Mark Chatley
@markchatley.bsky.social
Trust Leader/CEO of Coppice Primary Partnership. Professionally curious about curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Father to two boys.
Had a really good conversation today with other reviewers on Challenge Partners about curriculum and it really made me think about not only how far we have come but also how deep the conversations are now compared to some years ago. Today’s thought was about Vehicles and Drivers.
#EduSky
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March 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Had a really good conversation today with other reviewers on Challenge Partners about curriculum and it really made me think about not only how far we have come but also how deep the conversations are now compared to some years ago. Today’s thought was about Vehicles and Drivers.
#EduSky
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#EduSky
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Coppice are looking for the newest member of the team! Could you, or someone you know, be our CFOO?
If you are interested, or want to find out more about the trust, have a look at our website - www.coppiceprimarypartnership.kent.sch.uk - or get in touch!
#GrowingTogetherStrivingForExcellence
#CPP
If you are interested, or want to find out more about the trust, have a look at our website - www.coppiceprimarypartnership.kent.sch.uk - or get in touch!
#GrowingTogetherStrivingForExcellence
#CPP
March 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Coppice are looking for the newest member of the team! Could you, or someone you know, be our CFOO?
If you are interested, or want to find out more about the trust, have a look at our website - www.coppiceprimarypartnership.kent.sch.uk - or get in touch!
#GrowingTogetherStrivingForExcellence
#CPP
If you are interested, or want to find out more about the trust, have a look at our website - www.coppiceprimarypartnership.kent.sch.uk - or get in touch!
#GrowingTogetherStrivingForExcellence
#CPP
Stunning new display up at St Katherine’s School today, really capturing what we want our curriculum to be - to act as both a window and a mirror for our children. Really capturing our #Coppice vision for curriculum.
#StrivingForExcellence
#EduSky
#StrivingForExcellence
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March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Stunning new display up at St Katherine’s School today, really capturing what we want our curriculum to be - to act as both a window and a mirror for our children. Really capturing our #Coppice vision for curriculum.
#StrivingForExcellence
#EduSky
#StrivingForExcellence
#EduSky
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The DfE are running a series of virtual training sessions aimed at DSLs, Governors & Trustees about the Prevent Duty. I noticed the dates in a DfE update about regional Prevent education coordinators.
www.gov.uk/guidance/reg...
#Prevent #safeguarding #DSL #edusky ##schoolgovernors
www.gov.uk/guidance/reg...
#Prevent #safeguarding #DSL #edusky ##schoolgovernors
February 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The DfE are running a series of virtual training sessions aimed at DSLs, Governors & Trustees about the Prevent Duty. I noticed the dates in a DfE update about regional Prevent education coordinators.
www.gov.uk/guidance/reg...
#Prevent #safeguarding #DSL #edusky ##schoolgovernors
www.gov.uk/guidance/reg...
#Prevent #safeguarding #DSL #edusky ##schoolgovernors
This is a great thread on the breakfast club pilot. As mentioned, great idea in theory but the costs seem prohibitive.
With Breakfast Clubs in the news, I was recently challenged to say what I would do to improve the chances of success
So I'm doing a quick thread sharing my thoughts on how I would implement the policy alongside some observations and pitfalls to be wary of
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schoolsweek.co.uk/we-cant-run-...
So I'm doing a quick thread sharing my thoughts on how I would implement the policy alongside some observations and pitfalls to be wary of
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schoolsweek.co.uk/we-cant-run-...
‘We can’t run at a loss’: Heads snub flagship breakfast clubs
Government is seeking 750 pilot schools, but some heads say they can't make it work for 60p per pupil
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is a great thread on the breakfast club pilot. As mentioned, great idea in theory but the costs seem prohibitive.
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It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
February 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
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🧵An important part of the primary experience is having a lovely time- adults ringfencing the unique state of childhood and ensuring that primary is a glorious place to be little. Playful and joyful are not the antonyms of high standards and aspiration.
February 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵An important part of the primary experience is having a lovely time- adults ringfencing the unique state of childhood and ensuring that primary is a glorious place to be little. Playful and joyful are not the antonyms of high standards and aspiration.
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In two-form entry schools, to what extent should books align between partner classes in the same year group? A recent Local Authority visit was highly critical of the variations observed.
How much consistency is expected, and what are your thoughts on this issue?
In two-form entry schools, to what extent should books align between partner classes in the same year group? A recent Local Authority visit was highly critical of the variations observed.
