A powerful culture is a key component of great leadership. #SLTchat a couple of weeks ago had some great discussions on this

Interesting analysis from Benjamin D White for #IGTeachingCPD Hope someone's listening.

Effective #CPDL from Philippa Cordingley at Inside Government #IGTeachingCPD

Making network commitment habitual is really tricky: time often not there when need and want are; people move on; other demands seem more pressing. @TeachingSchools South Yorkshire Futures KYRA all have much to share #IGTeachingCPD

Applicants, can you come up with even worse one-liners than last year’s candidates? You can? Great! You’re in! The Apprentice #TheApprentice #ApprenticeWednesdays

I haven’t had an Appraisal/Performance Management document for two years. Had the meetings. Just not seen the 'results'. So much breakdown between staff and SLT is this - lack of integrity, lip service to procedures. #newtoSLTchat #SLTchat

When you look into it, a lot of the people who talk about leadership don’t actually do any.

And we are only 6 weeks into the school year...

Teachers. You must all now offer extra curricular activities. Because Ofsted. Because curriculum.

Tubthumping

Mate in a nearby school had a lesson obs and questioned HT's grading of 'RI'. Apparently tech lessons need to be more highbrow. Was told 'if you agree with me, I’ll change it to good; if not, it stays RI'. Why are these people in charge? Why?

.@HarfordSean Is this still the sort of thing Ofsted would say? Anyone had experience of how this has been followed up or commented on in an inspection 3-4 years after something like this from 2014-15? Ben Newmark Tom Sherrington please RT

Inspector 'Child, tell me about your target' Child 'Well, actually, we have these EduDataLab stickers in our books..' If only.

PDexchange @HarfordSean Ben Newmark Tom Sherrington The starting point of all OFSTED inspections is the last report. What happens when the last report contains things that are a) no longer scrutinized b) exist in that grey area where you hope they are no longer scrutinized? or when the last report is exceptionally old?

When you hand in your notice, and the HT doesn’t even respond. Right decision.

PDexchange Not a good HT. Pathetic really.