Yorkshire TA Network

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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.

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So what are the five recommendations?

4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment

5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment

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So what are the five recommendations?

1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching

2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence

3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate

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Today, @EducEndowFoundn have published a new edition of their guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, it offers five recommendations to support school leaders to effectively deploy their TAs.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants | EEF Maximise the impact of teaching assistants.

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Today @theeef.bsky.social published a new edition of the guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, the report offers five practical recommendations to support leaders to effectively deploy teaching assistants:

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So what are the five recommendations?

1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching

2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence

3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate

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So what are the five recommendations?

4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment

5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment

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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.

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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

Launching TOMORROW: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment on teaching assistants (TAs).
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Follow them on social media to stay up to date.

Coming soon! New guidance on the “Deployment of Teaching Assistants"

@theeef.bsky.social are getting ready to launch an update to one of their popular guidance reports, focused on how best to deploy teaching assistants.

Launching 26 March 2025

Launching soon: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment of teaching assistants.

The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.

Launching 26 March 2025

The Early Years Pupil Premium is a vital tool to target support and enable all children to get the best start in life, regardless of background. Check out @EducEndowFoundn's new resource to support evidence-informed decisions about how to spend it. tinyurl.com/mwn9edn2

Evidence partnership for further education Building a network of colleges

The @theeef.bsky.social are looking for general FE & sixth form colleges to join a two-year funded partnership focused on supporting colleges to access, understand, & apply research evidence within teaching & learning.

Apply below before the 25th April:
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Please share with colleagues in schools, EYFS settings and alternative provisions. We want everyone who supports children to feel they have somewhere they can access support. We know when staff are well supported and trained, learning outcomes for children are improved.

Metacognition and structured talk Chris Runeckles explores supporting students to articulate metacognitive thinking and purposefully direct their learning

NEW BLOG
A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking:
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Blog alert!

Discover how small, incremental changes can lead to big innovations in education with John Rodgers from Cornwall Research School! Explore the concept of the Adjacent Possible and its impact on teaching. 🌟📚

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🌟We're really looking forward to joining Dr. Sue Gifford on 12th March as part of our Let's Talk Maths series! ✨ She’ll be sharing insights on developing young children's spatial reasoning in the early years. 🧩
🔗 Sign up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/nUcPU

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Last week, @theeef.bsky.social announced 11 new projects for schools to take part in.

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5 tips for pastoral leads ahead of exam season Exams may still feel far off, but the problems that might emerge then often start around now. An international leader shares their tried and tested advice

Wellbeing issues linked to assessment can start to occur from now – from stress and anxiety around exams themselves to heightened social strains. Here, one pastoral lead offers his five top tips for supporting students ⬇️

We should be asking what to take out of the school day, not what to add in There’s no shortage of people telling us what extra things should be fitted into the school day but it is already bursting at the seams, writes ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

‘The school day is already bursting at the seams,’ says @ascl-uk.bsky.social leader @pepediiasio.bsky.social – warning that the curriculum review needs to give schools the time and flexibility to meet the specific needs of their pupils

New EEF podcast: Is teaching an art or a science? The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

The latest episode of 'Evidence into Action' from the @theeef.bsky.social has been published. This is the first episode of a three-part series focusing on whether teaching is an art or a science. Have a listen here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-eef...

News of a Local CPD opportunity for KS1 staff - please see attached flyers and scan the QR code for more information

FFT Education are running a trial to test the impact of a targeted online reading catch-up programme. For more info or to get involved click here - buff.ly/3EdFnwW

Our #NCETMWeekInFocus has come to an end! 😭

If you’re ready to join the inspiring community of LLMEs in your local area, don’t delay!

Applications for all five LLME Programmes close on 14 March ⏰ www.ncetm.org.uk/news/maths-c...
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat

We have over 200 blogs on our website, covering topics such as memory, implementation, literacy and metacognition.
Here is the list of our blogs on the @theeef.bsky.social Effective Professional Development guidance report.
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Sunday morning blog time! What do you fancy this week? Maths? We have one of those - buff.ly/3CjEBxZ , so do the EEF buff.ly/3WTY6o6 . Which one do you fancy? Treat yourself, read both.

There is still time to sign up for our maths webinars. Visit our website to find out how - buff.ly/9v4nDJM

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