High quality teaching:

• Gives pupils some responsibility for their work and independence
• Develops well planned, prepared and paced lessons that maintain high levels of interaction with the class
• Maintains high levels of pupil involvement in tasks
• Creates a positive atmosphere in the classroom through excellent relationships
• Incorporates high levels of praise and encouragement
• Uses a variety of approaches; strategies and techniques are well selected and time is used productively
• Uses home learning effectively; particularly to reinforce and extend what is learnt in school.
• Provides carefully structured activities matched sensitively to pupils needs
• Uses Teaching Assistants to support children with particular difficulties or special talents.
• Provides ample, challenging work stemming from expert knowledge of the curriculum, how to teach it and how pupils learn
• Uses the support of a range of outside agencies
• Recognises the importance of physical learning (kinaesthetic) across the curriculum, alongside visual and auditory stimuli  (VAK)
• Uses Assessment for Learning (AfL) strategies effectively, adapting plans and altering lessons to meet the needs of pupils
• Shares with pupils the success criteria
• Uses and analyses’ data to ensure the needs of pupils are met

Children learn well in a range of well-planned settings, including paired learning, individual learning, whole class teaching and in small ability sets.