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Classroom Teachers

Valuable resources for invaluable teaching

Plan lessons with confidence and give your KS3 pupils the motivation and skills to take learning to the next level.

The practical and free sample resources in this pathway offer structure and flexibility. They include rich texts, powerful images and supportive materials.

STEP 01

Watch intro videos

Find out about the core thinking behind The Ambitious Years and get a practical overview of how to implement it. And, learn how to discuss key ideas about why KS3 matters with colleagues.

Introduction to The Ambitious Years

Steve Willshaw and Mary Myatt outline the core thinking behind why years 7 to 9 should be reframed as a foundation, not a bridge. This video can be a prompt for your own professional conversations with colleagues about creating anambitious KS3 in your school.

Reframing demanding work

We explore common misconceptions about what pupils can manage, and what they’re actually able to achieve when the conditions are right. Find out how a high challenge low threat environment can strengthen their confidence in approaching demanding texts and open up rich ideas, vocabulary and subject knowledge.

Implementing The Ambitious Years

This video explores how The Ambitious Years resources work in practice. Mary and Steve explain how the teacher and pupil booklets and units are structured, and how they can be used flexibly by departments and curriculum teams to fit in with existing plans.

STEP 02

Explore units

A summary of what’s included in the teaching resource booklets and the best ways to use them to support your Key Stage 3 pupils.

Geography

Prisoners of Geography

History

Norman Conquest

Religious Education

Anybody There?

STEP 03

Download booklets

Ready-to-use teaching materials and pupil booklets that will support your KS3 reading strategy, help you engage learners and bring your curriculum to life.

Explore booklets