Nurture Professional Development Programme : Formative Assessment & Feedback
A practical, evidence-informed, scalable programme delivered on demand by Professor Dylan Wiliam, designed to strengthen teacher practice, improve the quality and use of feedback, and close student learning gaps.
- Five short courses aligned to Wiliam’s Five Key Strategies for Formative Assessment (45–60 minutes each)‍
- On-demand professional learning (short, focused learning sessions)
- Built for consistent practice across classrooms and teams
"It’s only formative if we use the evidence to adjust the instruction to better meet student learning needs."
Why Formative Assessment?
This programme of courses is designed to strengthen classroom practice in formative assessment and feedback—so teachers can gather better evidence of learning and use it to decide what to do next.Too often, schools have plenty of data but not enough usable, in-the-moment information to guide instruction while learning is still happening. Formative assessment closes that gap by making evidence actionable: teachers adjust teaching, students adjust learning, and feedback becomes something that is used, not just received.
What’s in the courses?
Each course is designed to be short, practical, and immediately usable in classrooms. Across all five courses, participants will find a consistent learning experience :
Clear, plain-language explanations grounded in Dylan Wiliam’s formative assessment research
Classroom examples that show what the strategy looks like in practice
Quick checks for understanding at key moments to help ideas stick
A brief reflection and commitment step so teachers leave with a clear “next move” to try
Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward
Teachers learn how to give feedback that leads to action, minimising ego-involving practices, increasing student thinking, and using efficient approaches such as whole-class, peer, and self-assessment.
Clarifying Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
Teachers learn how to make learning goals and quality criteria usable in lessons so students understand what they are learning, what success looks like, and how to improve.
Engineering Effective Discussions, Questions, and Tasks
Teachers learn how to design questions and tasks that surface student thinking, diagnose misconceptions, and support better in-the-moment instructional decisions.
Activating Students as Instructional Resources for One Another
Teachers learn how to build routines for peer support and peer feedback that improve quality and accountability, while strengthening learning for both the giver and receiver.
Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning
Teachers learn how to develop student self-assessment, reflection, and retrieval practices so students can monitor progress, ask better questions, and take responsibility for improvement.
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Book a brief call to discuss your goals, intended participants, and how the five-course programme can support consistent practice across schools.
The Impact of Nurture
For Teachers
Reduce workload while delivering more frequent, efficient, and meaningful formative assessment and feedback aligned to curriculum.
"To be honest, I simply couldn’t reach every student or provide the kind of comprehensive feedback they receive through those tasks without Nurture. I teach five classes and it just isn’t feasible to give that level of feedback to everyone otherwise."
For School Leaders
Build a culture of feedback and reflection that strengthens learning outcomes at scale.
"I’ve got 20 teachers talking about pedagogy. I’ve got 20 teachers talking about feedback like never before. Their whole philosophy and how they’re engaging has changed."
