Sammy Wright
@sammywright.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, school leader, lives and works in North East: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163/exam-nation-by-wright-sammy/9781847927521
#edusky #Teaching #UKEd http://substack.com/@sammywright
#edusky #Teaching #UKEd http://substack.com/@sammywright
That was a cracking Halloween costume by my youngest
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
That was a cracking Halloween costume by my youngest
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The latest post in our series "What's in a Word" is out now.
@sammywright.bsky.social examines the phrase 'knowledge-rich' which has a proper meaning, but around which a lot of other more vague and unsubstantiated ideas have accrued... www.edge.co.uk/research/wha...
@sammywright.bsky.social examines the phrase 'knowledge-rich' which has a proper meaning, but around which a lot of other more vague and unsubstantiated ideas have accrued... www.edge.co.uk/research/wha...
Knowledge-rich
www.edge.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The latest post in our series "What's in a Word" is out now.
@sammywright.bsky.social examines the phrase 'knowledge-rich' which has a proper meaning, but around which a lot of other more vague and unsubstantiated ideas have accrued... www.edge.co.uk/research/wha...
@sammywright.bsky.social examines the phrase 'knowledge-rich' which has a proper meaning, but around which a lot of other more vague and unsubstantiated ideas have accrued... www.edge.co.uk/research/wha...
From 12 mins 30 secs www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
PM - Third resignation in grooming gang inquiry - BBC Sounds
A third abuse victim resigns from the survivors panel.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
From 12 mins 30 secs www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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@twinklresources.bsky.social are launching a new podcast series for leaders and teachers, and episode 1 is here! It was great to pick @sammywright.bsky.social's brain on the shape and texture of English schools. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1hjk03
@twinklbeyond.bsky.social #twinklbeyondenglish
@twinklbeyond.bsky.social #twinklbeyondenglish
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@twinklresources.bsky.social are launching a new podcast series for leaders and teachers, and episode 1 is here! It was great to pick @sammywright.bsky.social's brain on the shape and texture of English schools. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1hjk03
@twinklbeyond.bsky.social #twinklbeyondenglish
@twinklbeyond.bsky.social #twinklbeyondenglish
School trip to flamingoland
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
School trip to flamingoland
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Apparently they’re ‘flying’!
Woo-hoo! Paperback in shops, and on offer at Waterstones!
August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Apparently they’re ‘flying’!
Why SEN is complicated… open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Why SEN is complicated… open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Something new…
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A New Thing
I’m not at school. It’s exciting. I’m at my desk, with a clean notebook, a list of jobs, and a three year timeline in front of me.
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Something new…
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open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Apparently they’re ‘flying’!
Woo-hoo! Paperback in shops, and on offer at Waterstones!
August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Apparently they’re ‘flying’!
Woo-hoo! Paperback in shops, and on offer at Waterstones!
August 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Woo-hoo! Paperback in shops, and on offer at Waterstones!
Out today - please buy/share/review, and above all read. I’m so proud of this book and the impact it’s had - and still a bit surprised at the places it’s taken me too over the last year.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
Exam Nation
School should equip children for adulthood. In reality, it means one thing: exams. Exam Nation sets out a better way – and, crucially, shows us how we might get there.
Educationalist and Head of Scho...
www.penguin.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Out today - please buy/share/review, and above all read. I’m so proud of this book and the impact it’s had - and still a bit surprised at the places it’s taken me too over the last year.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
Going on holiday tomorrow. By the time I’m back, this will be out in paperback! Reviewed in every single broadsheet, the mail, new statesman when it was published last year - “brilliant”, “entertaining”, “insightful”, “essential” - please pre-order!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
Exam Nation
School should equip children for adulthood. In reality, it means one thing: exams. Exam Nation sets out a better way – and, crucially, shows us how we might get there.
Educationalist and Head of Scho...
www.penguin.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Going on holiday tomorrow. By the time I’m back, this will be out in paperback! Reviewed in every single broadsheet, the mail, new statesman when it was published last year - “brilliant”, “entertaining”, “insightful”, “essential” - please pre-order!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...
