Introducing Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction Introducing Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction In the first half of this two-part podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee is joined by Jancie Garratt-Simpson, Principal of Cravenwood Primary Academy in Manchester, to discuss the Rosenshine Principles of... 02 May 2019
Our Commitment for our Primary Schools Our Commitment for our Primary Schools In this podcast, Darran Ellison-Lee, our Director of Primary Education, explains what Education with Character means for our primaries and what value this adds as pupils kick-start their school careers. 25 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Ask a large number of questions and check the responses of all students Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Ask a large number of questions and check the responses of all students In her third post about applying Rosenshine's Principles, Catherine Barker discusses the art of asking good questions and checking responses. 25 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Present new material in small steps Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Present new material in small steps Catherine Barker, Head of Music and Performing Arts, continues her series on applying Rosenshine's Principles to music and performing arts lessons. 18 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Reviewing Prior Learning Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Reviewing Prior Learning In the first of a series of posts, Head of Music and Performing Arts Catherine Barker discusses how to review prior learning. 11 April 2019
Subject Improvement Subject Improvement Steve Adcock, Deputy Director of Secondary Academies, explains why subject improvement is at the heart of our approach to school improvement at United Learning. 18 February 2019
What's in the books? What's in the books? Our Senior Science Advisor, Ben Littlewood, offers his thoughts on defining progress in students' science books. 18 February 2019
Flexible working for teachers Flexible working for teachers In this blog post our Director of People, Mandy Coalter, discusses how to deliver flexible working for teachers. 28 January 2019
The Rosenshine Papers The Rosenshine Papers In this article, Steve Adcock explains what the Rosenshine principles are, and why we have adopted them at United Learning as the basis for our approach for teaching and learning. 25 January 2019
A 'perfect' department meeting A 'perfect' department meeting Amanda Whitehead, Maths Advisor at United Learning, tells us about one of the best departmental meetings she has ever attended and discusses the pedagogical decisions that were made. 10 October 2018