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Author_Tim Mills
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Cognitive Science
Educational Research
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forthcoming
KS3
Literacy
Reading
SEND
Simple View of Writing
Spelling
Teaching Books for Teachers
Teaching Methods
Product details
- ISBN 9781036014100
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 146 x 208mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Hachette Learning
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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There are four myths that hinder the teaching of writing. First, that it is so cognitively complex that there can be no established pedagogy that captures that complexity in a rational and teachable progression. Second, that the research on teaching writing is so thin as to be almost irrelevant. Third, that reading and writing are inverses and so long as we teach reading we are per se teaching writing. Fourth, that writing is a creative form and is therefore a divine gift rather than a teachable social necessity. Through analysis of the substantial and growing research into writing, this book aims to dispel all four myths and offer a clear, research-led and unambiguous companion to the DfE Writing Framework on how writing is best taught in primary schools.
Tim led the expert panel and was lead drafter of the DfE's Writing Framework and is currently a DfE RISE Advisor. He was previously Executive Director of Primary Education for STEP Academy Trust and helped build the Trust into one of the highest performing in the primary sector. His doctoral study focused on teaching phonics in KS2 with the published research building on the growing understanding of 'decoding threshold' - how much phonics is enough phonics. He is a visiting professor at the University of Coventry and has published a number of academic peer-reviewed papers. Prior to working in education, Tim was a feature writer for the London Evening Standard, wrote the award-winning Channel 4 short film 'Sunny Spells' and in 1985 was booed off stage at London's Comedy Store. Clare Sealy works as head of education improvement for the States of Guernsey. Previously she was a primary headteacher for over 22 years in Tower Hamlets, East London. During the latter part of that time, she also worked on a consultancy basis as a school improvement partner.
Clare writes about curriculum, assessment and pedagogy. She was a member of the Ofsted reference group for curriculum, teaching and assessment, having also previously been on the Ofsted reference group for maths. She was part of the sector panel for the recently published DfE Writing Framework and was previously on the DfE panel for the revised Early Learning Goals. In 2018 she was named by the TES as one of the ten most influential people in education and in 2022 she received an OBE for services to education.
