Subject knowledge boosters for trainee teachers

Looking for some core curriculum support?

During your teacher training, you'll build a strong foundation in subject knowledge—especially in core areas like maths, English, and science.

Our Subject Knowledge Boosters are here to give you that extra lift when you need it most. These free resources—videos, activities, glossaries, and teaching tips—are adapted from trusted education books and designed to support trainee and early career primary teachers.

Sharpen your maths skills

Watch & learn: Dive into worked solution videos by Derek Haylock to master key mathematical processes.

Understand the Big Ideas: Explore the concepts underpinning primary maths teaching.

Strengthen your English knowledge

Teach grammar with confidence: Key principles for primary grammar

Audit your knowledge: Take our English self-assessment to identify your strengths and gaps

Master phonics: Get familiar with the phonics schemes every trainee teacher should know.

Explore science concepts

Try hands-on experiments: learn how to bring science to life through activities and classroom applications

Decode the jargon: Use our glossary to clarify tricky science terms

Bring humanities to life

Teach history effectively: learn to explain chronology and change

Develop geography skills: refresh your knowledge of the foundations of geography

Get started with personal, social, health and economic education 

Understand PSHE foundations: why and how we teach PSHE

Crack the computing code 

Teach Talk Cards: download short explanations of key IT and computing terms

Enhance your arts teaching

Break down art fundamentals: Understand how art is created through its building blocks

Teach music with tech: Explore musical technologies and how they can help you in the classroom

Prepare for PE lessons

Plan with confidence: download the PE lesson planner

Grow your language teaching skills

Support language learning: discover how teaching languages benefits your pupils and school

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