Pearson Schools Blog

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, and Persona Education, the online personal development provider for schools and colleges, have entered into a new pilot project. Together, we’re creating a series of digital badge programmes aimed to support GCSE learners with the development of 22 social-emotional skills, or “life skills”. 

Do you want to provide tutoring support for your students with SEND? Pearson tutor Fran Sutton explains how to make the most of every session for your learners.

How many people do you think can remember learning to read? Can they remember the days, weeks, months and years their primary school teachers took teaching them a skill that would open up a world of opportunities? How many can remember recognising those initial letters on the page, combining the letters and sounds to form words and then attaching meaning to those words? The chances are, not many. For those that struggled with reading however, the memories are probably more vivid.

In this blogpost Dr Rachel Roberts, Associate Professor of English Education, explores the challenges facing English and why it is essential that the subject is recognised as providing more than basic literacy.

Children and young people have experienced significant disruption to their education over recent years, with teachers still reporting learning gaps two years on. Now with teacher strikes impacting classroom learning, Head of Assessment Services, Kristina Altoft explains how online tutoring can be an extremely successful aid.