Durrington Research School

Weekly Round-Up: 23 May 2025 Blog of the Week Phil Stock – Universal provision: The Teacher is the Intervention More from Director of Greenshaw Research School Phil Stock on his school’s Graduated Response. Evidenc…

To take you into half-term, here is your #EduWeeklyRoundUp with #BOTW from @philstock.bsky.social plus tons more great stuff: classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/w...

Deploying TAs- Updated Guidance from the perspective of a SENCo- Part 2 Part two: Looking at what the new guidance means for schools

Incase you missed it:

Part two looking at the updated guidance for deploying TA's from the perspective of a SENCo and what it means for schools

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Part 1:https://researchschool.org.uk/durrington/news/deploying-tas-updated-guidance-report-part-1

What have we learnt about tackling educational disadvantage? Some reflections from training programmes we have led this year.

From the Archives- But just as relevant!

"A child's background should not determine their future. Yet today, it too often does."
— Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)

Exploring the intersection of oracy, diversity and disadvantage Research School Associate Fahim Rahman uses his own experience to reflect on the impact of pupil premium strategies

Incase you missed it: Looking at how strategies that compliment oracy can help tackle issues within diversity and disadvantage

Getting to the heart of questioning What do we need to focus on if we are going to ask better questions in our classrooms?

From the Achives- Still Relevant!

Ever the sharpest arrow in our teaching quiver- a reflection on the impact of the importance of questioning

Deploying TAs – updated guidance report – part 1 This blog is the first of a two part series looking into recommendations 1 and 2 of the updated EEF report on TA deployment.

Incase you Missed it!

The first of a two part series looking into recommendations 1 and 2 of the updated EEF report on TA deployment.

Supporting shy pupils to talk in class Shy pupils can easily, often unnoticed, slide to the sides of lessons. Supporting such pupils, who are nervous to talk with their peers or in front of the class, can be a tricky business but also vita...

‘Supporting shy pupils to talk in class’

“There were positive effects for increasing average warm calling and wait time in class. This should include a careful deployment of ‘cold calling’.”

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Weekly Round-Up: 4 April 2025 Blog of the Week Matthew Evans – Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity Brilliant thinking and writing from Matthew here around adaptive teaching and what it really means for teac…

Your Easter break #EduWeeklyRoundUp is here. A new one from us, #BOTW from Matthew Evans plus loads more great stuff: classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/w...

Very proud to be part of this team of brilliant @theeef.bsky.social Research School leaders. We hosted our first ever joint London and the South East conference today. The focus was on literacy and disadvantage and the quality of the sessions was off the scale.

Teaching Reading Fluency at Secondary School Fluency instruction isn’t just beneficial for younger students: It can go a long way in supporting reading at KS3 and KS4, too.

Digging through the archives to find blogs that are always relevant!

Reading fluency: not just a primary concern. Critical for secondary success too. How are we ensuring students can navigate complex texts?
#literacy #education #secondaryeducation

Weekly Round-Up: 28 March 2025 Blog of the Week David Windle – Entropy, attendance and implementation An interesting perspective on the EEF’s implementation guidance, here is one quote to get you started: “Unle…

Here's your #EduWeeklyRoundUp with some more new blogs from us, #BOTW from @davidwindle.bsky.social plus loads more great stuff:
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Artificial Intelligence in Education Computer science teacher David Scott explains and explores AI in education.

Something to try for the week ahead, exploring the role of AI and its evolving intrusion on our world of education

#education #AI #Teaching

Levelling the Playing Field Challenging our own presumptions is the key to tackling educational disadvantage

A Reminder of the obligation we all have as educators to ensure education is accessible for all students.

A blog from 2022, but still relavent to the challenges of today for our disadvantaed students.

#education #teaching #EduationalDisadvantaged

Weekly Round-Up: 21 March 2025 Blog of the Week Blake Harvard – Easy Application of Interleaving in the Classroom Blake neatly summarises a research paper on interleaving and why (it might) be worth us adding it to our reg…

After a week off, your #EduWeeklyRoundUp is back with a bang. #BOTW to @blakeharvard.bsky.social plus loads more (particularly for those with an interest in maths): classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/w...

Today, we’ve added two new approaches to our Early Years Evidence Store:

✍️Interactive writing, and,

🧼Self care.

In this blog, @juliangrenier.bsky.social, explores how educators can support the development of interactive writing in their setting.

