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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 dawn.lester@unitedlearning.org.uk.

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 dawn.lester@unitedlearning.org.uk.

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 dawn.lester@unitedlearning.org.uk.

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 dawn.lester@unitedlearning.org.uk.

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.