) Some teachers still prefer to use a single worksheet. Whether you do this or use several worksheets, encourage pupils to choose the questions that they answer and avoid working sequentially through questions (Bartlett, J 2016) Although you still have control over the activities to be completed, students have the freedom to make choices as to how they will use their time and the resources they will use to meet your academic expectations (Nancy, s. 2013).

School A welcomes and pursues many forms of differentiation within the classrooms and school. From the authors observations, it is apparent that tiered worksheets and activities are used in every core subject class in key stage 2. In the schools’ 2015 inspection from OFSTED they were rated good for both the quality of teaching and the achievement of pupils. ‘Adults are aware of what each child knows and plans activities that challenge and extend children’s learning’ (OFSTED 2015 school report). While not specifically referred to as ‘differentiation’, there is reference in the outstanding criteria for ensuring that learning needs are met to ensure progress. Indeed, the OFSTED criteria (OFSTED 2014a) states that: Inspectors must consider whether teaching engages and includes all pupils with work that is challenging enough and that meets the pupils’ needs as identified by teachers. (Bartlett, J. 2016)
When reflecting on practice in school A it has been observed that a variety of methods of differentiation are used throughout the school; from providing 1 to 1 teaching assistants for SEN diagnosed children, regular use of teaching assistants to vary the support offered to groups of pupils and give interventions; whether they are used to narrow the gap with lower ability pupils or challenge the gifted and talented students, they have a wide variety of schemes available for teachers for spellings, reading and times tables and promote the use of multiple levelled practice within all classes, teachers use concrete, pictorial and abstract resources to support the pupils needs within the school, the use of free printing allows teachers to create tiered worksheets for their classes to better promote progress for all