Ruth Powley

Ruth Powley has been teaching for 22 years in a variety of roles including head of department, senior leader and senior leader consultant. She is currently the deputy headteacher at Wilmslow High School in Cheshire.

Ruth is passionately committed to enabling the teaching profession to reclaim its pedagogy.

Mastery lesson plan
Plan for fluent and permanent learning. Download a template of the mastery lesson plan to use as a basis for guiding your pupils to subject mastery
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Eight ways to bring your teaching up to date
What makes effective teaching? Ruth Powley summarises the latest research and provides classroom strategies and a lesson plan to put it into practice
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Exam results analysis tool
Exam results analysis should identify gaps in performance to help teachers, middle and senior leaders close them. This template gives you the right questions to ask of your data
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Medium term planning for optimal learning
Teaching is about more than just lessons – it’s about planning learning. Ruth Powley shows how teachers can use medium term planning to ensure long-term, permanent learning
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Evidence based teaching: five strategies and how to use them
What does research tell us about effective teaching? Put theory into practice with these five ways to draw on educational research
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Ofsted gifted and talented action plan
For many schools challenging the more able is still an area of weakness. Read our summary of Ofsted’s recommendations and download and use the action plan
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Webinar: Help – I’m a new G&T coordinator!
Have you recently been appointed a role as gifted and talented or more able coordinator? Not sure what’s expected of you or what your priorities should be? Don’t worry – we’re here to help.
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G&T teaching and learning: nurturing scholastic excellence
Developing an effective framework for G&T teaching can be a big challenge and sometimes it is difficult to know how to proceed. Ruth Powley explains how to enhance your school's provision for G&T pupils
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Managing more able provision in 2 hours a week
Managing gifted and talented teaching under time pressure is no easy task. Use these 5 practices to tackle your responsibilities in no time.
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Webinar: G&T: are you getting it right?
Ruth Powley offers expert advice and answers your questions on what makes for great G&T provision. Covering:
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