Miss Bains
@missgbains.bsky.social
Assistant Headteacher | MA Ed Leadership | @TeachFirst Ambassador | Maths Teacher | ✝️ | Views are my own
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*NEW BLOG POST* A new post from me and @lambhearttea.bsky.social on I, We, You theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/i...
I/We/You: Use with caution
Adam Boxer recently posted on X: ‘To me, I/We/You is a powerful way to conceptualise teaching specific things. It is NOT a powerful way to structure lessons. It’s a cycle. And you could have …
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June 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
*NEW BLOG POST* A new post from me and @lambhearttea.bsky.social on I, We, You theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/i...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Our open access (free!) book 'Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival' by Nuno Crato, Dylan William, John Hattie, @timsurma.bsky.social, Elizabeth Rata and more with a foreword by ED Hirsch, Jr. is now available! #EduSky
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our open access (free!) book 'Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival' by Nuno Crato, Dylan William, John Hattie, @timsurma.bsky.social, Elizabeth Rata and more with a foreword by ED Hirsch, Jr. is now available! #EduSky
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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You can't use one assessment for multiple purposes - it gets pulled out of shape.
That's what happened to GCSEs when they were used for all kinds of purposes they weren't designed for.
Things are a bit better at secondary now - but what about primary?
That's what happened to GCSEs when they were used for all kinds of purposes they weren't designed for.
Things are a bit better at secondary now - but what about primary?
Designing the perfect assessment system, part 1
What's the point of assessment?
buff.ly
November 27, 2024 at 7:38 AM
You can't use one assessment for multiple purposes - it gets pulled out of shape.
That's what happened to GCSEs when they were used for all kinds of purposes they weren't designed for.
Things are a bit better at secondary now - but what about primary?
That's what happened to GCSEs when they were used for all kinds of purposes they weren't designed for.
Things are a bit better at secondary now - but what about primary?
‘Effective leadership in teaching and learning is about creating a framework that provides direction while recognising and nurturing subject specificity.’
A nod to @teacherhead.bsky.social for his insightful thoughts on 'lethal mutations,' which I also explore in this post.
👉 Read the full blog here: catherinepriggseducation.substack.com/p/5-we-need-...
👉 Read the full blog here: catherinepriggseducation.substack.com/p/5-we-need-...
#5 We need to talk about… the dos and don’ts of leading teaching and learning school-wide
Hello, and thanks for joining me. This week, I'll share some suggestions on what senior leaders responsible for teaching and learning might want to consider doing... and not doing.
catherinepriggseducation.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM
‘Effective leadership in teaching and learning is about creating a framework that provides direction while recognising and nurturing subject specificity.’
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If you are interested in the current state of Ofsted's school inspection programme then this short blog from Adrian Gray, former SHMI, requires a steady nerve. Remember, this is the same Framework. Some might say it's to be expected but it isn't equitable. www.linkedin.com/posts/adrian...
Adrian Gray on LinkedIn: #schools #ofsted
A GOOD TIME TO BE INSPECTED?
Here is some interesting data. Given that 'Quality of Education' is the Ofsted grade that matters, what has been happening to…
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November 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM
If you are interested in the current state of Ofsted's school inspection programme then this short blog from Adrian Gray, former SHMI, requires a steady nerve. Remember, this is the same Framework. Some might say it's to be expected but it isn't equitable. www.linkedin.com/posts/adrian...
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Those who live and breathe curriculum and assessment by teaching every day have a deep and unique understanding of what’s going well and what needs to improve.
If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Those who live and breathe curriculum and assessment by teaching every day have a deep and unique understanding of what’s going well and what needs to improve.
If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
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I've created a starter pack of education accounts too - let me know if you'd like me to add you.
Cool Education accounts
Join the conversation
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I've created a starter pack of education accounts too - let me know if you'd like me to add you.
