Let’s all blend together, robot arms ready...

Our latest blog, in which we share how our Early Reading Project project helps to accelerate progress in early reading in order to close gaps.

Focus pupils for phonics: are we playing the long game?

How the HfL phonics project is helping schools also prepare for Y2 reading assessment success.

Love That Book: warming winter reads

Gather around the fire as Kathy Roe shares a fine collection of wintertime reads.

Love that book: The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey

Alison Dawkins celebrates the wonders of a very special book to share this Christmas.

Taking the faff out of TAF

Sophie MacNeill explores key findings from the 2018 Key Stage 1 moderation cycle

Going wide on greater depth writing

Martin Galway begins a fresh series looking at the longer term development of 'greater depth' writing.

Understanding emotions and choosing respect: Anti-Bullying Week 12-16th November 2018

The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) are the official organisers of Anti-Bullying Week. This years theme is ‘choose respect’.

Early Reading Project: findings from the pilot

Rose Blair explores how this flagship project, run jointly by the HfL Early Years and Primary English teams, has doubled the progress of struggling...

'Write away!' and other lessons derived from the 2018 KS2 Writing Moderations

Clare Hodgson, Lead Moderator for Key Stage 2 Writing, reflects on last summer's moderations and draws out some successes and key lessons for the...

Explaining World War 1 to young children – Can it be done? Should it be done?

How do we, as educators and parents, include younger children to commemorate the centenary of the ceasefire of World War One? In our guest blog,...