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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Don't often see the river freeze
January 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Don't often see the river freeze
I found this a really useful book when I read it a few years ago. Well worth a look to improve your strategy around this.
Are you looking to strengthen #parentalengagement in your school this year? 💭
Look no further than The Four Pillars of Parental Engagement by Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster. 📘 Full of tips and strategies to help you enable school-parent relationships to thrive: buff.ly/3ZENlCs
Look no further than The Four Pillars of Parental Engagement by Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster. 📘 Full of tips and strategies to help you enable school-parent relationships to thrive: buff.ly/3ZENlCs
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I found this a really useful book when I read it a few years ago. Well worth a look to improve your strategy around this.
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Winter walk with @greeborunner.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Winter walk with @greeborunner.bsky.social
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Substack from @didau.bsky.social on culture. daviddidau.substack.com/p/culture-ea...
You know your culture is real when it’s inconvenient and you do it anyway. If you make excuses or exceptions then it’s not culture, not values, just bluster.
You know your culture is real when it’s inconvenient and you do it anyway. If you make excuses or exceptions then it’s not culture, not values, just bluster.
Culture eats values and vision statements for breakfast
Why culture is learned through imitation, tolerated behaviour and informal influence rather than assemblies, policies and good intentions
daviddidau.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Substack from @didau.bsky.social on culture. daviddidau.substack.com/p/culture-ea...
You know your culture is real when it’s inconvenient and you do it anyway. If you make excuses or exceptions then it’s not culture, not values, just bluster.
You know your culture is real when it’s inconvenient and you do it anyway. If you make excuses or exceptions then it’s not culture, not values, just bluster.
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A few credits. @katejonesteach.bsky.social said she would read this if I wrote it so now she has to! @sundersays.bsky.social generously responded to me with some more details of his argument about X being in breach of UK law. Discussions on here with @greeborunner.bsky.social helped me refine it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A few credits. @katejonesteach.bsky.social said she would read this if I wrote it so now she has to! @sundersays.bsky.social generously responded to me with some more details of his argument about X being in breach of UK law. Discussions on here with @greeborunner.bsky.social helped me refine it.
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With #veganuary2026 coming up it's time to try some new recipes.
Tonight - vegan ch*cken and vegetable pie.
Nice.
#vegan #plantbased
Tonight - vegan ch*cken and vegetable pie.
Nice.
#vegan #plantbased
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
With #veganuary2026 coming up it's time to try some new recipes.
Tonight - vegan ch*cken and vegetable pie.
Nice.
#vegan #plantbased
Tonight - vegan ch*cken and vegetable pie.
Nice.
#vegan #plantbased
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Curriculum reform is coming, but waiting is a mistake.
In my latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social article I outline 5 things schools can be thinking about now: oracy, sustainability, assessment, subject leadership and refining what already exists.
2026 should feel like continuation, not disruption.
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In my latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social article I outline 5 things schools can be thinking about now: oracy, sustainability, assessment, subject leadership and refining what already exists.
2026 should feel like continuation, not disruption.
👇
December 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Curriculum reform is coming, but waiting is a mistake.
In my latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social article I outline 5 things schools can be thinking about now: oracy, sustainability, assessment, subject leadership and refining what already exists.
2026 should feel like continuation, not disruption.
👇
In my latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social article I outline 5 things schools can be thinking about now: oracy, sustainability, assessment, subject leadership and refining what already exists.
2026 should feel like continuation, not disruption.
👇
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Post Christmas hygge vibes
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Post Christmas hygge vibes
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Why does so much external school support fail to lead to lasting change?
Schools invest in consultancy and CPD, yet a year later practice often looks much the same.
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Schools invest in consultancy and CPD, yet a year later practice often looks much the same.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Why does so much external school support fail to lead to lasting change?
Schools invest in consultancy and CPD, yet a year later practice often looks much the same.
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Schools invest in consultancy and CPD, yet a year later practice often looks much the same.
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The issue is rarely expertise.
More often, support stops at feedback, with too little clarity about next steps, success criteria or how change will be sustained.
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More often, support stops at feedback, with too little clarity about next steps, success criteria or how change will be sustained.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The issue is rarely expertise.
More often, support stops at feedback, with too little clarity about next steps, success criteria or how change will be sustained.
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More often, support stops at feedback, with too little clarity about next steps, success criteria or how change will be sustained.
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Effective support builds from intent to action to impact.
Quality assurance should shape bespoke CPD, with follow-up over time so advice is acted on, not just heard.
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Quality assurance should shape bespoke CPD, with follow-up over time so advice is acted on, not just heard.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Effective support builds from intent to action to impact.
Quality assurance should shape bespoke CPD, with follow-up over time so advice is acted on, not just heard.
3/
Quality assurance should shape bespoke CPD, with follow-up over time so advice is acted on, not just heard.
