15 Facts About Pie Corbett

Pie Corbett was born on 3 April 1954 and is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written more than two hundred books.

Pie Corbett is best known for creating the Talk for Writing approach to learning, which is widely used within UK primary schools.

Pie Corbett is known for promoting creative approaches in the classroom and has experience as a teacher, head teacher and Ofsted inspector.

However, Corbett has been a vocal critic of the Conservative government's approach to testing in schools, particularly the testing of grammar.

Pie Corbett was born and raised in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, on a farm where he was one of five brothers.

Pie Corbett studied Education at East Sussex College of Higher Education.

Pie Corbett has written a number of books, aimed specifically to benefit learning in primary school children.

Pie Corbett has contributed regularly to the Times Educational Supplement.

Pie Corbett has been the editor or co-editor of many collections of poems.

Pie Corbett was a primary school teacher with Brian Moses, where he taught maths and wrote poetry.

Pie Corbett was heavily involved in the creation of the i-read software at the Hitachi laboratory at Cambridge University.

Pie Corbett, while working at the University of Gloucestershire, created the Articled Teacher Scheme.

Pie Corbett created a unique "storytelling approach" for children to remember stories with and results with improved literacy.

In 2008, Pie Corbett was asked by the English Ministers of Education to make a "classroom DVD on how to encourage pupils to write".

Pie Corbett is best known in schools as the creator of the Talk for Writing approach.