Trivium 21c ltd.

…the learning styles that most people think of when we use the phrase are bunkum. Despite this seeming to be common knowledge I still surprise groups of teachers when I mention it in passing whilst I’m delivering inset. Some teachers still seem to be wedded to the idea, they berate me for telling them, generally refuse to Read more

Would you prefer your seven year old child to be taught in a mixed ability class or not? According to the Millennium Cohort Study whether a seven year old child is taught in a mixed ability class or streamed makes a significant impact on their attainment. This paper from the IoE draws on the evidence from the Read more

Here are a series of blogs for teachers who are at the beginning of their careers, I hope some of them might be of interest: On voice On testing On classroom rituals On forming great queues On getting your teaching space sorted out  On group work Read more

Here are some of the blogs I have written for teachers on teaching the trivium, in one handy place so that they are easier to access, should you so wish! On Grammar: Where Gradgrind Got It Right On Dialectic: Dissoi Logoi The Socratic Method On Rhetoric: A lesson Plan Read more

Happy New Year! It was gratifying to see that Trivium Schools got a mention in the Guardian in a piece entitled: ‘What’s in store for education in 2015?’ It would be great to see the trivium network grow in influence over the next year. The network currently numbers thirty schools from both independent and state sectors and it would Read more