Great turnout for this morning’s very topical ‘Managing Parental Complaints’ breakfast briefing. Rachel Foster & Manchester City Council legal team providing tips for good practice on how to resolve issues timely whilst deriving organisational learning One Education MCR Education

Great to see so many subject leads at our DT Network this afternoon. Lots of useful info shared to take back to school and links made. We are looking forward to meeting leads of other subjects incl. art, music & history at our other events later in the year!

We're delighted to have received the award for 'Innovation in Children's and Adult's Services' at this year's #MJAwards! This recognises the hard work behind the 2022 Our Year campaign as we seek to make Manchester a more child-friendly city.

We’re proud to present the One Education HR Circle - a network designed to unite HR Leaders in education. Join us for the opportunity to connect, communicate and collaborate. You are invited to join us and overcome HR challenges together. Learn more: bit.ly/44xT8Oz

Thank you for joining us Jade Walwyn One Education to deliver ‘Creating a Culture of Care’ workshops to Manchester HTs. The full to capacity rooms during both sessions was a reflection on what an important and topical issue this is.

Today we say goodbye and thank you to our wonderful Lead Headteacher Margaret Cunningham. She has made a huge impact on many lives during her career in education and will be very much missed (Thank you for the photo Rachel Foster!)

It’s all about balance! Great mixture of workshops at our MCR Primary HT Conference today. Two well-being based sessions giving HTs the time and space to consider their own well-being as well as catch up with colleagues. Fantastic local companies delivering fantastic workshops.

The Curriculum and Assessment Review, led by Professor Becky Francis, is seeking evidence from across the education sector, including teachers, parents, children and employers. Your experience and insight will help to shape the future of education for our young people.

Excited to be starting our ‘Getting Manchester Talking!’ conference with Professor Neil Mercer delivering ‘Why Oracy Matters’ to 71 Manchester leaders. #oracymatters #manchesterschools Oracy Cambridge

Prof. Neil Mercer MCR Schools Alliance conference making a compelling case for why effective teaching balances authoritative presentation and interactive dialogue. Excited to share examples of what this looks like in my session next Voice 21 Oracy

Listening to Professor Neil Mercer at the MCR Schools Alliance ‘Getting Manchester Talking’ conference talk about how the best teachers incorporate oracy education.

Next up Amy Gaunt, V21 Director of Learning, Impact and Influence, is delivering a really engaging session on ‘The oracy imperative: how can you transform teaching and learning through talk.’ Voice 21 Oracy #OracyImperative #manchesterschools

Ready and excited for my workshop at Manchester Schools’ Alliance today, focusing on effective professional development for embedding oracy Manchester Communication Research School MCR Schools Alliance #oracy #CPD

Huge thanks to the pupils and staff from St Wilfrid's RC Primary for delivering a workshop at our ‘Getting Manchester Talking!’ conference. They showcased their extraordinary debate skills, it was clear to see why they were National Debate Mate Champions! Debate Mate #manchesterschools

Huge thank you to Manchester Communication Research School, Debate Mate and Longsight Community Primary School for delivering insightful and engaging workshops at our ‘Getting Manchester Talking!’ Conference. The perfect complement to the morning keynotes! @BigLifeTweets #OracyMatters #manchesterschools

Huge thanks to @ComputingHubGM for delivering an excellent bespoke session for Manchester primary computing subject leads. Also amazed to hear about the wealth of support the hub can offer, information on which has been shared with all of our member schools.

Our ‘Securing Talk in the Early Years’ conference is off to a ‘Flying Start’ this morning. Julie Ashworth, Senior SALT Practitioner’ is sharing the implications of life long learning for pupils with speech and language development issues MCR Education #MakingManchesterFairer

Next up is the importance of developing oracy in early maths and the impact this has on future learning with Assistant NorthWest MathsHub3 Lead Dianne Ellithorn #MakingManchesterFairer MCR Education #oracyinmaths

Ending an inspirational day with Elliot Hahn from Manchester Communication Research School sharing evidence based strategies for implementing high-impact, low-cost language interventions in the EYFS #MakingManchesterFairer MCR Education #EYFS

Sun is shining on our last in-person ‘Intent to Implementation’ session. 65 leaders giving up their evenings over the last 4 months for 90mins of theory from Melanie Hooson followed by 90mins of supported workshop time to plan how they will put this into practice #curriculum