School improvement update April 2026 Hello colleague It’s good to be in touch with some resources we hope you find helpful this month. As ever, the focus is on what makes the biggest difference to pupils’ thinking, not more work. New book KS3: The Ambitious Years For years, we’ve said KS3 matters, but if we’re honest, the system hasn’t always behaved that way. In many parts of the sector, curriculum time has been squeezed, texts are often simplified, and expectations are quietly lowered. And...

School improvement March 2026 Sensible stuff, no quick fixes Hello colleague It’s good to be in touch with some resources we hope you might find helpful this month. As ever, the focus is on what makes the biggest difference to pupils’ thinking, not more work. KS3: The Ambitious Years The intellectual powerhouse of the secondary school Too often, KS3 is treated as a warm-up. It isn’t, it’s where habits of thinking are formed, where confidence either grows or quietly diminishes. One of the ways...

School Improvement update February 2026 Sensible stuff, no quick fixes Dear colleague It’s good to be in touch with some resources we hope you find helpful: Free access to The Teachers’ Collection for x30 schools The research tells us that pupils thrive when they encounter rich, complex texts read aloud, even those pupils we think might struggle. The Teachers' Collection is built on the principle that pupils will know more, remember more and be able to do more, if they hear things through a...