Karen on an overturned chair, Newcastle in 1981 from the series Youth Unemployment by Tish Murtha Archive.
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For those who enjoyed my 'Three short novels', I've brought out a fourth, longer novel. 'Eighteen Months' follows a family of four as they navigate Covid between Mar 2020 & Aug 2021. E-book out now, paperback to follow. Find all the books here: amazon.co.uk/stores/author/…
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'Penge' by Paul Bartlett
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🚨 We're calling on all parties to set out a long-term, national strategy to bring a renewed focus to closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged pupils.

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Recap: We're building an archive of @OracyCommission conversations. Here's the full set so far, with at least 2 more every week until we complete our work: includes Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE, Louisa Reeves, Neil Mercer Oracy Cambridge, Kirsten Howells & many more: buff.ly/3R2hNab

A CFO I rate extremely highly and have worked with Advantage Schools is looking for a job (nothing of concern).

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We are delighted to welcome back the incredible David Olusoga to the Festival on Day One.

ℹ️ What unites us? A curriculum to end the culture wars

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VACANCY: Head of Data and Insights.
A really exciting role working across our 26 primary and secondary academies...

Ex lifeguard here. Retweeting, as I do every year. *To my knowledge*, FOUR kids have been rescued by people who read the article after clicking the link. Please read if you haven’t already, and keep it circulating. Drowning doesn’t look like drowning.

National service would cost £2.5bn pa. Imagine what we could do with £12bn per parliament to spend on young people - lift children out of poverty, fix the broken care system, improve support for MH, invest in education, rebuild youth services. It's a long list & not a gimmick.

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UK Parliament resources for schools wishing to explore the history of the right to vote & the importance of democracy, in the run up to the next General Election: learning.parliament.uk/en/uk-parliame…

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Raheem Sterling is funding 14 students from under-represented backgrounds to go through university. Closing date for applications for 2nd year of programme is this week. He told me in 2020 he wanted to do something direct and meaningful and here it is.

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Windscreen wipers broke. Bonus train journey read 📚

The national service nonsense does give me the opportunity to tweet one of my favourite recent bits of polling when Ipsos actually ran the famous 'Yes Minister' questions as a randomised experiment, and showed that it worked.

Yes Minister on bringing back national service

🚨🚨KCSIE 2024 has been released by Department for Education - for September 2024. Highly recommend reading. #edutwitter #ukeduchat #teachertwitter #KCSIE #safeguarding gov.uk/government/pub…

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