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😍Look at the incredible list of workshops at UnlockED: Literacy – the Key to Social Equity! 🗝️

🎫Find out more and get your tickets here! ⬇️
www.unlock-ed.org

📍UCL East
📆2nd April 2025
📣 @benniekara.bsky.social & Jeffrey Boakye

@theeef.bsky.social

Weekly Round-Up: 7 March 2025 Blog of the Week Inner Drive – Boosting participation: Wait times and question types Inner Drive summarise the latest findings from new questioning research and its implications for type of q…

Your #EduWeeklyRoundUp with 2 new from us, #BOTW from @innerdrive.bsky.social plus loads more:
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Self-Regulation at a Distance – Modelling Metacognition in Maths Continuing our ​‘Self-Regulation at a Distance’ series, the maths team have produced a series of short videos for students.

Diving through the archives finding a series of videos From the Durrington Maths Team for our "Self-Regulation at a Distance" series. These videos show students how to work with Hegarty Maths to help them develop as self-regulated learners

Tackling Educational Disadvantage This post explores a seven step approach to tackling educational disadvantage

"The [disadvantage] gap is stubborn because its causes are entrenched and complex and most lie beyond the control of schools and educators."

Exploring tackling the Education disadvantaged gap through 7 steps.

Make sure you have booked your ticket for this fantastic conference led by @theeef.bsky.social Research Schools.Choose from a huge range of workshops to improve your practice & raise achievement.Tickets selling fast!

@greenshawrs.bsky.social @durringresearch.bsky.social
@elresearchsch.bsky.social

Five ways manipulatives can be used to develop mathematical… Multi-purpose manipulatives!

💠“Manipulatives can be used in many ways to develop children’s mathematical understanding.”

@gracecoker27.bsky.social, our maths specialist, shares five ways to use manipulates.

Read more: eef.li/kbNaF8

Weekly Round-Up: 7 February 2024 Blog of the Week Claire Stoneman – Don’t make the thing, the Thing I think this blog chimes really well with the engage and unite cross-cutting behaviours from the new implementation guidance…

Really strong #EduWeeklyRoundUp today with several that could have been #BOTW, but in the end it goes to @clairestoneman.bsky.social. Loads of great stuff in there:
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The Language of High Expectations Chris Runeckles discusses the importance of language in making high expectations a reality

How will the words we use shape student expectations and achievement this week?

"The Language of High Expectations," explores how language can lead to big changes in student confidence. From the way we frame questions to the feedback we give, every word matters.

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Classroom Management and Self-Efficacy - a complex relationship An exploration of the role teacher self-efficacy may have in establishing classroom routines.

As a wet January comes to an end, many children and teachers alike may feel unmotivated or discouraged. This is where self-efficacy—the belief in their ability to succeed—becomes essential.

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#SelfEfficacy #ChildDevelopment #GrowthMindset

Weekly Round-Up: 24 January 2024 Blog of the Week Inner Drive – Teaching Unpacked: What do great teachers see? Only a short blog and not on a new study, but very interesting nonetheless. I’m always thinking about teach…

Your #EduWeeklyRoundUp in a week there's been a ton of useful stuff coming out for schools. #BOTW to @innerdrive.bsky.social plus loads more on subjects including maths, attendance, school improvement and student motivation:
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Weekly Round-Up: 17 January 2024 Blog of the Week Kat Howard – School Improvement | Steady Work A great articulation from Kat about the importance of strategic thinking and a dogged focus when driving school improvement. Class Tea…

Your #EduWeeklyRoundUp is here again. This week sees #BOTW go to @saysmiss.bsky.social plus lots of other great contributions:
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Thinking Teaching - How can we drive the thought in our classrooms? Durrington Director Chris Runeckles explains how his school frames routines for driving the thinking of students.

a week into our new term, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how we can inspire deeper thinking in our classrooms. How can we guide students to not only solve problems but truly understand the reasoning behind them?

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Weekly Round-Up: 10 January 2024 Blog of the Week Simon Botten – We need to talk about SEND Dominating the national conversation with good reason, SEND is something we are all thinking about at the moment. Simon helps us to …

This is the first #EduWeeklyRoundUp where I found more on @bsky.app than on the old place. The tide is certainly turning...
#BOTW goes to @southgloshead.bsky.social with 12 other great reads waiting for you, just one click away:
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Hope everyone is feeling fresh and recharged after the break and the new term starts off calm and purposeful!