Teacher confidence

Our teacher confidence hub is packed with Tes tools, tips and advice from current and former teachers as well as education experts – helping you to build or maintain your confidence in teaching.

Finding your confidence in the classroom can have a positive effect on many areas of your teaching; from enabling you to push boundaries, try new teaching methods and better support student progress, to increasing your enjoyment of the job and your longevity in the profession too.

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    Free guide: Finding your confidence when teaching

    From building your own confidence in the classroom, to discovering ways to help your students become more confident, our free guide is packed with tips, advice and support.

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    Lit in Colour Teacher Conference

    Watch all the sessions from our Lit in Colour conference, packed full of practical advice and support to build your confidence in teaching texts by authors of colour to create positive change in your classroom.

    Watch the recordings

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    Secondary Halloween resources

    Explore and celebrate Halloween with your students with this spooktacular selection of hand-picked whole-school and subject specific resources.

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Tips, resources and training to develop your classroom confidence

Teacher confidence stories

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    This primary headteacher shares how confidence affects his role

  • How do you build up your confidence? image

    This former headteacher shares her advice to build teacher confidence

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    What can you do when you do not feel confident in the classroom?

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    This former teacher discusses how important teacher confidence is

More support to boost or maintain your confidence

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    Finding your confidence

    Build your confidence in teaching, leading and safeguarding.

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    Leading with confidence

    Get support with leading your colleagues and students with confidence.

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    Safeguarding with confidence

    Feel confident that you're up to date with the latest safeguarding best practice and guidance.