leadership

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Burnout, Boundaries and the Systems That Shape Teachers with Ruth Poulsen

Nov 9, 2026

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2 min read

Burnout, Boundaries and the Systems That Shape Teachers with Ruth Poulsen

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

pedagogy

Nov 2, 2026

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2 min read

Teaching the Child, Not Just the Lesson

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Oct 26, 2026

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2 min read

Why Attention Comes Before Learning

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Why Great Teaching Is About Decisions, Not Strategies

Oct 19, 2026

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2 min read

Why Great Teaching Is About Decisions, Not Strategies

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Routines, Modelling and Making Thinking Visible

Oct 12, 2026

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2 min read

Routines, Modelling and Making Thinking Visible

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

High Expectations, Full Participation and the Power of Success

Oct 5, 2026

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2 min read

High Expectations, Full Participation and the Power of Success

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

School improvement without losing sight of what matters

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

School improvement without losing sight of what matters

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Sep 21, 2026

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2 min read

What does great teaching look like?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

How does curriculum become classroom practice?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Sep 7, 2026

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2 min read

Where Should Schools Start With Curriculum?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Aug 31, 2026

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2 min read

What Makes a Curriculum Coherent?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

behaviour

Aug 24, 2026

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2 min read

Five Ways to Promote Positive Behaviour for Learning

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

behaviour

Aug 17, 2026

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1 min read

When Should Teachers Call for Help?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Aug 12, 2026

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1 min read

Behaviour Is Taught, Not Managed

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

behaviour

Aug 3, 2026

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1 min read

Why behaviour feels harder than ever

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

system level

The Leadership Lessons You Learn the Hard Way

Jul 28, 2026

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2 min read

The Leadership Lessons You Learn the Hard Way

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

CPA, Counting in Ones, the Problem with Quick Fixes and more...

Jul 15, 2026

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2 min read

CPA, Counting in Ones, the Problem with Quick Fixes and more...

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

pedagogy

The Shiny Solution Trap: AI Tutors, Social Media Bans and How to Actually Support Vulnerable Pupils

Jun 29, 2026

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2 min read

The Shiny Solution Trap: AI Tutors, Social Media Bans and How to Actually Support Vulnerable Pupils

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Genuinely meaningful professional development (the conditions and components)

Jun 22, 2026

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2 min read

Genuinely meaningful professional development (the conditions and components)

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Jun 8, 2026

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2 min read

Vision Into Practice: How Shaftesbury Park Built a Bilingual Curriculum

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

For Neil and Shannen: A TDaPE Wedding Special

Jun 1, 2026

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2 min read

For Neil and Shannen: A TDaPE Wedding Special

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

Four ways to get the most from formative assessment...

May 11, 2026

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3 min read

Four ways to get the most from formative assessment...

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

pedagogy

A Human Education for an Artificial World: Rachel Higginson on oracy, belonging and what schools must protect in the age of AI

May 4, 2026

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2 min read

A Human Education for an Artificial World: Rachel Higginson on oracy, belonging and what schools must protect in the age of AI

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

curriculum

AI Tutors in Schools: Breakthrough or Hype?

Apr 27, 2026

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2 min read

AI Tutors in Schools: Breakthrough or Hype?

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

writing about teaching

Leadership, Belonging and the Power of Teams with Sam Crome

Mar 30, 2026

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3 min read

Leadership, Belonging and the Power of Teams with Sam Crome

Thinking Deeply about Primary Education

Kieran Mackle

leadership

Burnout, Boundaries and the Systems That Shape Teachers with Ruth Poulsen

Teaching the Child, Not Just the Lesson

Why Attention Comes Before Learning

Why Great Teaching Is About Decisions, Not Strategies

Routines, Modelling and Making Thinking Visible

High Expectations, Full Participation and the Power of Success

School improvement without losing sight of what matters

What does great teaching look like?

How does curriculum become classroom practice?

Where Should Schools Start With Curriculum?

What Makes a Curriculum Coherent?

Five Ways to Promote Positive Behaviour for Learning

When Should Teachers Call for Help?

Behaviour Is Taught, Not Managed

Why behaviour feels harder than ever

The Leadership Lessons You Learn the Hard Way

CPA, Counting in Ones, the Problem with Quick Fixes and more...

The Shiny Solution Trap: AI Tutors, Social Media Bans and How to Actually Support Vulnerable Pupils

Genuinely meaningful professional development (the conditions and components)

Vision Into Practice: How Shaftesbury Park Built a Bilingual Curriculum

For Neil and Shannen: A TDaPE Wedding Special

Four ways to get the most from formative assessment...

A Human Education for an Artificial World: Rachel Higginson on oracy, belonging and what schools must protect in the age of AI

AI Tutors in Schools: Breakthrough or Hype?

Leadership, Belonging and the Power of Teams with Sam Crome

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