I left at 57. When I think about it for too long, I feel disappointed I didn't make it to 60. But 18 months of C19 did for me. After 18 years of headship (36 GCSE & A Level results days & set 18 budgets during terrible funding cuts) I was done. I wdn't have made 60 had I stayed.

Food Campaigner Jack Monroe on George Eustice: 'Somebody who claims £196,000 in expenses in a single year is in no position to tell other people to buy cheaper biscuits.' Andrew Marr | Jack Monroe

🆕 Just released! Education Fast Forward: Building a future that works for all #StrongerBolderBetter Read more #TrendsShapingEducation now 👉 oe.cd/Trends

Catchy title! 😃

Please read this thread... You won't regret it...

➡️Around 60,000 fewer A and A* grades have been awarded to this year’s cohort as the Government tries to clamp down on the record grade inflation during the pandemic when grades were assessed by teachers

🔴The proportion of A and A*s fell to 36.4%, from a record 44.8 per cent in 2021. However, this was still higher than 2019, when 25.5% of grades were A or A*

(2/2) More than 60% of countries with data implemented teacher training in 2021/22 in how to support students’ mental health and well-being Read more about how teachers were supported in the full report 👉 oe.cd/EAG #OECDEAG

Just watched this again. I can't believe how much of this I still parrot; not sure anything has had so much impact upon how I think about how we improve the quality of teaching. Absolute gold dust & worth 40 minutes of your time this weekend. Dylan Wiliam youtube.com/watch?v=wKLo15…

Is someone going to tell Rishi that he’s not in charge of British education (and there’s already a Welsh Baccalaureate)? I’ll do the call if no one else is brave enough…

👧‍👦 By age 5, disadvantaged children can fall behind more advantaged children by 12 months of development But there are steps that schools and parents can take to achieve a level playing field for disadvantaged children Read more from #OECD #IELS 👉 oe.cd/4J9

2020: The pandemic will change our concept of schooling forever. 2023: Ok, maybe we’ll keep online parents’ evening and split lunches. Maybe.

📌Thursday, 9 March💻 Q & A #OECD #webinar The🌐 is fast changing, hyper-connected & increasingly complex. It is becoming ever more important to support students to be active citizens. How should education systems respond? Register 🖊️meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🌐 Teachers, are you using #ChatGPT? 🤖💡 Check out the blog post to find Chrome Extensions that enhance your chatbot experience! #EdTech classtechtips.com/2023/03/22/cha…

#DYK more than 50 commitments have been made by the corporate sector to protect UNESCO #WorldHeritage 🌍 sites? Find out what the no-go commitment is ⬇️ on.unesco.org/3ALqD43

Either an appallingly proofread SATs paper, or a nasty trick question? Either is unacceptable!

WARNING. THIS IS A SCAM BY CRIMINALS TRYING TO STEAL MONEY. PLS SHARE. This is frightening, it's the first deep fake video scam I've seen with me in it. Govt & regulators must step up to stop big tech publishing such dangerous fakes. People'll lose money and it'll ruin lives.

0% marking makes me laugh every year. (Via @teachertapp)

Over at the headquarters of Portakabin a press officer sighs and prepares to send “the letter”, yet again.

Huge email news from Teacher Pensions! From 1st Oct teachers who started teaching before 2012 will be able to elect for Buy Out and reduce their retirement age by up to 3 years without any actuarial adjustment. This will cost and has to be done within 6 months. Talk to an IFA