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Leisa Grace sits down with Nathan Burns, “Mr Metacognition”, to clarify what metacognition really is and why it improves attainment when it is taught deliberately and embedded across school life. We explore how leaders can move beyond vague “thinking about thinking” to build independent, resilient learners through curriculum, routines and staff development. 
• Metacognition as planning, monitoring and evaluating learning 
• Challenging information and checking ideas against prior knowledge 
• Why research support is worldwide and linked to attainment 
• Why teacher training and accountability can miss explicit metacognition 
• Avoiding bolt on approaches and making it part of modelling, questioning and feedback 
• What a metacognitive school looks like for all staff roles 
• Designing staff training that starts with what is already working 
• Evaluating impact at department or whole school level 
• Using Perkins’ levels, surveys and stakeholder feedback carefully 
• What gains schools see first in student resilience and better questions 
“Drop Mr. Metacognition into any good search engine or pop Nathan Burns into social media, especially LinkedIn, um, and you will find me there.” 

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