Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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New NPQ framework for early years leaders: four reasons to be excited
Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that 40% of the attainment gap is already evident by the age of five, making early years settings crucial for excellent, high-quality, early years education and care. In this blog, early years expert Rebecca Curtis reflects on early years leadership professional development provision and explores the new NPQEYL framework, from specificity to settings to the 'golden thread'.
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Leading literacy in schools: aims, challenges, and solutions
Sarah Bagshaw-McCormick unpicks what we know about leading literacy in schools, the challenges currently faced by literacy leaders in the sector, and possible professional development solutions.
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Early Career Teachers programme: Your questions answered
Ambition Institute's programmes team answer your questions on the Early Career Teachers programme, covering queries on Steplab, facilitation and flexibility.
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Ambition welcomes: Dr Neil Gilbride
The newest member of our learning design team, Dr Neil Gilbride, walks us through his 18 years of experience in the sector, and how he plans to feed all of this knowledge into our programmes.
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Knowledge, skills and confidence: The power of CPD
Design and technology teacher Mary Campbell shares how the Expert Middle Leaders programme has led to a shift in her teaching and leadership style, from curriculum delivery, to managing confrontation.