Metacognition and self-regulation strategies enable students to make, on average, 7 months additional progress. Here I review the report recommendations by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and introduce some useful strategies to develop more literate and versatile learners. Introducing the meta-learning cycle into lessons as an underlying objective, and supporting teachers to do this, addresses many of the recommendations given by the EEF. As students develop their metacognitive and self-regulation skills explicitly, the aim is that they become more adept at transferring these skills in different contexts. This will support development throughout the different sciences and wider learning community.