Dear Dr Balmer,
Thank you for the author responses that you have uploaded. I would now invite you to make the revisions that you have indicated that you will make to the manuscript in those responses. Once you have uploaded a revision, we will make our final editorial decision.
Best wishes,
Katharine

Dear Dr Balmer,
Thank you for sending your revised manuscript so quickly. Thank you for making it clear where you have made changes, it was very helpful. There are some minor revisions that I would recommend before accepting this for publication.
With best wishes,
Katharine

1. Please remove all highlighted sections
2. Please remove all numbering where this relates to changes made (e.g. 1.1, 1.2 etc.). Numbering for heading should be left insitu.
Specific changes:
Ln 18 - Please consider altering the wording so that there are not 2 ‘identified’ next to each other.
Ln 27 – Please write CPD out in full in the first instance for our international audience
Ln 32 – Please remove capital from The (second to last word on the line)
Ln 44 – Please provide a page number for the quotation from Ofsted
Ln59-61 – You should reference this or make it very clear that it is anecdotal evidence only.
Ln116 – Please provide a rationale for why only 25% of forms were analysed
Ln 158 – needs a bracket at the end of the sentence.
Ln 200 – Please confirm how many participants you are referring to here e.g. (n=XXX) to give some sense of how many you are referring to when you state “all participants”
Ln 202 – I would encourage you to include a couple of quotes from participants at this point.
Ln 225-241 – It might be just be on the PDF but the line counts overlap with the table – please could you check and confirm that this is just a function of the document?
Ln247 onward – It would benefit the text to include some participant quotations to highlight the key themes found in the data. Could you include one or two for each section?
Ln 278 – Please remove capitals from ‘trainee teacher’
Ln 286 – Consider replacing ‘off the cuff’ with ‘anecdotal’
Ln296 – “learning becomes more accessible” this statement would benefit from a reference
Ln 302-312 –the text would benefit from the inclusion of some key quotations from participants
Ln 358 – Guskey requires a year after the citation
Ln 411 – This should read King (2012) rather than “In 2012, King”

Dear Dr Balmer,
Many thanks for amending the manuscript. There are 3 minor amendments to make:
- Balmer, 2019 is missing from the reference list
- Ln 202 Please could you add (n=1395) into the brackets.
- Ln 442, there are 2 spellings of the Wellcome trust, please correct

These minor technical corrections will not require any further review by the editors.
Many thanks for choosing to submit your manuscript to Geoscience Communication.
Best wishes
Katharine Welsh

Very happy to support and confirm the handling editor's view that this paper is now ready for publication, subject to tidying up a three minor technical corrections. Can I reiterate our thanks for choosing GC !!