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Professional Development

Implementation

23rd May 2025

GUEST BLOG: From Compliance to Commitment: Building a Staff Development Culture at ACE Tiverton

Hannah Smart reflects on school culture for professional development

Jon Eaton

Blog

Secondary Science

vocabulary

30th April 2025

Xylem or phloem? Transporting science vocabulary knowledge to our students

Hanna Cox reflects on the role of vocabulary in science teaching

Jon Eaton

Blog

Secondary

30th April 2025

Cognitive load - to reduce or optimise?

Hannah Cox reflects on the role of cognitive load in science teaching

Jon Eaton

Blog

Secondary

14th February 2025

Using exam wrappers to encourage Year 11 students to reflect on the effectiveness of their revision

How exam wrappers can be a valuable source of student feedback and reflection

Jon Eaton

Blog

6th February 2025

How do we make the most impact when returning maths mock papers to Year 11?

Sandra Westlake explains how she's using mock papers to unpack metacognitive thinking in maths

Jon Eaton

Blog

Research School Network

21st January 2025

New Logo, Same Values: Our Rebrand Explained

Kingsbridge Research School is rebranding to become Devon Research School

Jon Eaton

Blog

26th November 2024

Why it's important to engage people in planning

How the 'engage' concept from the implementation guidance might inform your approach to planning

Jon Eaton

Black Flatlay Photo Motivational Finance Quote Facebook Cover

Blog

25th September 2024

Next Temporary Better: School Leadership in a Complex System

Viewing school leadership through the lens of complex adaptive systems

Jon Eaton

Blog

implementation guidance

gathering

data

17th May 2024

Whatever happened to the Gathering and Interpreting Data tool?

Jon Eaton, director of Kingsbridge Research School, discusses some of the changes in the new Explore phase

Jon Eaton

Blog

maths

Oracy

1st May 2024

GUEST BLOG: Maddy Adams from The Woodroffe School on oracy

How adopting a reflective outlook can refine classroom practice

Jon Eaton

Blog

evidence-informed

Implementation

Peer tutoring

maths

Sparx

1st May 2024

Putting evidence to work: implementing a peer tutoring programme

Hannah Cox, Co-Deputy Director of our Research school, discusses how she's used evidence to guide an approach to peer tutoring

Jon Eaton

Blog

coaching

Professional Development

12th March 2024

Implementing coaching: setting and agreeing goals.

Katie White on using the Effective Professional Development guidance to support coaching

Jon Eaton

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GUEST BLOG: From Compliance to Commitment: Building a Staff Development Culture at ACE Tiverton

Xylem or phloem? Transporting science vocabulary knowledge to our students

Cognitive load - to reduce or optimise?

Using exam wrappers to encourage Year 11 students to reflect on the effectiveness of their revision

How do we make the most impact when returning maths mock papers to Year 11?

New Logo, Same Values: Our Rebrand Explained

Why it's important to engage people in planning

Next Temporary Better: School Leadership in a Complex System

Whatever happened to the Gathering and Interpreting Data tool?

GUEST BLOG: Maddy Adams from The Woodroffe School on oracy

Putting evidence to work: implementing a peer tutoring programme

Implementing coaching: setting and agreeing goals.