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Weekly Round up – 26th September 25

Blog of the week: Everyone’s favourite topic – homework! In this blog Dr Jo Castelino explores how we can ensure that our homework remains purposeful and avoids just becoming busy work. Durrington Resources: A further reminder that you can sign … Continue reading

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Weekly Round Up: 12th September 2025

Blog of the week: The Trouble with Progress Reports – Becky Allen Professor Becky Allen discuss the understandable reasons why many schools choose to report progress, but also explores the pitfalls and flaws of doing so. Durrington Resources: No blogs … Continue reading

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Weekly Round-Up: 20 June 2025

Blog of the Week Carl Hendrick – Defending the Science of Learning A reference piece that I suspect will be around for years which is littered with quotable one-liners. One of favourites is: “autonomy is not the same as idiosyncrasy”. … Continue reading

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Weekly Round-Up: 6 December 2024

Blog of the Week Matthew Evans – What’s in a name? It’s brave to write blogs like this, that might stir a reaction, but we need to be made to think about our system, and writing like this helps us do … Continue reading

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