Alex Quigley
@alexjquigley.bsky.social
Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) have updated our guidance on ‘Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning’. Find out more here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) have updated our guidance on ‘Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning’. Find out more here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
🚨NEW Writing
Last weekend I blogged about 'what do we mean by high expectations?' alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
This weekend I have written about 'Dyslexia: Issues with definitions & diagnoses': alexquigley.co.uk/dyslexia-iss...
Keep up with all my writing here: alexquigley.co.uk.
Last weekend I blogged about 'what do we mean by high expectations?' alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
This weekend I have written about 'Dyslexia: Issues with definitions & diagnoses': alexquigley.co.uk/dyslexia-iss...
Keep up with all my writing here: alexquigley.co.uk.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨NEW Writing
Last weekend I blogged about 'what do we mean by high expectations?' alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
This weekend I have written about 'Dyslexia: Issues with definitions & diagnoses': alexquigley.co.uk/dyslexia-iss...
Keep up with all my writing here: alexquigley.co.uk.
Last weekend I blogged about 'what do we mean by high expectations?' alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
This weekend I have written about 'Dyslexia: Issues with definitions & diagnoses': alexquigley.co.uk/dyslexia-iss...
Keep up with all my writing here: alexquigley.co.uk.
👀 New, updated Teachology Masterclass on 'Adaptive teaching' in central London on Friday 21st November. It includes an exclusive short-guide & brand new content. There's also a bonus online twilight on 'Scaffolding to secure success'.
Find out more: www.teachology-education.co.uk/adaptive_tea...
Find out more: www.teachology-education.co.uk/adaptive_tea...
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
👀 New, updated Teachology Masterclass on 'Adaptive teaching' in central London on Friday 21st November. It includes an exclusive short-guide & brand new content. There's also a bonus online twilight on 'Scaffolding to secure success'.
Find out more: www.teachology-education.co.uk/adaptive_tea...
Find out more: www.teachology-education.co.uk/adaptive_tea...
My new one-off Teachology masterclass on 'Supporting Struggling Readers & Writers to Succeed' will be in-person AND online in Manchester (Nov 28th).
It will explore impactful, manageable assessment & effective teaching strategies.
Find out more here: www.teachology-education.co.uk/struggling_r...
It will explore impactful, manageable assessment & effective teaching strategies.
Find out more here: www.teachology-education.co.uk/struggling_r...
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My new one-off Teachology masterclass on 'Supporting Struggling Readers & Writers to Succeed' will be in-person AND online in Manchester (Nov 28th).
It will explore impactful, manageable assessment & effective teaching strategies.
Find out more here: www.teachology-education.co.uk/struggling_r...
It will explore impactful, manageable assessment & effective teaching strategies.
Find out more here: www.teachology-education.co.uk/struggling_r...
My latest 3Rs newsletter - on reading, writing, & research in education - is live.
#70 reviews a brilliant book on reading by @CarolAtherton8, shares a blog on supporting struggling writers, along with research on dyslexia, & more.
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#70 reviews a brilliant book on reading by @CarolAtherton8, shares a blog on supporting struggling writers, along with research on dyslexia, & more.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My latest 3Rs newsletter - on reading, writing, & research in education - is live.
#70 reviews a brilliant book on reading by @CarolAtherton8, shares a blog on supporting struggling writers, along with research on dyslexia, & more.
[Quick free sign-up]
alexquigley.co.uk/the-3rs-read...
#70 reviews a brilliant book on reading by @CarolAtherton8, shares a blog on supporting struggling writers, along with research on dyslexia, & more.
[Quick free sign-up]
alexquigley.co.uk/the-3rs-read...
💡 'Write less; Read more'
"Are pupils being read to enough in the school week? How much reading are they exposed to, and how do we know? Are we wading through too many comprehension questions that imitate national tests, but inhibit reading volume in English?"
alexquigley.co.uk/write-less-r...
"Are pupils being read to enough in the school week? How much reading are they exposed to, and how do we know? Are we wading through too many comprehension questions that imitate national tests, but inhibit reading volume in English?"
alexquigley.co.uk/write-less-r...
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
💡 'Write less; Read more'
"Are pupils being read to enough in the school week? How much reading are they exposed to, and how do we know? Are we wading through too many comprehension questions that imitate national tests, but inhibit reading volume in English?"
alexquigley.co.uk/write-less-r...
"Are pupils being read to enough in the school week? How much reading are they exposed to, and how do we know? Are we wading through too many comprehension questions that imitate national tests, but inhibit reading volume in English?"
alexquigley.co.uk/write-less-r...
Thorough & practical exploration of the role pictures can play in reading by Prof Tim Shanahan.
