Dr Kathryn Gibb will be speaking at the Tes SEND Show in October. Learn more and register here: invt.io/1lxbvb3u9lj

Dr Kathryn Gibb will be speaking at the Tes SEND Show in October. Learn more and register here: invt.io/1lxbvb3u9lj

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Dr Gibb was delighted to be the first speaker of the day on the SEND Conference stage at the Schools And Academies Show. We were excited to catch the session on the Schools white paper, helping us keep up-to-date with sector developments #SAAShow #FanSAAStic. #SAAS2026 #SchoolsAndAcademiesShow

This article captures the importance of implementation science in pedagogy- but the evidence also says that the approach we choose matters. As always education is a complex interplay of factors.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

When school leaders are faced with a problem, it is easy for them to focus on changing the system to fix it – but often it isn’t the system that is to blame, writes deputy head Thomas Kent

Could this approach help your school reduce the risk of exclusion? www.edpsychschool.com/post/could-t...

Could This Approach Help Your School Reduce the Risk of Exclusion?

Permanent exclusion is rarely about a single incident. More often, it reflects unmet needs, escalating pressures, and a lack of time to step back and understand what a young person is communicating th...

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Merry Christmas from Educational Psychology Services for Schools

The key to successfully using FASE will be carefully matching the excerpt to be read to the individual child- and not putting children in a position where they dread being called upon. open.substack.com/pub/scienceo...

There is a debate about the best way to teach reading. However, irrespective of which pedegogy informs practice, joy in reading is a must! substack.com/@scienceofre...

Loving this tip (and that it has a reference 😇)

AERA TEPSig (Teaching Educational Psychology SIG)@aeratepsig.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🍎 Tuesday Teaching Tip (T3): Strengthen learning with retrieval! Swap re-reading for quick recall. Try a 2-min brain dump, a no-stakes quiz, or ask students to "explain without notes." These simple routines help students pull knowledge from memory and build strong, more durable learning.

Becoming poverty informed...it's a must. However- surely this means we need material change?

SecEd@seced.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Seasonal #poverty in #schools: As temperatures drop & financial pressures on families rise, how can schools respond with compassion & purpose? Drawing on the C.A.R.E. principles Sean Harris – @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social – shares practical ways for schools to become poverty-informed:

Certainly girls' attainment seems to raise social consternation- perhaps this blog has good ideas about why. "The problem isn’t girls’ gains—it’s a competitive culture that equates boys’ worth with dominance over other boys and offers no workable script for competing with girls as peers."

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 10mo ago

"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls." time.com/7335723/auto...

Three great strategies for reading whole books in class, from the Science of Reading Classroom blog.

How to Read Whole Books In Class

Lately, a debate has taken over the science of reading community: should we read whole books in ELA class? While this might seem like a no-brainer to the general populace (uh, of course we should, the...

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Great blog on metacognitive routines and how they can be used to support learning.

The Power of Quiet Engagement in the Classroom

In many classrooms, we mistake noise and activity for real learning.

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Enjoying this blog on teaching modern foreign languages (and I bet the activities work equally well for teaching English language too).

Writing in Colours

If you can afford coloured pens (and stop the rest of the department using them for colouring in), then writing in colours can be a great w...

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Deficit thinking is often too abstract to help move understanding on, yet specific enough to build barriers to the belief it is possible.

David Didau (@daviddidau)

On designing effective assessment

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The ever-present difficuly of the 'spend to save' paradox.

Jon Severs@jonsevers.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Superb analysis from @warrencarratt.bsky.social that tells schools leaders what they need to know about the fallout from the Budget regarding SEND. "Reforms will all require, in the short term, more funding, not less, if we are to turn this system into one our country can be proud of"

However, from an Educational Psychology point of view, meaningul changes to support the child, family and school can be made without waiting for diagnostic assessments. Indeed, even when these have happened, EPs are often needed to 'translate' the findings into actions schools can take 🤔

John Roberts@johngroberts.bsky.social · 10mo ago

SEND area inspection reports show that Long waits for assessments, diagnosis and health services have been repeatedly highlighted for areas found to have systemic failings in special educational needs provision. My analysis for @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Just because "awe & wonder" should be on the curriculum...

Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Huge discovery - how little we understand about the #biodiversity that we are fast-trashing "Key parts of the eukaryotic story remain hidden in places we rarely explore." www.sciencealert.com/newly-discov...

Useful analysis of the SEND crisis "Contrary to headlines about SEND doubling since 2010, the overall percentage of children with SEND has not dramatically risen. What has gone up is the proportion of those children designated as needing an EHCP for support."

Are EHCPs really driving the SEND crisis?

Education, health and care plans have been blamed for an unsustainable rise in special educational needs in schools, but would scrapping or limiting these plans fix the problem?

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The curriculum is always designed to meet the needs that can be envisioned for the current workforce. It's therefore always at least decade behind where the world will be when pupils finish their studies.

UCL Institute of Education@ioe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

IOE academics weigh in on the Curriculum and Assessment Review, a 🧵 "Cooperation, more than competition, will secure young people’s futures... knowledge without the capacity to bring about change is a fast-devaluing currency" says @ruperthigham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Schools are a reflection of dominant interests in society- both "caused by" and a "response to" social norms.

Jamie Castle@jamiecastle.bsky.social · 10mo ago

To me, the biggest problem with this article is that it equates ADHD and autism with being "unwell." That's ableist, and it undermines the author's argument (which I agree with) that schools' narrow criteria for what is "normal" contributes to psych diagnoses for students.

Now this study seems rich in potential for educators...but too removed from classrroom realities, as it stands...

Jeff Greene@jeffgreene.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Why do some self-regulated learning interventions seem to benefit less competent students more than their competent peers, but others seem to benefit only the already competent students? Well...(1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky authors.elsevier.com/c/1m9ns3irP4...

This blog is about an American state, but the question remains: How much influence do teacher voices have at the table?

Teacher Voices Can Improve Policy–If We Listen

When it comes to education policymaking at the state level, lots of cooks are typically in the kitchen: legislators, state board members, education department officials, union representatives, nonprof...

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Nice blog on the effective use of whiteboards to ensure effective teaching. open.substack.com/pub/lstam/p/...

Mini Whiteboards

Knowledge-Building for Teachers Series

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Loving this blog on getting the most from peer interaction in class.

Turn and Talk: A Small Move That Changes the Room

Hi Champions,

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Interesting information about developing phonics instruction. English has a 'deep orthography' which means that compared to other European languages, contextual teaching of phonics makes a lot of sense.

Harriett Janetos (@harriettjanetos)

Spectacularly helpful! These are the questions being posed right now in Wales as Dominic Wyse (The Balancing Act) pushes the Literacy Panel to adopt contextualized phonics instruction where orthograph...

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Great blog on what would call 'mediated learning'- and what I know I look for when I observe in class.

Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)

A Slice of Primary Leadership

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What a shame that this just seems to be Scotland! Looks really interesting.

WOSDEC@wosdec.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Have you heard about our fully-funded, year-long GTCS accredited Professional Learning programme Learning for a Better future? Applications for Cohort 3 are open! Connect with like-minded pratitioners from across Scotland & join us for this transformational learning journey. Apply: buff.ly/IwVGJ1S

Practical strategies for inclusion - based on our own Dr Gibb's original research and teaching practice. www.edpsychschool.com/post/buildin...

Building inclusive schools: Practical strategies that make inclusion work

Creating genuinely inclusive schools is no longer an optional aspiration; it is a core educational responsibility and one endorsed by the UK government. Yet, many teachers and leaders know from experi...

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