Is there any such thing as a Thinking School? by Professor Bob Burden

It is with great pride that we presented our portfolio of evidence to the Cognitive Education Centre at Exeter University in December 2009. The Rochester Grammar School is a selective girls’ grammar school in Medway – an area with its fair share of socio-economic issues. We have a mixed 6^th Form. In 2008 the school was judged to be outstanding in all areas by OFSTED.

St Robert of Newminster: How we became a Thinking School

 Video showing Burraton thinking school in action.

Christ the King Catholic Primary School: Our Thinking Journey

How Stanley Park Infants School (London Borough of Sutton) became a Thinking School

How Oakwood Park Grammar School became a Thinking School

Videos showing Thinking Maps in action.

Richard Coe explores how to employ thinking skills in your school and work
towards achieving Thinking Schools accreditation from the University of
Exeter.

An article in Teaching Drama - 2009, published by Rhinegold.

The Thinking Schools approach is now core to the school as is made clear in our recent Ofsted report. As the first school in the country to gain the Thinking Schools Award from Exeter, Spinney Avenue has had an enormous boost.

A small, single form entry, mixed primary school with pupils aged from 4 to 11. This case study looks at their experience with thinking maps.

Headteacher, Bernadette Hancock describes how thinking maps have been used at her Cardiff school in all curriculum areas, helping children to become more fluent in developing key communication skills.