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Steplab is a complete professional development platform for sustainable, whole-school CPD with tools, resources, videos & analytics.
Learn more 👉 steplab.co/book-a-demo
Learn more 👉 steplab.co/book-a-demo
Thrilled to announce Daisy Christodoulou as our Conference 2026 keynote! 🎉✨
Director of Education at No More Marking + author of Seven Myths about Education and Making Good Progress?
Expect sharp, insightful thinking 💡📘
📅 19 June, London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Director of Education at No More Marking + author of Seven Myths about Education and Making Good Progress?
Expect sharp, insightful thinking 💡📘
📅 19 June, London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thrilled to announce Daisy Christodoulou as our Conference 2026 keynote! 🎉✨
Director of Education at No More Marking + author of Seven Myths about Education and Making Good Progress?
Expect sharp, insightful thinking 💡📘
📅 19 June, London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Director of Education at No More Marking + author of Seven Myths about Education and Making Good Progress?
Expect sharp, insightful thinking 💡📘
📅 19 June, London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
NYC! 🇺🇸✨ Join Zach Groshell and the Steplab team for a one-day Instructional Coaching Intensive designed to level up your PD and coaching practice.
📅 17 Jan 2026
📍 FLACS Middle School, Bronx
💵 $390 (lunch included)
🎟️ Limited spaces – register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
📅 17 Jan 2026
📍 FLACS Middle School, Bronx
💵 $390 (lunch included)
🎟️ Limited spaces – register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
NYC! 🇺🇸✨ Join Zach Groshell and the Steplab team for a one-day Instructional Coaching Intensive designed to level up your PD and coaching practice.
📅 17 Jan 2026
📍 FLACS Middle School, Bronx
💵 $390 (lunch included)
🎟️ Limited spaces – register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
📅 17 Jan 2026
📍 FLACS Middle School, Bronx
💵 $390 (lunch included)
🎟️ Limited spaces – register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
We’re excited to share the strands of the Steplab Conference 2026! 🎉
🌟 Great inclusive teaching
📚 Great professional development
🎓 Great PD leadership
12 sessions — follow one strand or mix and match!
📅 19 June | 📍 London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥
👉 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
🌟 Great inclusive teaching
📚 Great professional development
🎓 Great PD leadership
12 sessions — follow one strand or mix and match!
📅 19 June | 📍 London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥
👉 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We’re excited to share the strands of the Steplab Conference 2026! 🎉
🌟 Great inclusive teaching
📚 Great professional development
🎓 Great PD leadership
12 sessions — follow one strand or mix and match!
📅 19 June | 📍 London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥
👉 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
🌟 Great inclusive teaching
📚 Great professional development
🎓 Great PD leadership
12 sessions — follow one strand or mix and match!
📅 19 June | 📍 London
15% off until 30 Nov 🔥
👉 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Tickets for the Steplab Conference 2026 are now LIVE! 🎉✨
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
Join education leaders in London on 19 June, for a day of powerful PD.
Super early bird: 15% off until 30 Nov! 🎟️ events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
Join education leaders in London on 19 June, for a day of powerful PD.
Super early bird: 15% off until 30 Nov! 🎟️ events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Tickets for the Steplab Conference 2026 are now LIVE! 🎉✨
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
Join education leaders in London on 19 June, for a day of powerful PD.
Super early bird: 15% off until 30 Nov! 🎟️ events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
Join education leaders in London on 19 June, for a day of powerful PD.
Super early bird: 15% off until 30 Nov! 🎟️ events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
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A smart, introspective blog post by Ollie Lovell of the @steplab.bsky.social crew: www.ollielovell.com/inquiry_expl...
He pokes at spots where the customary pedagogy labels might not actually do what we all thought they do. Any writing that clarifies or dissolves the barriers is, imo, good. …
He pokes at spots where the customary pedagogy labels might not actually do what we all thought they do. Any writing that clarifies or dissolves the barriers is, imo, good. …
Inquiry vs. Explicit: Is there even a difference? | Ollie Lovell
Embed from Getty Images I teach physics via explicit instruction, right? My physics classes generally follow an ‘I do’,…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A smart, introspective blog post by Ollie Lovell of the @steplab.bsky.social crew: www.ollielovell.com/inquiry_expl...
He pokes at spots where the customary pedagogy labels might not actually do what we all thought they do. Any writing that clarifies or dissolves the barriers is, imo, good. …
He pokes at spots where the customary pedagogy labels might not actually do what we all thought they do. Any writing that clarifies or dissolves the barriers is, imo, good. …
What does Ofsted 2025 mean for teacher development?
