English CPD

Help students to master the essentials of English and understand it's 'magic', and they'll quickly feel more confident as writers. Jill Carter, experienced English teacher and SPaG textbook writer, shares her favourite spelling, punctuation and grammar resources.

Head of Geography and Fawcett Fellow Fiona Sheriff shares suggestions for marking World Environment Day 2025 in the classroom and outdoors, across the subjects and key stages.

Classroom management is crucial to learning. We can plan a brilliant curriculum, utilise evidence-informed teaching strategies and have the most in-depth subject knowledge, but if pupil behaviour is poor, learning is unlikely to occur. Here we discuss aspects of classroom management that can help teachers ensure effective learning in their classrooms.

In this article, experienced teacher and author Megan Mansworth offers her 10 tips on one of the more effective classroom management strategies: teaching to the top. 

Learn how to use WAGOLL (What a Good One Looks Like) to provide clear, exemplary models for student work across various subjects, to clarify expectations, boost confidence and improve student outcomes.

Love it or hate it, the PEE approach to paragraph writing and paragraph structure has had a profound impact on the way that English is taught in secondary schools. Whether you are a PEE or PETER advocate or you are looking for inspiration, you'll find a range of classroom resources on paragraph writing to suit your style of teaching and your students' needs.