🎉 Thanks to everyone who entered our Steplab Summer Reads #2 giveaway! A huge thank you to Claire Hill for generously donating a copy of Symbiosis 💜 Congratulations to our winner... 🏆 Leanne Durso (Haileybury Turnford Academy) 📚 Giveaway #3 is already live: bsky.app/profile/step...

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads - Giveaway #3 Win: 📖 The Classroom Management Handbook 📚 Steplab whitepapers ☕ Steplab mug 🖊️ Notepad & pen To enter: 1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Like this post 3️⃣ Repost Enter by 9:00am (GMT) Friday 7 August. Winner announced the same day. Good luck!

📣 Steplab Summer Reads #2 - competition update (Tuesday 28 July, 8:25am) Due to annual leave, we're extending this competition. You now have until 9:00am on Monday 3 August to enter for your chance to win. 🏆 The winner will be announced later that day. Like, follow, share 🤩

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🎉 Steplab Summer Reads - Giveaway #2 Win: 📖 Symbiosis by Claire Hill & Kat Howard 📚 Steplab whitepapers 💧 Steplab water bottle 🖊️ Notepad & pen To enter: 1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Like this post 3️⃣ Repost Enter by 9:00am Friday 31 July. Winner announced the same day. Good luck!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads - Giveaway #2 Win: 📖 Symbiosis by Claire Hill & Kat Howard 📚 Steplab whitepapers 💧 Steplab water bottle 🖊️ Notepad & pen To enter: 1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Like this post 3️⃣ Repost Enter by 9:00am Friday 31 July. Winner announced the same day. Good luck!

🎉 Thanks to everyone who entered our first Steplab Summer Reads 2026 giveaway! Special thanks to Josh Goodrich, who kindly donated three copies of Responsive Coaching - meaning we had three winners! 👏 🏆 Huma Mirza 🏆 Kerry Tustin 🏆 Claire Taylor Giveaway #2 drops on Monday 📚

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads - Giveaway #1 Win: 📖 Responsive Coaching by Josh Goodrich 📚 Steplab whitepapers ☕ A Steplab mug 🖊️ A notepad and pen To enter: 1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Like this post 3️⃣ Repost Enter by 9am on Friday 24 July 2026. Winner announced the same day. Good luck!

📚 Steplab Summer Reads is back! Each week this summer, we're giving away a brilliant PD book written by one of our expert team. Entering is as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Like the giveaway post 3️⃣ Repost Stay tuned - the first giveaway lands tomorrow!

As the 2025/26 academic year draws to a close, we just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to all our partners 🙏 We’ve loved supporting so many teachers, leaders, schools and trusts this year 🎉 We can’t wait to see you all again in September, but for now... Happy holidays! 🏖️

A label doesn’t always tell a teacher what to do next. Abbie Williams and Krissy Yates explore four common barriers to learning - and how understanding them can help teachers make more responsive, inclusive classroom decisions. Read more: bit.ly/4aVHbZ9

Instructional coaching can transform school improvement when it becomes part of the culture. See how Leigh Academy Halley used Steplab to build consistency, strengthen teaching and support their Ofsted success. Read the case study 👉 bit.ly/Ofsted-at-Le...

What makes professional development truly effective? Our independent Impact Report found that Steplab’s impact grows over time, with coaching the strongest driver of positive outcomes. 💬 “It’s not something extra. It’s just how we operate now.” 👉 Book a demo: bit.ly/44qQpZU

High-quality instructional coaching needs the right systems, tools and support. Steplab brings it all together - from structured coaching cycles to coach development through Intro to coaching on Steplab and Coaching skills builder. Get set for September. Book a demo: bit.ly/Instructiona...

Instructional coaching remains one of the best-evidenced approaches to PD. At William Perkin High School, it’s now embedded into the culture of professional development. “It’s based in the evidence that it’s the best way to improve teaching.” Read the case study: bit.ly/William-Perk...

🎯 What has the biggest impact on improving teaching? Our Impact Report found that coaching was the strongest driver of positive outcomes. Steplab helps schools deliver high-quality instructional coaching with structured tools, training and support. Book a demo 👉 bit.ly/Instructiona...

