Pupil Book Study: An evidence-informed guide to help quality assure the curriculum

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Proven knowledge-rich and impactful curriculum resources (Y1 – Y6) for Science, History and Geography that have been praised by Professor Rob Coe.

Pupil Book Study: Reading’ provides evidence-led structures to shine a light on the true impact of a school’s reading provision. Building on the global success of the original Pupil Book Study frameworks, this guide translates these principles into practice to support leaders and teachers to evaluate their reading curriculum. It is also a mirror in which to reflect professional practice and identify what helps learning, and what hinders it by outlining clear and coherent structures in which to talk with pupils and look at their books. High quality teacher videos provide support for technical skills and exemplification of the process and outcomes. With more than 29 years of experience in education as a teacher, headteacher and leading adviser for school improvement, Alex Bedford now supports Unity Schools Partnership and its Research School, working across the UK and abroad. Alex is the creator and author of the highly acclaimed Pupil Book Study series (originally published in 2021) and has worked as an associate consultant for the Institute of Education, UCL. His curriculum writing and resources have been highly praised by Professor Rob Coe and by Clare Sealy (head of education improvement, Guernsey). Leaders have engaged in a rigorous process of school to school, peer to peer moderation and evaluation to ensure and secure the accuracy of outcomes (this process of evaluation would be transferable and made available to other future Newcastle Research School projects);Improve the quality of teaching and learning through research-informed dialogic practice alongside robust evaluation utilising pupils and their books. The examples above are reflective of practice across school; the schools developing shared pedagogy and commitment to further refining teaching and learning has led to evidence-informed task design across school which promotes hard thinking.

Schools report that Pupil Book Study has been some of the most powerful and impactful work they have ever undertaken, resulting in positive change. Leaders reconsidered curriculum design and implementation – informed by evidence-informed practice and research; Pupil Book Study is a window into the ‘lived experience’ of pupils, as opposed to just the observed experience.

Pupil Book Study is a guide for schools that offers 7 specific and fully exemplified areas to focus quality assurance systems. The keystone between teaching, learning and the curriculum, Pupil Book Study offers schools the tools to explain why things are as they are and presents solutions to the areas that limit or hinder progress.

The primary goal of our project is to better understand the pattern of pupil learning, particularly amongst vulnerable groups, and in doing so improve pupil outcomes. Targeted professional development and improved practice and systems will support the delivery of these improved outcomes. Pupil Book Study gives headteachers, senior and middle leaders a systematic toolkit to evaluate the impact of the curriculum through studying teaching and learning. Infused with cognitive science research and evidence-informed practice, it offers schools the architecture for excellence; helping remove the risk of making assumptions.Pupil Book Study gives headteachers, senior and middle leaders a systematic toolkit to evaluate the impact of the curriculum through studying teaching and learning. Pupils are practised in routines that help them retrieve and recall their learning – particularly knowledge and vocabulary;