Regular use of challenge questions in lessons: AGT students are asked to verbalise responses to challenging unseen tasks, both to stretch them and model thinking for other students.

Assessment and Feedback: Teachers lead DIRT feedback focussing on high quality model answers and targeting misconceptions. 

Tasks: Students are challenged by using open ended questions which lead to multiple pathways to progress. Levels of challenge are built into lessons through a variety of strategies.

Academic texts: use academic texts in lessons to provide stimulus, challenge and advanced comprehension.

Academic disciplinary language: To stretch and challenge - encouraging students to use key terminology effectively. Students engage with second order academic texts (selected excerpts) to synthesise and summarise the viewpoints of respected academics and engage with university level thinking.

Rich discussion. - Encouraging debate - discussing topics in more depth and from a variety of viewpoints. Use of multiple perspectives in class discussion - teacher or pupil playing “Devil’s advocate”.