The music teacher making a ‘transformative' impact at The Totteridge Academy The music teacher making a ‘transformative' impact at The Totteridge Academy United Learning’s annual Best in Everyone Awards recognises the talents, achievements and dedication of pupils and staff across over 70 schools across the country. In this series of blog posts, we put the... 29 July 2019
Primary Podcast: Effective Questioning Primary Podcast: Effective Questioning Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee explores the way effective questioning can transform teaching and learning and ensure that pupils are getting the best out of every lesson. 04 June 2019
Why Should Leaders Focus on Improving the Quality of Teaching? Why Should Leaders Focus on Improving the Quality of Teaching? In this podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee discusses why improving the quality of teaching should be a core focus for any primary leader. By investing in training, our teachers develop effective and... 15 May 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
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