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Category - Key Stage 3

woman thinking with lightbulb above her head

Key Stage 3 • Secondary • Secondary English

Why it’s time to Reimagine Key Stage 3 English

5 months ago

Jo Heathcote is a teacher, coach, former AQA principal examiner for GCSE English/English Language...

Secondary school teacher and pupils in lesson

Further Education • GCSE • Home Learning • Key Stage 3 • Secondary

Capturing the lessons of lockdown

5 months ago

Why professional reflection and educational research are as important as curriculum catch-up Tony...

The Globe stage, London

Home Learning • Key Stage 3 • Secondary • Secondary English

Designing Shakespeare: teaching ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

6 months ago

One of the core difficulties when teaching Shakespeare is taking it off the printed page –...

Martians from The War of the Worlds tower over a city

GCSE • Home Learning • Key Stage 3 • Secondary • Secondary English

Creative approaches to teaching The War of the Worlds

7 months ago

Over 120 years ago Wells’ science fiction novel The War of the Worlds (1898) presented Victorian...

female students in science classroom wearing goggles and holding a test tube

Ed Walsh • Key Stage 3 • Secondary Science

Ideas for re-engaging students with science this term

Male teacher standing in front of whiteboard talking to pupils

A Level • GCSE • Key Stage 3 • Secondary • Secondary PSHE

Settling students back into school: a wellbeing guide

Assessment image

A Level • GCSE • Key Stage 3 • Primary • Secondary

Getting the best out of assessment

Students discussing RSE

Key Stage 3 • Secondary • Secondary PSHE

Why we should all be talking about RSE

International • Key Stage 3 • Modern Foreign Languages • Secondary

Create a languages buzz around your school with our...

Ed Walsh • GCSE • Key Stage 3 • Secondary Science

5-year Science course teaching: what’s the big...