Isaac
@isaacmoore7.bsky.social
Deputy headteacher
Curriculum/Assessment/Reading/CPD
Co-author of Desirable Difficulties In Action
Curriculum/Assessment/Reading/CPD
Co-author of Desirable Difficulties In Action
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I had lots of fun at #rEDCam25 on Saturday. What was super lovely (and unexpected!) was some delegates tell me how much they like my writing because I tackle thorny edu issues very respectfully, and support teacher voices. It meant a lot. Thank you 🙏
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I had lots of fun at #rEDCam25 on Saturday. What was super lovely (and unexpected!) was some delegates tell me how much they like my writing because I tackle thorny edu issues very respectfully, and support teacher voices. It meant a lot. Thank you 🙏
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The points @msjasminemn.bsky.social makes in the body of the article are important.
Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration.
schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...
Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration.
schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...
I’ve given teaching my all. Now I’m told I don't belong here
The thought that I won't be able to be treated as a citizen is disturbing
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The points @msjasminemn.bsky.social makes in the body of the article are important.
Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration.
schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...
Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration.
schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...
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Whenever I read an article like this about reducing exclusions, I want a chance to hear from teachers in the school. The ones actually dealing with the behaviours in the classroom.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
How ‘true’ inclusion cuts exclusions
A new approach to inclusion has helped one school to reduce exclusions to zero and significantly cut suspensions. Phil Humphreys and Kiran Gill explain how
www.tes.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Whenever I read an article like this about reducing exclusions, I want a chance to hear from teachers in the school. The ones actually dealing with the behaviours in the classroom.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Great day at #rED25 and delighted to present my first session after many years of lurking in the audience! Some excellent new ideas for 6th form teaching from a session on the research behind independent learning from @paulclinepsy.bsky.social and @mikehobbiss.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great day at #rED25 and delighted to present my first session after many years of lurking in the audience! Some excellent new ideas for 6th form teaching from a session on the research behind independent learning from @paulclinepsy.bsky.social and @mikehobbiss.bsky.social
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Anybody on here do Edexcel IGCSE biology, chemistry, or physics?
August 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Anybody on here do Edexcel IGCSE biology, chemistry, or physics?
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One of my favourite results today was for a student who only got one grade 4+ today.
It was in maths and it was testament to incredible hard work from her and a number of SEND staff who supported her.
Success looks different for different folks.
That was one of the best grades earned today.
It was in maths and it was testament to incredible hard work from her and a number of SEND staff who supported her.
Success looks different for different folks.
That was one of the best grades earned today.
August 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
One of my favourite results today was for a student who only got one grade 4+ today.
It was in maths and it was testament to incredible hard work from her and a number of SEND staff who supported her.
Success looks different for different folks.
That was one of the best grades earned today.
It was in maths and it was testament to incredible hard work from her and a number of SEND staff who supported her.
Success looks different for different folks.
That was one of the best grades earned today.
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I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.
August 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.
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⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
Leadership as an Attentional Practice
Attention as a Leadership Act in School Improvement School improvement is often framed around structures: improvement plans, strategic goals, and systems of accountability. However, beneath these f…
researcherteacher.home.blog
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
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schools like mine directly. We wouldn’t recruit an ECT via an agency but we could probably squeeze a humanities ECT in for September given our growth.
Reach out if you are interested - we are a great place to work and you would be joining a school on the up.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
Reach out if you are interested - we are a great place to work and you would be joining a school on the up.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
Willenhall E-ACT Academy - Open - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted
reports.ofsted.gov.uk
August 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
schools like mine directly. We wouldn’t recruit an ECT via an agency but we could probably squeeze a humanities ECT in for September given our growth.
Reach out if you are interested - we are a great place to work and you would be joining a school on the up.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
Reach out if you are interested - we are a great place to work and you would be joining a school on the up.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
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My core job is teaching English but my TLR impacts every area of our school. I'm proud of the work in those areas and been lucky to lead a fabulous team.
EAL improvement:
Sept: 8% of school as Band A, new to English
May: (inc 3 pupils that arrived in MARCH): 0.66% Band À
And literacy! See image.
EAL improvement:
Sept: 8% of school as Band A, new to English
May: (inc 3 pupils that arrived in MARCH): 0.66% Band À
And literacy! See image.
August 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My core job is teaching English but my TLR impacts every area of our school. I'm proud of the work in those areas and been lucky to lead a fabulous team.
EAL improvement:
Sept: 8% of school as Band A, new to English
May: (inc 3 pupils that arrived in MARCH): 0.66% Band À
And literacy! See image.
EAL improvement:
Sept: 8% of school as Band A, new to English
May: (inc 3 pupils that arrived in MARCH): 0.66% Band À
And literacy! See image.
A Level results will be known by school leaders tomorrow.
Lots of school leaders and teachers are anxiously waiting.
There are lots of people that work in education in various roles, but if you are not directly responsible for results, then you don’t really understand what I’m talking about.
Lots of school leaders and teachers are anxiously waiting.
There are lots of people that work in education in various roles, but if you are not directly responsible for results, then you don’t really understand what I’m talking about.
August 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A Level results will be known by school leaders tomorrow.
Lots of school leaders and teachers are anxiously waiting.
There are lots of people that work in education in various roles, but if you are not directly responsible for results, then you don’t really understand what I’m talking about.
Lots of school leaders and teachers are anxiously waiting.
There are lots of people that work in education in various roles, but if you are not directly responsible for results, then you don’t really understand what I’m talking about.
