In this episode we break-down the secrets to effective adaptive teaching approaches in the secondary classroom.

Our experts define what exactly adaptive teaching is and offer insights to help teachers to know when we should adapt our teaching, how we can adapt teaching, and who we should be adapting it for.

We discuss the importance of using adaptive teaching to maintain high expectations in the classroom and in order to ensure that our ambitious curriculum is accessible for all students regardless of background or need.

We consider what adaptations we can plan in advance of our lessons, with some practical examples, as well as some of the types of live adaptations that we might make use of responsively in the moment. We also consider how teaching assistants might best support some of these approaches.

We consider the use of scaffolds, including what these might consist of and how these can be withdrawn once they have served their purpose.

Finally we talk CPD and offer some specific tips for new and early career teachers to help them hit the ground running with adaptive approaches.