Petition: Pause Ofsted inspections & reform how school performance is evaluated petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6520… Every bit of pressure we can create is another step towards changing the current high stakes, cliff edged, consequences based Ofsted system. Please take the time to sign

The Derby Priority Education Investment Area had their board meeting at the Heart of the Park Café in Arboretum! Learners from St Martins School @StAndrewsDerby and Shaw Education Trust expertly served lovely refreshments! Thanks to them and everyone involved in the project Prof Kath Mitchell CBE

It is fantastic to see the strengthening relationship and collaboration between University of Derby and St Martins School Watch this space for some exciting announcements in the new year of further collaborative projects. Prof Kath Mitchell CBE ISEND Research Cluster (Inclusion and SEND) Sabrina Hobbs

As usual @JonnyUttley is talking sense - this time in The Spectator World … (Available to read on free trial) #Progress8 #offrolling #equity spectator.co.uk/article/why-ar…

Great stuff here from @JonnyUttley

📢 Recruitment day for our next cohort University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT Alistair Crawford DFN Project SEARCH HQ ✅ Current interns leading

Single word reductive Ofsted judgments are contributing to a recruitment & retention crisis and driving poor mental health outcomes for staff. Regrettably, they are used by the current Government to crudely categorize schools, which is why there is little appetite for reform.

Following meetings with regional Heads groups across the country, we’re excited that we will soon be releasing the conclusions in our 2024 Manifesto. A powerful collective statement on what it will take to make the currently impossible, possible. #onlyimpossibleuntilitsdone

Watch this space- seriously impressive work from the team #makingitpossible

Great to see this. Time for the rest of the UK to follow suit 👇👇 Children in care: Wales to remove profit from foster and residential services - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

.Heads' Roundtable calls for the system of teacher pay to be reformed to bring an end to an ‘annual circus of delay and disappointment’ in a new manifesto, which warns the job of leading a school has become impossible tes.com/magazine/news/…

Huge thanks to all Heads and School Leaders who contributed to our thinking on this piece of work. #Makingitpossible

Heads call for end to 'circus' of teacher pay settlements. A sensible set of recommendations from a sensible thinktank who know headship better than anyone. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Thank you.

Our full manifesto is now on the website. headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com

Sensing that Heads' Roundtable might have just triggered today's events. Having seen this Rishi Sunak has called his cabinet together. Obviously an important read for everyone

A long-term pay approach, reallocation of LA funds to special schools, revamping performance data and sufficient capital funding could help to make the job of headteacher possible, says Heads' Roundtable in a new manifesto tes.com/magazine/news/…

Heads and school leaders helped inspire our education manifesto. Keep a watch out for our #policyaday feature to #makingitpossible #GeneralElection2024

A very proud moment to share the University of Derby collaborative Supported Internship pilot with Alistair Crawford Supported Internships Derby (Project SEARCH) ISEND Research Cluster (Inclusion and SEND) Sabrina Hobbs Prof Kath Mitchell CBE derby.ac.uk/news/2024/supp…

24000 views in 3 hours. I hope it’s a good sign that others agree