‼️IMPORTANT - The draft KCSIE statutory guidance has just been published by Department for Education. Link to the guidance below: gov.uk/government/pub… #safeguarding #KCSIE #KCSIE2025 #DSL #SchoolLeadership #SchoolLeaders #edutwitter

Suspensions and exclusions are a symptom of dealing with poor behaviour. Efforts to reduce this proxy figure must focus on improving behaviour rather than the all-too-common focus on preventing schools from effectively managing poor behaviour.

Book reading is a HABIT. If you do not have it now and want it, then you have to develop it. Like any other habit you must do it over and over again until it becomes second nature. Find a specific, isolated place (for me, it's my porch) and go there every day and read.

For those who break up on Friday - just remember dine if us are in work until 23rd

Love an away ground. Not the best of performance and the weather matched it COYB

Usyk is something else else - was not even close - generational

In short - the answer has to be no - we have one of the shortest breaks in Europe and also two of these weeks have result days. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Totally agree

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Hey, Grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it is

🔵🚨 Everton fall to defeat in New Jersey. A 0-3 loss to Bournemouth, who were on the end of 2 errors from Patterson and O’Brien. It is obvious to see that Everton need new signings. And these signs will eventually come.

An excuse makes today easy but tomorrow hard. Discipline makes today hard but tomorrow easy.

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It is not illegal to sanction is what I take from it.

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A little bit about why I’ve been away. It’s been a tough year, but I’ve made it through. secretheadteacher.org/2025/08/01/men…

A-level teachers, in case no one says it today: thank you for all your hard work preparing pupils for exams. Few know the pressure, worry & workload it takes and the pupils success is built not just on their effort, but on yours too. You’ve made a real difference.

Could not agree more the pastoral support needed on the day needs to happen in person and often as quickly as possible

Thoughts on GCSE Grades. 🧵 In general we're not at peace with the realities of grading. You can't have comparative standards AND have everyone succeed above a certain level. The bell curve is not imposed.. there's no conspiracy. It's an outcome of cohort performance.