You cannot be a govt minister with responsibility for education if you believe it is OK to swear at people in public because you don’t like what they are saying. It is sadly indicative of how low we have fallen as a country since 2019 that this is even a topic for debate.

Mo Farah - real name Hussein Abdi Kahin, was trafficked to the UK as a child & made a slave. It was thanks to his PE teacher, who spotted his talent, his life changed. Great teachers don’t judge children as they currently are, but rather see who they can become. That’s education!

For those school/finance leaders that now have to redo their budgets, find tens of thousands of pounds in savings when school has broken up or does this week it is simply unfair and not good enough. Education as an after thought yet again from govt. #£100kHoleToFill

Ending the week with a bang Hakka style! #SummerSchool2022 over and out!

Join me at #Harlow #Essex library next Thursday 4th August at 10am for a morning of bookish talk and a mini #WritingForNature workshop Essex Library Service Essex County Council Harlow Council Harlow Town Centre Your Harlow Book via: tinyurl.com/2wkd7u7e 📚

The 12yo has a non-binary class-mate, and uses their preferred pronouns & name without the tiniest, tiniest hint of hesitation, irony or self-consciousness. For her, and her friends, why anyone wouldn't do so simply doesn't compute. It's humbling.

Amazing how the grammar school announcements make lots of the mainstream media outlets excited but telling them that funding is being stripped away from children hardly gets a mention! Anyone would think these things were deliberate!

Last night in Exeter Liz Truss was cheered by Tory Party members for "vowing to get rid of solar farms" (says Sky News). So, in an energy crisis a contender for PM promises to wipe out 4% of the UK's electricity production... and is cheered?

I support NHS workers going on strike. Only a decent pay rise will help keep staff, fill vacancies and protect patient care #PutNHSPayRight

Really seeing the drop off in the number of people applying to TEACHarlow for their teacher training next year. We normally have 6-9 trainees across our small trust next year it looks like 2! Please accept something has to change Gillian Keegan @halfon4harlowMP

#orca to win

We are looking to recruit a deputy for one of our Trust schs. Got a couple of years until Ofsted come calling again so a chance to have a real impact. Been working with them since January. Good people. Good school. Great opportunity ⁦@Stewards_Head⁩ tes.com/jobs/vacancy/d…

Day 2 of the Stewards Academy Easter Holiday Booster Sessions with yet another bumper load of our #Year11 pupils in school making that all important difference to the ‘Higher’ grade they have already achieved…. @Stewards_Head Vic Goddard Your Harlow

Such a pity that colleagues that choose to run sessions for year 11/13 outside of the normal time are being called out for a poor curriculum/poor planning/poor teaching. I’ll tell you what - you do you!

I rarely put my head above the parapet on behaviour as everyone immediately falls into the warring camps. Behaviour management at a whole school level requires structures and systems that promote consistency and fairness for both yp and adults.

Dear British Gas. I have students that are struggling in maintaining ‘basic’ standards of personal hygiene as they can’t afford gas at home. You continue to fill your pockets (and your shareholders) at their expense. How much does your humanity cost? I’ll have a whip round

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