Zoe Enser
@greeborunner.bsky.social
School improvement lead for a small but varied and beautifully formed trust. TES columnist.
Education, improving things for our most vulnerable. Literature, Yorkshire, folklore.
Education, improving things for our most vulnerable. Literature, Yorkshire, folklore.
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Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Creating a Forward Looking Geography Curriculum
This piece continues my exploration of what makes a curriculum genuinely ambitious, purposeful and hopeful. As schools rethink their geography provision in light of new expectations and a rapidly chan...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
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Substack is very much becoming my new favourite place to go... @ensermark.bsky.social features heavily in this! 😂
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Creating a Forward Looking Geography Curriculum
This piece continues my exploration of what makes a curriculum genuinely ambitious, purposeful and hopeful. As schools rethink their geography provision in light of new expectations and a rapidly chan...
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Substack is very much becoming my new favourite place to go... @ensermark.bsky.social features heavily in this! 😂
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
@bennewmark.bsky.social have you read any Joe Hill? I'm reading King Sorrow and thought you might like the mythic side
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@bennewmark.bsky.social have you read any Joe Hill? I'm reading King Sorrow and thought you might like the mythic side
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Busting some common myths about inspections and offering reflective questions which will help school leaders and teachers improve their practice, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social introduce their new book.
Read about their new book on their blog: buff.ly/OERLafj
Read about their new book on their blog: buff.ly/OERLafj
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Busting some common myths about inspections and offering reflective questions which will help school leaders and teachers improve their practice, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social introduce their new book.
Read about their new book on their blog: buff.ly/OERLafj
Read about their new book on their blog: buff.ly/OERLafj
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How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - Headteacher Update
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
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Looking for more guidance on levelling up your school? Mark and Zoe's latest book unpacks the qualities and strategies behind truly successful schools - summarising what we can all learn from them 📖 buff.ly/UWFKMC8
#Edusky #Leadership #SchoolImprovement
#Edusky #Leadership #SchoolImprovement
How do they do it?
What can we learn from amazing schools, leaders and teachers?
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Looking for more guidance on levelling up your school? Mark and Zoe's latest book unpacks the qualities and strategies behind truly successful schools - summarising what we can all learn from them 📖 buff.ly/UWFKMC8
#Edusky #Leadership #SchoolImprovement
#Edusky #Leadership #SchoolImprovement
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How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - Headteacher Update
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
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School improvement is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are.
In their article for @headteacherupdate.bsky.social, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for how we can make those decisions: buff.ly/MmkwSpw
In their article for @headteacherupdate.bsky.social, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for how we can make those decisions: buff.ly/MmkwSpw
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - Headteacher Update
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
www.headteacher-update.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
School improvement is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are.
In their article for @headteacherupdate.bsky.social, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for how we can make those decisions: buff.ly/MmkwSpw
In their article for @headteacherupdate.bsky.social, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for how we can make those decisions: buff.ly/MmkwSpw
Reposted by Zoe Enser
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions: buff.ly/KP64uTL #edusky
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - SecEd
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions: buff.ly/KP64uTL #edusky
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Teaching It Real | Mark Enser | Substack
Writing about teaching, learning and the wide world of education. Click to read Teaching It Real, by Mark Enser, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you find this writing helpful, then please do subscribe to my Substack here
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The final post of the week looked at criticisms of The Curriculum and Assessment Review and asked whether it really was calling for the 'dumbing down' of education.
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Is the Curriculum and Assessment Review “Dumbing Down” Education – or Simply Redefining Rigour?
What does a mature education system set out to achieve?
enserm.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The final post of the week looked at criticisms of The Curriculum and Assessment Review and asked whether it really was calling for the 'dumbing down' of education.
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
The Miracle of Schools
Why Simplistic Narratives Miss the Point
enserm.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
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#HowDoTheyDoIt? by Mark and Zoe Enser is packed full of reflective questions like this one to help you drive school improvement and give your students the brightest future possible.
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#HowDoTheyDoIt? by Mark and Zoe Enser is packed full of reflective questions like this one to help you drive school improvement and give your students the brightest future possible.
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
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What does the curriculum review mean for the sector? @missgoodyear.bsky.social and @samgibbs.bsky.social set out six points for schools to consider as they plan to implement the review's recommendations
What the curriculum review means for schools
As the profession digests the curriculum and assessment review’s recommendations, thoughts turn to putting them into practice, write Tracy Goodyear and Sam Gibbs
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November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What does the curriculum review mean for the sector? @missgoodyear.bsky.social and @samgibbs.bsky.social set out six points for schools to consider as they plan to implement the review's recommendations
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Coffee with a view in Knaresborough
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Coffee with a view in Knaresborough
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Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 3)
Rethinking assessment and exam volume in geography
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
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These are the brilliant questions.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
The bigger questions for leaders:
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
These are the brilliant questions.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Reposted by Zoe Enser
If education is to move beyond slogans about “rigour” or “softness,” we need to define what quality learning really looks like.
That’s the work of leadership.
#Education #Curriculum #Leadership #Assessment #SchoolImprovement
That’s the work of leadership.
#Education #Curriculum #Leadership #Assessment #SchoolImprovement
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If education is to move beyond slogans about “rigour” or “softness,” we need to define what quality learning really looks like.
That’s the work of leadership.
#Education #Curriculum #Leadership #Assessment #SchoolImprovement
That’s the work of leadership.
#Education #Curriculum #Leadership #Assessment #SchoolImprovement
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I explore the evidence, the politics and the opportunities for schools in my new Substack piece 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I explore the evidence, the politics and the opportunities for schools in my new Substack piece 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
Reposted by Zoe Enser
The bigger questions for leaders:
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The bigger questions for leaders:
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
Reposted by Zoe Enser
Reducing exam hours could free time for richer learning of a better curriculum.
The risk isn’t dumbing down — it’s what we do with the time gained.
The risk isn’t dumbing down — it’s what we do with the time gained.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Reducing exam hours could free time for richer learning of a better curriculum.
The risk isn’t dumbing down — it’s what we do with the time gained.
The risk isn’t dumbing down — it’s what we do with the time gained.
Reposted by Zoe Enser
The report calls for “high standards for all learners” — coherence, inclusion and progression — not for easier content.
It argues that rigour should mean depth, not quantity.
It argues that rigour should mean depth, not quantity.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The report calls for “high standards for all learners” — coherence, inclusion and progression — not for easier content.
It argues that rigour should mean depth, not quantity.
It argues that rigour should mean depth, not quantity.
Reposted by Zoe Enser
Headlines in The Telegraph and The Sun warned that cutting exam time by 10% and scrapping the EBacc means lower standards.
But that’s not what the implementation of the review should lead to.
But that’s not what the implementation of the review should lead to.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Headlines in The Telegraph and The Sun warned that cutting exam time by 10% and scrapping the EBacc means lower standards.
But that’s not what the implementation of the review should lead to.
But that’s not what the implementation of the review should lead to.
Reposted by Zoe Enser
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
Is the Curriculum and Assessment Review “Dumbing Down” Education – or Simply Redefining Rigour?
What does a mature education system set out to achieve?
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