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Thinking Clearly: Three Cognitive Errors to Avoid

Fundamentally, all of us are prone to making what are called ‘cognitive errors’ – lapses in logical, rational thinking. And

GCSE results and linked progress scores for individual classes are unreliable proxies for judging teacher effectiveness. It’s tempting to think

I’ve nearly finished my third year as an Assistant Headteacher, having taken on the role in 2016 after a six

Click here to access a review booklet for four GCSE English Literature components: Macbeth The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll

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Click here to access a scanned copy of all the resources I’ve written about below. Viewed together, as a sort

A week or so ago, I wrote a short post on simple review activities – click here to read it.

6th July 2019 Wise Allusions Guide

A while ago, I published three blog posts on popular allusions. I’ve compiled the key bits onto a single document

See below for a list of ten simple activities to help students review their subject knowledge at the beginning or

Click here to access a work booklet on Jekyll and Hyde. It’s got all the stuff in it that my previous scheme of work had,

Click here to access a scheme of work on Jekyll and Hyde; it’s basically a series of short PowerPoint presentations