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Alex Quigley
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Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
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‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’

“If teachers are pouring hours into writing feedback, they need to know it won’t drift aimlessly like a message in a bottle, but land exactly where and how they intend.”

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Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’

“If teachers are pouring hours into writing feedback, they need to know it won’t drift aimlessly like a message in a bottle, but land exactly where and how they intend.”

alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
alexquigley.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’

“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”

alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
alexquigley.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨 NEW POST 🚨

‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’

“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”

alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
alexquigley.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨NEW Writing

Last weekend I blogged about 'what do we mean by high expectations?' alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...

This weekend I have written about 'Dyslexia: Issues with definitions & diagnoses': alexquigley.co.uk/dyslexia-iss...

Keep up with all my writing here: alexquigley.co.uk.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Out now: Early Years High 5

1️⃣  Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood

2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health

3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries

4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals

5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading

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Early Years High 5
Early years research evidence in 5 quick reads Hello and welcome to issue 16 of my monthly newsletter - your shortcut to the latest insights from early years research. Each edition brings you five key...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This article is from the US, but popular approaches to ‘levelled texts’ should be questioned:

“…there will not be considerable reading gains until kids are taught to read with sufficiently challenging and meaty texts.”

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Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach
Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help kids learn to read.
theconversation.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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‘Dyslexia: Issues with definitions and diagnoses’

“The nature of a definition can fundamentally change how we respond to a special educational need. Dyslexia has been prone to changing definitions, shifting symptoms and different diagnoses.”

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Dyslexia: Issues with definitions and diagnoses
Teaching a struggling reader, whether they are seven or seventeen, can be a gut-wrenching experience. It can make the typical tasks of a school day difficult and sap the enjoyment out of learning. It ...
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November 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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‘What do we mean by high expectations?”

“High expectations is not some idealism that every child can achieve a 9 or an A*, but it should be something useful that believes and builds a culture that supports every child to be the best version of themselves.”

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What do we mean by high expectations?
"They can because they think they can." ('Possunt quia posse videntur') Virgil's 'Aeneid' High expectations can be a mysterious thing. Something ineffable. You can understand them when you experien...
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October 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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‘What do we mean by high expectations?’

“If we don't break down high expectations into things we think and do (often as a relentless habit), then it becomes an empty platitude.”

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What do we mean by high expectations?
"They can because they think they can." ('Possunt quia posse videntur') Virgil's 'Aeneid' High expectations can be a mysterious thing. Something ineffable. You can understand them when you experien...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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‘What do we mean by high expectations?’

“If we don't break down high expectations into things we think and do (often as a relentless habit), then it becomes an empty platitude.”

alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
What do we mean by high expectations?
"They can because they think they can." ('Possunt quia posse videntur') Virgil's 'Aeneid' High expectations can be a mysterious thing. Something ineffable. You can understand them when you experien...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Whether it is sport, using AI, or school improvement, this challenge to ‘Stop over-optimising everything’ really made me think.

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Stop Over-Optimizing Everything - The Growth Equation
Since the glory days of Babe Ruth, with only a few dips here or there, home runs have been king in baseball. But over the past decade or so, an interesting phenomenon has occurred. Home runs are still...
thegrowtheq.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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👀 New, updated Teachology Masterclass on 'Adaptive teaching' in central London on Friday 21st November. It includes an exclusive short-guide & brand new content. There's also a bonus online twilight on 'Scaffolding to secure success'.

Find out more: www.teachology-education.co.uk/adaptive_tea...
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Early years attendance sets the stage for lifelong learning and friendships.

But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:

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October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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‘Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs’

Have exam boards got it right? PEAL, PEE, PETAL support some students to develop their writing in different subjects, but they may hold back as many students as they help?

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Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs
"Scaffolds are not intended to be permanent. If everyone has a scaffold all of the time, it's not a scaffold, it's just your lesson plan." 'The Scaffolding Effect', by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb ...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“What is it useful for the teacher to know and how much can we expect them to internalise and act upon?”

Excellent by @head-teach.bsky.social. Why SEND labels & information from EHCPs are hard to process in useful ways for complex of classrooms:

matthewevanseducation.substack.com/p/the-eye-of...
The eye of the storm
What can we reasonably expect of teachers?
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October 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
💡NEW POST 💡

‘Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs’

Have exam boards got it right? PEAL, PEE, PETAL support some students to develop their writing in different subjects, but they may hold back as many students as they help?

alexquigley.co.uk/scaffolding-...
Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs
"Scaffolds are not intended to be permanent. If everyone has a scaffold all of the time, it's not a scaffold, it's just your lesson plan." 'The Scaffolding Effect', by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb ...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
‘Time well spent: How to support effective Teacher and Teaching Assistant partnerships’

Excellent blog by @sendmattersuk.bsky.social for @theeef.bsky.social

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Time well spent: How to support effective Teacher and Teaching…
Effective TA deployment depends on culture, communication, and strategic leadership decisions.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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📚 New blog

Molly Devlin and Vickee Twort (@arkschools.bsky.social) share four proven ways to build strong early years attendance — from building family relationships to whole-school strategies.

🔗 Read: https://eef.li/4NBNkU

For more support, join this webinar: ow.ly/bLJr50X7Kcp
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Excellent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article by @claireheald.bsky.social:

‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’

“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”

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Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem
The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald
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October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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‘Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs’

“What should teachers do? Do paragraph plans, PEAL, and similar scaffolds have a place? Should we get rid and do things differently?”

alexquigley.co.uk/scaffolding-...
Scaffolding and PEAL paragraphs
"Scaffolds are not intended to be permanent. If everyone has a scaffold all of the time, it's not a scaffold, it's just your lesson plan." 'The Scaffolding Effect', by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb ...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
💡NEW @tesmagazine.bsky.social column:

''Inclusion by design': why it matters & how to do it'

"high-quality teaching can be a focus for schools without the need for new and expensive resources, regardless of how many more pupils fall under our definition of inclusion."

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Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
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October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social column: ‘Inclusion by design: why it matters and how to do it’.

I explore the changing picture around inclusion (from the OFSTED to the ‘Send crisis’), alongside practical, evidence-informed approaches teachers can address now.

www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
www.tes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Excellent to see this article in Tes by Alex Quigley on the ‘Five-a-day’ approach to teaching pupils with #SEND, a framework for inclusive practice that should give hope to a profession working incredibly hard to deliver lessons inclusively.

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Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
www.tes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM