Tracy Goodyear FCCT FRSA
@missgoodyear.bsky.social
Director of Teacher Development at The Mercian Trust, Founder and Chair of Trust-Wide CPD Leaders' Forum, Founding Fellow and Assessor for Chartered College of Teaching and Mentor for Social Mobility Foundation. Most importantly, proud Mum of two boys 🩵🩵
Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social and of course Sam and Tracy @samgibbs.bsky.social @missgoodyear.bsky.social
A powerful voice here on something close to our long term ‘Opening Doors’ work: teacher empowerment
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A powerful voice here on something close to our long term ‘Opening Doors’ work: teacher empowerment
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"Experience tells us that ownership, not compliance, drives meaningful change." Great piece from @samgibbs.bsky.social and @missgoodyear.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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So grateful to the Trust CPD Leaders' Forum, @samgibbs.bsky.social and @missgoodyear.bsky.social for sharing my blog post all about the importance of context!
www.trustwidecpdleads.com/blog/context...
The forum is a wonderful space for learning and collaboration!
www.trustwidecpdleads.com/blog/context...
The forum is a wonderful space for learning and collaboration!
TrustWide CPD Leads - Contextual Implementation
No One-Size-Fits-All: The Power of Context in School Improvement
Viviane Robinson states that the number of priorities a school can attend to should be “fluid and contextual”.
Not only does context ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So grateful to the Trust CPD Leaders' Forum, @samgibbs.bsky.social and @missgoodyear.bsky.social for sharing my blog post all about the importance of context!
www.trustwidecpdleads.com/blog/context...
The forum is a wonderful space for learning and collaboration!
www.trustwidecpdleads.com/blog/context...
The forum is a wonderful space for learning and collaboration!
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What does the curriculum review mean for the sector? @missgoodyear.bsky.social and @samgibbs.bsky.social set out six points for schools to consider as they plan to implement the review's recommendations
What the curriculum review means for schools
As the profession digests the curriculum and assessment review’s recommendations, thoughts turn to putting them into practice, write Tracy Goodyear and Sam Gibbs
www.tes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What does the curriculum review mean for the sector? @missgoodyear.bsky.social and @samgibbs.bsky.social set out six points for schools to consider as they plan to implement the review's recommendations
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Looking forward to speaking with my partner-in-crime @missgoodyear.bsky.social at the @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social conference.
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Looking forward to speaking with my partner-in-crime @missgoodyear.bsky.social at the @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social conference.
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Why we think the future of CPD lies in collaborative networks. @missgoodyear.bsky.social @trustcpdleads.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Why teacher CPD must move beyond ‘quick win’ thinking
As funding for NPQs is withdrawn, the future of teacher CPD lies in collaborative networks that aim to build ‘collective intelligence’, write Sam Gibbs and Tracy Goodyear
www.tes.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Why we think the future of CPD lies in collaborative networks. @missgoodyear.bsky.social @trustcpdleads.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Congratulations to all from our sector receiving honours. It is great to see any and all efforts to restore our profession to a respected and valued pillar in both individual children and families lives but also the significant contribution to our wider collective benefit. 👏👏
June 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Congratulations to all from our sector receiving honours. It is great to see any and all efforts to restore our profession to a respected and valued pillar in both individual children and families lives but also the significant contribution to our wider collective benefit. 👏👏
Exactly this. It's like people have forgotten how to recognise a good thing and a positive change. I've now resorted to full-on debates with people about their irrelevant links on Facebook. Fight the good fight and all of that...
Odd dynamic:
1. Government announces a positive policy.
2. Campaigners welcome it.
3. Other people reply angrily 'But what about the 45 other policies we need to address X?!'
As if 'I welcome this good thing' means 'Job done'.
Even though you also said 'They must also do...'
1. Government announces a positive policy.
2. Campaigners welcome it.
3. Other people reply angrily 'But what about the 45 other policies we need to address X?!'
As if 'I welcome this good thing' means 'Job done'.
Even though you also said 'They must also do...'
June 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Exactly this. It's like people have forgotten how to recognise a good thing and a positive change. I've now resorted to full-on debates with people about their irrelevant links on Facebook. Fight the good fight and all of that...
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I grew up on free school meals, I know the difference they can make.
So I’m deeply proud that our Labour Government is taking this decisive step to turn the tide on child poverty — it is our moral mission.
Me for @labourlist.bsky.social ✍️
labourlist.org/2025/06/free...
So I’m deeply proud that our Labour Government is taking this decisive step to turn the tide on child poverty — it is our moral mission.
