Schools now have to dedicate so much time to pastoral support – to fill in the gaps left by the loss of wider child support services – that it is undermining efforts to improve teaching quality, a former DfE adviser has warned tes.com/magazine/news/…

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"When you go home, Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, We gave our today" #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay

If you support this in ANY way then please feel free to unfollow me IMMEDIATELY. This is NOT what Great Britain is about. You are embarrassing our country and those of us who ACTUALLY served. We know what a real fight is and know true honour and courage. This is nothing but pure

Children don't choose to pull down a display, run away, fight, shout back, slam doors or trash classrooms, this is a dysregulated child who is overwhelmed by their feelings and doesn’t know how to cope. When we reframe the situation, we can reframe our response

WHAT. A. THREAD.

I’ve had an increased number of headteachers reach out with a release of emotion & wave of Ofsted related anxiety! I always say “Look after yourself first, before helping others…” …but in light of the Ruth Perry inquest please look after your headteacher right now! ❤️🙏

It truly is a magical time of year. At this very moment, someone is reading this status not yet knowing they will be the person to drop a bollock and be on Xmas guard. All the normal social hand grenades have learned their lessons from previous years and trying their best to

Her poor family and friends. Moreover, poor Ruth. Lives destroyed by a brutal and toxic system run without understanding or compassion, out of touch with reality.

Appreciate I’ve tweeted a lot about Ofsted, I know I’ve been like a dog with a bone in speaking up & some people probably think I’m a bit obsessed & should give it a break. But, I’m only saying what so many people think but many don’t yet feel confident to enough to voice

Can’t believe I ever used to shout at kids, am embarrassed at the thought. The trauma-informed, relational approach has taken us years to do properly but school’s such a better place for it. You really have to believe in it & persevere but, goodness me, does it work. #PaulDix

Time is everything. What if we framed every decision (career, financial, where we live) through the lens of: "Will this give me more time or less time with the people I love and doing the things I love?"

How do we join up all the dots and make people aware of just how desperate the lack of proper SEN funding/provision is across the entire country? It’s not fair on the children, the families, the schools, the professionals or even the councils. #crisis #scandal

Completed 62 miles over 36 hrs carrying 10kg up and down Winter Hill. Broken but all for a great charity #reorg

To: ITV Cc: Gillian Keegan Well done on your dramas becoming the fast-track way to fight injustices. Please could you now do a drama on SEND funding. Thank you in anticipation of your support, A hopeful headteacher #Breathtaking #MrBatesVsThePostOffice

Nope. Nope they have definitely not. We have been asking about recruitment and retention, SEND funding and Ofsted. 🤷‍♀️ is this about elections? Another random bitesize bit of click bait? 🤷‍♀️

Sometimes, we need to help families get the home stuff right, before we can do the school bit. Investors in Families

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As a headteacher... If a child dreams of becoming a doctor, it’s my job to create the conditions to make it come true. Equally... ...if a child dreams of becoming a bricklayer to work with his/her dad, it’s my job to help that dream to come true. Hospitals are made of bricks.