Yorkshire TA Network
@yorkshiretas.bsky.social
The Network aims to raise the profile of Teaching Assistants by empowering them with the knowledge and skills required to support learners to their full potential. All Teaching Assistants across Yorkshire are invited to join the Network.
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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
March 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
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So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
March 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
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So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
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Today, @EducEndowFoundn have published a new edition of their guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, it offers five recommendations to support school leaders to effectively deploy their TAs.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
Today, @EducEndowFoundn have published a new edition of their guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, it offers five recommendations to support school leaders to effectively deploy their TAs.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Today, @EducEndowFoundn have published a new edition of their guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, it offers five recommendations to support school leaders to effectively deploy their TAs.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
Today, @EducEndowFoundn have published a new edition of their guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, it offers five recommendations to support school leaders to effectively deploy their TAs.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
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Today @theeef.bsky.social published a new edition of the guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, the report offers five practical recommendations to support leaders to effectively deploy teaching assistants:
Today @theeef.bsky.social published a new edition of the guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, the report offers five practical recommendations to support leaders to effectively deploy teaching assistants:
Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants | EEF
Maximise the impact of teaching assistants.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Today @theeef.bsky.social published a new edition of the guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, the report offers five practical recommendations to support leaders to effectively deploy teaching assistants:
Today @theeef.bsky.social published a new edition of the guidance on teaching assistants. Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence base, the report offers five practical recommendations to support leaders to effectively deploy teaching assistants:
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So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
So what are the five recommendations?
1. Deploy TAs in ways that enable all pupils to access high-quality teaching
2. Deploy TAs to scaffold learning and to develop pupils’ independence
3. Deploy TAs to deliver well chosen, evidence based, structured interventions where appropriate
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So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
So what are the five recommendations?
4. Prepare and train staff around effective TA deployment
5. Engage all staff in the process of implementing effective TA deployment
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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
March 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
The guidance also contains tools and practical strategies to help illustrate how you can put the recommendations to use in your school.
Reposted by Yorkshire TA Network
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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
March 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
We hope this guidance supports you to carefully and strategically deploy teaching assistants, so that all pupils – regardless of their background – are given the right support to thrive. Download here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
Launching TOMORROW: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment on teaching assistants (TAs).
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Follow them on social media to stay up to date.
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Follow them on social media to stay up to date.
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Launching TOMORROW: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment on teaching assistants (TAs).
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Follow them on social media to stay up to date.
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Follow them on social media to stay up to date.
Coming soon! New guidance on the “Deployment of Teaching Assistants"
@theeef.bsky.social are getting ready to launch an update to one of their popular guidance reports, focused on how best to deploy teaching assistants.
Launching 26 March 2025
@theeef.bsky.social are getting ready to launch an update to one of their popular guidance reports, focused on how best to deploy teaching assistants.
Launching 26 March 2025
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Coming soon! New guidance on the “Deployment of Teaching Assistants"
@theeef.bsky.social are getting ready to launch an update to one of their popular guidance reports, focused on how best to deploy teaching assistants.
Launching 26 March 2025
@theeef.bsky.social are getting ready to launch an update to one of their popular guidance reports, focused on how best to deploy teaching assistants.
Launching 26 March 2025
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Launching soon: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment of teaching assistants.
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Launching 26 March 2025
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Launching 26 March 2025
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Launching soon: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment of teaching assistants.
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Launching 26 March 2025
The update will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools deploy their TAs effectively.
Launching 26 March 2025
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The Early Years Pupil Premium is a vital tool to target support and enable all children to get the best start in life, regardless of background. Check out @EducEndowFoundn's new resource to support evidence-informed decisions about how to spend it. tinyurl.com/mwn9edn2
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Early Years Pupil Premium is a vital tool to target support and enable all children to get the best start in life, regardless of background. Check out @EducEndowFoundn's new resource to support evidence-informed decisions about how to spend it. tinyurl.com/mwn9edn2
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The @theeef.bsky.social are looking for general FE & sixth form colleges to join a two-year funded partnership focused on supporting colleges to access, understand, & apply research evidence within teaching & learning.
Apply below before the 25th April:
tinyurl.com/2c5ukhe7
Apply below before the 25th April:
tinyurl.com/2c5ukhe7
Evidence partnership for further education
Building a network of colleges
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March 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The @theeef.bsky.social are looking for general FE & sixth form colleges to join a two-year funded partnership focused on supporting colleges to access, understand, & apply research evidence within teaching & learning.
Apply below before the 25th April:
tinyurl.com/2c5ukhe7
Apply below before the 25th April:
tinyurl.com/2c5ukhe7
Please share with colleagues in schools, EYFS settings and alternative provisions. We want everyone who supports children to feel they have somewhere they can access support. We know when staff are well supported and trained, learning outcomes for children are improved.