“Pictures may initially compete with the words in comprehension, but they’re essential for helping kids to gain coherent representations of what they read.”
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-ro...
“Pictures may initially compete with the words in comprehension, but they’re essential for helping kids to gain coherent representations of what they read.”
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-ro...
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thorough & practical exploration of the role pictures can play in reading by Prof Tim Shanahan.
“Pictures may initially compete with the words in comprehension, but they’re essential for helping kids to gain coherent representations of what they read.”
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-ro...
“Pictures may initially compete with the words in comprehension, but they’re essential for helping kids to gain coherent representations of what they read.”
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-ro...
A really interesting blog - and hypothesis - from @DTWillingham on why US education exam scores (NAEP) may have fallen.
For problems with so many causes, finding manageable 'best bets' is a helpful starting point.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
For problems with so many causes, finding manageable 'best bets' is a helpful starting point.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A really interesting blog - and hypothesis - from @DTWillingham on why US education exam scores (NAEP) may have fallen.
For problems with so many causes, finding manageable 'best bets' is a helpful starting point.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
For problems with so many causes, finding manageable 'best bets' is a helpful starting point.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Department for Education ‘Areas of Research Interest: 2025 have been released. Just some of the topics include:
- SEND
- Working with parents and families
- Belonging
- Using technology for learning
- Attendance
…and more. The priorities and emphasis are clear.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
- SEND
- Working with parents and families
- Belonging
- Using technology for learning
- Attendance
…and more. The priorities and emphasis are clear.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The Department for Education ‘Areas of Research Interest: 2025 have been released. Just some of the topics include:
- SEND
- Working with parents and families
- Belonging
- Using technology for learning
- Attendance
…and more. The priorities and emphasis are clear.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
- SEND
- Working with parents and families
- Belonging
- Using technology for learning
- Attendance
…and more. The priorities and emphasis are clear.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
“Our ability to act was rooted in insider knowledge, access to professional networks, and financial security.”
‘How the GCSE disadvantage gap can widen after results day’
researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
‘How the GCSE disadvantage gap can widen after results day’
researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“Our ability to act was rooted in insider knowledge, access to professional networks, and financial security.”
‘How the GCSE disadvantage gap can widen after results day’
researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
‘How the GCSE disadvantage gap can widen after results day’
researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
Is AI the solution or part of the problem?
This contrast was thought-provoking…
Link: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/t...
This contrast was thought-provoking…
Link: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/t...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Is AI the solution or part of the problem?
This contrast was thought-provoking…
Link: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/t...
This contrast was thought-provoking…
Link: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/t...
The always excellent Professor Tim Shanahan on disciplinary literacy in elementary school [primary school]. Though specific DL practices emerge, lots of non-fiction reading & building of content knowledge in the curriculum with rich reading is key:
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/discipl...
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/discipl...
September 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The always excellent Professor Tim Shanahan on disciplinary literacy in elementary school [primary school]. Though specific DL practices emerge, lots of non-fiction reading & building of content knowledge in the curriculum with rich reading is key:
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/discipl...
www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/discipl...
The new and updated Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) pupil premium guide includes updated information, case studies, and school leader videos, to support leaders to deploy their pupil premium strategy effectively. See here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-...
September 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The new and updated Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) pupil premium guide includes updated information, case studies, and school leader videos, to support leaders to deploy their pupil premium strategy effectively. See here:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-...
This is excellent - Wikipedia has compiled a great synthesis of examples to characterise the ‘Signs of AI Writing’
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is excellent - Wikipedia has compiled a great synthesis of examples to characterise the ‘Signs of AI Writing’
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Great idea! I think one of the big - perhaps counterintuitive - aspects of the role is it is essential to foster independence. The nature of the role can quickly encourage dependence from students. Trying to scaffold students making their own choices is so key e.g. EEF scaffolding approach
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great idea! I think one of the big - perhaps counterintuitive - aspects of the role is it is essential to foster independence. The nature of the role can quickly encourage dependence from students. Trying to scaffold students making their own choices is so key e.g. EEF scaffolding approach
It's BACK!
My 3Rs newsletter shares interesting new reading, writing, research & resources on all things education. I also review education & general interest books too.
Take a look at some of the books up for fortnightly review this autumn...
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My 3Rs newsletter shares interesting new reading, writing, research & resources on all things education. I also review education & general interest books too.
Take a look at some of the books up for fortnightly review this autumn...
Sign up: alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
August 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's BACK!
My 3Rs newsletter shares interesting new reading, writing, research & resources on all things education. I also review education & general interest books too.
