There's a teacher shortage coming. It's been coming for a while, but was staved off by the pandemic. Now, it's heaving back into view & it isn't pretty. It's easy to blame the DfE, but I think some other things are happening that matter outside of education too 🧵... STRAP IN!

At their peak there were around 3000 sure start centres - a one stop shop for under 5s and parents - more than a thousand were closed in post 2020 austerity - others folded into other services. Now we have long term Institute for Fiscal Studies research that they paid for themselves

#GeneralElection

Happy UK Civil Service tweet anniversary to all who celebrate 🥳

Fifteen years. Five prime ministers, seven chancellors, eight foreign secretaries, twelve culture secretaries and sixteen housing ministers. A thread, for #RantyTuesday.

The school pupil and workforce census figures released today are a shocking indictment of this Government’s record. More teachers are leaving the profession prior to retirement than ever before. And fewer newly qualified teachers are entering the profession, this year it dropped

Inevitably teacher vacancies have increased sharply and are now six times higher than in 2010.

Wow! This is a disaster for our schools - it is on this Government’s record. More teachers leaving BEFORE retirement than EVER before. #14YearsOfDecline

Every time Penny lies , the hair gets bigger #BBCDebate

What the public want. #BBCdebate

The more I look at Penny Mordaunt’s hair the more I wonder what it would look like on Stephen Flynn’s head. #BBCdebate

Sadly not great news for schools via Schools Week schoolsweek.co.uk/tory-funding-p…

Reasons to be cheerful: have just bought some milk that will outlive the Tory government.

Flag spotted at Glastonbury “My dad was a toolmaker”:

I love this video from Greg Birks “I’m Just Ed” Ed Davey Come on Liberal Democrats 👍🏼💛 #ToryWipeout2024 #ToriesOut

On Ofsted Bridget Phillipson confirms end of one/two word judgements and move to report card. She says as with any big reform has to be carefully done - with a way of flagging areas for improvement. I have heard the concerns but there needs to be a push to improve she adds

Congratulations James Guy Andy Cyril Guy . We are very proud of you.

Police in Cyprus are ready to arrest Tommy Robinson if the UK tells them. RT if it is time to pull the trigger.

Visited my eldest and took her for a birthday lunch in Birmingham today. So hard saying goodbye, but proud to see how happy she is at uni.