Update: this morning we at ASCL wrote a formal letter to Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦, copied to Oliver Dowden, regarding Mr Fabricant's dismissive & surly comments about teaching & medical staff. Here's the dismissive & surly response we've received today: buff.ly/37MweLz

“Drunk deputy headteacher to me on last day of term “you know you’re more likely to be taken more seriously if you toned down the lipstick & African patterns on your dresses. Everyone knows you’re proud to be black but you don’t have to be shouty about it”. I kept quiet.

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"Our current pen-and-paper exam system is hopelessly outdated": so here at ASCL we welcome Ofqual's ambition to consider the use of technology in exams: Tes magazine buff.ly/3kDrFGL

One of the highlights of ASCL Council was the AHT/DHT meeting with Tom Middlehurst @EscapeTeacher @GurpallBades Hamira Shah Jo Rowley and others. If you are thinking of joining Council know that it is not just for HTs.

This might be one of your best, Geoff and Hamira Shah should bee happy as well 😀 🐝🤩

So proud of our brilliant staff and students that make up the heart of our wonderful school. ❤️

Fantastic afternoon at the wonderful, vibrant, community event that was the 21st Deighton Carnival! Lovely to see so many of our staff and students supporting the event and enjoying the incredible new mural in Deighton. @ls2y_group @NHTSchool.

“While we extend a warm welcome to Michelle Donelan in her new role, we have to express concern at the high turnover of Education Secretaries ... Education is a vital public service which requires deep understanding & continuity": my commments for ASCL buff.ly/3NNZocJ

In my 32 years as a teacher, 15 of them as headteacher, I inevitably dealt with moments of poor behaviour and inappropriate conduct - from young people and staff. I have to say "I'm only human" was never good enough as an excuse from any of them for any of it.

A quick reflection on reading. Carry on.

"...recruitment is really tricky. I want a fantastic teacher in front of all of my students and that's become impossible." Why Caroline Lowing is voting in the ASCL ballot. Eligible #ASCLmembers - make sure you post your vote and send a message to government. #VoteForEducation

"I had a throng of young Asian women following me ... because I was an assistant headteacher ...": the latest ASCL #ASCL150 #LeadershipLegacies podcast all about inspiration. My conversation with senior leader / ASCL Council member Hamira Shah: buff.ly/49OjH5d

With thanks (er ... I think) to Hamira Shah who's in Vienna and, visiting a gallery, spotted this painting by Christian Seybold: "Self Portrait with Snuffbox". Even Mrs Barton - former art teacher - asked me for evidence of the snuffbox. Carry on. buff.ly/4azaG0D

In this Commission Conversation, I talk to teacher, writer and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye about why oracy matters, how it shapes our interactions with people, and how an understanding of oracy can help us interrogate the unspoken 'rules' of language: buff.ly/3JfHhg3

The regeneration is complete: today’s ASCL video briefing with … (roll of drums, please) … the superb Pepe Di’Iasio. Sock it to ‘em, Pepe … vimeo.com/935427433

Very excited to be presenting at ASCL EDI Summit with the wonderful Hamira Shah

#ASCLCouncil member Hamira Shah on how the education funding crisis is affecting her school. #EducationMatters and is an investment, not a cost. ascl.org.uk/manifesto

The wonderful ⁦Hamira Shah⁩ and ⁦Caroline Lowing⁩ focusing on authentic leadership and stoicism - inspiring session for ⁦ASCL⁩ EDI Summit 2024

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