Richard Selfridge
@richardselfridge.bsky.social
Teacher, Data Consultant and writer, doing good things with @insightHQ.
My book, a Little Guide for Teachers to Using Student Data is out now.
Here for discussions about education, music, cycling, follies and more...
My book, a Little Guide for Teachers to Using Student Data is out now.
Here for discussions about education, music, cycling, follies and more...
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Unbreakable - Keiino
Øve Os På Hinanden - Fyr & Flamme
Higher Ground - Rasmussen -
Take Me To Your Heaven - Charlotte Nilsson
Euphoria - Loreen
#FridayFive (and restraint not to have Keiino for all five 😍)
Øve Os På Hinanden - Fyr & Flamme
Higher Ground - Rasmussen -
Take Me To Your Heaven - Charlotte Nilsson
Euphoria - Loreen
#FridayFive (and restraint not to have Keiino for all five 😍)
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Unbreakable - Keiino
Øve Os På Hinanden - Fyr & Flamme
Higher Ground - Rasmussen -
Take Me To Your Heaven - Charlotte Nilsson
Euphoria - Loreen
#FridayFive (and restraint not to have Keiino for all five 😍)
Øve Os På Hinanden - Fyr & Flamme
Higher Ground - Rasmussen -
Take Me To Your Heaven - Charlotte Nilsson
Euphoria - Loreen
#FridayFive (and restraint not to have Keiino for all five 😍)
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social and me as we look under the hood of the IDSR in the latest Insight Inform podcast.
www.insightinform.co.uk/podcast/
Please listen, comment and repost!
www.insightinform.co.uk/podcast/
Please listen, comment and repost!
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social and me as we look under the hood of the IDSR in the latest Insight Inform podcast.
www.insightinform.co.uk/podcast/
Please listen, comment and repost!
www.insightinform.co.uk/podcast/
Please listen, comment and repost!
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*DATABUSTERS LIVE*
Join us in beautiful Derbyshire. Details below.
Join us in beautiful Derbyshire. Details below.
Looking forward to discussing the Ofsted toolkit and DfE performance measures, amongst other things, at Databusting Derbyshire on Friday 27th February.
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
*DATABUSTERS LIVE*
Join us in beautiful Derbyshire. Details below.
Join us in beautiful Derbyshire. Details below.
Looking forward to discussing the Ofsted toolkit and DfE performance measures, amongst other things, at Databusting Derbyshire on Friday 27th February.
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Looking forward to discussing the Ofsted toolkit and DfE performance measures, amongst other things, at Databusting Derbyshire on Friday 27th February.
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
Join @jpembroke.bsky.social & me as we bring our latest Databusters Day to Ashover.
More detail & tickets: www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
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*DATABUSTERS DERBYSHIRE* tickets now available for the first of our Databusters days. Join us in beautiful Ashover on the edge of the Peak for a whole day of data fun. Morning focused on accountability/IDSR; afternoon on assessment, tracking, reporting.
www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
*DATABUSTERS DERBYSHIRE* tickets now available for the first of our Databusters days. Join us in beautiful Ashover on the edge of the Peak for a whole day of data fun. Morning focused on accountability/IDSR; afternoon on assessment, tracking, reporting.
www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
www.insightinform.co.uk/event/databu...
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#FridayFive is nostalgic.
1. Think for a Minute. Housemartins
2. Def Con One. Pop Will Eat Itself
3. I Wanna Be Adored. Stone Roses
4. Green Issac. Prefab Sprout
5. Spotlight for Sunshine. Gavin Clark
1. Think for a Minute. Housemartins
2. Def Con One. Pop Will Eat Itself
3. I Wanna Be Adored. Stone Roses
4. Green Issac. Prefab Sprout
5. Spotlight for Sunshine. Gavin Clark
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
#FridayFive is nostalgic.
