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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    On the RISE

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  • Uncategorized / January 20, 2019

    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’ Discount!

In Closing The Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley21/03/2018Leave a Comment

In a couple of weeks, my new book, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap‘, is released. Happily, I wanted to alert those people who may be interested in picking up the book that there …

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Rethinking Assessment

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley14/05/20173 Comments

It is decades since Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam opened up the ‘Black Box’ to reveal the crucial importance of assessment as learning, but it would appear the messages from said box …

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How to Train A GCSE Essay Writer – Part 2

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley29/04/20179 Comments

Thinking about better assessment is not always at the forefront of the mind of a busy English teacher. We are so hassled by marking, planning and well, teaching lots, that we keep …

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The Problem with Past Exam Papers

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley08/04/201713 Comments

Over the weekend I had the joy of watching my little boy, Noah, play one of his football matches (there was a little pain too – just don’t mention the penalty). If …

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The Feedback ‘Collection’

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley25/03/20174 Comments

Since 2012, I have written numerous posts about feedback and marking. This is no surprise given our school system has been seemingly addicted to making ‘progress’ visible, with feedback becoming a quick …

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Beyond National Curriculum Levels: One Year On

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley27/06/20155 Comments

Let me recall a tale of two Parents’ Evenings. My colleague attended the usual fare at his son’s primary school and he learnt that his son was working at a level 1a in …

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Breaking the Shackles of National Curriculum Levels

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley15/05/20143 Comments

“We need to switch to a different conception of children’s ability. Every child, during Primary, being capable of anything, depending upon the effort that they have put in and how it is …

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A Cautionary Tale of Educational Evidence

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley12/02/201413 Comments

Let me first say that I am a big fan of educational research and undertaking trials in schools. Of course, we are not doctors and surgeons dealing with the clear boundaries of …

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Moving Beyond National Curriculum Levels

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley06/12/201319 Comments

A fair few months ago the government announced the end of KS3 levels. Only there has been little real change – to my knowledge – in the status quo because schools are …

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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