Great Teaching

Welcome to the Great Teaching page. Here you will find guidance, resources and links to courses on the elements of generic teaching and learning strategies which make teaching great.

Meet the Team

Developing Great Teaching

Further information on the different elements of high quality teaching.

What's New

VLOG - ​Talk Tennis. Great Teaching, Staffroom Shorts Vlog, October 2025​

VLOG - Using AI to Proactively Adapt Learning. Great Teaching, Staffroom Shorts Vlog, October 2025

VLOG - Assessing Prior Knowledge and Understanding

VLOG - Taking Roles in Groups

VLOG - I'm Stuck! How to Support Learners and Learning

VLOG - Great Teaching Quick Tip: Effective Talk Partners

VLOG - Great Teaching Quick Tip: A, B, C Questioning

Current Reads

• Teacher professional development is hard!

• Alex Quigley - Fortnightly Newsletter (The 3 Rs)

• Feb 2025 edition: 10 Wise Quotes on Teaching and Learning.

• Assess for success | Research Schools Network

• What the Great Teaching Team is Reading, Listening to and Watching

• Using ChatGPT in the classroom — Teaching with ChatGPT

• How the marshmallow test could help students' learning | Tes

One Marshmallow or Two?

In this Article on TES, Alex Quigley looks at some insights from the famous marshmallow that can help pupils develop self-regulation.

• Adaptive Teaching – The four verbs approach (primarytimery.com)

• EEF blog: Clarity is king – reducing extraneous load | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

• Voices from the classroom: Using scaffolds to support working memory | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

• Craig Barton gives some useful 'top tips' for effective use of Venn Diagrams in maths. This could be translated into other subject areas eg. Using Venn diagrams for comparing and contrasting different pieces of art/artists styles; comparing and contrasting in history/geography/English/RE etc - Venn Diagrams: 10 tips to supercharge them in the classroom (substack.com)

• EEF blog by Hannah Heron: Five teacher habits for a new school year. A useful starting point for schools seeking to develop powerful new teacher habits - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-five-teacher-habits-for-a-new-school-year?mc_cid=3654e30116&mc_eid=f04f7207d4

Publications

View our Great Teaching publication to aid your classroom practice.

Links and Further Reading

Enhance the quality of your Primary provision.

Courses

View our current range of Great Teaching courses. Check back regularly for new sessions.