Let Teachers SHINE Winner 2025: Joanne de Groot – Diagnostic Maths Assessment
A fresh new way to test maths ability in the classroom, aiming to help primary school teachers pinpoint exactly where children need support.
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Let Teachers SHINE Winner 2025: Sam Tallintire – The Mathematical CPD Library
Sam has created an online platform offering short, high-quality video tutorials aimed at boosting maths teachers’ confidence and subject expertise.
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Let Teachers SHINE Winner 2025: Tom Rye – Fast Feedback
Pioneering new online resource seeks to speed up the marking and feedback process for teachers and students using AI-driven technology.
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Let Teachers SHINE Winner 2025: Jayne Webster and Caroline Peters – Dynamic Representations
Groundbreaking new resource aims to bring maths to life for secondary school pupils, reducing anxiety and making concepts easier to understand.
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Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Ruth Coleman – Highfield Resilience Tracker
Transformational project aims to nurture and develop young children’s personal, social and emotional resilience from when they start nursery and move into primary school.
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Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Michelle Swallow and Amanda Leary – 360 Learning Lab
Innovative Bradford project will use immersive technology to boost engagement and literacy skills among disadvantaged students
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Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Phil Latham – The Endeavour Convening Partnership
New initiative aims to bring schools and local businesses together to build better work and life chances for young people in Middlesbrough.
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Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Nicola Crompton – Reading Champions
Carlisle project will train social workers to use reading during home visits to help young children improve confidence and literacy skills.
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Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Richard McNicholas – United Learning x Boys’ Impact
Initiative aims to support boys at the school in developing positive self-identity and successfully forging a pathway to their future career of choice.
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Richard Cowie: Let’s beat the summer reading slump together
"We have a choice. We can let the summer holidays widen the attainment gap, or we can act now to beat the summer reading slump – especially for the pupils who need our help the most."
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I left my life behind to walk around the world – here’s why
On 23 July 2023, Merlin Evans stepped out of his mother’s front door in London with nothing more than a rucksack and a goal: to walk around the world – alone, unsupported, and largely unplanned.
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Wellbeing in the classroom: rethinking support for children in a digital world – Fiona Spellman
"The challenges in children’s mental health are significant and as parents we all worry for the safety of our children online. Effective school-wide approaches to promoting positive wellbeing already exist. The challenge now is to connect and share the practice that works best."
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Sean Harris: Misconceptions and curiosity
"If we want every child to be understood, supported, and set up to thrive, then we must keep listening, keep learning, and keep asking: what else don’t we know yet?"
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In memory of Christine
In memory of Christine Smith, the much-loved former teacher from Lancashire, her family and friends have generously raised funds in support of SHINE.
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£60k project will support teaching of literacy in Sunderland classrooms
"Strong literacy skills give students better opportunities, both in school and beyond. This funding helps us move closer to our goal of giving every child the best possible start in life."
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Academy’s £136K project to strengthen community and boost student success
"The level of change that this will bring will be phenomenal and will transform opportunities for young people."
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Bold new literacy project puts Sunderland stories at the heart of learning
"If the students see their own experiences reflected in the material, they become more engaged, making writing feel personally meaningful and relevant to them."
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£114k funding to support disadvantaged pupils through crucial school transition
“We’re looking at kids that could be exceptional, but life hasn’t given them the opportunities they deserve, and we want to change that.”
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£141k grant to aid character development and break barriers for disadvantaged students
"This opportunity provides the time and resources to experiment in a way that wouldn’t normally be possible."
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Academy granted £172k to launch Sunderland reading initiative
"It's an amazing opportunity that will hopefully do so much good because these children truly deserve it."
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