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Please share with colleagues in schools, EYFS settings and alternative provisions. We want everyone who supports children to feel they have somewhere they can access support. We know when staff are well supported and trained, learning outcomes for children are improved.
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NEW BLOG
A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking:
researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...
A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking:
researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...
Metacognition and structured talk
Chris Runeckles explores supporting students to articulate metacognitive thinking and purposefully direct their learning
researchschool.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW BLOG
A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking:
researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...
A short one from me on how structured talk can be a useful vehicle for teaching metacognitive thinking:
researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n...
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Blog alert!
Discover how small, incremental changes can lead to big innovations in education with John Rodgers from Cornwall Research School! Explore the concept of the Adjacent Possible and its impact on teaching. 🌟📚
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Discover how small, incremental changes can lead to big innovations in education with John Rodgers from Cornwall Research School! Explore the concept of the Adjacent Possible and its impact on teaching. 🌟📚
buff.ly/4h04Qrz
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Blog alert!
Discover how small, incremental changes can lead to big innovations in education with John Rodgers from Cornwall Research School! Explore the concept of the Adjacent Possible and its impact on teaching. 🌟📚
buff.ly/4h04Qrz
Discover how small, incremental changes can lead to big innovations in education with John Rodgers from Cornwall Research School! Explore the concept of the Adjacent Possible and its impact on teaching. 🌟📚
buff.ly/4h04Qrz
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🌟We're really looking forward to joining Dr. Sue Gifford on 12th March as part of our Let's Talk Maths series! ✨ She’ll be sharing insights on developing young children's spatial reasoning in the early years. 🧩
🔗 Sign up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/nUcPU
@theeef.bsky.social @nyorkscoastrs.bsky.social
🔗 Sign up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/nUcPU
@theeef.bsky.social @nyorkscoastrs.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🌟We're really looking forward to joining Dr. Sue Gifford on 12th March as part of our Let's Talk Maths series! ✨ She’ll be sharing insights on developing young children's spatial reasoning in the early years. 🧩
🔗 Sign up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/nUcPU
@theeef.bsky.social @nyorkscoastrs.bsky.social
🔗 Sign up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/nUcPU
@theeef.bsky.social @nyorkscoastrs.bsky.social
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Last week, @theeef.bsky.social announced 11 new projects for schools to take part in.
Search your school to find out what’s available: buff.ly/3wo4JkL
Search your school to find out what’s available: buff.ly/3wo4JkL
March 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Last week, @theeef.bsky.social announced 11 new projects for schools to take part in.
Search your school to find out what’s available: buff.ly/3wo4JkL
Search your school to find out what’s available: buff.ly/3wo4JkL
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Wellbeing issues linked to assessment can start to occur from now – from stress and anxiety around exams themselves to heightened social strains. Here, one pastoral lead offers his five top tips for supporting students ⬇️
5 tips for pastoral leads ahead of exam season
Exams may still feel far off, but the problems that might emerge then often start around now. An international leader shares their tried and tested advice
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February 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wellbeing issues linked to assessment can start to occur from now – from stress and anxiety around exams themselves to heightened social strains. Here, one pastoral lead offers his five top tips for supporting students ⬇️
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‘The school day is already bursting at the seams,’ says @ascl-uk.bsky.social leader @pepediiasio.bsky.social – warning that the curriculum review needs to give schools the time and flexibility to meet the specific needs of their pupils
We should be asking what to take out of the school day, not what to add in
There’s no shortage of people telling us what extra things should be fitted into the school day but it is already bursting at the seams, writes ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio
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March 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
‘The school day is already bursting at the seams,’ says @ascl-uk.bsky.social leader @pepediiasio.bsky.social – warning that the curriculum review needs to give schools the time and flexibility to meet the specific needs of their pupils
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The latest episode of 'Evidence into Action' from the @theeef.bsky.social has been published. This is the first episode of a three-part series focusing on whether teaching is an art or a science. Have a listen here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-eef...
New EEF podcast: Is teaching an art or a science?
The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The latest episode of 'Evidence into Action' from the @theeef.bsky.social has been published. This is the first episode of a three-part series focusing on whether teaching is an art or a science. Have a listen here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-eef...
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News of a Local CPD opportunity for KS1 staff - please see attached flyers and scan the QR code for more information
February 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
News of a Local CPD opportunity for KS1 staff - please see attached flyers and scan the QR code for more information
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FFT Education are running a trial to test the impact of a targeted online reading catch-up programme. For more info or to get involved click here - buff.ly/3EdFnwW
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
FFT Education are running a trial to test the impact of a targeted online reading catch-up programme. For more info or to get involved click here - buff.ly/3EdFnwW