How much consistency is expected, and what are your thoughts on this issue?
February 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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In two-form entry schools, to what extent should books align between partner classes in the same year group? A recent Local Authority visit was highly critical of the variations observed.
How much consistency is expected, and what are your thoughts on this issue?
In two-form entry schools, to what extent should books align between partner classes in the same year group? A recent Local Authority visit was highly critical of the variations observed.
How much consistency is expected, and what are your thoughts on this issue?
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*NEW* Making Retrieval Practice Actually Work: Seven Essential Principles for Teachers to Know ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
February 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
*NEW* Making Retrieval Practice Actually Work: Seven Essential Principles for Teachers to Know ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
As an academy CEO, the HMCI could have adjusted term dates for schools in his trust and also moved away from STPCD. Does anyone know if he did this? Or is it easier to suggest now as it doesn’t impact him in the same way?
Also, it’s not for Ofsted to suggest policy is it? #EduSky #Education
Also, it’s not for Ofsted to suggest policy is it? #EduSky #Education
Yesterday, Ofsted’s chief inspector posed a question:
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As an academy CEO, the HMCI could have adjusted term dates for schools in his trust and also moved away from STPCD. Does anyone know if he did this? Or is it easier to suggest now as it doesn’t impact him in the same way?
Also, it’s not for Ofsted to suggest policy is it? #EduSky #Education
Also, it’s not for Ofsted to suggest policy is it? #EduSky #Education
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Yesterday, Ofsted’s chief inspector posed a question:
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yesterday, Ofsted’s chief inspector posed a question:
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
“190 days of children going in out of 365. I think the question should be is that long enough?”
Today, teachers have answered that question…
@teachertapp.bsky.social
Looking forward to a busy day ahead. Starting off with a meeting of our executive leadership team followed by a school visit then back for a discussion around supporting a proposal to further support a vulnerable group of children. Then switch to ‘dad’ for parents evening! #GrowingTogether
February 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Looking forward to a busy day ahead. Starting off with a meeting of our executive leadership team followed by a school visit then back for a discussion around supporting a proposal to further support a vulnerable group of children. Then switch to ‘dad’ for parents evening! #GrowingTogether
Typically insightful post from @moderncassie.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head about the potential unintended consequences of inclusion in the new framework.
It’s great to see inclusion put more front and centre, but ‘looking inclusive rather than being inclusive’ is a big risk.
It’s great to see inclusion put more front and centre, but ‘looking inclusive rather than being inclusive’ is a big risk.
"Ofsted's standalone ‘Inclusion’ judgement highlights the importance of valuing all learners, but we must ensure it doesn't become a box-ticking exercise that sidesteps true inclusivity."
Some thoughts on the proposal.
#EduSky #SEND #Inclusion
moderncassie.blogspot.com/2025/02/ofst...
Some thoughts on the proposal.
#EduSky #SEND #Inclusion
moderncassie.blogspot.com/2025/02/ofst...
Ofsted’s Inclusion Judgment: A step forward or a risky detour?
Ofsted’s decision to introduce a standalone ‘Inclusion’ judgement in its new framework sounds like a win for equity on paper. After all, m...
moderncassie.blogspot.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Typically insightful post from @moderncassie.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head about the potential unintended consequences of inclusion in the new framework.
It’s great to see inclusion put more front and centre, but ‘looking inclusive rather than being inclusive’ is a big risk.
It’s great to see inclusion put more front and centre, but ‘looking inclusive rather than being inclusive’ is a big risk.
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The more I think about the whole thing, the more it strikes me that we are never going to solve the big issues in education unless there is a significant change in the way we approach the problems. I agree that some of the problems are ‘wicked’ problems and there are no silver bullets.
A thread 1/6
A thread 1/6
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The more I think about the whole thing, the more it strikes me that we are never going to solve the big issues in education unless there is a significant change in the way we approach the problems. I agree that some of the problems are ‘wicked’ problems and there are no silver bullets.
A thread 1/6
A thread 1/6
Another dabble into the new Ofsted toolkits another question. Under the data area (where there are different gradings), it mentions attainment and progress, but in different statements, as if they act in isolation. What if you are above in one and below in the other? And which way around. #Edusky
February 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Another dabble into the new Ofsted toolkits another question. Under the data area (where there are different gradings), it mentions attainment and progress, but in different statements, as if they act in isolation. What if you are above in one and below in the other? And which way around. #Edusky
The more I think about the whole thing, the more it strikes me that we are never going to solve the big issues in education unless there is a significant change in the way we approach the problems. I agree that some of the problems are ‘wicked’ problems and there are no silver bullets.
