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Thinking Moves A-Z
Metacognition Made Simple

A new CPD programme for teachers at any level, beginning in October 2025, consisting of four events throughout the year, including a free copy of the book.

Run by Roger Sutcliffe, creator of the A-Z and Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, this programme is designed to:

  • Provide an up-to-date, comprehensive account of what metacognition is
  • Show why it is important to cultivate it in the classroom
  • Introduce the A-Z as a complete scheme for teaching and learning metacognition: ‘Stunningly simple, but remarkably rich’
  • Show how to implement the scheme from day 1 in your classroom, with minimum extra planning or resources
  • Show how students can take ownership of the scheme over time, and thus continue on their own metacognitive journey through and beyond school, steadily enhancing their thinking skills and enriching their cognitive strategies

NACE members
Non-members
£200 for full programme
£300 for full programme

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Roger SutcliffeRoger Sutcliffe

Roger Sutcliffe taught at both primary and secondary level (both Maths and English) for 25 years, before becoming an independent educational consultant in the early 2000s. He is a world leader in the field of Philosophy for Children, focusing on thinking and communication skills, and has made original contributions to the field of metacognition. Thinking Moves A-Z is now published in Arabic as well as Chinese!

Programme overview

SESSION ONE: Thinking Moves A-Z: Advancing metacognition in theory and practice
22nd October 2025
10:00 – 14:30;
NACE office, Oxfordshire.* Refreshments & lunch provided.
  • Review of approaches to metacognition, including those recommended by the Education Endowment Foundation
  • Thinking Moves A-Z: what it is, and why it is ‘Better than Bloom’ for analysing and advancing cognitive processes
  • Implementing the scheme: classroom tactics and tips galore; and developing a school strategy

SESSION TWO: Reflection on practice (‘Our Best Moves’ and ‘Top Ten Grooves’), and resolution for rest of term (‘Moves / Grooves to Improve’)
26th November 2025
15:45 – 17:00; online
  • Sharing of best teacher practice of the Moves and Grooves
  • Cognitive strategies – are they different from cognitive processes?
  • Motivating students to be more metacognitive
  • Focus on developing self-regulation (management of the whole self)

SESSION THREE: More about cognitive and metacognitive strategies
4th February 2026
15:45 – 17:00; online
  • Sharing of cognitive strategies
  • Appreciating and applying the main ‘metacognitive’ strategy
  • Reflection on how the A-Z scheme has advanced teacher and student metacognition beyond the classroom
  • A taste of the Advanced course, and potential pathway for colleagues to become in-house trainers

SESSION FOUR: Continuing your metacognitive journey
22nd April 2026
15:45 – 17:00; online
  • Sharing reports of further progress
  • How reflection and metacognition relate, and how they enhance each other
  • Planning next stages in your personal, professional and institutional ‘metacognitive journey’



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