As a parent and parent governor of Parrs Wood High, this is so amazing to see! We're a very proud community this week! #stateschoolandproud indeed!

Ok. Here we go! This is tomorrow! Please sign up and share. Free, online national TeachMeet. More than an event - a movement!

'In a grieving community, such remarks only exacerbate feelings of anger, confusion and distrust, making healing and reconciliation more difficult' ✋@IonMike3 buff.ly/3Sykrp0

It's good to hear voices from across the education sector call out these appalling comments.

Solidarity to Muslim followers upset and scared by the attacks on mosques. The morons involved deserve nothing but contempt (and jail time).

Solidarity and love to all my Muslim friends and colleagues, and others on this platform. It must be so upsetting and frightening the scenes the last couple of days. I hope and believe the racists are the minority, and that decency outweighs hate.

A friend of mine has cancelled her family holiday this month because she and her family are Muslim and visible minorities. They're not going out and about for family trips at the moment during summer holidays. It's sickening and so sad. Also, this website is a sewer right now.

Oh, this thread is warming my heart.

'When they return to school, we will need to remind our children of all the love they saw this summer and the light that came through the darkness' ❤️‍🩹 Mufti Hamid buff.ly/3WY16z1

Long post about coaching: Coaching is very popular. It's clear why, there is lots of good evidence to support it and lots of very smart people swear by it. I've also been a bit worried about if for a while. I've written about this before, but will try be a bit more systematic:

🚨 Calling teachers, coaches, leaders interested in *professional development* I've started a substack about how to improve PD, particularly coaching. It's - -> Evidence led -> Concise -> Fresh (not the ideas you're used to) First post here👇 open.substack.com/pub/cognitivec…

Today I’m launching my Private Members’ Bill - the Safer Phones Bill - to protect children from the harms that can be caused by excessive screen time, and the use of social media and other apps, many of them addictive by design. 👉 saferphonesbill.co.uk

I am blogging again!!! Like many others, I've moved over to Substack for a bit of a refresh. First entry is on school improvement - where to start, and what things matter. Link is in the first reply, I'm weirdly a bit nervous about it it's been so long 😭😭

Cat has been glued to the Ashes all morning...