Clark’s hands are together in his lap. “Me brother was born when I was 10. But he lived with me mam years before that.” He looks up. His eyes are wide, and he has that faint smile still. “Actually, I thought them having a child it might change, but it didn’t.”
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Why attendance and anxiety are complicated
This is a conversation I had three years ago with 16 year old Clark from Warrington. I don't post it to draw a particular conclusion. I just find it desperately sad.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Clark’s hands are together in his lap. “Me brother was born when I was 10. But he lived with me mam years before that.” He looks up. His eyes are wide, and he has that faint smile still. “Actually, I thought them having a child it might change, but it didn’t.”
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
First look at the paperback - and I’m just blown away by seeing al the amazing quotes on the cover
July 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
First look at the paperback - and I’m just blown away by seeing al the amazing quotes on the cover
Paperback soon out… open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Benny
As we go into the summer holidays, here's an interview with a parent from Exam Nation. Home is pretty hard, sometimes.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Paperback soon out… open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
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Thank you to @sammywright.bsky.social for this brilliant review of @johntomsett.bsky.social’s new book! 🌟
Learn all about the attributes and behaviours that make an outstanding teacher in This Much I Know About Truly Great Secondary Teachers. Out now! 📘: buff.ly/Vkizg1O
Learn all about the attributes and behaviours that make an outstanding teacher in This Much I Know About Truly Great Secondary Teachers. Out now! 📘: buff.ly/Vkizg1O
July 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Thank you to @sammywright.bsky.social for this brilliant review of @johntomsett.bsky.social’s new book! 🌟
Learn all about the attributes and behaviours that make an outstanding teacher in This Much I Know About Truly Great Secondary Teachers. Out now! 📘: buff.ly/Vkizg1O
Learn all about the attributes and behaviours that make an outstanding teacher in This Much I Know About Truly Great Secondary Teachers. Out now! 📘: buff.ly/Vkizg1O
Good. I’m glad to see this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer says he ‘deeply regrets’ island of strangers speech
Immigration speech was criticised for echoing Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Good. I’m glad to see this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We said goodbye to year 11 yesterday. It involved a guard of honour, photos of their schooldays, lots of firm handshakes and teary hugs, and a choreographed song by five staff involving photo masks of SLT. This post says why the soppy stuff can be pretty important.
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open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Prom season
GCSEs are finally done, and around the country, we're gearing up for Prom season. Some people find it uncomfortable -but I think it's kind of amazing.
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We said goodbye to year 11 yesterday. It involved a guard of honour, photos of their schooldays, lots of firm handshakes and teary hugs, and a choreographed song by five staff involving photo masks of SLT. This post says why the soppy stuff can be pretty important.
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
We said goodbye to year 11 yesterday. It involved a guard of honour, photos of their schooldays, lots of firm handshakes and teary hugs, and a choreographed song by five staff involving photo masks of SLT. This post says why the soppy stuff can be pretty important.
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Prom season
GCSEs are finally done, and around the country, we're gearing up for Prom season. Some people find it uncomfortable -but I think it's kind of amazing.
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We said goodbye to year 11 yesterday. It involved a guard of honour, photos of their schooldays, lots of firm handshakes and teary hugs, and a choreographed song by five staff involving photo masks of SLT. This post says why the soppy stuff can be pretty important.
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
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Does assessment fail the test? @trivium21c.bsky.social & I discuss the current state of assessment. Apologies for my helpless paroxysms at about 3.30 mins open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
Does assessment fail the test?
Are we prepared to stop pretending we can weigh the pig into plumpness?
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June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Does assessment fail the test? @trivium21c.bsky.social & I discuss the current state of assessment. Apologies for my helpless paroxysms at about 3.30 mins open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
Farewell assembly for year 11 today - seems like a good moment to post this about thr importance of community rituals open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
Prom season
GCSEs are finally done, and around the country, we're gearing up for Prom season. Some people find it uncomfortable -but I think it's kind of amazing.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Farewell assembly for year 11 today - seems like a good moment to post this about thr importance of community rituals open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...