1. Think for a Minute. Housemartins
2. Def Con One. Pop Will Eat Itself
3. I Wanna Be Adored. Stone Roses
4. Green Issac. Prefab Sprout
5. Spotlight for Sunshine. Gavin Clark
1. Think for a Minute. Housemartins
2. Def Con One. Pop Will Eat Itself
3. I Wanna Be Adored. Stone Roses
4. Green Issac. Prefab Sprout
5. Spotlight for Sunshine. Gavin Clark
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1. 1880 or So - Television
2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
3. 1963 - New Order
4. 1969 - The Stooges
5. 1901 - Phoenix
#fridayfive
2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
3. 1963 - New Order
4. 1969 - The Stooges
5. 1901 - Phoenix
#fridayfive
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
1. 1880 or So - Television
2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
3. 1963 - New Order
4. 1969 - The Stooges
5. 1901 - Phoenix
#fridayfive
2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
3. 1963 - New Order
4. 1969 - The Stooges
5. 1901 - Phoenix
#fridayfive
New for me for Insight Inform: The Data Wave Returns?
The data wave has been receding. Are there signs that it may be about to return?
www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/t...
Please read, comment and repost!
The data wave has been receding. Are there signs that it may be about to return?
www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/t...
Please read, comment and repost!
The Data Wave returns? - Insight Inform
Between the 2000s and the early 2020s a data wave washed over education, peaking in the mid-2010s. The data wave has been receding. Are there signs that it may be about to return?
www.insightinform.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
New for me for Insight Inform: The Data Wave Returns?
The data wave has been receding. Are there signs that it may be about to return?
www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/t...
Please read, comment and repost!
The data wave has been receding. Are there signs that it may be about to return?
www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/t...
Please read, comment and repost!
It’s Thursday at BETT and we’re at Stand SL54 in the Wonde Marketplace once again!
If you are here, come and talk all things school data over a Wonde Coffee ☕️
#BettUK2026 #DiscoverEdtech #WondeDiscover
If you are here, come and talk all things school data over a Wonde Coffee ☕️
#BettUK2026 #DiscoverEdtech #WondeDiscover
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
It’s Thursday at BETT and we’re at Stand SL54 in the Wonde Marketplace once again!
If you are here, come and talk all things school data over a Wonde Coffee ☕️
#BettUK2026 #DiscoverEdtech #WondeDiscover
If you are here, come and talk all things school data over a Wonde Coffee ☕️
#BettUK2026 #DiscoverEdtech #WondeDiscover
It’s time for #WondeDiscover #DiscoverEdtech #BettUK2026
Looking forward to three days of madness with @insighthq.bsky.social - we’re on SL54, if you’re here, come and say hello!
Looking forward to three days of madness with @insighthq.bsky.social - we’re on SL54, if you’re here, come and say hello!
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
It’s time for #WondeDiscover #DiscoverEdtech #BettUK2026
Looking forward to three days of madness with @insighthq.bsky.social - we’re on SL54, if you’re here, come and say hello!
Looking forward to three days of madness with @insighthq.bsky.social - we’re on SL54, if you’re here, come and say hello!
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The Databusters are getting the band back together and going on the road with a new one-day course:
AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures
PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs
@insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested
AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures
PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs
@insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The Databusters are getting the band back together and going on the road with a new one-day course:
AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures
PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs
@insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested
AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures
PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs
@insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested
The first Ofsted reports under the new Framework are out (filtered for Primary Schools):
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/search?level...
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/search?level...
Search - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted
reports.ofsted.gov.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The first Ofsted reports under the new Framework are out (filtered for Primary Schools):
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/search?level...
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/search?level...
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This is pretty urgent if you want a ticket …
Här gäller det att sno sig om man vill ha en biljett .. researched.org.uk/event/resear...
researchED Scandinavia 2026 | ResearchED
Speakers SO FAR Agneta Gulz Alex Fairlamb Alva Appelgren Amarbeen Singh Andreas Jemstedt Andreas Hallström Andrew Watson AnnaStokke Anna Åkerfeldt Arnold Pears Beth Giddings Grenville Bruce Robertson ...
researched.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This is pretty urgent if you want a ticket …
For anyone who likes a a bit of electronic eclecticness, here’s my end of 2025 mix; a bit of acid techno followed by some house, DnB and left field down tempo beats. Enjoy!
www.mixcloud.com/richardselfr...
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FridgeCast 2025
Another fine End of Year mix from Fridge Towers, from Acid Techno to wayward Electronica and all poitns inbetween.
www.mixcloud.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For anyone who likes a a bit of electronic eclecticness, here’s my end of 2025 mix; a bit of acid techno followed by some house, DnB and left field down tempo beats. Enjoy!
www.mixcloud.com/richardselfr...
www.mixcloud.com/richardselfr...
