Industry leading education training company, TT Education has moved onto Parkside Office Village on the University of Essex’s Knowledge Gateway research and technology park.

Julie Watson asks what it really means to achieve that elusive thing - true mastery. What does it mean, how do we do it and how do we ensure our children are engaged and inspired while we do it?

Take a look at the winning entries from TT Education's Five Sentence Story competition.

Last night's Education Investor Awards evening recognised the highest quality education companies. To be invited to attend was a wonderful recognition of our efforts to improve the quality of education for children in the UK and beyond.

IT’S COMPETITION TIME! Win £250 worth of resources for your school! Free entry and huge prizes to be won...

A whole-school approach to personalised formative assessment – is such a thing possible? David Maytham argues that it is

Are you trying to create a coaching climate in your school? Melody Lowe discusses how to use different types of questions to achieve success in coaching in your school.

Melody Lowe talks all things EYFS and gives some fantastic advice about how to observe your children. Originally published in Headteacher Update...

Have you ever wondered what the aim of Performance Management is? Or perhaps what it should be? The answer lies here...

TT Education's School Improvement Partner, Julie Watson, gives her unique insight into the different uses of outdoor learning and its value for different children and different purposes.

Have you seen the new thresholds? What do they mean for you? What do they mean for your children? Betsy Maytham asks these questions and more...

TT Education's local School Improvement Partner, Conor Heaven, gives us the benefit of his insights into the power of model lessons in the training and consultancy process and ruminates on the value of peer observation in everyday teaching practice

Addressing the hike in 'expected' scores for KS1 SATs, Betsy Maytham's blog seeks to find a way forward in the wake of the results.

Betsy Maytham discusses the balance between creativity and understanding of grammar, considering how we use language to achieve what we are trying to achieve.

TT Education's School Improvement Partner Julie Watson asks how we can support children for whom a focus on synthetic phonics is not the key to reading.

A response to yesterday's Key Stage Two Reading SATs by one of TT Education's literacy experts. What lessons can we learn from the paper and how do we help next year's Year 6 to prepare for SATs, without making SATs preparation the be all and end all of their school lives?

Betsy Maytham explains the concept of dual exceptionalities and provides an insight into the challenges they present.

Tracey Moyes gives some fantastic ideas for helping primary school children to love science. From 'magic tricks' to asking them to consider the 'big' questions of the universe, these inspirational ideas will excite, inspire and challenge you and your children!

As schools enter a new financial phase, with a 'revised funding formula' meaning, in real terms, budget cuts for many, Betsy Maytham asks how headteachers are to make the tough decisions about how to spend their money.

Director of School Improvement, Adam Reed gives us some words of wisdom on useful marking and feedback, based on his years of experience of supporting schools. Some great ideas for you to implement in your schools.

School Improvement Partner Christina Hughes considers the delicate balance involved in planning for group differentiation while individualising children's learning experiences - and keeping it positive!

Our former Lead Consultant, Tracey Moyes gives us her take on the TT experience and explains why she enjoyed working for us.

We talk to Sue Cave, an experienced specialist Primary MFL teacher, consultant and trainer, about the importance of Foreign Language Teaching in Primary Schools and our more recent training courses: Teaching a Foreign Language in Primary School and French for Primary Teachers.

The key purpose behind the Maths SATs test is to allow pupils to demonstrate what they have learnt, retained and can apply during their primary education. Melody reflects on why ascertaining if we have raised standards is difficult at the moment, and explains why teaching children to investigate, test, apply, justify and evaluate concepts will lead to a greater proportion will being successful.