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📚Sunday Reading 📚 "We should consider the effectiveness of scaffolds particularly through the eyes of the students who struggle the most to access the curriculum." Focus on Fading is a great way to think about scaffolding support and how we get to the point of internalising.

We bemoan online cultures that radicalise young people, but we offer them next to nothing unless they are wealthy. ‘Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care’ | John Harris theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Superb, as always from Jennifer Webb 👏🏻 if we are to drive and implement change, give us the means, and the tools, to do so effectively.

With a little over 100 days until publication (12 Feb) for 'Leading Secondary English', it's time for another plug! Thank you all who have pre-ordered already. And, if you haven't - why not? Chris Curtis says it is A delightful, and deeply practical, smorgasbord of ideas'. 😊

For sure one day in the future teachers, leaders, politicians, historians will look back in amazement that the whole bollocks of high stakes inspection lasted so long. ‘What were we thinking?’

📚 Mid Term Break Reading 📚

Well done Carl Frampton MBE 👍🏻👏🏻 Fighting back & building people up! #RoleModel

THE SIMPLE MODEL OF THE MIND! This NEW one-page guide breaks down how we learn, drawing on key principles from cognitive science. It provides a clear, research-based framework to guide instruction, manage cognitive load, and build shared professional language. FREE to

Tomorrow, I’ll be attending the Magherafelt and Rural Learning Partnership Conference at St Mary’s Grammar School, where I’ll be delivering a session on cognitive load, working memory, and their implications for SEND. The Shared Education Steering Group has curated an

Linda Ervine: I had my first child at 16. There was a lot of stigma - my mummy said, ‘No one will ever want you’ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

🔑📚Key research carried out by StranCREU and perhaps counters the narrative around one size fits all behaviour systems and the importance of understanding the specific needs of the pupils. The importance of context is everything and how that shapes school policy and practice

Subversive Thinker Our schools perform very well across the sector when it comes to culture - schools are ethos driven and you can tell immediately when you walk into a school and are greeted by staff and pupils. The culture is built on the relationships and good leadership, and knowing the pupils.

NEW! The latest edition of ⚗️DistillED is by guest author Martin Ferguson, unpacking Inclusive Communication — how language choices help autistic students thrive. Martin shares practical strategies like the ‘WIN’ and ‘PACE’ methods, plus a FREE resource! newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/inclusive-co…

No Wes Streeting, the BMA is not acting like a cartel. It’s acting like a trade union. And frankly it’s disgusting to hear you talk like this while huge numbers of doctors can’t get NHS jobs because you haven’t created them, while millions of patients are on waiting lists🚨🚨🚨

Doctors are striking because Labour's Wes Streeting is mismanaging the NHS 5,399 doctors applied to become surgeons last year, but only 630 training jobs were available Similarly, Labour say they're hiring more GPs, but we have fewer now than we had in 2015, instead we have

In this week’s ⚗️DistillED edition, Martin Ferguson offers a thoughtful look at inclusive communication — and how small shifts in language can make classrooms calmer, clearer and more supportive for autistic students. Here are a few key ideas. (1) newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/inclusive-co…

Two practical frameworks help: WIN — Wonder, Imagine, Notice — a gentle, low-pressure way to prompt reflection. PACE — Predictable, Affirming, Calm, Explicit — a model that “removes the hidden rules of classroom talk.” Grab the resource in the post. (6)

“Academic accommodations for anxiety convey two harmful messages. First, they imply that the feared situation is truly dangerous. Public speaking, testing, or lunch with classmates are too risky for a student. Second, they suggest that the student can’t withstand the distress.

Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

📢 Great News English Teachers📢 I’m delighted to share that Dr Jennifer Roberts (QUB) and I, in conjunction with Litdrive UK, will be leading a CPD event at the QUB Seamus Heaney Centre! This will be the first of its kind in NI and Belfast. #LitDrive #CPDBelfast #Collab