If you’ve ever watched a Year 6 child run out of time in the reading paper, you’ll know the issue isn’t always understanding. It’s knowing what to do first, what to spend time on and what to leave. The encouraging thing is this: time management in the KS2 reading SATs is teachable and is something that can be worked upon right up until the tests arrive - in fact, it's often just the icing on the cake. Here are five ideas for how you can help children with their time management during the KS2...

Recently I had the pleasure of talking with Phil Banks and Danielle Lewis-Egonu for an episode of their The Kitchen Table Podcast. We talked all about designing curriculum intentionally so that all children benefit. Here's a few snippets of the episode to whet your whistle: So much of this work is about adopting a can-do mindset, and not settling for less: But this work has to be done with teacher wellbeing in mind as well as what's best for the children: "If you can work out what is going to...

Can Early Years-inspired practice help us meet the needs of all pupils in later phases? TLDR: Yes. Implementing a version of Continuous Provision in Key Stages 1 and 2 (and who knows? perhaps beyond) can help us to teach inclusively, ensuring that the needs of all are met: those working at greater depth, students broadly in line with average, children with significant learning gaps, those with a SEN or D, pupils who are working at GD AND have a SEN - EVERYONE. Over on LinkedIn I've been...