Both years in EYFS have been nurturing butterflies and today, they are to be released.

A head of EYFS describes how she celebrates and values children's heritage and home language.

A head of EYFS talks about the annual and short term planning cycle.

A head teacher talks about how learning and teaching based on whole books has engaged and motivated pupils.

An assistant head teacher talks about the impact of a whole books approach on children's learning and motivation.

With whole books at the heart of learning and teaching, an assistant head teacher talks about how her school carries ...

The benefits of working with whole books through the school year are illustrated in group work where pupils explore t...

Through classroom discussion, pupils talk about the techniques and skills they will need to use when comparing charac...

In relation to a year 10 GCSE English group, a deputy head teacher talks about how students have developed feedback s...

In this clip, a deputy head teacher talks about developing procedures and defining roles for group work in conjunctio...

A deputy head teacher talks about the impact of no hands up as a technique for involving all students in classroom di...

A deputy head teacher talks about assessment for learning within the context of a year 10 boys GCSE English group.

The fundamental importance of sharing learning intentions and developing success criteria with the learners are empha...

A deputy head teacher talks about the characteristics of an assessment for learning classroom.

A teacher talks about how the role of the teacher changes as assessment for learning is introduced.

A group of students present its analysis of a stanza from Dulce et Decorum Est.

A year 10 English group explore how poetic techniques can create feelings in the reader.

What are the impacts of accountability? Mick Waters considers the narrowness of current accountability measures.

What are the elements of the school that leadership can influence?

What does good teaching look like inside and outside of the classroom?

What do you want children to experience and achieve?

What is the place of whole books in the curriculum?

What does learning look like in successful schools and how does this impact on measured outcomes for pupils?

Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?

Having helped pupils to recall what they already know about atoms, the teacher asks them to think about what they wou...

The evidence shows that there is no other educational innovation that has such power to raise standards.

Patricia Broadfoot talks about the impact that assessment for learning can have for lower attainers including boys, g...

Self and peer assessment make sense when assessment is understood as a process of empowering students in their learning.

Patricia Broadfoot talks about how teachers can give students the language of assessment so that students become auto...

Verbal and written feedback that supports the student in knowing where to go next is essential to learning.

Patricia Broadfoot talks about students' understanding of where their learning is going, both in the short term withi...

Patricia Broadfoot talks about the distinction between summative and the impact that can have on standards and the c...

Paul Black talks about how assessment for learning touches the core of teachers' work because it relates to the funda...

Classrooms where assessment for learning has been implemented can appear and sound very different from conventional c...

The engagement with learning shown by babies and young children is often not evident in school.

Paul Black speaks about the challenges for teachers inherent in assessment for learning that requires a rethinking th...

In order for pupils' day to day learning to be meaningful, they need to understand how it fits into the bigger picture.

Paul Black talks about the importance of negotiating success criteria with pupils, making outcomes achievable but at ...

Paul Black talks about the fundamental features of assessment for learning, building pupils' understanding of the pur...

A year 6 class are exploring mood and character in paintings.

A primary deputy headteacher responds to two prompts.

Following a visit to the local museum, these nursery children have planned and set up their own museum in the role-pl...

Having studied a whole book (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) through the year, pupils show how they have developed sk...

Practitioner Emma reflects on the clip "releasing the Butterflies.'

A principal talks about why the foundation stage is vital in terms of both learning and social skills.

These EAL learners in Mexico are improving their spelling.

An extended conversation to improve writing standards between a first grade pupil and his teaching assistant.

Children practise explaining solution strategies to an addition number story.

Joaquim is using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a conceptual u...

Two children are using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a concep...

Two children are using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a concep...

Explores complete integration of IT and core subjects.

The shift in a school to the total integration of IT into subject teaching is further examined.

8th grade students reflect on improving their learning through the use of their Personal Learning Plan.

Raising standards in literacy has benefitted from the Language Arts approach at this school in Mexico.

We see how diverse data, used daily by pupils, administrators and teachers is enabling challenge in learning for ever...

Ensuring that mission and vision are visible in classrooms and their effects inspire students can be measured is seen...

The academic director and principal of a 5-16 school vision the next five years.

We watch as a teacher interviews students working on their next challenging targets using their personalised learning...

A head of EYFS explains how accessibility of resources at children's height ensures real choice.

Using the Juilliard approach in a music lesson, a class explores contrasting accents and slurs to create a mysterious...

Using the Juilliard approach in a music lesson, a class explores how Stravinsky creates a mysterious mood in 'Rite o...

Purpose, process and audience: Mick Waters considers these three key elements underpinning learning.