Me for @labourlist.bsky.social ✍️
labourlist.org/2025/06/free...
Bridget Phillipson:'I know what it is to grow up on free school meals'
Exclusive: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes on the government's expansion of free school meals provision.
labourlist.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I grew up on free school meals, I know the difference they can make.
So I’m deeply proud that our Labour Government is taking this decisive step to turn the tide on child poverty — it is our moral mission.
Me for @labourlist.bsky.social ✍️
labourlist.org/2025/06/free...
So I’m deeply proud that our Labour Government is taking this decisive step to turn the tide on child poverty — it is our moral mission.
Me for @labourlist.bsky.social ✍️
labourlist.org/2025/06/free...
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A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Taking hunger out of the classroom. - The Sutton Trust
Unpacking the Government's decision to widen FSM access to all households on universal credit.
www.suttontrust.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
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In case you didn’t know, @samgibbs.bsky.social, @kathrynmorgan.bsky.social and Tracy Goodyear are absolute legends! For every reason!
#ThankfulThursday
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June 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In case you didn’t know, @samgibbs.bsky.social, @kathrynmorgan.bsky.social and Tracy Goodyear are absolute legends! For every reason!
#ThankfulThursday
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Hey Team Bluesky... MOLEY HAS BEEN FOUND! Full details below and THANK YOU!
June 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hey Team Bluesky... MOLEY HAS BEEN FOUND! Full details below and THANK YOU!
Desperate parent alert! Our 4yo left his beloved teddy Moley (Florence the Mole from Any Creatures Wildlife) at Premier Inn Doncaster Lakeside on May 31. Likely scooped up with laundry 🧺💔 Discontinued + irreplaceable. Please RT + help us bring him home! 🙏#bringmoleyhome
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Desperate parent alert! Our 4yo left his beloved teddy Moley (Florence the Mole from Any Creatures Wildlife) at Premier Inn Doncaster Lakeside on May 31. Likely scooped up with laundry 🧺💔 Discontinued + irreplaceable. Please RT + help us bring him home! 🙏#bringmoleyhome
Really pleased to read about this appointment. This really is a brilliant move to bring his sector-level expertise to the heart of policy-making. He will give this role the deep,critical thought that our schools' challenges deserve. Fantastic!
schoolsweek.co.uk/headteacher-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/headteacher-...
Maintained school head lands new DfE adviser role
Andrew O'Neill will deliver 'frontline expertise directly into the heart of policy-making', government says
schoolsweek.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Really pleased to read about this appointment. This really is a brilliant move to bring his sector-level expertise to the heart of policy-making. He will give this role the deep,critical thought that our schools' challenges deserve. Fantastic!
schoolsweek.co.uk/headteacher-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/headteacher-...
Fabulous to see @trustcpdleads.bsky.social getting a mention from @samgibbs.bsky.social in the TES this morning. Couldn't agree more and really sings to what we are aiming for in our free Forum-too much public money wasted on short-term, shiny fixes-we have to build capacity from within. Great job!
This a fantastic piece from @samgibbs.bsky.social. It’s so important to look at the brilliant expertise from within rather than assuming that paying someone on the outside to deliver an off-the-shelf approach is going to be your silver-bullet. It isn’t.
‘We need to stop assuming that the most worthwhile professional learning always comes from outside the school’: @samgibbs.bsky.social on why more teacher CPD should be delivered by teachers
May 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fabulous to see @trustcpdleads.bsky.social getting a mention from @samgibbs.bsky.social in the TES this morning. Couldn't agree more and really sings to what we are aiming for in our free Forum-too much public money wasted on short-term, shiny fixes-we have to build capacity from within. Great job!
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Loyalty should never come at the expense of integrity.
Anyone who asks you to violate your values doesn’t deserve your allegiance. Respecting your boundaries is a foundation of trust.
The people worthy of commitment expect you to stand by your principles, not conform to theirs.
Anyone who asks you to violate your values doesn’t deserve your allegiance. Respecting your boundaries is a foundation of trust.
The people worthy of commitment expect you to stand by your principles, not conform to theirs.
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Loyalty should never come at the expense of integrity.
Anyone who asks you to violate your values doesn’t deserve your allegiance. Respecting your boundaries is a foundation of trust.
The people worthy of commitment expect you to stand by your principles, not conform to theirs.
Anyone who asks you to violate your values doesn’t deserve your allegiance. Respecting your boundaries is a foundation of trust.
The people worthy of commitment expect you to stand by your principles, not conform to theirs.
