Assistant Principal for Teaching & Learning @SAA_Lincoln. Cohort 5 of @theDifferenceEd. Previously Director of Inclusion, SENCO and Director of English
Lincoln, England
Joined October 2016
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Notes on every AQA Power and Conflict poem for grades 7 to 9. Use/chuck as you see fit! dropbox.com/scl/fi/aklvfi0q2…
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Another summary... this time Unlocking Oracy - thanks to Nikki Sullivan, Kelly Heaton, Lucy Lowde for providing a super informative and useful lens to think about this much discussed topic!
Thought-provoking, research informed - a treasure of a book!
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Another set of notes on ‘Macbeth’, this time for guilt. I found this format online somewhere and have been playing around with it with my own ideas, so please do shout if you recognise it so I can credit you!
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**NEW BLOG POST**
Leadership | Five Threads to Pull for Curriculum Quality This Year
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AQA English grade boundaries rose in 2026 — by up to 6 raw marks.
Meanwhile, AQA Maths boundaries were broadly unchanged - or fell considerably.
When a handful of marks can shift headline percentages, how meaningful are simple yearly comparisons?
Context matters.
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This is rammed with creative writing ideas that have been road tested! No need for pedestrian teaching through grammar - fly the creative flag and the imagination roar!
Primary teachers/supply teachers - if you need some fresh ideas for getting children writing, do visit my blog where there are many tried & tested ideas for all ages. brian-moses.blogspot.com Follow for daily poetry prompts during term time. May save you some planning time.
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I have just completed a series of four professional development videos on the subject of teaching effective whole-class reading lessons.
These videos contain high-quality footage of me teaching each part of the reading lesson structures from Primary Reading Simplified.
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Unseen poetry sentence stems 🪄🌱
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a 39p spinner can have a HUGE impact on engagement in a classroom - here are all the different ways I use it as a. English teacher at a UK secondary high school... 🪄🧠 #secondaryenglish #englishteacher #teacherhack #teachertips #teachers
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*NEW* using AQA Lang & Lit June 26 grade boundaries Mock Exam Trackers for each paper.
RAG rated Q by Q to identify trends and personalise interventions, or to inform your teaching.
Like so 👇 Help yourself #teamenglish
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Currently in the process of updating our writing journey for Key Stage 3. Whilst I'm currently looking at the National Curriculum to help form this, what knowledge and processes should we expect our students to have already gained in primary as far as the below are concerned?
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Six KS3 English Reading Booklets. Can be used for homework or cover lessons. They cover a variety of text types linked by theme. Ready to print. etsy.me/4qIfvMQ via @Etsy #teamenglish #ks3english #ks3homework #englishcoverwork #engchat #literacy
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We’ve shared all curriculum maps on school website: every subject KS3-5 w/the substantive knowledge, procedural knowledge and skills to be taught.
Not finished - is curriculum ever? But recognition of the careful thought and work put in to date.
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THREAD: Here’s various resources I’ve made for A Christmas Carol. The link to access all these resources is in the final tweet of the thread. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish First up, a set of 20+ editable retrieval practice slides like this one:
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15 x Macbeth essays with key vocabulary via Adobe Spark. #teamenglish Help yourselves 😊 dropbox.com/sh/zkk0ek4dgdtvh…
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Reassured by this excellent, sensible new report. I had felt we were drifting back to the bad all days of assuming vulnerable students always need DIFFERENT.
Instead, systematic assessment of need, high quality, evidence informed interventions and ongoing monitoring of impact 👌
I’ve now read the new EEF report on inclusive teaching.
It reinforces what we know. Inclusive teaching isn’t about lowering the bar or creating endless bolt on strategies.
It’s about getting the core of classroom practice right for every pupil, then making ‘in the moment’ purposeful and responsive adaptations.
High expectations, strong teaching and inclusion should never be seen as competing priorities. They all underpin high quality teaching for ALL.
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