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The new Ofsted proposals being discussed at the moment are concerning, particularly the separation of curriculum and instruction. Here are some thoughts 🧵⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 12:34 PM
The new Ofsted proposals being discussed at the moment are concerning, particularly the separation of curriculum and instruction. Here are some thoughts 🧵⬇️
‘The quality of teaching cannot be considered intelligently without reference to the content being taught, because that is why teaching exists and without something to teach there can be no teaching.’
New blog post
Why Ofsted should not separate teaching from curriculum
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Why Ofsted should not separate teaching from curriculum
occamshairdryer.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/a...
An Unwelcome Divide: Curriculum and Teaching
I remember a time, not so very long ago, when it would have been highly unusual in most English schools for a lesson observer to pay much attention at all to the content being taught. It was very r…
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November 16, 2024 at 12:54 PM
‘The quality of teaching cannot be considered intelligently without reference to the content being taught, because that is why teaching exists and without something to teach there can be no teaching.’
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A lot of discussion lately about the reasons for the decline of Eng Lit A-level.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
The fall of Eng Lit
What is the cause, is it a problem - and if so, what can we do about it?
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM
A lot of discussion lately about the reasons for the decline of Eng Lit A-level.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
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I've also started a UK education policy starter pack, anyone who would like to be added let me know 😊 go.bsky.app/PHBkF8y
November 15, 2024 at 10:23 AM
I've also started a UK education policy starter pack, anyone who would like to be added let me know 😊 go.bsky.app/PHBkF8y
November 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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It's here! The Headteacher Starter Pack.
Want a whole lot of headteachers on your timeline? Here's the starter pack for you.
Includes deputy heads and assistant heads, heads of school and retired colleagues. Experience, wisdom, compassion, connection & beauty all in one package.
go.bsky.app/9jJ5dKQ
Want a whole lot of headteachers on your timeline? Here's the starter pack for you.
Includes deputy heads and assistant heads, heads of school and retired colleagues. Experience, wisdom, compassion, connection & beauty all in one package.
go.bsky.app/9jJ5dKQ
November 12, 2024 at 6:29 PM
It's here! The Headteacher Starter Pack.
Want a whole lot of headteachers on your timeline? Here's the starter pack for you.
Includes deputy heads and assistant heads, heads of school and retired colleagues. Experience, wisdom, compassion, connection & beauty all in one package.
go.bsky.app/9jJ5dKQ
Want a whole lot of headteachers on your timeline? Here's the starter pack for you.
Includes deputy heads and assistant heads, heads of school and retired colleagues. Experience, wisdom, compassion, connection & beauty all in one package.
go.bsky.app/9jJ5dKQ
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I wrote this partly in response to a tendency of some SLT to read classrooms in generic ways, & so not to notice when generic pedagogies weigh so heavily on a subject that its curriculum can't breathe. 6 yrs on, it's still an issue #CurriculumandAssessmentReview my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
Taking curriculum seriously
Curriculum is all about power. Decisions about what knowledge to teach are an exercise of power and therefore a weighty ethical responsibility. What we choose to teach confers or denies power. To say ...
my.chartered.college
October 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
I wrote this partly in response to a tendency of some SLT to read classrooms in generic ways, & so not to notice when generic pedagogies weigh so heavily on a subject that its curriculum can't breathe. 6 yrs on, it's still an issue #CurriculumandAssessmentReview my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
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Can’t look at assessment without unpicking curriculum.
September 7, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Can’t look at assessment without unpicking curriculum.
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Slides for my #rED24 talk ‘Why you need feedback more than you think you do’ are here:
profcoe.net/talks
profcoe.net/talks
September 7, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Slides for my #rED24 talk ‘Why you need feedback more than you think you do’ are here:
profcoe.net/talks
profcoe.net/talks
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With the big #rED24 event this weekend, I’d love to know:
What is the edu research that most changed your practice, how you think about education, and/or that you come back to most often?
I have few that I always return to but would love to know others’!
