This is absolutely brilliant. I particularly like Ross’ line: ‘The best data about a student is most likely to come from a (mini) whiteboard, not a (computer) dashboard’

Looking forward to seeing you at your Melbourne day, Tom.

This is gold. ‘Introducing struggle is both necessary and hazardous’; and: beware the ‘OK plateau’ of ‘comfortable competence.’

When I visited the impressive Mercia School (UK) in January I learned from Jack Jewell - their passionate Head of Maths - that they spend all of year 7 nailing numeracy with specialist teachers before tackling algebra in year 8. Seems like a recipe for success.

Brilliant to get the chance to speak to Ben Carroll today. Great to see someone doing such great things for the good of the whole sector. Really good grasp of the landscape.

If you are a UK school leader and you would prefer Bennett in this role over an unknown and a possible nonentity, I suggest you make your support well known.

A couple of many takeaways from a nourishing day of Tom Bennett OBE wisdom and insight today. ‘Nobody flourishes in chaos, apart from predators and opportunists.’ And, ‘every school should adopt whole-school norms and routines, and every teacher should put their shoulder into it.

A really great day. Note the Geelong Grammar crew in the front row, hanging on every word!

The thing about learning is that it’s incredibly elusive and deceptive. Even when it feels like it’s happening, it often isn’t. And that’s what the science of learning offers us: some signal among the noise. Without that signal, however faint, we mistake the theatre of learning

“What I discovered was that the degree to which a school was progressive was the degree to which its standards were weak” (Nick Gibb). This is another great listen, courtesy of Anna Stokke 👇👇👇

. ⁦Geelong Grammar looking resplendent⁩ on a winter’s afternoon.

This is good ⤵️

I’ve had worse hotel room views 🇨🇭

Good morning, Jungfrau. Shaping as a good hiking day.

Shot of our hotel whilst on a pre-breaky walk this morning. Time stamp 5:51am. 🇨🇭

Porto ❤️

Family reunion. Porto. Magic. ❤️

NEW FREE POST Rebecca Birch and o have teamed up to draft an open letter to Australia’s education ministers in support of AERO. Read the letter and sign Link ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

What a day of cricket and what a match, as Bedford School win The Cricketer Cup for the first time at Arundle Castle. So proud of the Old Bedfordians Club players who won a nail biter cricketercup.play-cricket.com/website/result…

A FIFO visit to Sydney today to see the Geelong Cats secure a top 2 ladder position. Took the scenic route to the Sydney Cricket Ground