Labour pledges to scrap primary Sats if elected bbc.in/2UI9C7V

SATs and high-stakes testing are failing our children. As schools, staff and pupils prepare for the latest round of SATs, help us to change the debate and join our campaign against this failing system. neu.org.uk/campaigns/asse…

"Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows. Confidence is the difference between being inspired and actually getting started, between trying and doing until it’s done. Confidence helps us keep going even when we’ve failed." . #TED2019

We'll scrap SATs for 7 and 11 year olds. #NEU19

Mental health of pupils is 'at crisis point', teachers warn ow.ly/f8Qz30osbpm | The Guardian

"Standardization Broke Education. Here’s How We Can Fix Our Schools.” New, short piece for WIRED UK tinyurl.com/y3dow7zg

How to encourage kids to think critically from an early age: t.ted.com/6SZDgtz

Headteacher Judy Shaw: ‘My staff are fantastic but they can’t fight poverty’ theguardian.com/education/2019…

We need to #solveukpoverty if we are to make progress in improving social mobility. Campbell Robb quoted in Robert Wright's piece for Financial Times: ft.com/content/ba88ba…

The likelihood of having trouble putting food on the table has almost doubled among those with low incomes in most of the UK since 2004, new King's College London research finds. Chris Goulden responds in this The Guardian article. theguardian.com/society/2019/m…

Children should be taught about ethnic minorities' contribution to history, Education Secretary says ow.ly/mDiD30oDYUH | Telegraph

Why talent carries you farther than fame: t.ted.com/C9lHIU8 #GameofThrones Maisie Williams

Over the last three decades, the amount of time parents in rich countries spend on child-rearing activities has increased by well over 50%: bit.ly/2PPm5Rn. For me at least, the country where parents spend the most time in child-rearing was a surprise...

Where has socialism ever worked? 🤔 #JeremyCorbyn #BernieSanders #McVey #BBCQT

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#CurriculumEd2019 || 01/06/2019 || Lichfield || eventbrite.co.uk/e/curriculumed…

Want to know how to better utilise your teaching assistants? Download the EEF Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants guidance report: eef.li/vh80FS/

So many good things came out of yesterday's #CurriculumEd2019 but this has to be right up there with the best! Well done to Rebecca Osborne! #dualcoding #thearts Thank you to everyone for tweeting and thank you to . and Jo Owens for organising CurriculumEd.

Ofsted's chief inspector has said schools must put 'less faith' in predicted grades and focus on the 'substance of education' during a speech at the NGA For Schools & Trusts #VisibleGovernance summer conference schoolsweek.co.uk/spielman-schoo…

Congratulations to the Y7 & 10 Netball teams tonight, winning against Chase Terrace 👏