Lisa Fathers
@lisafathersbf.bsky.social
Deputy CEO Bright Futures ( Trust Leader)
Chair of Trust Board South Pennine Academies.
NLE.
Fellow Chartered College.
Chair of Trust Board South Pennine Academies.
NLE.
Fellow Chartered College.
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Delighted to welcome colleagues from across Greater Manchester to our #EduExchange here at @AGGSchool
A wonderful opportunity to;
💫Bring people together
💫Connect
💫Share good practice
#WeAreBrightFutures
A wonderful opportunity to;
💫Bring people together
💫Connect
💫Share good practice
#WeAreBrightFutures
February 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Delighted to welcome colleagues from across Greater Manchester to our #EduExchange here at @AGGSchool
A wonderful opportunity to;
💫Bring people together
💫Connect
💫Share good practice
#WeAreBrightFutures
A wonderful opportunity to;
💫Bring people together
💫Connect
💫Share good practice
#WeAreBrightFutures
We are thrilled that the work of the whole team @BrightFuturesET has been recognised in this way 🧡⭐️🥂⭐️🥂🥂🧡🧡⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a journey we are on together !
I need to start using Blue Sky so if you see this please give me a wave :-)
What a journey we are on together !
I need to start using Blue Sky so if you see this please give me a wave :-)
We're delighted to announce Bright Futures Educational Trust have been shortlisted for not ONE but TWO awards in the National MAT Awards 2025! 👏🎉
We are so proud that all of the hard work our colleagues across Bright Futures undertake has been recognised - excited to celebrate! ⭐
#WeAreBrightFutures
We are so proud that all of the hard work our colleagues across Bright Futures undertake has been recognised - excited to celebrate! ⭐
#WeAreBrightFutures
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We are thrilled that the work of the whole team @BrightFuturesET has been recognised in this way 🧡⭐️🥂⭐️🥂🥂🧡🧡⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a journey we are on together !
I need to start using Blue Sky so if you see this please give me a wave :-)
What a journey we are on together !
I need to start using Blue Sky so if you see this please give me a wave :-)
Thank you, really excited about this 🧡#WeAreBrightFutures
We are excited to tell you that we have a NEW Advisory Board member 🎉
Welcome @lisafathersbf.bsky.social, Deputy CEO of Bright Futures Educational Trust, to our Board!
#UKEd
Welcome @lisafathersbf.bsky.social, Deputy CEO of Bright Futures Educational Trust, to our Board!
#UKEd
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thank you, really excited about this 🧡#WeAreBrightFutures
Great to catch up with the lovely Frank & Stan 🧡 thanks for the chat on a very wintery morning ❄️❄️🥶🥶
Frank and Stan Chat
No. 209: The @lisafathersbf.bsky.social
Returns and Happy New Year Edition is now available youtu.be/2ddHCIzTrSU?.... The impact of AI, The Schools Bill, Child sexual exploitation and limited value of GCSE resits for too many covered. Also, tricky school closure decisions.
No. 209: The @lisafathersbf.bsky.social
Returns and Happy New Year Edition is now available youtu.be/2ddHCIzTrSU?.... The impact of AI, The Schools Bill, Child sexual exploitation and limited value of GCSE resits for too many covered. Also, tricky school closure decisions.
Frank and Stan Chat No. 209: The Lisa Fathers Returns and Happy New Year Edition
YouTube video by Frank and Stan Chat
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Great to catch up with the lovely Frank & Stan 🧡 thanks for the chat on a very wintery morning ❄️❄️🥶🥶
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Fantastic to have the opportunity to discuss the #CurriculumandAssessment Review agenda with college leaders today at the AoC conference this morning
November 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Fantastic to have the opportunity to discuss the #CurriculumandAssessment Review agenda with college leaders today at the AoC conference this morning
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Adding to the literacy gap
The UK has lost one in 20 libraries since 2016, either by closing them completely or moving them over to volunteer-run groups. The poorest areas were around four times more likely to permanently lose a local library than the richest
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services
Deprived communities lost more libraries since 2016 than richer areas did, the BBC finds
www.bbc.com
September 4, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Adding to the literacy gap
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Sign up as a volunteer judge for the BBC 500 words competition www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
What to expect as a volunteer judge
The UK's biggest children's short story writing competition, 500 Words, is back at the BBC and we need your help!
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Sign up as a volunteer judge for the BBC 500 words competition www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
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Couldn’t agree more! And @mrallington.bsky.social thank you for saying it! We need to remind everyone of this!
This job is such a joy and such a privilege, and I am so thankful for the opportunity. ❤️ 3/3
September 13, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Couldn’t agree more! And @mrallington.bsky.social thank you for saying it! We need to remind everyone of this!
