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Challenge in the classroom

NACE resources to support teachers and school leaders to develop challenge in the classroom

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Current approaches: applications and implications for more able learners

FREE FOR MEMBERS Recall and retrieval practice
FREE FOR MEMBERS Cognitive load theory
FREE FOR MEMBERS Metacognition
FREE FOR MEMBERS Feedback
FREE FOR MEMBERS Instructional models

General approaches to challenge in the classroom

FREE FOR MEMBERS What makes a task challenging
FREE FOR MEMBERS Bloom's taxonomy
FREE FOR MEMBERS Ideas for challenge in the primary classroom
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Subject-specific resources

Our subject-specific resource collections aim to support subject leaders and individual teachers in embedding cognitively challenging learning across the curriculum.

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Challenge cards and teacher notes

FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge cards eyfs
FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge notes eyfs
FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge cards primary
FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge notes primary
FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge cards secondary
FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge notes secondary

Posters

 

 

 

FREE FOR MEMBERS Challenge 5 a day
FREE FOR ALL SCHOOLS Cognitive challenge poster
Super six ways to challenge yourself today poster - Primary      FREE FOR ALL SCHOOLS Super six ways to challenge yourself today poster - Secondary

Reading lists

KS1 reading list
KS1 reading list 2025 edition
KS2 reading list
KS2 reading list 2024
KS3 reading list
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Additional resources and support

Rethinking assessment

Explore our collection of resources about assessment, including our latest publication outlining the importance of carefully planned assessment models which reflect school ethos.

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Oracy

Explore our collection of resources about oracy, sharing effective approaches to developing oracy skills as an integral part of cognitively challenging provision.


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Recommended reading

Our book suggestions for school leaders and practitioners.

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Creating cognitively challenging classrooms
On-demand CPD for teachers and school leaders

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1. Exploring cognitive challenge
2. Oracy and discourse
3. Climate for learning
4. Effective questioning
5. Planning to the top
6. Independent learning
7. Practical strategies for challenge

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