Please RT: Heads Roundtable Statement in response to the events surrounding #RuthPerry coroners report. We call on all within the sector to demand an immediate #PauseOftsed and reform to the inspectorate. There is widespread consensus that #EnoughIsEnough
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Please spread our response to the appalling position school communities are in due to the toxic accountability system imposed on us

“Children paid the Covid price, locked in and shut out of school, not to save themselves but the lives of older people. Where’s the gratitude for all they lost?”: ⁦Polly Toynbee⁩ on coruscating form ⁦The Guardian⁩: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Private schools receive £7,000 per pupil from the Government, and the money parents pay in fees.

State schools receive £5,500 per pupil, that is it.

Private schools should receive NOTHING from the state, RT if you agree.

RT if this is the same for you...

An unexpected (but welcome) voice in the campaign for a more humane inspection system: 'Ofsted’s one-word judgements should be replaced with a more nuanced inspection report, says Sir Michael Wilshaw' Tes buff.ly/468H4oV

We've launched an inquiry into Ofsted's work with schools, and we want to hear from you.📢

Submit your written evidence by 20 July.🗓️

Find out more about the inquiry and why we're looking into this subject: committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/…👈

Sadio Mane, a Senegalese soccer star, earns approximately $10.2 million annually. He gave the world a rude awakening after some fans were flabbergasted when they saw him carrying a cracked iPhone 11.

His response was awesome:

'Why would I want ten Ferraris, 20 diamond watches,

Romantic beach walk.. 😊

Are you listening Ofsted ?

If not, is Gillian Keegan MP Nick Gibb ?

The poll below by Happy Headteacher asks NAHT members how they are voting. If you are part of the 41% who said they are “just looking” please return your ballot papers with a yes or no vote.

First they said they needed data
about the children
to find out what they’re learning.
Then they said they needed data
about the children
to make sure they are learning.
Then the children only learnt
what could be turned into data.
Then the children became data.

Oh imagine!!!

If only this was “the norm”

Just for clarity…

A private company that turned a massive profit will get £10bn of our tax money to “invest”.

But the public’s NHS won’t get the £4bn needed to restore pay to doctors and nurses so people can access life saving healthcare.

Have I got that right, Rishi Sunak?

amp.theguardian.com/education/2022…

Last year’s reading paper? 34 wpm.

This year’s reading paper? 61 wpm.

Wonder how the Ed Select Committe would fare with this year’s paper?

With the paper + questions, around 3800 words total.

At 90wpm, this takes over 36 minutes reading time.

Poor.

Steve Waters FCCT Lest we forget, the education select committee took last years Spag and Maths SATs.

Half failed.

Let that sink in.

And they were far easier than this year.

Teachers in England are leaving 'in droves' according to the National Education Union.

Our Data Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins looks at the numbers behind the headline.

Small schools, SATs, Federations, LA Schools. Is there an unconscious (or conscious) bias behind some schools being downgraded to Inadequate so they'll be brokered into MATS? We know MATs are currently being given money for brokering. #HandInTheBadge 💔
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