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How do you turn your school’s commitment to inclusion into a plan your whole staff can follow? 🛠️Our free Inclusion Strategy Toolkit focuses on DfE Principle 3: High-quality teaching, with resources to help you put the guidance into practice. Inside The Inclusion Strategy Toolkit, you’ll find: 📓Inclusion Strategy Companion 🗒️Printable planning templates 📰Our Ofsted Inclusion white paper 🎬expert-led webinars and podcasts. The Inclusion Strategy Toolkit is now live, and it’s free! 🔗Download via link in bio What does high-quality teaching for every student look like in your classroom? Tell us below.

Your first year of teaching doesn’t have to be perfect👌. The workload feels endless. Classroom behaviour can be exhausting. And sometimes, you might wonder whether you’re cut out for the job. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The first year of teaching is uniquely challenging, but there are practical ways to make it more manageable. In our latest blog, How to survive your first year as a teacher, we explore what the research tells us about the challenges new teachers face, why “good enough” can be better than perfect, and how experienced colleagues can help you bridge the gap between theory and classroom reality. 🔗Read the blog, Link in bio. #NewTeachers #Teachertips #EducationTips #TeachingStrategies #teachergram

Today’s the day! 🎯 If your school employs teaching assistants, this is a conversation you can’t afford to miss. Are your current deployment decisions giving pupils the best chance to learn, or could familiar routines be getting in the way? Join Dr Claire Badger, Head of Teacher Professional Development at InnerDrive, for today’s webinar as we explore the research behind TA deployment, the common traps to avoid, and how to make better decisions about when and how TAs support pupils. If you’re responsible for staff development or school improvement, this is your chance to rethink an everyday decision that can have a lasting impact on pupils. 📅 Today | 🕒 4:00pm | 💻 Online 👉 Register your attendance, link in bio.

Teaching assistants are a valuable resource in schools. But their impact depends on more than simply having an extra pair of hands in the classroom. How can school leaders ensure TAs are deployed where they can make the greatest difference, without unintentionally limiting pupils’ independence? Join Dr Claire Badger, Head of Teacher Professional Development at InnerDrive, for a webinar exploring the research behind effective TA deployment, the common traps to avoid, and how to turn support into meaningful learning. 📅 Tomorrow 03/11/2026 | 🕒 4:00pm | 💻 Online 📌Register with the link in bio. 🗨️ Join us to rethink how your school deploys teaching assistants.

With so much pressure on schools to support pupils who are struggling, how teaching assistants are deployed matters. Who works with which pupils? When should support be provided? And could well-intentioned approaches sometimes create unintended consequences for pupils’ learning and independence? These aren’t just questions about teaching assistant practice. They’re leadership decisions that shape how pupils experience teaching, access the curriculum and develop as learners. That’s why we’re bringing this conversation to the forefront. Join Dr Claire Badger, Head of Teacher Professional Development at InnerDrive, for a webinar exploring the impact of teaching assistants, the common traps in deployment, and how schools can make more informed decisions about where support will have the greatest impact. 🔗Link to register in bio! 📅 03/11/2026 | 🕒 4:00pm | 💻 Online If your school invests in teaching assistants, this is a conversation worth making time for.

Your staff have sat through enough dull training days. Good news is we don’t do boring. Every session is designed to engage, energise and inspire. We start with the why - because teachers who understand the reason for change are the ones who make it happen. Swipe to see what that looks like on the Teacher CPD Academy. 🔗Link in bio for The Teacher's CPD Academy brochure. What is the best training day you have ever been on? Tell us below. #teaching #education #cpd #teachersofinstagram #teachingcommunity

What happens when students meet the question before they meet the answer?💭 Learning objectives show students what they are expected to learn, and research suggests another option is worth a try: pre-questions, which ask students about the content before you teach it. Studies have linked pre-questions to students being more engaged as they search for the answers, and more aware of their own knowledge gaps. How you use them matters, though. Our latest blog shares three tips to help pre-questions work in your classroom, including how to choose the questions and how to support students who find them tough. Read the blog to find all three, 🔗Link in bio 'Teaching & Learning blogs' 🗨️How do you open your lessons? Tell us below.

Teachers work hard to make lessons engaging. They deserve CPD that’s engaging too. That’s our focus at InnerDrive. We get to know your staff, personalise our delivery and adapt to your school. The result: engaging learning and strategies staff can use the next day. 🔗Link in bio for our CPD Workshop brochure

Teaching assistants (TAs) make a real difference to students, especially students with SEND, and the way we use their time and skills shapes how far that goes. Research suggests the support that helps most depends on the task. A closed task, like solving a maths problem, calls for a different approach from an open task, like giving an opinion. That is one of four shifts in our latest blog on getting the most from your teaching assistants. Read the blog to find the other three, including the one most often overlooked. 🔗Link to full blog in bio How do you make time to plan with your TAs? Tell us below.

What can a few seconds of your time mean to a student with ADHD or autism?💭 Dr Pippa Busch explains micro-interactions are the small moments in your day: a greeting at the door, a quick check-in in the corridor, a word of encouragement as you hand back work. They can be easy to overlook, but for some learners they may be what makes a classroom feel safe enough to learn in. Want to put these moments into practice? Our ADHD and autism course is part of the Teacher CPD Academy, alongside 30+ other topic areas. 🔗Link in bio under “Teacher CPD Academy”. Which small moment from a teacher made a difference to you or your students? Tell us below.