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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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  • Uncategorized / February 29, 2020

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

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  • Uncategorized / February 22, 2020

    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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  • Uncategorized / May 4, 2019

    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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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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Cancel World Book Day!

In Closing the Reading Gap by Alex Quigley01/03/20184 Comments

As March begins, we should expect daffodils to be emerging and the warm weather of spring to be gently cooking our cockles. And yet, the reality is that we are being covered …

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10 Tricky Questions for Teachers

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley21/10/201711 Comments

What if we were faced with uncomfortable questions about some of our brightest and best teaching and learning ideas? It would be uncomfortable and challenging, no doubt. Perhaps, though, such reflection on …

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The Power of Reading

In Closing the Reading Gap, Uncategorized by Alex Quigley15/10/20171 Comment

There are memories and moments that form who we are and what we become. I cannot recall exactly when reading for pleasure became a part of me, and what I would become …

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I Don’t Hate Ebooks, But…

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley06/02/20166 Comments

  (Daily Telegraph headline – see the article here) I don’t hate ebooks, but when I see headlines like ‘Ebooks boost boys’ reading abilities, research finds‘ emblazoned on The Telegraph website, I …

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Great Novels and Great Headlines

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley24/09/20151 Comment

Today Nicky Morgan announced her ‘rallying cry’ to make children in this country “become the best readers in Europe”. Flanked by comic-celebrity wordsmith David Walliams, she has launched salvos at the publishing …

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'‘Catching up’ with what? The role of assessment’ – "in the coming months, as many pupils return to classrooms post-lockdown, schools undertaking diagnostic assessments will matter a great deal," writes the EEF’s Alex Quigley @HuntingEnglish https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-catching-up/

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This is a real treat from @johntomsett-

‘Cognitive Apprenticeship in Action’

What a brilliant group of teachers in each & every chapter. I can’t wait to see their expertise crystallised in prose and be reminded of working with them too!

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Great opportunity in the South West to support a reading focused partnership

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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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