Primary Resources
A Critical Guide to the SEND Code of Practice 0-25 Years (2015)
A practical guide to the SEND CoP for trainees, teachers and other health and social care professionals working with children and young people who present with special educational needs or disability.
Ability-grouping in Primary Schools
Case Studies and Critical Debates
This book links theory, policy and practice in a critical examination of ability-grouping practices and their implications in primary schools, with particular reference to primary mathematics.
All Change!
Best practice for educational transitions
This text examines transitions within education – between year groups, key stages and schools – and how they can be managed and supported for the maximum benefit of the pupil.
Equitable Education
What everyone working in education should know about closing the attainment gap for all pupils
An essential guide for trainees and teachers providing an in-depth understanding of the complex issues related to the attainment of key groups of disadvantaged pupils, and practical strategies for addressing these gaps.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Assessment
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on assessment for early career teachers, linked to the new ECF.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Mental Well-being and Self-care
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on mental well-being and self-care for all early career teachers.
Good Autism Practice for Teachers
Embracing Neurodiversity and Supporting Inclusion
Designed for primary and secondary trainees and teachers, this accessible book provides practical, evidence-informed ways to support neurodivergent learners that will also benefit all pupils.
Inclusive Primary Teaching
A critical approach to equality and special educational needs and disability
A fully updated equality- and child-centred approach to inclusive teaching, essential for all primary trainees.
Learning to be a Primary Teacher
Core Knowledge and Understanding
This fully revised essential guide gives all primary trainees and early career teachers the key knowledge, understanding and skills they need to succeed.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children 4-11 Years
Helps trainees and teachers to identify and support primary-aged children with mental health needs, providing a range of evidence-based tools.
Mentoring: Getting it Right in a Week
Compact guide to effective mentoring for busy teachers and school leaders.
Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom
An exploration of consensus across theory and practice
The essential guide to exploring the nature of creativity with ideas and practical strategies for nurturing pupils’ creative skills in primary and secondary schools.
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Criminology and Crime Prevention
Guides the policing student through all areas of criminology and crime prevention required for their course as part of the policing curriculum and includes detailed case studies and practical applications.
Leading with Empathy
Supporting People in a Hybrid World
This book helps leaders and managers understand the impact of hybrid working on the well-being of staff and offers practical ideas to reduce work-related stress and create an effective, flexible and motivated workforce.
Studying for your Master’s Degree in Social Work
An essential book to support students from diverse backgrounds as they embark on a Master’s degree in social work.
Thinking for Primary Writing
Improving Children’s Writing Through Creative Thinking
This book provides a framework for teachers to develop, through their planning, a cognitive pedagogy of writing that develops writing quality and achievement.
Learning and Teaching Practical Skills
As seen on TV
This innovative book uses examples from popular TV shows to help teachers support the development of students' practical skills.
Managing Stress
A theoretically informed practical guide to understanding and tackling stress, presented by a well-respected author who explains complex ideas clearly and accessibly without oversimplifying them.
Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional
A Thematic Approach
A critical and thematic approach to key issues for early years students and practitioners, with a focus throughout on reflective practice
Effective Mentoring in Initial Teacher Education
An evidence-informed guide to effective mentoring in initial teacher education.