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Emma Smith
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How we closed our GCSE gender gap
Narrowing the attainment gap between girls and boys at GCSE requires a subject-specific approach, says history teacher Emma Smith
Secondary
21 January 2024
How we closed our GCSE gender gap
How we embedded Dunlosky’s toolkit in our school
A focus on teaching independent learning strategies is helping to raise standards across subjects, explains Emma Smith
Secondary
28 September 2023
How we embedded Dunlosky’s toolkit across our school
Don’t get held up by bad behaviour
New heads of department can find their lofty big ideas stymied by the daily pressures of managing behaviour. Emma Smith offers some tips to restore balance
22 September 2017