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EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Teaching Mixed Attainment English

Availability
Places available
Price
£265 per place
Location
EMC, SE1 8QW
Duration
10-3.30pm

Research suggests that mixed attainment teaching benefits the majority of students a small amount in terms of final outcomes, and significantly in terms of their self-esteem and general well-being. Over the past few years, many schools have recognised its value and moved away from setting and streaming.

It can be difficult to get mixed attainment right, though. This course will explore how best to make mixed attainment teaching work, specifically for English, with a focus on:

  • Building an ‘access for all, challenge for all’ curriculum
  • Pitching at the right level
  • Providing ways into difficult texts
  • Using classroom talk effectively
  • Planning for ‘ingredient-led’ rather than ‘component-led’ learning
  • Treating English as a subject that moves towards ‘horizons’ rather than ‘endpoints’.

NB: This is a repeat course.

How to get to the English and Media Centre, 44 Webber Street, London, SE1 8QW

Once you are on Webber Street, look out for the big gates and a sign saying CLPE. You’ll see EMC’s sign to the right of the entrance.

National Rail:

  • Waterloo and Waterloo East are within 10 minutes walk
  • London Blackfriars is a 10-15 minutes walk

Underground:

  • Southwark on the Jubilee Line
  • Waterloo on the Jubilee, Bakerloo, Waterloo & City and Northern Lines

Buses:

  • The following bus routes go close to Webber Street: 1, 139, 168, 171, 172, 344


A really great day. I appreciated the opportunity to meet and discuss face-to-face. The sessions were relaxed but also purposeful and I didn't feel like time was wasted. EMC were very generous with resources as well, which was a real treat: teachers so rarely get things offered like this and it made me feel valued and like my work is important. P. Langford-Lacny, Fairfield, Teaching Mixed Attainment English, 2025

Fantastic materials and very informative. Discussion was facilitated effectively and it was a hugely enjoyable day. Thank you very much! Victoria Edgar, St Peter's School, York, Teaching Mixed Attainment English, 2025
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Lucy Hinchliffe

Lucy Hinchliffe is EMC’s Research & Projects Lead consultant. Her work is focused on exploring how English is taught in schools and how EMC can best support this through publications and CPD. She also specialises in KS3 and KS4 courses at the Centre, and has contributed to several publications, including the EMC Teaching novels pack for The Bone Sparrow, and EMC KS3 Poetry Plus. Lucy was an English teacher, KS3 Coordinator and whole school CPD leader in an outer London school prior to joining EMC full time.

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Andrew McCallum

Andrew McCallum is Director of the English and Media Centre. Prior to that he ran a PGCE course in secondary English, and previously he taught for 15 years in London schools, spending most of that time at Acland Burghley School in Camden. He holds a doctorate in education, is author of Creativity and Learning in Secondary English (Routledge) and writes regularly for NATE's Teaching English magazine. If asked to name the EMC publication he's most proud of having worked on, it would be a three-way contest between Iridescent Adolescent, Diverse Shorts and Write On.
  • Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Friday 13th March or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner. 
  • This course must be booked online. 
  • To book this course you must be signed into one of the following accounts:
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  8. When the course has reached viable numbers, this will be indicated on the course page on the website and you may wish to book your transport.

Cancellations and amendments

  • We require at least five working days’ notice of cancellation, otherwise your school will be invoiced for the full amount. However, if you are not able to attend and a colleague would like to take your place, this can be arranged at any time. (Please email [email protected] with the name and email address of the teacher.)
  • We will indicate on the website when the course has reached viable numbers and will definitely run unless there are circumstances beyond our reasonable control. If you have booked your place before this threshold has been reached, we will email you to let you know. Before booking travel you may wish to wait until it has been confirmed on the website or by email that the course has reached viable numbers.
  • If a course does have to be cancelled you will not be charged for the course and will receive a refund if you paid in advance. However, personal arrangements including travel, accommodation or hospitality relating to the course which have been arranged by you or your institution are at your own risk and not refundable by us.
  • Our face-to-face courses are very interactive and cannot be live-streamed.