: www.ambition.org.uk/npqs-nationa...

💡 When schools celebrate great teaching, they strengthen trust and collaboration. 💬 “Steplab has helped us to improve staff culture. Drop-ins and coaching had a great impact on teacher development.” – Miranda Martyn, Education South West 👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo

Join our one-day Instructional Coaching (3 Nov, the Midlands) and PD Leadership (13 Nov, London) Intensives. Practical, expert-led training to help you deliver impactful PD across your school or trust. 💷 £155 + VAT per person 🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/event

🎉 We’re delighted to welcome Acer Trust as a new Steplab partner! We’re excited to roll out in their schools, work with their leaders, and support their teachers and teaching assistants with professional development that really works. Here’s to improving teaching and outcomes for students! ✨

💭 Getting culture right starts with the introduction of drop-ins and positive feedback. Keep them appreciative, purposeful and collaborative — that’s how trust grows. 👉 See what makes drop-ins effective in this article: tinyurl.com/332mmefp

Excited to team up for the Instructional Coaching Intensive in the Midlands! 🤩 📅 Mon 3 Nov 2025 | 9–4 📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone A great chance for educators to connect & strengthen coaching practice. More info & booking 👇

💬 Building a culture of positive feedback and professional trust. With Steplab, lesson drop-ins and shoutouts help schools recognise great practice, strengthen collaboration and celebrate success. 👉 To learn more, book a demo: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo

Guiding principles of inclusive teaching (via recent @steplab.bsky.social report) 1. Clarity & explicit structure for all. 2. Make lessons accessible by default. 3. Effective teacher assessment - what are the actual barriers for the student(s) in front of you? 4. Adapt Minimally & appropriately 🍎🎓

Brilliant insight from our Research Lead, Sarah Cottinghatt 👏 🎯 Refining the goal transforms coaching — moving from reflection to a deeper understanding of what drives effective teaching. Check out this Coaching Cut to see how refining the goal reveals when actions support or overload learning.

Personalised, expert support — it’s what every Steplab School gets. 💡 Here’s what Kellie Eaton from Ivanhoe Grammar School, VIC, Australia recently shared. 🔗 steplab.co/au/book-a-demo

Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 23 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures. Find your nearest Hub and book your visit today! 🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...

Leading PD across your school or trust? Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale. 💷 £155 + VAT 🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...

Before learning can happen, students must be paying attention. Active listening routines — part of Steplab’s Securing Attention strand — help build focus and classroom culture. 📖 Read our latest newsletter by Sarah Cotthinghatt 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...

💡 Steplab’s content library makes it easy to build PD that fits your school’s priorities. “Steplab content is so flexible, allowing us to create sequences of action steps aligned with our focus for the term.” – @sarahdickinson.bsky.social, Woodham Academy 👉 Book a demo (link in thread).

Steplab’s content library gives teachers, TAs and leaders access to 1000s of evidence-informed techniques, model videos and learning modules – all broken down into precise, actionable steps for every phase and subject. 👀 Check out the most popular step in tomorrow’s newsletter!

📸 Check out some snaps from the @walkthrus.bsky.social symposium day at HEP HQ yesterday More 👇 @steplab.bsky.social @innerdrive.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social @ssatuk.co.uk

✨ Hear from Jared Centenera of Saint Ignatius’ College, Adelaide 🇦🇺 on how the Group PD Builder helped his school deliver whole-staff PD. 👉 Want to see how the Group PD Builder can support your staff? Book your demo - link in comments. #TeacherDevelopment #SchoolLeadership

👏 Yesterday our brilliant Rachel Ball and Rachel Sewell delivered a PD Leadership Intensive to leaders from across @danesedtrust.bsky.social. A fantastic day of trust-wide collaboration, focused on building expertise in leading professional development. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

🚀 Our Instructional Coaching Intensives are expanding across Australia — reaching more schools than ever! 🔹 Next up: Oct 23 – Intensive at Cranbrook Junior School, Sydney ⏳ Only 3 weeks left — don’t miss out. Secure your spot now 👉 buytickets.at/steplab/1701...

We're pleased to announce our partnership with @steplab.bsky.social for their inaugural impact evaluation. The project will begin with developing their theory of change before progressing to an evaluation of pupil and teacher metrics.