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When external support is aligned to curriculum priorities and held to account for outcomes, it can genuinely build capacity rather than create dependency.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When external support is aligned to curriculum priorities and held to account for outcomes, it can genuinely build capacity rather than create dependency.
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I’ve written more about this here: Making the most of school support
👉 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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👉 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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Making the most of school support
Why school support is often anything but
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’ve written more about this here: Making the most of school support
👉 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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👉 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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Made my own Christmas pudding for the first time this year. It worked!
December 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Made my own Christmas pudding for the first time this year. It worked!
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December 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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A very Merry Christmas to you all from Badger
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A very Merry Christmas to you all from Badger
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Ofsted has enacted a 'contingency plan' to help inspectors make notes when inspections resume in January, after more 'technical problems' with its electronic evidence-gathering system
Union FDA says it is 'concerned' over an apparent lack of long-term fix
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
Union FDA says it is 'concerned' over an apparent lack of long-term fix
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
'Contingency plan' as Ofsted notes software glitches again
Inspectors adjusting to new framework will have to follow 'alternative processes' in January
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ofsted has enacted a 'contingency plan' to help inspectors make notes when inspections resume in January, after more 'technical problems' with its electronic evidence-gathering system
Union FDA says it is 'concerned' over an apparent lack of long-term fix
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
Union FDA says it is 'concerned' over an apparent lack of long-term fix
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
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ICYMI: The Mayor of London’s universal primary free school meals scheme did not improve pupil attainment in its first year, but made a positive difference to family finances and stress levels, an impact report has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/londons-univ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/londons-univ...
London free school meals expansion hasn't boosted attainment
But researchers warn short-term effects 'difficult to detect' as families report positive impacts
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
ICYMI: The Mayor of London’s universal primary free school meals scheme did not improve pupil attainment in its first year, but made a positive difference to family finances and stress levels, an impact report has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/londons-univ...
schoolsweek.co.uk/londons-univ...
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Ofsted has enacted a 'contingency plan' to help inspectors record notes when inspections resume in January, after more 'technical problems' with its electronic evidence-gathering (EEG) system
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
'Contingency plan' as Ofsted notes software glitches again
Inspectors adjusting to new framework will have to follow 'alternative processes' in January
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ofsted has enacted a 'contingency plan' to help inspectors record notes when inspections resume in January, after more 'technical problems' with its electronic evidence-gathering (EEG) system
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enact...
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'The gap between student and teacher perceptions of stressors is important. A lack of awareness causes frustration and miscommunication on both sides, making young people less likely to seek support and adults feel less confident giving it'
schoolsweek.co.uk/beyond-the-s...
schoolsweek.co.uk/beyond-the-s...
Five ways to support young people with social media
Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but to their futures
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
'The gap between student and teacher perceptions of stressors is important. A lack of awareness causes frustration and miscommunication on both sides, making young people less likely to seek support and adults feel less confident giving it'
schoolsweek.co.uk/beyond-the-s...
schoolsweek.co.uk/beyond-the-s...
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Christmas baking with @greeborunner.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Christmas baking with @greeborunner.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Have you ordered any books from us as gifts this Christmas period? You can now review us on Trustpilot!
We'd love to hear what you think: buff.ly/6KbLQV9
We'd love to hear what you think: buff.ly/6KbLQV9
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This is really fun from @didau.bsky.social - daviddidau.substack.com/p/teaching-m...
Metre makes verse memorable (useful if you need to unspool reams on stage) - playing with it lets you catch the ear to make a point.
I wrote about this trick in Hamlet: james-handscombe.co.uk/scholarship/...
Metre makes verse memorable (useful if you need to unspool reams on stage) - playing with it lets you catch the ear to make a point.
I wrote about this trick in Hamlet: james-handscombe.co.uk/scholarship/...
Teaching metre as meaning
How to bring Shakespeare's verse to life
daviddidau.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is really fun from @didau.bsky.social - daviddidau.substack.com/p/teaching-m...
Metre makes verse memorable (useful if you need to unspool reams on stage) - playing with it lets you catch the ear to make a point.
I wrote about this trick in Hamlet: james-handscombe.co.uk/scholarship/...
Metre makes verse memorable (useful if you need to unspool reams on stage) - playing with it lets you catch the ear to make a point.
I wrote about this trick in Hamlet: james-handscombe.co.uk/scholarship/...
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“The most effective way to secure healthy uptake is not through gimmicks or incentives, but through an excellent and ambitious Key Stage 3 curriculum.” Yes, KS3 is vitally important for MFL.
In schools the GCSE options process is gearing up - but what are the unintended consequences of setting up subjects as products and pupils as consumers?
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The corrosive effect of GCSE options
How the options process distorts the curriculum
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“The most effective way to secure healthy uptake is not through gimmicks or incentives, but through an excellent and ambitious Key Stage 3 curriculum.” Yes, KS3 is vitally important for MFL.