In PD for Better Teaching, Claire Hill + Kat Howard explain how leaders can design PD that delivers real impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3K0COla
In PD for Better Teaching, Claire Hill + Kat Howard explain how leaders can design PD that delivers real impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3K0COla
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What does Ofsted 2025 mean for teacher development?
In PD for Better Teaching, Claire Hill + Kat Howard explain how leaders can design PD that delivers real impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3K0COla
In PD for Better Teaching, Claire Hill + Kat Howard explain how leaders can design PD that delivers real impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3K0COla
📊 Steplab’s real-time analytics give leaders clear insight into what’s working - from individual teacher progress to whole-school and trust-wide trends.
Track impact, spot gaps, and strengthen your PD strategy with precise, actionable data.
👉 Book a demo to learn more: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo
Track impact, spot gaps, and strengthen your PD strategy with precise, actionable data.
👉 Book a demo to learn more: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📊 Steplab’s real-time analytics give leaders clear insight into what’s working - from individual teacher progress to whole-school and trust-wide trends.
Track impact, spot gaps, and strengthen your PD strategy with precise, actionable data.
👉 Book a demo to learn more: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo
Track impact, spot gaps, and strengthen your PD strategy with precise, actionable data.
👉 Book a demo to learn more: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo
Fantastic to see PD and instructional coaching so firmly at the heart of school vision and culture - inspiring stuff! 🙌
Jo Addleton, our Principal, kicked off a day of #ProfessionalDevelopment by talking to @steplab.bsky.social educators about the vision of our school and the role #PD and #IC play in achieving this vision. #ProudlyDifferent
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Fantastic to see PD and instructional coaching so firmly at the heart of school vision and culture - inspiring stuff! 🙌
🎉 Today we’ve welcomed 130+ PD, school and trust leaders from across the country for our London PD Leadership Intensive — the room’s buzzing with energy and ideas.
Huge thanks to Emma Starkey and our brilliant team Ania, Rachel and Millie 👏
👉 Upcoming intensives: steplab.co/news/institu...
Huge thanks to Emma Starkey and our brilliant team Ania, Rachel and Millie 👏
👉 Upcoming intensives: steplab.co/news/institu...
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎉 Today we’ve welcomed 130+ PD, school and trust leaders from across the country for our London PD Leadership Intensive — the room’s buzzing with energy and ideas.
Huge thanks to Emma Starkey and our brilliant team Ania, Rachel and Millie 👏
👉 Upcoming intensives: steplab.co/news/institu...
Huge thanks to Emma Starkey and our brilliant team Ania, Rachel and Millie 👏
👉 Upcoming intensives: steplab.co/news/institu...
The Steplab Conference returns.
London | 19 June 2026.
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.
#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers
London | 19 June 2026.
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.
#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Steplab Conference returns.
London | 19 June 2026.
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.
#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers
London | 19 June 2026.
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.
#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers
✉️ Looking for practical insights to boost your PD?
Sign up for the Steplab Newsletter — a once-per-half-term round-up of resources, stories and updates designed to make whole-school PD more impactful.
Next edition lands tomorrow!
👉 Join here: steplab.co/newsletter
Sign up for the Steplab Newsletter — a once-per-half-term round-up of resources, stories and updates designed to make whole-school PD more impactful.
Next edition lands tomorrow!
👉 Join here: steplab.co/newsletter
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
✉️ Looking for practical insights to boost your PD?
Sign up for the Steplab Newsletter — a once-per-half-term round-up of resources, stories and updates designed to make whole-school PD more impactful.
Next edition lands tomorrow!
👉 Join here: steplab.co/newsletter
Sign up for the Steplab Newsletter — a once-per-half-term round-up of resources, stories and updates designed to make whole-school PD more impactful.
Next edition lands tomorrow!
👉 Join here: steplab.co/newsletter
Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 24 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures.
Find your nearest Hub and book your visit!
🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...
Find your nearest Hub and book your visit!
🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 24 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures.
Find your nearest Hub and book your visit!
🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...
Find your nearest Hub and book your visit!
🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...
We couldn’t let Wicked 2 have all the drama this month. Here’s the trailer you didn’t know you were waiting for!
The Steplab Conference returns.
June 2026 | London.
Tickets drop 19 November.
🎥 Cue the music.
#SteplabConference2026
The Steplab Conference returns.
June 2026 | London.
Tickets drop 19 November.
🎥 Cue the music.
