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Blog Name / Description No. of Posts Last Activity
Communication and partnership
Blog posts exploring the importance of effective education partnerships, collaboration and communication within and beyond schools when developing and maintaining high-quality policy and practice for more able learners, and challenge for all. Includes examples of effective school-to-school collaborations, and opportunities to get involved in education partnerships and collaborative initiatives involving fellow NACE member schools and NACE partner organisations.		 18 03/03/2025
Curriculum, teaching and support
Guidance, ideas and examples to support schools in developing their curriculum, pedagogy, enrichment and support for more able learners, within a whole-school context of cognitively challenging learning for all. Includes ideas to support curriculum development, and practical examples, resources and ideas to try in the classroom. Popular topics include: curriculum development, enrichment, independent learning, questioning, oracy, resilience, aspirations, assessment, feedback, metacognition, and critical thinking.		 167 06/10/2025
Identification and transition
Blog posts to support schools in identifying more able learners and providing effective support throughout the learning journey, including at key transition points. Includes guidance on effective approaches to identification and transition – and pitfalls to avoid – with inspiring examples of effective identification and transition support initiatives shared by NACE member schools.		 9 06/05/2025
Leadership and governance
Collection of blog posts for and by school leaders, to support the development and maintenance of a whole-school culture of cognitively challenging learning for all. Includes examples of effective school improvement initiatives, guidance for those in a range of leadership roles, updates on the latest national policy and education research, and inspiring thought leadership pieces from across the NACE network.		 46 30/08/2022
Perspectives on more able
While the education policy landscape changes, those who work in schools will agree on one constant. All young people – regardless of their background, context, attainment levels or any other labels they may acquire – can benefit from and deserve to have their specific needs catered for. This is no less the case for the more able than for any other group. We must ensure that these learners experience high-quality challenge and support to develop their abilities.

As Sir Michael Wilshaw stated in 2016, “if provision for the brightest children is good, it is likely that other groups of learners are also being well served.”

Education is concerned with enhancing learning. Our evidence base is evolving, as we learn from one another, from other countries and increasingly from other disciplines. In this “Perspectives on More Able” series, NACE aims to shine a spotlight on effective policy and practice for the more able, providing a forum for views, opinions and debate.		 9 06/02/2025
Professional development
Included in NACE’s core principles is the belief that teachers are central to providing challenging and enriching education, and their professional development is paramount. This blog series explores effective approaches to teacher CPD at all career stages, with a focus on developing and sustaining high-quality provision for more able learners and cognitively challenging learning for all.		 35 08/07/2025


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