Retrieval Practice in Primary Schools CPD with ready-to-deliver staff training, practical classroom strategies and editable resources for EYFS to KS2.

Help teachers use retrieval practice effectively across the primary classroom with this complete premium CPD pack from Lead & Learn Hub.

Designed for primary teachers, teaching assistants, ECTs and school leaders, this practical training explores how retrieval can strengthen learning when it is carefully planned, appropriately spaced and used to inform what happens next.

The session moves beyond simply giving pupils more quizzes. Staff consider what is worth retrieving, how retrieval opportunities can be designed, how to respond to pupil answers and how retrieval can become part of everyday classroom practice.

The CPD explores:

• what retrieval practice is and what it is not
• the difference between retrieval and recognition
• selecting important knowledge for retrieval
• planning appropriate retrieval opportunities
• spacing and revisiting previous learning
• responding to pupil success, errors and uncertainty
• using retrieval evidence to inform teaching
• adapting retrieval practice across EYFS, KS1 and KS2
• avoiding common retrieval-practice mistakes
• planning practical changes to classroom practice

The complete pack includes:

• editable 26-slide PowerPoint presentation
• detailed Full Presenter Guide
• Presenter Quick Guide
• Staff Workbook
• practical staff activities and discussion tasks
• classroom audit and reflection materials
• retrieval planning resources
• practical strategy resources
• action-planning materials
• evaluation form
• certificate of completion

The main session is designed for approximately 90 minutes, with guidance for delivering a shorter 60-minute version, making it suitable for INSET, staff meetings, professional development sessions and whole-school training.

Activities use realistic primary classroom examples and encourage professional discussion rather than simply presenting staff with theory. Presenter guidance is included to support confident delivery by senior leaders, teaching and learning leads, phase leaders or other CPD facilitators.

The materials are editable, allowing schools to adapt the training to their own context.

Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

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