Ian Warwick

Ian Warwick is the founder and senior director of London Gifted & Talented and previously taught in inner-city comprehensives for 20 years. LG&T have worked with more than 3,000 schools and 8,000 teachers across London. Ian now also works with networks of schools across the UK, Europe and worldwide.

10 approaches to task differentiation for the more able

How to match tasks to the needs of more able learners? These ideas for differentiating lesson tasks should shake up your lesson planning
Creating a culture of excellence: five strategies

Establishing a culture of high expectations is vital to ensuring that learners fulfil their potential. Ian Warwick identifies five ways to embed excellence
Principles for encouraging independent learning

Independence might seem an impossible thing to teach. Use these checklists for guidance on how to encourage social, speculative and strategic independence
10 key features of rich tasks for more able pupils

Avoid rigid task differentiation. Get some better ideas for rich tasks that can accommodate all pupils and stretch the most able
Webinar: What does Ofsted say about ‘more able’?

Make sure you’re up-to-date with the latest Ofsted requirements in terms of provision for more able/gifted and talented pupils. Ian Warwick will host this interactive webinar, addressing key questions such as:
Webinar: Creating a culture of excellence – classroom focus

How do you create a culture of consistently high expectations in the classroom?
Core Knowledge: a blast from the past?

With the curriculum pendulum swinging back towards knowledge acquisition, will teachers abandon higher-order skills? Ian Warwick investigates
Knowledge versus thinking skills: the debate over Hirsch’s Core Knowledge curriculum

Knowledge and thinking skills are not mutually exclusive alternatives, says Ian Warwick, as he examines the influential ideas of American educationalist ED Hirsch