This is such a thoughtful piece from @andrew-oneill.bsky.social , which emphasises the need to also develop the capacity of leaders in Trusts, LAs and schools to be astute in noticing and seeing the interdependence of the "quiet failures". Involved in school improvement? Read this 👇
To ensure the education system is inclusive, equitable and sustainable, we need to look beyond spectacular crises and start fixing the quiet failures – before it’s too late, says @andrewoneill.bsky.social
Why education keeps collapsing into crisis
From pupil absence to teacher retention issues, we tolerate widespread, low-level failure. The system must act before dysfunction becomes unignorable, says this headteacher
www.tes.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is such a thoughtful piece from @andrew-oneill.bsky.social , which emphasises the need to also develop the capacity of leaders in Trusts, LAs and schools to be astute in noticing and seeing the interdependence of the "quiet failures". Involved in school improvement? Read this 👇
"Teachers are the heart, they are the soul of every school.That was true 500 years ago. It’ll be true in 500 more.
Education is a deeply human gift, given by one generation to the next."
This is so refreshing :sensitive plans for thoughtful tech implementation with all the right caveats considered.
Education is a deeply human gift, given by one generation to the next."
This is so refreshing :sensitive plans for thoughtful tech implementation with all the right caveats considered.
May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Teachers are the heart, they are the soul of every school.That was true 500 years ago. It’ll be true in 500 more.
Education is a deeply human gift, given by one generation to the next."
This is so refreshing :sensitive plans for thoughtful tech implementation with all the right caveats considered.
Education is a deeply human gift, given by one generation to the next."
This is so refreshing :sensitive plans for thoughtful tech implementation with all the right caveats considered.
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Loved this @womened.bsky.social panel session at The Next Decade conference yesterday. Perfect words from my friend @missgoodyear.bsky.social - ‘in the absence of a system, take it upon yourself to do the work’.
April 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Loved this @womened.bsky.social panel session at The Next Decade conference yesterday. Perfect words from my friend @missgoodyear.bsky.social - ‘in the absence of a system, take it upon yourself to do the work’.
Mother's Day is a big day in our house and it's been a wholesome and beautiful one with our two boys. Feeling fortunate and very very lucky.
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mother's Day is a big day in our house and it's been a wholesome and beautiful one with our two boys. Feeling fortunate and very very lucky.
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Really important to feed in to this - NPQs have brought welcome equity and a framework we can build on, but they need far greater contextualisation and a broader research base.
The DfE has launched a call for evidence as part of its national professional qualification (NPQ) framework review, urging the education sector to 'get involved'
DfE calls for evidence to aid NPQ review
The DfE is asking for 'recent, relevant and high-quality research' as it reviews its suite of NPQs
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really important to feed in to this - NPQs have brought welcome equity and a framework we can build on, but they need far greater contextualisation and a broader research base.
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Over £600m to train up to 60,000 more engineers, brickies, sparkies, and chippies.
Homegrown skills to deliver our Plan for Change and build 1.5 million homes for families across the country.
That’s the difference Labour in power makes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Homegrown skills to deliver our Plan for Change and build 1.5 million homes for families across the country.
That’s the difference Labour in power makes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Become a brickie to build a career, Labour tells schoolchildren
Writing exclusively for The Telegraph, the Education Secretary pledges to not let a generation of young people ‘slide into worklessness’
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Over £600m to train up to 60,000 more engineers, brickies, sparkies, and chippies.
Homegrown skills to deliver our Plan for Change and build 1.5 million homes for families across the country.
That’s the difference Labour in power makes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Homegrown skills to deliver our Plan for Change and build 1.5 million homes for families across the country.
That’s the difference Labour in power makes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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So @barbarableiman.bsky.social + @andrewemc.bsky.social have written a response to the interim report for the Curriculum + Assessment Review. Some positives, but some aspects to ask serious questions about too
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
Response to Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report
EMC's take on the what the interim report means for secondary English teaching
englishandmedia.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So @barbarableiman.bsky.social + @andrewemc.bsky.social have written a response to the interim report for the Curriculum + Assessment Review. Some positives, but some aspects to ask serious questions about too
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
It was great to have introduced Isaac to some of his edu-heroes today. He was spoilt with cuddles and love. It felt symbolic holding 12 week-old Isaac as 200+ colleagues discussed a path towards a flourishing education system. There's so much hope for the system and the answer lies within.
March 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It was great to have introduced Isaac to some of his edu-heroes today. He was spoilt with cuddles and love. It felt symbolic holding 12 week-old Isaac as 200+ colleagues discussed a path towards a flourishing education system. There's so much hope for the system and the answer lies within.