Instructional coaching is is the best-evidenced form of PD - but making it work takes more than good coaching conversations. We explore 5 principles of successful coaching: • Build culture • Coach in cycles • Focus on small steps • Plan implementation • Protect time 👉 bit.ly/PD-for-bette...

📚 Group PD gets everyone started. Coaching keeps everyone improving. Steplab helps schools run high-quality instructional coaching at scale - with structured cycles, evidence-informed feedback and coach development built in. Get ready for September. 👉 bit.ly/Instructiona...

🚨 New whitepaper! In line with Josh Goodrich and Faye Craster's session at the Festival of Education, we've published a new whitepaper on how to avoid false economies in teacher PD and build more sustainable, mechanism-rich PD. 📥 Download: bit.ly/Avoiding-Fal...

📚 See how South Pennine Academies are using Steplab's Group PD builder to turn trust priorities into ready-to-run, evidence-informed PD. Thanks to South Pennine Academies and Amanda Underhill for sharing their story. 📖 bit.ly/Group-PD-at-...

A brilliant reflection on Rachel Ball's (@mrsball.bsky.social) ResearchEd Yorkshire session 👏 If you're interested in what it really takes to turn professional development into lasting changes in classroom practice, @rob-geog.bsky.social 's blog below is well worth a read 👇

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I’ve written a Substack post on Rachel Ball’s @mrsball.bsky.social ResearchEd Yorkshire session on professional development robgeogchambers.substack.com/p/profession... exploring the gap between knowing & doing, & the mechanisms that help CPD actually change classroom practice. @steplab.bsky.social

Built your bespoke PD curriculum? Now bring it to life. With Steplab’s Group PD Builder, create ready-to-run PD sessions in minutes - with research summaries, success criteria, video models and rehearsal tasks. Less time planning. More time leading. 👉 Book a demo: bit.ly/3SVxjbD

🎉 A warm welcome to the latest trusts joining the Steplab community! We're delighted to be partnering with even more schools and trusts committed to strengthening teaching through evidence-informed professional development. 👉 Interested in exploring Steplab? Book a demo: bit.ly/4xRwdO5

⏰ Festival of Education is almost here! Heading to Wellington College this week? Don’t miss Josh Goodrich and Faye Craster’s session: False economies in teacher PD - and how to avoid them 📅 Thu 3 July 📍 Wellington College 🎟️ educationfest.co.uk

Steplab lets you build bespoke PD curriculums using evidence-informed content alongside your own priorities and approaches. 💬 “Steplab content is very flexible… truly personalised to our staff and our school.” - Sarah Dickinson 👉 Book a demo: bit.ly/4xK9eEF

🎯 Every school is unique. PD should be too. Leaders in our Impact Report valued Steplab’s ability to customise content (86%) and flex to their school’s context (85%). Build a shared vision of great teaching, tailored to your context. 👉 Book a demo: bit.ly/4xK9eEF

TAs play a crucial role in classrooms - but they don't always receive the same quality of PD as teachers. Elliot Hahn and Krissy Yates explore what schools can learn from a structured approach to TA development, coaching and professional growth. 👇 Read the article: bit.ly/PD-for-bette...

Still planning PD for September? See how Steplab can help you build a bespoke PD curriculum for your school or trust, combining evidence-informed content with your own priorities, frameworks and approaches. Book a demo 👉 bit.ly/4xK9eEF

Inspired by the Steplab Conference, or couldn’t make it this time? Join our one-day PD intensives in London and Leeds this July: PD Leadership Intensive London - 6 July | Leeds - 13 July Instructional Coaching Intensive London - 7 July | Leeds - 14 July Book now: institute.steplab.co/events

🎉 What a day! Steplab Conference 2026 brought together 850+ educators from 10 countries for a day of evidence-informed PD, practical insights and inspiring conversations. A huge thank you to everyone who attended and to our brilliant speakers for sharing their expertise. Until next time! 🌟

Early years PD should reflect real EYFS classrooms 🌱 “The new Early years steps are much more developmentally appropriate and aligned to the realities of high-quality practice in the early years.” - @MrElliotHahn, @MCPAcademy. Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo

Professional development built for EYFS 🌱 Our new Early years steps include actionable goals and video models covering purposeful play, language, storytime, transitions and relational practice. Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo