Rob Davies (@robdav1es) 's Twitter Profile
Rob Davies

@robdav1es

Into a fourth decade in education & have the grey hairs to prove it!
Can't wait to escape the madness .....

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Christopher Such (@suchmo83) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If a company tells you that they can diagnose pupils' individual barriers to reading development via question-level analysis of a standardised comprehension assessment (computer-based or otherwise), they are almost certainly selling you snake oil. 🧵🪡

Christopher Such (@suchmo83) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. The Reading Map - A Primer youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si… via YouTube

Christopher Such (@suchmo83) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ICYMI - A blog on five key ideas from my new book, Primary Reading Simplified (out now on Kindle and available for pre-order in paperback). (See next tweet for blog.)

ICYMI - A blog on five key ideas from my new book, Primary Reading Simplified (out now on Kindle and available for pre-order in paperback).

(See next tweet for blog.)
Jon Hutchinson (@jon_hutchinson_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is probably the most important book that any primary teacher or leader will read. I know that’s a big statement & I don’t make it lightly. Reading it was bittersweet - I was so sad I didn’t have it when I started, but thrilled that the profession now does. Game changer.

Anne Glennie (@anneglennie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone who cares about reading in Scotland needs to read this report. I mean, it was on the national evening news. Where is the robust debate, the discussion... even some sort of reaction? 'It falls so dead.' William James

Anne Glennie (@anneglennie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Teachers in Scotland: Did you use Active Literacy or Reading Recovery today? You might want to sit down before you read this. Northern Ireland reviews controversial teaching method after failings in Wales and Scotland p.s. this is not your fault itv.com/news/2025-02-0…

Rhys Williams﮷ (@rhyswilliamstv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ICYMI: We've been looking in to the way reading is taught in early years in Wales and across the UK 👇🧵 itv.com/news/2025-02-0…

Jennifer Buckingham (@buckingham_j) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another excellent report from Rhys Williams﮷, a well-informed journalist who is revealing a major cause of widespread, preventable reading difficulties in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Great to see Geraldine Millar and DyslexiaScience (Gillian Evans, PhD) who keep on keeping on. Things are changing

Christopher Such (@suchmo83) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *retweet* this tweet for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.

Simply *retweet* this tweet for your chance to win. 

I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
Adam Boxer (@adamboxer1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

School leaders working to turn around failing schools do one of the hardest jobs in education. It's astonishing really, as they "build the plane while flying it." That doesn't mean their decisions are unquestionable, but if you've never worked in that context you should show

Tom Sherrington (@teacherhead) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Going to blog but here’s a 🧵 There are too many distractions from the sustained hard work needed to deliver and maintain effective PD programmes that lead to improved teaching and improved outcomes. And I worry that just as we’re making progress, more distractions are coming

Rhys Williams﮷ (@rhyswilliamstv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exclusive: A member of the Welsh Government’s expert literacy panel has resigned, warning the new £8.2m national programme to improve reading is “flawed” and “not fit for purpose”. Full story below 🧵 1/

Exclusive: A member of the Welsh Government’s expert literacy panel has resigned, warning the new £8.2m national programme to improve reading is “flawed” and “not fit for purpose”.

Full story below
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Tom Bennett OBE (@tombennett71) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Read to, and with, your children. Don’t let anyone paid to teach your child tell you, ‘They’ve got plenty of time before they need to start.’ Age-appropriate introduction to text is vital to later-years proficiency.

Rhys Williams﮷ (@rhyswilliamstv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wales' schools watchdog has announced today it will have a three year "enhanced focus on reading" from September 2026. Read more here: estyn.gov.wales/reading-for-le…

Rob Randel (@robrandel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Estyn, please see my blog from 4 years ago showing how seriously flawed your 'English language and literacy in settings and primary schools' report is. As a result, there is no confidence in your capability to support and improve reading in Wales. 15mpln.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-…