Take a look at some of the books up for fortnightly review this autumn...
Sign up: alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
My 3Rs newsletter shares interesting new reading, writing, research & resources on all things education. I also review education & general interest books too.
Take a look at some of the books up for fortnightly review this autumn...
Sign up: alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
Pleased to see Shareen Wilkinson’s ‘Disciplinary literacy in primary schools’ being published today.
I had the privilege of seeing a review copy and it offers a great range of practical strategies, useful case studies, and really helpful detail for specific primary subjects.
I had the privilege of seeing a review copy and it offers a great range of practical strategies, useful case studies, and really helpful detail for specific primary subjects.
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Pleased to see Shareen Wilkinson’s ‘Disciplinary literacy in primary schools’ being published today.
I had the privilege of seeing a review copy and it offers a great range of practical strategies, useful case studies, and really helpful detail for specific primary subjects.
I had the privilege of seeing a review copy and it offers a great range of practical strategies, useful case studies, and really helpful detail for specific primary subjects.
For primary school age students, this small study found that there was no difference reading texts on paper or digitally. Narratives were better understood than informational texts.
‘Third graders digital and paper text comprehension’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘Third graders digital and paper text comprehension’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
For primary school age students, this small study found that there was no difference reading texts on paper or digitally. Narratives were better understood than informational texts.
‘Third graders digital and paper text comprehension’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘Third graders digital and paper text comprehension’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Outsourcing the entire writing process to LLMs may deprive us of the opportunity to reflect on our field and engage in the creative, essential task of shaping research findings into a compelling narrative..."
'Writing is thinking'
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
'Writing is thinking'
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
July 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Outsourcing the entire writing process to LLMs may deprive us of the opportunity to reflect on our field and engage in the creative, essential task of shaping research findings into a compelling narrative..."
'Writing is thinking'
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
'Writing is thinking'
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The Department for Education has published ‘The Writing Framework’.
It will be of interest for leaders & teachers in primary looking to improve writing standards and refine their practice (but it’ll be of interest to many secondary school colleagues too).
Find it here: lnkd.in/gkBw-QHJ
It will be of interest for leaders & teachers in primary looking to improve writing standards and refine their practice (but it’ll be of interest to many secondary school colleagues too).
Find it here: lnkd.in/gkBw-QHJ
July 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Department for Education has published ‘The Writing Framework’.
It will be of interest for leaders & teachers in primary looking to improve writing standards and refine their practice (but it’ll be of interest to many secondary school colleagues too).
Find it here: lnkd.in/gkBw-QHJ
It will be of interest for leaders & teachers in primary looking to improve writing standards and refine their practice (but it’ll be of interest to many secondary school colleagues too).
Find it here: lnkd.in/gkBw-QHJ
Interesting study interviewing Scottish headteachers about their use of Pupil Equity Funding (equivalent of the Pupil Premium in England).
It shares perspectives on evidence use, autonomy, and the influence of local networks:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It shares perspectives on evidence use, autonomy, and the influence of local networks:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
July 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Interesting study interviewing Scottish headteachers about their use of Pupil Equity Funding (equivalent of the Pupil Premium in England).
It shares perspectives on evidence use, autonomy, and the influence of local networks:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It shares perspectives on evidence use, autonomy, and the influence of local networks:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Over on X, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social mentioned the notion of AI as part of an assessment solution
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Over on X, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social mentioned the notion of AI as part of an assessment solution
‘Learning from errors: deliberate errors enhance learning’
Often a counterintuitive finding - errors and small failures are a crucial part of the learning process - we shouldn’t avoid them, but instead use them.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Often a counterintuitive finding - errors and small failures are a crucial part of the learning process - we shouldn’t avoid them, but instead use them.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
‘Learning from errors: deliberate errors enhance learning’
Often a counterintuitive finding - errors and small failures are a crucial part of the learning process - we shouldn’t avoid them, but instead use them.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Often a counterintuitive finding - errors and small failures are a crucial part of the learning process - we shouldn’t avoid them, but instead use them.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to hear from @susiefraser22 from Manchester Communication Academy about how their trust talks about ‘mitigating the impact of social disadvantage’ at the @rs_network summer conference.
A brilliant positive vision of ‘asset rich’ families and the connectedness of the local community
A brilliant positive vision of ‘asset rich’ families and the connectedness of the local community
June 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Great to hear from @susiefraser22 from Manchester Communication Academy about how their trust talks about ‘mitigating the impact of social disadvantage’ at the @rs_network summer conference.
A brilliant positive vision of ‘asset rich’ families and the connectedness of the local community
A brilliant positive vision of ‘asset rich’ families and the connectedness of the local community