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Great start to the term at Cedar Mount - we have some vacancies cedarmount.bright-futures.co.uk/vacancies/ if you are looking for a school with a heart
Vacancies - Cedar Mount Academy
Are you interested in working for Bright Futures? To view current vacancies at Bright Futures click on the tab at the bottom of this page. This
cedarmount.bright-futures.co.uk
September 14, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Great start to the term at Cedar Mount - we have some vacancies cedarmount.bright-futures.co.uk/vacancies/ if you are looking for a school with a heart
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So important for anyone teaching KS4/5 to read and understand.
“Re-marks” changed a while ago and old assumptions about chucking in borderline papers for a re-do don’t make sense anymore. This explains why.
“Re-marks” changed a while ago and old assumptions about chucking in borderline papers for a re-do don’t make sense anymore. This explains why.
I wrote something about mark reviews (you may know these as re-marks) which summarises what I think every year when I read social media, but never say.
sallythorne.com/2024/08/25/m...
TLDR: if you put in bulk review requests, consider spending the money on interventions instead.
#edusky
sallythorne.com/2024/08/25/m...
TLDR: if you put in bulk review requests, consider spending the money on interventions instead.
#edusky
Mark Reviews
As part of my exam role, at this time of year, I undertake reviews of marking. These are more commonly referred to as re-marks, which is a misnomer. Papers are not re-marked from scratch. Instead, the...
sallythorne.com
August 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
So important for anyone teaching KS4/5 to read and understand.
“Re-marks” changed a while ago and old assumptions about chucking in borderline papers for a re-do don’t make sense anymore. This explains why.
“Re-marks” changed a while ago and old assumptions about chucking in borderline papers for a re-do don’t make sense anymore. This explains why.
Well worth a read 👍🏽
A link to my blog back catalogue. Lots on curriculum design, cogsci and leadership.
thinkingflexibly.com/blog/
thinkingflexibly.com/blog/
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August 25, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Well worth a read 👍🏽
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Yes! Your sphere of influence goes way beyond the world of education!!! 😂🚴♀️
August 22, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Yes! Your sphere of influence goes way beyond the world of education!!! 😂🚴♀️
You say the nicest things 🤣🚴♂️
Yes! Your sphere of influence goes way beyond the world of education!!! 😂🚴♀️
August 22, 2024 at 8:15 PM
You say the nicest things 🤣🚴♂️
This is such great news for all of us 👏🏾👏🏽👏🏿👏🏼♥️
'The foundation worked with UK and Scottish government officials to arrange safe passage and student visas for the women. They have been given places at four medical schools after Scottish ministers changed the law to treat them as home students eligible for free tuition.'
Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban
Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2024 at 6:06 AM
This is such great news for all of us 👏🏾👏🏽👏🏿👏🏼♥️
Good luck to all @BrightFuturesET students receiving their GCSE results TODAY.
We are all proud of you. These results don’t define you - it’s what you do next, how you respond to your results that will create your next ♥️#WeAreBrightFutures
We are all behind you #Passion #Community #Integrity 🤞🤞🏾🤞🏿⭐️
We are all proud of you. These results don’t define you - it’s what you do next, how you respond to your results that will create your next ♥️#WeAreBrightFutures
We are all behind you #Passion #Community #Integrity 🤞🤞🏾🤞🏿⭐️
August 22, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Good luck to all @BrightFuturesET students receiving their GCSE results TODAY.
We are all proud of you. These results don’t define you - it’s what you do next, how you respond to your results that will create your next ♥️#WeAreBrightFutures
We are all behind you #Passion #Community #Integrity 🤞🤞🏾🤞🏿⭐️
We are all proud of you. These results don’t define you - it’s what you do next, how you respond to your results that will create your next ♥️#WeAreBrightFutures
We are all behind you #Passion #Community #Integrity 🤞🤞🏾🤞🏿⭐️
New Attendance guidance today : educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/19/f...
August 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
New Attendance guidance today : educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/19/f...
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Just listened to this - @samfr.bsky.social is fascinating as always. Well worth a listen.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
Does Sam Freedman have a plan to fix the failed state? | Institute for Government
Sam Freedman, IfG senior fellow, joins Hannah White to discuss his new book, 'Failed State: Why nothing works and how to fix it'.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
August 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Just listened to this - @samfr.bsky.social is fascinating as always. Well worth a listen.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
Thanks Louise ⭐️
Am delighted that my old pal and future boss and all round great person/ awesome #edusky future contributor has seen the blue skies! Big welcome to @lisafathersbf.bsky.social
August 16, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Thanks Louise ⭐️
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Am delighted that my old pal and future boss and all round great person/ awesome #edusky future contributor has seen the blue skies! Big welcome to @lisafathersbf.bsky.social
August 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Am delighted that my old pal and future boss and all round great person/ awesome #edusky future contributor has seen the blue skies! Big welcome to @lisafathersbf.bsky.social