Articles and blogs

School Improvement Series

• Rapid School Improvement? Why we need a more sustainable solution (Linkedin, 23 Apr 2025)

• A School's Hierarchy of Needs: A model for identifying school improvement priorities (Linkedin, 18 Feb 2025)

Is 'Progress 8' a level playing field? Series

1. Applying the Critchlow-Rogers effect across schools (Linkedin, 28 Apr 2025)

2. The effect of the school having a sixth form (Linkedin, 29 May 2025)

3. The effect of different forms of selection (Linkedin, 02 Jun 2025)

4. The 'London Effectt(Linkedin, 09 Jun 2025)

5. The effect of SEND (Linkedin, 17 Jun 2025)

6. The effect of socio-economic disadvantage (Linkedin, 10 Dec 2025)

7. Girls vs boys (Linkedin, 16 Dec 2025)

8. Pupil mobility and cohort stability (Linkedin, 02 Jan 2026)

9. School accountability and context (Linkedin, 17 Dec 2025)

10. And don't forget the summer-born children (Linkedin, 09 Jan 2026)

11. And what about the children in need or in care? (Linkedin, 12 Jan 2026)

Unpacking the Evidence Series

• Teacher Feedback to Improve Pupil Learning (Linkedin, 30 Jun 2021)

• Improving Secondary Science  (Carmel Research School, 27 Jan 2020)

• The problem with (the way that people use) the EEF toolkit  (Carmel Research School, 06 Jan 2020)

Let's Think Series

• A significant point in time? (Let's Think Forum, 03 Dec 2024)

• Summary of the Cognitive Acceleration in Science and Mathematics (CASE & CAME) programmes (Linkedin, 22 Nov 2024)

• An indelible mark: Cognitive Acceleration teaches us lessons that stick  (Let's Think Forum, 19 Oct 2023)

• Isn't 'Cognitive Acceleration' all about skills? Isn't sticky knowledge more important?  (Let's Think Forum, 05 Apr 2022)

• What is it about CASE that engages pupils quite so well?  (Let's Think Forum, 25 Jan 2021)

Thinking About Learning Series

• Primary Homework - reflecting on the 'Alphabet Quiz' (Linkedin, 05 Feb 2024)

• How to tackle the COVID-19 education gap with speed and effectiveness  (University of East London, 20 Jul 2023)

• Why is the right kind of failure important, and how does metacognition help?  (Carmel Research School, 17 Nov 2020)

• 8 ways to increase accessibility with remote learning  (Linkedin, 03 Jun 2020)

• The SOLO Taxonomy  (Carmel Research School, 06 Jan 2020)

• Revision that packs a punch  (STEM Learning Magazine, 05 Dec 2017)