My summer captured in four pictures!!
August 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My summer captured in four pictures!!
Apparently this is called #aurafarming
August 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Apparently this is called #aurafarming
The obligatory ‘I have been to the leaning tower of Pisa and done the pose’ pictures….well, my son tried to do the pose 😁
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The obligatory ‘I have been to the leaning tower of Pisa and done the pose’ pictures….well, my son tried to do the pose 😁
Florence is too beautiful. I just don’t feel like I want to leave. History, Art, culture and lovely people.
The Firenze Duomo is so unreal in terms of its beauty and size….what a work of art
The Firenze Duomo is so unreal in terms of its beauty and size….what a work of art
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Florence is too beautiful. I just don’t feel like I want to leave. History, Art, culture and lovely people.
The Firenze Duomo is so unreal in terms of its beauty and size….what a work of art
The Firenze Duomo is so unreal in terms of its beauty and size….what a work of art
Was in Paris for 2 days and thought taxi drivers were reckless. I’m in Rome now and my god, my taxi driver was something else. I’m here until Aug 2nd and I’m off to Florence.
July 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Was in Paris for 2 days and thought taxi drivers were reckless. I’m in Rome now and my god, my taxi driver was something else. I’m here until Aug 2nd and I’m off to Florence.
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📣 NEW BLOG 📣
Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...
Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...
July 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
📣 NEW BLOG 📣
Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...
Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model
hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...
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"Our results suggest that word reading and spelling are one and the same, almost, but that spoken vocabulary knowledge is more closely related to reading than to spelling." Open article from the great Rebecca Treiman and colleagues. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
On the relationship between word reading ability and spelling ability - Reading and Writing
The goal of the present study was to test theories about the extent to which individual differences in word reading align with those in spelling and the extent to which other cognitive and linguistic ...
link.springer.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Our results suggest that word reading and spelling are one and the same, almost, but that spoken vocabulary knowledge is more closely related to reading than to spelling." Open article from the great Rebecca Treiman and colleagues. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I’m now on Substack as @isaacmoore.
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July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I’m now on Substack as @isaacmoore.
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Lets celebrate one week and over a hundred copies sold of Unlocking Teacher Development by sharing another review! This one is by @steplab.bsky.social legend @joshpd.bsky.social!
July 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Lets celebrate one week and over a hundred copies sold of Unlocking Teacher Development by sharing another review! This one is by @steplab.bsky.social legend @joshpd.bsky.social!
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#Edusky #UkEd
Interesting article.
Could link up well with schema theory.
Sleep helps stitch memories into cognitive maps, according to new neuroscience breakthrough share.google/kCMDDG9of7nq...
Interesting article.
Could link up well with schema theory.
Sleep helps stitch memories into cognitive maps, according to new neuroscience breakthrough share.google/kCMDDG9of7nq...
Sleep helps stitch memories into cognitive maps, according to new neuroscience breakthrough
Scientists have discovered that forming a mental map of a new environment takes more than just recognizing individual places—it also requires sleep. The study highlights how weakly tuned neurons gradu...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#Edusky #UkEd
Interesting article.
Could link up well with schema theory.
Sleep helps stitch memories into cognitive maps, according to new neuroscience breakthrough share.google/kCMDDG9of7nq...
Interesting article.
Could link up well with schema theory.
Sleep helps stitch memories into cognitive maps, according to new neuroscience breakthrough share.google/kCMDDG9of7nq...
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I was so pleased to receive this feedback from @lambhearttea.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I was so pleased to receive this feedback from @lambhearttea.bsky.social
This is a great post. Collaboration, not compliance. @samgibbs.bsky.social is doing some incredible work in her trust.
Love the idea of double loop learning, I talk about this a lot at work. We need to engage with the beliefs that sit under the actions people take.
Love the idea of double loop learning, I talk about this a lot at work. We need to engage with the beliefs that sit under the actions people take.
June 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is a great post. Collaboration, not compliance. @samgibbs.bsky.social is doing some incredible work in her trust.
Love the idea of double loop learning, I talk about this a lot at work. We need to engage with the beliefs that sit under the actions people take.
Love the idea of double loop learning, I talk about this a lot at work. We need to engage with the beliefs that sit under the actions people take.
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The new approach to School 21 seems to be to run it like a normal school, but to rebrand common approaches used perfectly well in other schools.
And so ends another radical rethinking of how to run a secondary school, not with a bang but with a whimper.
Until the next one comes along...
And so ends another radical rethinking of how to run a secondary school, not with a bang but with a whimper.
Until the next one comes along...
School 21 become a torchbearer for the progressive education movement, but things went awry after a critical Ofsted
This week it's been rated 'good'. Headteacher Moray Dickson tells Schools week what went wrong, and how it's being fixed
schoolsweek.co.uk/i-was-a-real...
This week it's been rated 'good'. Headteacher Moray Dickson tells Schools week what went wrong, and how it's being fixed
schoolsweek.co.uk/i-was-a-real...
Fixing School 21, the progressive education torchbearer
School 21 headteacher Moray Dickson says adding pragmatism to principles helped drive improvement to 'good'
schoolsweek.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The new approach to School 21 seems to be to run it like a normal school, but to rebrand common approaches used perfectly well in other schools.
And so ends another radical rethinking of how to run a secondary school, not with a bang but with a whimper.
Until the next one comes along...
And so ends another radical rethinking of how to run a secondary school, not with a bang but with a whimper.
Until the next one comes along...