A thread 1/6
A thread 1/6
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The more I think about the whole thing, the more it strikes me that we are never going to solve the big issues in education unless there is a significant change in the way we approach the problems. I agree that some of the problems are ‘wicked’ problems and there are no silver bullets.
A thread 1/6
A thread 1/6
Not sure how I feel after tuning in to the meeting with the #edsec today. Lots of things are discussed and the questions asked seemed fair and reasonable. A little concerned about the road ahead, particularly around the Ofsted framework and what appears a big increased in workload.
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Not sure how I feel after tuning in to the meeting with the #edsec today. Lots of things are discussed and the questions asked seemed fair and reasonable. A little concerned about the road ahead, particularly around the Ofsted framework and what appears a big increased in workload.
Really great couple of days. Yesterday, feeding back to our Education and Curriculum Group about the impact of the positive actions taken since September and today working with a school leadership team on potential solutions to wicked problems. #StrivingForExcellence
January 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Really great couple of days. Yesterday, feeding back to our Education and Curriculum Group about the impact of the positive actions taken since September and today working with a school leadership team on potential solutions to wicked problems. #StrivingForExcellence
Really enjoyable first week back after Xmas. Finished evaluating the outcomes from Autumn and used these to consider trends for us to look at across the trust. Also had some great networking opportunities and threw in some laughs along the way! #GrowingTogether
January 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Really enjoyable first week back after Xmas. Finished evaluating the outcomes from Autumn and used these to consider trends for us to look at across the trust. Also had some great networking opportunities and threw in some laughs along the way! #GrowingTogether
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‘The ‘adaptive teaching’ collection’
“Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.”
alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive...
‘The ‘adaptive teaching’ collection’
“Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.”
alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive...
The 'Adaptive Teaching' Collection
Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.
In the past few years, in England at least, its prominence has ...
alexquigley.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
*** NEW POST ***
‘The ‘adaptive teaching’ collection’
“Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.”
alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive...
‘The ‘adaptive teaching’ collection’
“Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.”
alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive...
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I’m delighted to say that we are now able to offer supervision for headteachers, safeguarding leads, DSLs, FLOs/inclusion teams and any staff with safeguarding responsibility. We’re also offering a great programme of supervision for EYFS teams. Get in touch for more information.
January 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m delighted to say that we are now able to offer supervision for headteachers, safeguarding leads, DSLs, FLOs/inclusion teams and any staff with safeguarding responsibility. We’re also offering a great programme of supervision for EYFS teams. Get in touch for more information.
Really great meeting this morning with the Kent MAT Alliance. So fortunate to be able to share experiences and discuss important matters with other MAT CEOs. Also a really insightful talk from @gatortiff.bsky.social from @plmr.co.uk about strategic comms.
January 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Really great meeting this morning with the Kent MAT Alliance. So fortunate to be able to share experiences and discuss important matters with other MAT CEOs. Also a really insightful talk from @gatortiff.bsky.social from @plmr.co.uk about strategic comms.
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New Blog Post 📝
Too much time is wasted on the what in education rather than the how.
Centralising your department's resources frees up time for teachers to focus on what truly matters!
This is why we centralise our resources and why you should too 👇
#EduSky
inquestion.co.uk/2024/11/21/c...
Too much time is wasted on the what in education rather than the how.
Centralising your department's resources frees up time for teachers to focus on what truly matters!
This is why we centralise our resources and why you should too 👇
#EduSky
inquestion.co.uk/2024/11/21/c...
Centralised Resources: Less Time Planning, More Time Teaching
Centralising educational resources enhances teaching effectiveness by providing a consistent repository of materials. This approach fosters collaboration, allows for flexibility, and ensures all st…
inquestion.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM
New Blog Post 📝
Too much time is wasted on the what in education rather than the how.
Centralising your department's resources frees up time for teachers to focus on what truly matters!
This is why we centralise our resources and why you should too 👇
#EduSky
inquestion.co.uk/2024/11/21/c...
Too much time is wasted on the what in education rather than the how.
Centralising your department's resources frees up time for teachers to focus on what truly matters!
This is why we centralise our resources and why you should too 👇
#EduSky
inquestion.co.uk/2024/11/21/c...