Oohh this looks good. Just registered.

My favourite names for keyboard warriors / armchair critics from different languages: 5. Sofa troops (Ukrainian) 4. Internet hussars (Hungarian) 3. Knights of the cable (Lithuanian) 2. Warlords of the comments section (Swedish) 1. Heroes in socks (Dutch)

Just found out McDonalds in Marseille sells macaroons!!

‘Phonics’ doesn’t mean just one thing, so when you are talking about the use of it in schools, you need to be really clear what you’re referring to. Do you mean systematic synthetic phonics (SSP), or phonics approaches in general? Often the two get conflated in unhelpful ways.

In our latest blog, @GillJonesOfsted discusses reading in secondary schools and supporting weaker readers: educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2022/04/28/sup…

Do your reading interventions have enough practice opportunities for students to become fluent? Read more in our blog '15 Tests for Secondary School Reading Interventions' wp.me/p4hKgx-6z (5 min read) #Literacy #EduTwitter

I think this says it all. Reading and vocabulary instruction needs to continue for all learners throughout all primary stages AND secondary schools. #vocabulary #latin #literacy Tes magazine Loic Menzies Jessie Ricketts, moving to @rickettslara.bsky

'Now the whole school is reading.' Ofsted's research project on struggling readers in secondary schools: ow.ly/OYBM50LpmhS

'Now the whole school is reading.' Ofsted's research project on struggling readers in secondary schools: ow.ly/OYBM50LpmhS

1. If we use continuous scores then we need to be clear about whether they are norm-referenced (indicate performance in relation to same-age peers and the normal distribution) or criterion-referenced (like SATs and GCSEs are now, linked to curriculum).

.Christian Bokhove @DamsonEd evidence and media

Embrace it Daniel.

Love this word.

Kirsty Godfrey clarifies that a language-rich environment isn’t lots of labels around the room. It means an environment where all children regularly hear and use rich language. Books, songs and nursery rhymes are an important part of this. We need to value storytime.

It's governors tonight! (Best SLT ever btw......)

First Ofsted inspection as a new Chair of Trustees and it couldn’t have been a more supportive and informative experience. Plenty of valuable feedback for trustees and school leaders. Thank you to the HMI who must remain anonymous.

This would suggest they’re not toys.

1/2 We all know that there is a "Knowledge Gap" that separates proficient and less proficient readers. There is also a "Practice Gap" that differentiates more and less proficient (fluent) readers. ohiop20litcollab.org/wp-content/upl…

🧵 1/5 - We’ve published our subject report on the quality of English education in schools. Read the report here: gov.uk/government/pub… And you can find all of our subject reports and research reviews here: gov.uk/government/col…