Data presentation

Dr Gavin Reid is an expert in dyslexia. He shares his top ideas and strategies for working effectively with dyslexic students.

Malcolm Litten is a tutor, trainer and consultant in assistive technology. Here he explores the tools available to help dyslexic students who struggle with writing.

Malcolm Litten, tutor, trainer and consultant in assistive technology, offers advice on a range of free tools to help dyslexic students.

Stuart Scott is an independent consultant and director of the Collaborative Learning Project, with a wealth of teaching and consultant experience in schools as a former head teacher and OfSTED inspector. He offers his advice for embedding talk in the classroom.

Richard Durant, writer, education adviser and former English teacher, looks at what exactly 'literacy' is and suggests some ideas for a whole-school plan for tackling literacy issues.

David Didau – trainer, consultant, writer and former English teacher – questions the received wisdom that all marking is good marking and suggests how to make your feedback to students worthwhile. He explores the underlying reasons why marking is essential to progress and suggests ideas for how you can provide clarity, and increase students’ effort and aspirations.

'Learning Spy' David Didau – trainer, consultant, writer and former English teacher – suggests how you can make your lesson planning guilt-free, efficient and high impact.

Andy Sammons is Head of English and author of 'The Compassionate Teacher'. Here he shares his reflections on his first year as a teacher, and offers some advice for new teachers on the road to unconscious competence!

Teacher and author Andy Sammons believes there’s a fundamental difference between marking and feedback, and argues that if you get feedback right, less is genuinely more.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her advice for how to develop a more reflective approach during your training year.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her ideas for making lesson observations meaningful.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, and Harry Dodds, a former subject tutor for the Buckingham Partnership SCITT, explain the role of starters and plenaries in effective lesson planning.

Victoria Hewett is an education blogger and creator of the #Teacher5adayBuddyBox wellbeing scheme. She is a passionate advocate for improving teacher wellbeing and reducing workload. Here she shares her ideas for strategies you can use to support your own wellbeing.

Alan Parkinson is a head of department, blogger and textbook author. He shares his ideas for supporting younger students as they join secondary school.

Emma Granton and Simon Briggs, Lead English Experts for AQA, share their ideas about how to enrich students' cultural capital in preparation for teaching literature texts at GCSE.