All inspection reform is turd in glitter stuff. Fundamentally it’s just not possible for strangers to reliably evaluate a school in a couple of days. Any notion of grading accuracy is a delusion. Why are we wedded to the charade? Schools should be known and supported over time.

Today, on UN #WorldWildlifeDay 2025, we come together to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on our planet—its beauty, resilience, and the essential role it plays in sustaining humanity. bit.ly/41BFz2y #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025 World Wildlife Day

Our middle leader playbook provides the core systems for leaders to use as part of their CPD 🤩 Curriculum planning ✅ QofE principles ✅ Assessment ✅ Feedback ✅ Quality assurance process ✅ Moderation ✅ Standardisation ✅ Leadership terminology ✅

Students at @HerewoodeAcademy🏫 had a great lesson discussing the topic of #fastfashion in a game of debate today thanks to wonderful resources from The Economist #TopicalTalk thanks Economist Foundation 🛍️🧠🗣️👂🧶🪡🧵👚👖🩴👟👛🎲♻️

Students at @HerewoodeAcademy🏫 had a great lesson discussing the topic of #fastfashion in a game of debate today thanks to wonderful resources from The Economist #TopicalTalk thanks Economist Foundation 🛍️🧠🗣️👂🧶🪡🧵👚👖🩴👟👛🎲♻️

I love being a teacher but giving English teachers 10 days (while teaching all day and on top of other responsibilities) to mark 56 literature essays all between 2-3 sides of A4 each is actually irresponsible.

One of my teachers just pointed this out to me. 😧🤯😳

I was on Good Morning Britain today talking about the danger of Smartphones for children. Join us on our March for Children Sunday 18 May 2pm. Whitehall. Amend the Schools Bill and demand a national conversation on phones and social media.✊🏾

Worked out that my “PPA” allowed for 10 minutes to plan each lesson&mark books for all my classes this week. Where does 10%PPA time come from because it’s not enough. National Education Union Department for Education Times Higher Education FFT Education Datalab #teacher #teaching #schools #teacher #review #education 🤔

Someone please explain. Care home costs are eye watering. Care home staff are very low paid. Where is all the money going?

Three-quarters of primary school teachers are concerned that children’s ability to hold a pencil, draw or use scissors has worsened over the past five years, a new poll has revealed tes.com/magazine/news/…

Brian Mendler I would say generally I have a good track record with behaviour, in a very challenging setting. All of these ring true. Some people have also added “saying no” and I agree; kids in my class get used to “no” very quickly. Many never hear it at home, and they need to hear it.

'The default position that teaching should be professionally (and sometimes personally) all-encompassing is a retention own-goal', say Nansi Ellis and Dr Haili Hughes FRSA buff.ly/riA3q91

We had a CPD session this afternoon on inclusivity and keeping pupils in the classroom who might have previously had a “time out” card. Look at this incredible resource my colleague Mrs Henshall has created 👌🏼 #edutwitter #inclusion

A reminder that teachers in the state sector teach *everyone*, from the best to the worst. And we cannot expect them to manage students as chaotic as this with kind words and de-escalation alone. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

📉 Schools should take 'proactive' action to help cut the number of children missing education and locate those at most risk, the government has said buff.ly/0JS1HcW

you only have to go into some schools to realise why attendance is low. I suggest visits to ‘real life’ schools/shadow teachers for a term so you get a REAL idea of the issues. Department for Education - funding, staffing & resources are diabolical, students neglected because of this 😡

Worrying at a time when these subjects should be thriving… I wonder why 🧐… BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Leicester UCU Leicester Students’ Union Skills Support for Employers GOV.UK #geography #geology #naturalhistory #university #onlinelearning #AI

Climate Counts: Every number tells a story🌡️🌎 Lots of potential in this little #climatecounts pocketbook from UN Development feature.undp.org/climate-counts…