The Starlight Blog
Evidence-based thinking on pedagogy, reflective practice and professional growth for UK and International educators.
From Conversation to Clarity: A New Starlight Template for Careers Guidance
One of the most common frustrations for careers advisers is not the conversation itself. It is the paperwork afterwards. A meaningful guidan...
A New Starlight Walkthrough Video
Over the past six months, Starlight has evolved quickly. We have added the Teacher Journey. We have introduced Development Actions. We have...
Listening Back to Thinking — SOPHIA Network, February 2026
Today I presented at the SOPHIA Network's online meeting — the European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children — a...
Closing the Gap After Induction: Why ECT and RQT Support Needs Rethinking
Over the past year, as Starlight has grown across schools, one theme has come up repeatedly in conversations with senior leaders: we are ask...
Why Your School’s AI Policy Should Prioritise Professional Learning First
Across the UK, schools are drafting AI policies at pace. Most begin with student use. Safeguarding. Academic integrity. Detection tools. The...
Does AI Make Teaching More “Normal”? Reflections on Normativity, Coaching and Responsible Design
Recently, we had the privilege of a searching, generous conversation with colleagues from a leading UK university about the future of AI in...
Supporting Early Career Teachers in the Years That Matter Most
The first two years of teaching shape everything that follows, not because they are flawless or neatly structured, but because they are form...
Listening Back to Thinking: Starlight joins the European P4C conversation on AI and reflection
We are delighted to share that we has been invited to contribute to this year’s online annual meeting of the SOPHIA Network, the European Fo...
From Inspection Preparation to Inspection-Ready: How Starlight Supports Schools Under the New Ofsted Framework
One of the quiet but significant shifts in the 2025/26 Ofsted Education Inspection Framework is this: inspection is no longer about how well...
Building in the Open: What BETT 2026 Meant for Starlight
Last week, we stood on the exhibition floor at BETT 2026 for the first time as a company. Not as an idea. Not as a prototype quietly tested...
What Teachers Value Most When AI Is Used for Coaching
When we first piloted Starlight, we assumed the conversations would centre on efficiency, data and insight. Those things matter, of course....
What Two Landmark Studies Tell Us About AI Coaching (and Why It Matters for Starlight)
Over the past year, two rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have quietly changed what we can say with confidence about AI coaching in schools. N...
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