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We offer a range of services from consultancy to student workshops which will be tailored to your institution’s priorities. 
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  • Teaching and Learning Review

    A deep-dive into current practices and typicality in the classroom:

    • Initial consultation with SLT

    • Review of teaching and learning priorities

    • Lesson observations

    • Work scrutiny

    • Student voice

    • Teacher voice

    • Review of existing CPD

    • Analysis of teaching approaches

    • Written findings and recommendations

    • Prioritised improvement plan

    • Follow-up consultation

    Curriculum Review and Design

    An exploration of your current curriculum, its aims and intended outcomes:

    • Curriculum audits

    • Curriculum sequencing

    • Knowledge mapping

    • Curriculum coherence

    • Assessment alignment

    • Curriculum intent/implementation review

    • KS3, KS4 and KS5 curriculum development and mapping

    • English curriculum consultancy

    • Curriculum resource development

    • Department curriculum planning - do they understand what they are teaching and why they have chosen to teach it?

    Metacognitive Practice and Learner Autonomy Audit

    An exploration of:

    • How students plan learning

    • How teachers model thinking

    • Student use of learning strategies

    • Retrieval and practice

    • Reflection and evaluation

    • Study skills

    • Homework/independent study

    • Student understanding of how they learn

    • Consistency across departments

  • Facilitating Autonomous Learning

    A whole-school professional learning programme designed to help staff develop students who can increasingly take ownership of their learning. This programme uses evidence-informed teaching strategies and approaches bridge the gap between metacognition and pedagogy through Cognition Architects’ signature programme:

    Stage 1 - Understand

    Cognitive science, metacognition and learner autonomy.

    Stage 2 - Equip

    Staff training in practical classroom strategies.

    Stage 3 - Implement

    Teachers embed agreed approaches.

    Stage 4 - Empower

    Students explicitly learn how to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning.

    Stage 5 - Sustain

    School-wide routines, resources and evaluation.

    Sessions explore:

    • The Science of Learning

    • Making Learning Stick

    • Retrieval, Practice & Long-Term Memory

    • Creating Autonomous Learners

    • Explicit Instruction

    • Modelling & Guided Practice

    • Questioning for Learning

    • Effective Feedback

    • Cognitive Load & Classroom Practice

    Leadership Development

    Working with leaders across the school, such as:

    • Heads of Department

    • Phase Leaders

    • Curriculum Leaders

    • Heads of Faculty

    • Aspiring leaders

    Topics include but are not limited to:

    • Leading teaching and learning

    • Curriculum leadership

    • Effective monitoring

    • Using evidence

    • Coaching teachers

    • Difficult conversations

    • Department improvement planning

    • Leading change

    • Building cohesive and effective teams

    • Creating/changing culture and ethos

    • Streamlining workload to improve work/life balance without compromising on outcomes

    This can be delivered as individual coaching, leadership programmes or whole-team training as required.

  • Becoming an Autonomous Learner

    Our flagship programme adapted according to Key Stage. Designed to inspire and motivate students to take ownership of their learning and aspirations. The programme is aligned with the Facilitating Autonomous Learning Programme for staff.

    Through our own unique Learner Toolkit and Cognition Architects’ programme, students explore:

    • How learning actually works

    • Creating schema

    • Harnessing the power of memory

    • Powerful retrieval strategies

    • Proximal development

    • Developing a cohesive language of learning

    • Effective revision

    • Planning and note-taking effectively

    • Monitoring understanding

    • Evaluating performance

    • Managing cognitive load

    • How to avoid ineffective study strategies

    • How to become more independent/autonomous

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