Refining Revision

Exam season is coming! Narrow the achievement gap by teaching every student how to revise effectively.

What you'll learn:

• Understand what effective revision really looks like

• Teach students how to revise, not just tell them to

• Build a strong revision culture across your school or college

• Develop consistency across departments

• Ensure students focus on the right content

• Help students use feedback, reflection and evaluation more effectively

• Evidence-informed, classroom-tested strategies ready to use

Delivered by

Nathan Burns – Mr Metacognition

One of the UK’s leading experts on metacognition, Nathan established himself as a highly effective classroom practitioner across schools in the East Midlands, primarily as a Head of Maths. He now works full-time delivering high-quality metacognitive training and school improvement support across the UK and internationally. Author of three books on metacognition (with a fourth in progress), Nathan supports schools and colleges across phases and contexts through staff training, leadership development, curriculum development and whole-school consultancy.

Helen Howell

Author of The Revision Revolution, Helen Howell is Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at William Hulme’s Grammar School, Manchester. Former Director of English and SLE at The Blue Coat School, she led a department to a Progress 8 score of +0.83 with 40% grades 7–9. She previously worked as Literacy Lead and English AST at The Radclyffe School, helping develop a knowledge-rich KS3 curriculum and a culture of reading for pleasure. Helen is passionate about narrowing the disadvantage gap through explicit vocabulary instruction and effective revision that makes learning stick.

For Secondary and FE teachers and leaders

Networking opportunity and optional pub meal afterwards.