🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #4 Win "Developing Expert Teaching "by Peps Mccrea + a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)! Peps is Steplab’s Director of Education & author of the "High Impact Teaching" series. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner announced Friday!

Hi! I’ve put together a summary of tips for keeping on top of things I’ve picked up over the years. We go back next week in Leicester so hope you find it useful! researchtoclassroom.com/post/the-sunda…

📚 Steplab Summer Reads #7 Win "Symbiosis" by Claire Hill + a Steplab bundle! Claire, Executive Director at Steplab, explores curriculum & classroom in the first book to do so — offering practical, coherent strategies for schools. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner Fri!

💔 "I really didn't see anything positive in that lesson at all." That one line of feedback haunted me for months and nearly broke me. This isn’t about ego. Here’s what every observer needs to hear. 👇

A must read for any busy teacher parent. Love the idea of a Sunday reset! #teacherparent The MTPT Project #teacher #edutwitter

When people hear adaptive expertise, they might picture a maverick teacher throwing out the plan, improvising wildly, chasing novelty. But that’s not what it is... 🧵

A great read on adaptive expertise

Well done Claire Harley!! A cracking blog getting the recognition it deserves! Teacher Tapp

Absolutely chuffed to be chosen as the Teacher Tapp blog of the day. This one is about how I try to make working, studying and parenting manageable during term time! researchtoclassroom.com/post/the-sunda…

I’m not the “fun mum" but that doesn't mean I'm a bad mum. I’ve realised there’s more than one way to nurture through my musings over the summer Read my latest blog 👉 ep1008.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/on-… Are you the fun parent or the organiser? 👇

Teaching is never static. No two schools are the same, no two curricula are the same, and there’s always something new to learn. I’ve reflected on my journey as a teacher and leader. Read more in Always Learning → ep1008.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/alw… #ProfessionalDevelopment #edutwitter

Really excited about this!

Following my blog post last week about a love of learning, I have reflected on my first year as a subject lead and the lessons I have learnt. #alwayslearning #edutwitter #historyteacher ep1008.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/lea…

In under two weeks time I'll be heading up to Manchester for the Teachers Talk Humanities conference, where I'll be keynoting on how we can improve writing in the humanities subjects. If you've yet to get a ticket, then why not? Grab yours now before they're all gone:

Three lessons with Year 11, three different types of retrieval ✍️ An independent task recalling Year 10 knowledge as we start mid-way through a unit, quick owner recall on the current topic and time period sorting for a Year 10 topic they struggled with in the last Y10 assessment

Some great advice and insight here!

Enjoying geeking out about progress in history with Historical Association North East Teacher Network and Mrs Thorne! Ask lots of questions and get them to justify a position - make the criteria obvious! #edutwitter #historyteacher

This was a great session. Lots to take away and think about. The validity of our assessments is something I am trying to be really purposeful about this year and Sally’s talk really helped. #edutwitter #historyteacher