In this podcast, our Primary Director, Darran Ellison-Lee, explores the way effective questioning can transform teaching and learning and ensure that pupils are getting the best out of every lesson.

For more information, to ask any questions or to suggest future topics, please contact the Primary Team via [email protected].

In this podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee discusses why improving the quality of teaching should be a core focus for any primary leader. By investing in training, our teachers develop effective and durable skillsets and outcomes for pupils rise as a result.

For more information, to ask any questions or to suggest future topics, please contact the Primary Team via [email protected].

In the second half of this two-part podcast, Darran Ellison-Lee explains why, as a Group, United Learning has chosen to adopt the Rosenshine principles and how this ‘common language’ is helping to drive continuous improvement across our schools.

For more information please contact the Primary Team via [email protected].

In the first half of this two-part podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee is joined by Jancie Garratt-Simpson, Principal of Cravenwood Primary Academy in Manchester, to discuss the Rosenshine Principles of Instruction and how they have been adopted across United Learning’s primary schools.

We explore what the 10 key principles of instruction look like in practice and the importance they have in the classroom, including in Cravenwood Primary Academy and Windale Primary School.

For more information please contact the Primary Team via [email protected].

In this podcast, Darran Ellison-Lee, our Director of Primary Education, explains what Education with Character means for our primaries and what value this adds as pupils kick-start their school careers.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this, please visit our website: www.unitedlearning.org.uk.

In this podcast, our Deputy Director of Academies, Steve Adcock, talks about the importance of fostering self-confidence in students and helping them to become independent learners in preparation for studying at university. This includes the types of experiences they can expect to receive as part of our schools' Pupil Charters.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this, please visit our website: www.unitedlearning.org.uk.

In this podcast, our Deputy Director of Academies, Steve Adcock, returns to talk about Sixth Form destinations. This time, he explains how delivering an Education with Character helps our schools ensure that students go on to flourish at university, in apprenticeship roles or at work.

We hear about the range of initiatives taking place in schools across the Group to achieve this, including: Guildford High School's annual essay-writing competition; North Oxfordshire Academy's mentoring partnership with local primary, Hanwell Fields Community School; and Surbiton High School's work on the Extended Project Qualification.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this and our University Access programmes, please visit our website: www.unitedlearning.org.uk.

In this podcast, Deputy Director of Academies, Steve Adcock, explains our Six Pillar approach to Sixth Form study and how we aim to weave academic learning with vital character development so that students are set up for success.

The pillars include leadership, curriculum and assessment, teaching, ethos and student effort, enrichment and destinations - all of which we believe are central to successful Key Stage 5 provision.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this, please visit our website: https://unitedlearning.org.uk/about-us/framework-for-excellence

In this podcast, our Head of Music and Performing Arts, Catherine Barker, explores our programme of performance opportunities and partnerships and how they support our commitment to provide an Education with Character to students.

As part of this, Catherine highlights the way students and staff have benefitted from past initiatives, where schools have collaborated on a national scale with expert practitioners to produce inspiring choral performances like 'Zimbe!' in 2015/2016 and 'Wassail!' in 2017.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this and United Music, please visit our website: https://unitedlearning.org.uk/.

In this podcast, our Head of Sport, Shaun Dowling, talks through a range of our sporting projects and partnerships and how they help to deliver an Education with Character, benefiting students and staff alike.

This includes developing confidence through the X-Elle programme, encouraging participation in new challenges with our 2018 Sport Relief fundraiser RideABC and providing opportunities to learn from the best via our Sports Ambassadors.

Education with Character is a core principle of United Learning's Framework for Excellence. For more information about this and United Sport, please visit our website: www.unitedlearning.org.uk.