Lunch with old school friends in Newcastle; perfect end to the festive season 😎
Crown Posada & the Broad Chare, the Quaysde and a bit of snow.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Crown Posada & the Broad Chare, the Quaysde and a bit of snow.
Happy New Year, everybody!
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Lunch with old school friends in Newcastle; perfect end to the festive season 😎
Crown Posada & the Broad Chare, the Quaysde and a bit of snow.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Crown Posada & the Broad Chare, the Quaysde and a bit of snow.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Excellent suggestion from Laura for using LLMs to make life easier.
Another good use:
Tell a LLM which cook books you like, what your household’s food quirks are, then ask for a weekly menu plan. Then ask it for a shopping list. Game changer!
Another good use:
Tell a LLM which cook books you like, what your household’s food quirks are, then ask for a weekly menu plan. Then ask it for a shopping list. Game changer!
Great Twixmas activity this morning:
- dictated notes on every clothes/shoes item into Notes on iPhone
- copy and pasted into chatgpt & asked what I should get rid of/what I need
- then copy and pasted into separate chat and asked for outfit idea given today’s weather/planned activities
- dictated notes on every clothes/shoes item into Notes on iPhone
- copy and pasted into chatgpt & asked what I should get rid of/what I need
- then copy and pasted into separate chat and asked for outfit idea given today’s weather/planned activities
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Excellent suggestion from Laura for using LLMs to make life easier.
Another good use:
Tell a LLM which cook books you like, what your household’s food quirks are, then ask for a weekly menu plan. Then ask it for a shopping list. Game changer!
Another good use:
Tell a LLM which cook books you like, what your household’s food quirks are, then ask for a weekly menu plan. Then ask it for a shopping list. Game changer!
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Here are almost 40 of my favourite #MiddleGrade reads for 2025.
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here are almost 40 of my favourite #MiddleGrade reads for 2025.
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
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The Governors’ Gateway has launched!
We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance.
It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors.
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We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance.
It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The Governors’ Gateway has launched!
We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance.
It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors.
/1
We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance.
It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors.
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Policy Analysis: Why VAT on private school fees will raise more than planned, and why it matters
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Policy Analysis: Why VAT on private school fees will raise more than planned, and why it matters
Policy analysis of a debate I was privileged enough to be involved in last year
barryblack.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Policy Analysis: Why VAT on private school fees will raise more than planned, and why it matters
barryblack.substack.com/p/policy-ana...
barryblack.substack.com/p/policy-ana...
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Data-informed #SATs prep strategies for 2026 | via @richardselfridge.bsky.social
SATs 2026 – The ultimate teacher guide to preparing pupils for Key Stage 2 assessment
How to prepare pupils for this year's SATs and make sure they get the scores they deserve – with free and recommended resources to assist you
www.teachwire.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Data-informed #SATs prep strategies for 2026 | via @richardselfridge.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves' Budget sparks warnings about a drop in school funding, despite announcing cash for school libraries and books. Here’s how the sector has reacted…
Budget 2025: what schools need to know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget sparks warnings about a real-terms drop in school funding but includes spending on school libraries and books. Here are all the key details for the sector
www.tes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Rachel Reeves' Budget sparks warnings about a drop in school funding, despite announcing cash for school libraries and books. Here’s how the sector has reacted…
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Government plans to absorb the spiraling cost of SEND provision within central budgets will leave it facing a £6 billion annual shortfall, with no savings yet identified to meet it, the spending watchdog has warned
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
Government faces £6bn SEND shortfall once override ends
Spending watchdog warns 'no savings have been identified' to offset pressure on government coffers
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Government plans to absorb the spiraling cost of SEND provision within central budgets will leave it facing a £6 billion annual shortfall, with no savings yet identified to meet it, the spending watchdog has warned
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
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And, school leaders, let this sink in: if the DfE funds this extra £6 billion for SEND provision out of the core schools budget, per-pupil spending will get hammered.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
And, school leaders, let this sink in: if the DfE funds this extra £6 billion for SEND provision out of the core schools budget, per-pupil spending will get hammered.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
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Big news on SEND in today's Budget!
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Big news on SEND in today's Budget!
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
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NEW POST: Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
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We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q
Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think - FFT Education Datalab
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW POST: Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q