Sonia Blandford Livres

Tanya Ovenden-Hope (Editor) brings together insights from those most closely connected to the ECF; the training providers, school leaders and academics involved in understanding the efficacy of professional development and learning in schools.

Sonia Blandford, CEO of award-winning charity Achievement for All, about the facing up to the realities of the white working class and how to address social mobility from the inside.

Focusing on the concept of applied learning, this book offers educators practical strategies to enhance teaching across various educational settings. It emphasizes the integration of vocational and academic learning, demonstrating how this approach can lead to improved outcomes for students. By providing insights into effective facilitation techniques, it aims to empower teachers to foster a more engaging and impactful learning environment.

This collection of columns presents a progressive perspective on education, emphasizing the optimism of teachers actively engaged in school life. It offers insights and reflections that encourage a thoughtful approach to teaching and learning, highlighting the potential for positive change within the educational system.

LOVE TO TEACH takes a fresh look at the challenges facing teaching staff today and explores how they can meet them in a way that optimises both their sense of wellbeing and job satisfaction and ensures that every pupil in their class makes progress above national expectations.

DON'T LIKE MONDAYS? is a feast of facts, personal stories and practical ideas from young people for young people. This book aims to enrich the educational experience for those who find school tough, and to empower them to make a change in the classroom that will benefit everyone else too.

MAKE SCHOOL BETTER looks at the pivotal role all parents and carers can have in their child's experience of education, and the practical things they can do right now to make sure school is a better place to be, no matter what individual challenges children face, and ensures that all children make progress above national expectations.

TAKE THE LEAD is a book for school leaders. It taps into their ambitions to ensure every pupil on their register makes progress above national expectations and shares the framework Achievement for All offers which enables them to do that. Packed with ideas and experience from Sonia's team and the leaders she's working with.

Bloomsbury CPD Library: Raising Attainment in the Primary Classroom is a complete guide for primary teachers to assess, plan and excel in raising the attainment of every child. Children begin school with considerable differences in their literacy and maths skills. For some children, this gap widens as they go through school and may never close, leaving them without the basic levels required to succeed at secondary school. Experts Sonia Blandford and Catherine Knowles set out to help you understand the theory underpinning aspiration, access and achievement, and what you can do to close the achievement gap in your school. Bloomsbury CPD Library: Raising Attainment in the Primary Classroom specifically focuses on increasing access and raising aspirations of pupils as a means to improving attainment. This easy-to-follow title in the Bloomsbury CPD Library uses self-evaluation tasks and a full set of helpful, ready-to-use training plans for hours of CPD sessions so you can offer your colleagues effective training in this crucial area to ensure every child in your school fulfils their potential. It is a full guide to raising attainment in the primary classroom that is split into two sections: teach yourself and train others. All hand-outs and presentations are provided in the book and are available as a free download from the companion website.