#EduNerdChat
#EduSky
#UKEdu
What is the edu research that most changed your practice, how you think about education, and/or that you come back to most often?
I have few that I always return to but would love to know others’!
#EduNerdChat
#EduSky
#UKEdu
September 4, 2024 at 7:19 AM
With the big #rED24 event this weekend, I’d love to know:
What is the edu research that most changed your practice, how you think about education, and/or that you come back to most often?
I have few that I always return to but would love to know others’!
#EduNerdChat
#EduSky
#UKEdu
What is the edu research that most changed your practice, how you think about education, and/or that you come back to most often?
I have few that I always return to but would love to know others’!
#EduNerdChat
#EduSky
#UKEdu
‘parents who choose a “good” secondary school for their child will not leave with appreciably better outcomes than a parent who selects an “inadequate” school. The one exception to this is an Outstanding judgment, which does predict future academic outcomes’
Overall single-word Ofsted grades for schools have been scrapped, with Phillipson arguing that they are "low information for parents and high stakes for schools"
Check out @drsamsims.bsky.social work on how little Ofsted reports tell parents about school quality
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Check out @drsamsims.bsky.social work on how little Ofsted reports tell parents about school quality
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
September 4, 2024 at 3:11 PM
‘parents who choose a “good” secondary school for their child will not leave with appreciably better outcomes than a parent who selects an “inadequate” school. The one exception to this is an Outstanding judgment, which does predict future academic outcomes’
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Professor Emerita Mary M. Kennedy, who sadly died last year, has had a huge impact on my understanding of teaching, research and policy.
I’ve been revisiting her work for a project and thought I’d share some of her gems (18), which are open access 🔓
Strap yourself in…🤓
I’ve been revisiting her work for a project and thought I’d share some of her gems (18), which are open access 🔓
Strap yourself in…🤓
September 1, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Professor Emerita Mary M. Kennedy, who sadly died last year, has had a huge impact on my understanding of teaching, research and policy.
I’ve been revisiting her work for a project and thought I’d share some of her gems (18), which are open access 🔓
Strap yourself in…🤓
I’ve been revisiting her work for a project and thought I’d share some of her gems (18), which are open access 🔓
Strap yourself in…🤓
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🚨Review of Edu-Research in 2023/24
→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process
(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...
→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process
(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...
Education Research: The Year In Review 2023/24
YouTube video by Peps Mccrea
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September 1, 2024 at 11:45 AM
🚨Review of Edu-Research in 2023/24
→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process
(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...
→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process
(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...
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If you are or you work with (new) middle leader(s) this year, I've written this rather candid summary for you!
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/a-blog-...
#UKEd
#EduBlogUK
#EduSky
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/a-blog-...
#UKEd
#EduBlogUK
#EduSky
A Blog for (New) Middle Leaders
A message to middle leaders at the start of the new academic year.
www.researchtoclassroom.com
September 1, 2024 at 5:47 AM
If you are or you work with (new) middle leader(s) this year, I've written this rather candid summary for you!
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/a-blog-...
#UKEd
#EduBlogUK
#EduSky
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/a-blog-...
#UKEd
#EduBlogUK
#EduSky
‘But if this diverts all the talent within the system away from leading actual schools directly, then we have a problem.’
NEW BLOG: Where have all the Headteachers gone? #Edusky #Schools #Headteacher @headteacherchat.bsky.social @teachertapp.bsky.social pls share. southgloshead.wordpress.com/2024/08/31/w...
Where have all the Headteachers gone…?
Being a Headteacher was what I wanted to do since I first stepped into the classroom in 1996. I turned 50 last week. Properly old! I've also been asked by the lovely people at Bloomsbury to write a bo...
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September 1, 2024 at 11:55 AM
‘But if this diverts all the talent within the system away from leading actual schools directly, then we have a problem.’
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Really important new study: what learning strategies do successful students use?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-l...
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August 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Really important new study: what learning strategies do successful students use?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-l...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-l...