One of our Teaching and Learning priorities at Nova Hreod Academy is ‘Challenge for all.’ This is the notion that lessons should be planned and well-structured with high challenge content. As Assistant SENDCo at the Academy, I strongly believe in academic success for all; I teach English to students across the ability range and I teach the same high challenge content to all the classes I teach, with support in place to scaffold students’ learning. I truly believe that, with the right support, every SEND student is capable of achieving their potential, in school and beyond.

By Sophie Unsworth

Initial Teacher Training (ITT) is the first step on the journey to becoming a teacher. It is during this time that the foundations of good Teaching and Learning can be set and the seeds can be sown for a trainee to flourish into a good teacher. However, as it is such an important time in the development of a teacher then it can also be a time when bad habits become established – the seeds fall on stony ground as it were. That’s why ITT, and getting it right, is so important to the culture of any school.

By Sophie Fegan and Nick Hetherington