Happy New Year from all of us at HFL! Our colleagues have had an exciting and busy start to the new year having written multiple articles for educational publications. From tackling low attainment in maths to adaptive teaching and embracing the benefits of flexible working, our experts are here to support schools, settings, and trusts thrive in 2025!
SecEd
Are your students struggling with their maths skills? In this article, William Thallon offers some advice, including four important pedagogical principles and what can be done in the classroom to help low-attainers leave with a good GCSE grade.
Solving low attainment in maths: Four pedagogical principles
Headteacher update
Inside this article, Ben Fuller, our Lead Assessment Adviser, explores what adaptive teaching looks like in daily practice and how it can be broken down into two areas. Exclusively sharing 10 helpful tips around adaptive teaching and assessment, you don’t want to miss this one!
Adaptive teaching and assessment in the primary classroom
Schools week
Feeling uncertain about how the changes to the employment rights bill will be implemented in your school or setting, especially the day-one right to request flexible working? Fear not as Lucy Makins, our recruitment manager, restores confidence in these ever-changing times with her proficient advice.
Solutions: How to embrace the benefits of flexible working
Education magazine
From digital learning to app-assisted lesson planning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing with it the potential for computers to be used in innovative ways. This could be transformative for schools, but it also comes with risks. Discover the rewards and risks of AI with EdTech Adviser, Chris Carter, in this stimulating article.