#SteplabConference2026
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We couldn’t let Wicked 2 have all the drama this month. Here’s the trailer you didn’t know you were waiting for!
The Steplab Conference returns.
June 2026 | London.
Tickets drop 19 November.
🎥 Cue the music.
#SteplabConference2026
The Steplab Conference returns.
June 2026 | London.
Tickets drop 19 November.
🎥 Cue the music.
#SteplabConference2026
Leading PD across your school or trust?
Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Leading PD across your school or trust?
Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
What if your questions could get every student thinking — not just the ones with their hands up?
Sarah Cottinghatt explores accountable questioning and how it transforms classroom talk.
🎥 To see it in action — read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
Sarah Cottinghatt explores accountable questioning and how it transforms classroom talk.
🎥 To see it in action — read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
Steplab insight: accountable questioning that gets all students thinking
Discover how accountable questioning transforms classroom talk and how Steplab supports teachers through evidence-informed PD.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What if your questions could get every student thinking — not just the ones with their hands up?
Sarah Cottinghatt explores accountable questioning and how it transforms classroom talk.
🎥 To see it in action — read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
Sarah Cottinghatt explores accountable questioning and how it transforms classroom talk.
🎥 To see it in action — read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
How can school leaders make the most of their PD budget?
Dr Sam Sims shares evidence on what really works – from instructional coaching to active ingredients like modelling and feedback.
If you’re deciding how to allocate your PD funds, this one’s essential reading: steplab.co/resources/ho...
Dr Sam Sims shares evidence on what really works – from instructional coaching to active ingredients like modelling and feedback.
If you’re deciding how to allocate your PD funds, this one’s essential reading: steplab.co/resources/ho...
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
How can school leaders make the most of their PD budget?
Dr Sam Sims shares evidence on what really works – from instructional coaching to active ingredients like modelling and feedback.
If you’re deciding how to allocate your PD funds, this one’s essential reading: steplab.co/resources/ho...
Dr Sam Sims shares evidence on what really works – from instructional coaching to active ingredients like modelling and feedback.
If you’re deciding how to allocate your PD funds, this one’s essential reading: steplab.co/resources/ho...
🚀 Schools are loving the Group PD Builder!
💬 “Utterly brilliant... creating the PD session literally took minutes! The session was such high quality and made embedding group rehearsal so much easier.” – Alice Shilling, The Canterbury Academy
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
💬 “Utterly brilliant... creating the PD session literally took minutes! The session was such high quality and made embedding group rehearsal so much easier.” – Alice Shilling, The Canterbury Academy
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚀 Schools are loving the Group PD Builder!
💬 “Utterly brilliant... creating the PD session literally took minutes! The session was such high quality and made embedding group rehearsal so much easier.” – Alice Shilling, The Canterbury Academy
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
💬 “Utterly brilliant... creating the PD session literally took minutes! The session was such high quality and made embedding group rehearsal so much easier.” – Alice Shilling, The Canterbury Academy
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
🌟 Great news – Ivy Learning Trust has joined the Steplab community!
We can’t wait to collaborate with their leaders, supporting teachers and teaching assistants to deliver high-quality professional development that drives real impact across the trust.
We can’t wait to collaborate with their leaders, supporting teachers and teaching assistants to deliver high-quality professional development that drives real impact across the trust.
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌟 Great news – Ivy Learning Trust has joined the Steplab community!
We can’t wait to collaborate with their leaders, supporting teachers and teaching assistants to deliver high-quality professional development that drives real impact across the trust.
We can’t wait to collaborate with their leaders, supporting teachers and teaching assistants to deliver high-quality professional development that drives real impact across the trust.
⏰ 10 days to go!
Join us for our Instructional Coaching Intensive – a one-day practical training to sharpen your coaching and feedback skills.
📅 Mon 3 Nov
📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone
🎟️ Book now → www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
Join us for our Instructional Coaching Intensive – a one-day practical training to sharpen your coaching and feedback skills.
📅 Mon 3 Nov
📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone
🎟️ Book now → www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
⏰ 10 days to go!
Join us for our Instructional Coaching Intensive – a one-day practical training to sharpen your coaching and feedback skills.
📅 Mon 3 Nov
📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone
🎟️ Book now → www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
Join us for our Instructional Coaching Intensive – a one-day practical training to sharpen your coaching and feedback skills.
📅 Mon 3 Nov
📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone
🎟️ Book now → www.tickettailor.com/events/stepl...
🎉 We’re delighted to welcome The Black Pear Trust as a new Steplab partner!