✨ Planning whole-school PD just got easier! “Using the Group PD Builder, it took me just 10 minutes to plan our INSET – from grouping staff to allocating study modules. Brilliant!” – Kate Hytner, Ridgeway High School 👉 Book a demo: link in comments

Every Steplab module unpacks the science of learning 🧠 Teachers learn how, when + why to apply strategies for maximum impact. This is mechanism-rich PD, built to last. To find out more, book a demo. Link below👇 #PD #CPD #ScienceOfLearning

⏳ Josh creates a fully resourced PD session in just 3 minutes. 💡 With Steplab’s new Group PD Builder, what normally takes hours can be done in minutes. 👉 See how to plan, design and resource impactful PD sessions fast. youtu.be/8ahSsCN4MxY

🎉 Last week we welcomed leaders from Astrea Academies Trust for a PD Leadership Intensive in Sheffield. 💬 “A real boost in confidence through practical, precise & truly informed PD.” 👏 Huge thanks to everyone involved — and to Nora 🐕 for being such a good travel companion!

✨ Daily Masterclasses – expert support, every day Small groups. Tailored advice. Unlimited access. Our experts (all former school leaders) are here Mon–Fri to help you maximise the impact of your PD programme. 💡 Your questions, our expertise. 🔗 Link in the thread below

🎉 This week we launched Cohort 4 of our Certificate in Coaching Leadership (CCL) in London. A buzz of energy & purpose as coaches & leaders began building the skills to deliver impactful whole-school professional development. Excited for what’s ahead! 👏

👋 Meet Millie Denby, our new Coaching Development Lead! With over a decade as a Deputy Head, Millie brought instructional coaching and whole-school PD to her London school. At Steplab, she now works with leaders to strengthen teacher development. ✨

What really makes the difference in teaching? We’ve discovered six universal challenges at the heart of great teaching — and how effective professional development (PD) helps teachers and leaders address them. 📩 Read our latest newsletter, for practical insights: www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w...

💡 Stop spending hours planning and resourcing PD sessions! Build bespoke, evidence-informed group PD training in minutes—easy to follow up and powered by Steplab content. 👇 See the Group PD Builder in action—book a demo today. steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo

Big news from 🇦🇺 Australia! We’re excited to welcome Bradshaw Primary School (Alice Springs, NT) as the newest Steplab Hub School 🎉 Learn more about our Hub Schools - link in thread 👇

🚀 We built the Group PD Builder to make group PD easier and more impactful — and it’s already making a difference. 💬 “Overall, the Group PD Builder is remarkable. It’s so smooth, quick and user-friendly!” – Jon Gilbert 👉 Book a demo to see it in action. Link in thread 👇

⭐ Feedback from our Instructional Coaching Intensive has been incredible! 💬 “The best training I’ve attended in my 16 years in education and 9 years as a headteacher.” 📍 Why not join us in the Midlands on 3 November? 👉 Registration link in thread.

From awkward beginnings to a powerful driver of change — rehearsal is now central to PD at Lynn Grove Academy. Principal Amy Brookes shares how practising routines transforms teaching, learning and pupil outcomes. 👉 Read the full story: steplab.co/resources/ca...

🚀 Introducing the Group PD Builder. Running whole-group PD is tough: time-heavy, hard to plan, and often ineffective. We identified these challenges—and built the Group PD Builder, a new tool to create impactful group PD sessions in minutes. 👇 Read more below.

🎉 Yesterday we welcomed our first Certificate in Coaching Leadership (CCL) group of the year in Birmingham — the room was buzzing with energy and ideas. We can’t wait to see what this cohort achieves over the coming year! 👏

Today we launched Ambitious Instructional Coaches, an exciting 20-week course developed with @steplab.bsky.social. Through seminars, self-study and practical application, school teams will deepen their understanding of the coaching cycle and grow as expert coaches! @ttctceo.bsky.social #SmashingIt

🚀 Our new Implementation Roadmap is already making a difference. “The Implementation Roadmap prompted meaningful reflection on the progress we’ve made in building a strong leadership culture that champions coaching and PD." - Elliot Hahn, Manchester Communications Primary Academy. Book a demo 👇

✉️ Looking for practical insights to boost your PD? Sign up for the Steplab newsletter — a once-per-half-term round-up of resources, stories and updates to make whole-school PD more impactful. 👉 Join here: steplab.co/newsletter

🌟 Great day in Exeter for our Instructional Coaching Intensive with colleagues from across the South West! Huge thanks to brilliant Siobhan Meredith & facilitators Ania, Alex & Millie, and Ted Wragg Trust for hosting. 👏 📅 Full schedule of Steplab Intensives below 👇