The Satchel Blog

More than a year after schools first closed due to Covid-19, students' education is still being impacted by the virus. Recent figures revealed by the Department for Education ...

Samantha Jade Parker is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) working in mainstream secondary in the ...

The aim of homework has always been to increase students’ academic ability. But with a raft of research now showing that there’s much more to this than classroom teaching and ...

This week we have a guest blog from Paola Mileo, from FeelingHome; the team behind Refugee Week this June. 

That’s right, we’ve all successfully weathered lockdown 3.0 and everyone is back in school. But things have changed since students were last in the classroom. 

This week’s post was written by nutritionist and food educator, Rebecca Heald.

As schools prepare for reopening on 8th March, many pupils will be glad to get out of the house and see their friends again. It’s been another tough lockdown for everyone, but ...

Behaviour management is a huge, multifaceted area of a school’s approach to teaching. It spans classroom leadership strategies, policy creation and even child psychology. Like ...

This week Nicola Jones-Ford shares her thoughts and lessons from staging remote interventions for students during ...

2020 has most likely made all of us question our approaches to teaching. With new protocols to follow, both in school and out, many of you have probably had a moment where you ...

Nowadays, schools rely on edtech. From homework to registration, even seating plans and timetables - technology in school has transformed the way teachers and students interact ...

Schools are investing in edtech at record rates. In fact it is estimated that they spend around

Attendance has been more of a challenge than usual this academic year. School attendance

This week we have a guest post from Boma Wokoma, Educator and Communications Specialist at

We haven’t been back in school long but it is already becoming hard work for staff to remember all the new measures and procedures that need to be in place. Queing and ...

As students return to school after over 160 days away, the classrooms they return to are going to look quite different to the ones they distantly remember. Schools have been ...

As schools prepare to return after a somewhat unconventional summer break, SLT and classroom teachers have a lot on their plates. It’s a stressful time for staff and students, ...

COVID-19 has undeniably changed the way we’ve had to educate students over the past few months but what part will edtech tools have to play in the classroom when students ...