We’re excited to work with their schools and leaders to strengthen teaching and empower staff through professional development that really works – improving outcomes for every student.
We’re excited to work with their schools and leaders to strengthen teaching and empower staff through professional development that really works – improving outcomes for every student.
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 We’re delighted to welcome The Black Pear Trust as a new Steplab partner!
We’re excited to work with their schools and leaders to strengthen teaching and empower staff through professional development that really works – improving outcomes for every student.
We’re excited to work with their schools and leaders to strengthen teaching and empower staff through professional development that really works – improving outcomes for every student.
Paired talk done right helps students think harder and learn better.
💡 See real-classroom video examples and the research behind why it works in our latest newsletter by Sarah Cottinghatt - Paired talk that drives thought!
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
💡 See real-classroom video examples and the research behind why it works in our latest newsletter by Sarah Cottinghatt - Paired talk that drives thought!
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
Steplab Insight: Paired talk that drives thought
Explore how structured paired talk helps students think harder and how Steplab supports teachers through evidence-informed PD.
www.linkedin.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Paired talk done right helps students think harder and learn better.
💡 See real-classroom video examples and the research behind why it works in our latest newsletter by Sarah Cottinghatt - Paired talk that drives thought!
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
💡 See real-classroom video examples and the research behind why it works in our latest newsletter by Sarah Cottinghatt - Paired talk that drives thought!
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...
💡 Steplab’s evidence-informed coaching framework makes coaching more focused and impactful — helping teachers improve bit by bit through clear, actionable steps.
📨 Stay tuned for tomorrow’s newsletter for steps to improve classroom talk.
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
📨 Stay tuned for tomorrow’s newsletter for steps to improve classroom talk.
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
💡 Steplab’s evidence-informed coaching framework makes coaching more focused and impactful — helping teachers improve bit by bit through clear, actionable steps.
📨 Stay tuned for tomorrow’s newsletter for steps to improve classroom talk.
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
📨 Stay tuned for tomorrow’s newsletter for steps to improve classroom talk.
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
🎓 Final chance to start your NPQ with Ambition Institute this November!
💡 Did you know all of their NPQs are delivered using the Steplab platform?
Already using Steplab? An Ambition NPQ is the perfect next step.
📅 Apply by 21 Oct: www.ambition.org.uk/npqs-nationa...
💡 Did you know all of their NPQs are delivered using the Steplab platform?
Already using Steplab? An Ambition NPQ is the perfect next step.
📅 Apply by 21 Oct: www.ambition.org.uk/npqs-nationa...
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎓 Final chance to start your NPQ with Ambition Institute this November!
💡 Did you know all of their NPQs are delivered using the Steplab platform?
Already using Steplab? An Ambition NPQ is the perfect next step.
📅 Apply by 21 Oct: www.ambition.org.uk/npqs-nationa...
💡 Did you know all of their NPQs are delivered using the Steplab platform?
Already using Steplab? An Ambition NPQ is the perfect next step.
📅 Apply by 21 Oct: www.ambition.org.uk/npqs-nationa...
💡 When schools celebrate great teaching, they strengthen trust and collaboration.
💬 “Steplab has helped us to improve staff culture. Drop-ins and coaching had a great impact on teacher development.” – Miranda Martyn, Education South West
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
💬 “Steplab has helped us to improve staff culture. Drop-ins and coaching had a great impact on teacher development.” – Miranda Martyn, Education South West
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
💡 When schools celebrate great teaching, they strengthen trust and collaboration.
💬 “Steplab has helped us to improve staff culture. Drop-ins and coaching had a great impact on teacher development.” – Miranda Martyn, Education South West
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
💬 “Steplab has helped us to improve staff culture. Drop-ins and coaching had a great impact on teacher development.” – Miranda Martyn, Education South West
👉 Book a demo: steplab.co/book-a-demo
Join our one-day Instructional Coaching (3 Nov, the Midlands) and PD Leadership (13 Nov, London) Intensives.
Practical, expert-led training to help you deliver impactful PD across your school or trust.
💷 £155 + VAT per person
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/event
Practical, expert-led training to help you deliver impactful PD across your school or trust.
💷 £155 + VAT per person
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/event
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Join our one-day Instructional Coaching (3 Nov, the Midlands) and PD Leadership (13 Nov, London) Intensives.
Practical, expert-led training to help you deliver impactful PD across your school or trust.
💷 £155 + VAT per person
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/event
Practical, expert-led training to help you deliver impactful PD across your school or trust.
💷 £155 + VAT per person
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/event