Stretch and Challenge

Effective strategies for teaching the most able

"Really superb! Really thoughtful material with brilliant modelling of the very strategies you were promoting."

B. Fletcher - Principal, New College Doncaster

"Dynamic and timely, lots of practical ideas to use."

M. Nicholson - English Teacher, Sheffield

London, Birmingham, Leeds, Oxford

Looking for an update on effective ways to stretch and challenge pupils? This one day course offers a wealth of ideas for Stretch and Challenge. It will help you ensure that all pupils think hard and reach the highest levels of achievement

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Also available as in-school for groups of staff/twilights/clusters.

Contact: caroline@bentley-davies.co.uk

The big picture: the key areas

  • An understanding of what we mean by effective Stretch and Challenge

  • Reviewing (briefly) some of the key research

  • Looking at the key factors in increasing Stretch and Challenge for all

  • How to identify, challenge and effectively teach the most able

Strategies that work in the everyday lesson!

  • A ‘toolkit’ of engaging and effective teaching strategies

  • Unpicking methods for making pupils think hard!

  • Ways of creating a culture of high expectations in all lessons

  • Engaging techniques to create a ‘desirable level of difficulty’ for students

Improve the level of challenge by reviewing

  • How to motivate and engage able, but underachieving students

  • Questioning: the ‘power tool’ of challenge. The 5 things that matter

  • Self-evaluate your practice: what’s working well and how to develop further

Who should attend?

  • Deputy Heads and Senior Leaders

  • Staff leading on more able

  • Staff leading on Teaching & Learning

  • Teachers looking for new strategies for the more able

When

31st January 2025 Leeds

10th February 2025 Oxford

12th February 2025 London

20th June 2025 Birmingham

Download and return the booking form: Download Booking Form

Caroline Bentley-Davies

Caroline has been a middle leader in three schools and a large Local Authority. She has also led teams and trained in non-educational settings. She has trained in hundreds of schools and colleges across the UK and overseas. Her book "How to be an Amazing Middle Leader" is a best-seller and her courses are noted for being both practical and inspiring.