Simon Knight
@simonknight100.bsky.social
Joint Headteacher of a Special School with an interest in all things SEND and BWFC.
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Yes - special schools particularly hard hit and often have fewer options for eg juggling staff.
Every over capacity issue can spark another and what would have been a single incident with some margin to handle it becomes a rolling set of crises.
Every over capacity issue can spark another and what would have been a single incident with some margin to handle it becomes a rolling set of crises.
February 1, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Yes - special schools particularly hard hit and often have fewer options for eg juggling staff.
Every over capacity issue can spark another and what would have been a single incident with some margin to handle it becomes a rolling set of crises.
Every over capacity issue can spark another and what would have been a single incident with some margin to handle it becomes a rolling set of crises.
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I think there were some studies on this in health? Looking at what happened if you removed slacker, low intensity jobs from doctors so they could spend more time on urgent stuff. Turns out they needed the low intensity stuff to recover. Once that was gone their overall performance declined.
February 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I think there were some studies on this in health? Looking at what happened if you removed slacker, low intensity jobs from doctors so they could spend more time on urgent stuff. Turns out they needed the low intensity stuff to recover. Once that was gone their overall performance declined.
There should be a support group for the parents of goalkeepers!
a man is covering his face with his hands while wearing a watch and a ring .
Alt: a man is covering his face with his hands while wearing a watch and a ring .
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January 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
There should be a support group for the parents of goalkeepers!
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I find it wild that if you’re verbally abusive to a police officer or a nurse you can be prosecuted, but we are saying that when it happens to teachers it’s not even appropriate to send a child home.
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I find it wild that if you’re verbally abusive to a police officer or a nurse you can be prosecuted, but we are saying that when it happens to teachers it’s not even appropriate to send a child home.
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Yes. And when things are going well and you're having impact that intensity is wonderful. I love it anyway. But at the best of times you're on a tightrope and when things are going badly it is very very tough.
January 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Yes. And when things are going well and you're having impact that intensity is wonderful. I love it anyway. But at the best of times you're on a tightrope and when things are going badly it is very very tough.
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The call for supervision in schools is getting louder! @talkingheadsoak.bsky.social
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January 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The call for supervision in schools is getting louder! @talkingheadsoak.bsky.social
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These figures expose a lethal scandal taking place in plain sight but ignored due to societal prejudice: four in ten deaths of people with learning disabilities are avoidable, double the number of other citizens.
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
These figures expose a lethal scandal taking place in plain sight but ignored due to societal prejudice: four in ten deaths of people with learning disabilities are avoidable, double the number of other citizens.
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
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Help still needed. Now reduced to £150k
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
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We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
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Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £150,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer
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January 28, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Help still needed. Now reduced to £150k
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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..for the benefit of serving teachers & leaders who I fully appreciate may not have time to read every article. But I think this is such a great magazine for educators, & I hope some of those who read the snippets are motivated to read the full articles. Any thoughts? @tesmagazine.bsky.social 2/2
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
..for the benefit of serving teachers & leaders who I fully appreciate may not have time to read every article. But I think this is such a great magazine for educators, & I hope some of those who read the snippets are motivated to read the full articles. Any thoughts? @tesmagazine.bsky.social 2/2
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For most of my teaching career, the schools I worked in bought paper copies of @tesmagazine.bsky.social which were read & passed round the staffroom. 15 years after I stepped back from working in a school, I subscribe & enjoy reading the online version each weekend. I post snippets & links... 1/2
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
For most of my teaching career, the schools I worked in bought paper copies of @tesmagazine.bsky.social which were read & passed round the staffroom. 15 years after I stepped back from working in a school, I subscribe & enjoy reading the online version each weekend. I post snippets & links... 1/2
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"How many poorly targeted interventions may have been put in place because we have not taken the time - and had the system - to pinpoint the right ones." Special School headteacher @simonknight100.bsky.social writes in @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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How can schools get early intervention right?
The government wants pupils’ needs to be identified and addressed ‘early’, but we lack a shared understanding of what early intervention looks like, says special-school head Simon Knight
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January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"How many poorly targeted interventions may have been put in place because we have not taken the time - and had the system - to pinpoint the right ones." Special School headteacher @simonknight100.bsky.social writes in @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
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I'm backing Banbury's bid for Town of Culture.
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I'm backing Banbury's bid for Town of Culture.
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457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
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What does effective early intervention look like? Special-school head @simonknight100.bsky.social shares the approach that works at his school
How can schools get early intervention right?
The government wants pupils’ needs to be identified and addressed ‘early’, but we lack a shared understanding of what early intervention looks like, says special-school head Simon Knight
www.tes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:35 AM
What does effective early intervention look like? Special-school head @simonknight100.bsky.social shares the approach that works at his school
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I have a job in an enhanced provision class in a mainstream secondary. It has completely reignited my interest in teaching. In the system, but outside the system.
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I have a job in an enhanced provision class in a mainstream secondary. It has completely reignited my interest in teaching. In the system, but outside the system.
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👇 We've still got vacancies open for Lead teacher of English, science teacher and class teacher in our Nottingham SEMH #EduSky 🥳
Special schools can be a wonderful alternative for teachers who find the system getting in the way of the things they enjoy about the job and work/life balance. It’s still hard work, but in different ways and can be easier to see the direct impact of the effort that is put in.
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
👇 We've still got vacancies open for Lead teacher of English, science teacher and class teacher in our Nottingham SEMH #EduSky 🥳
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I agree with this. I’ve been teaching for 26 years and the last 4 have been in an semh special school. It’s still hard work but so rewarding and the work/life balance is so much better than any mainstream school I’ve worked in.
January 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I agree with this. I’ve been teaching for 26 years and the last 4 have been in an semh special school. It’s still hard work but so rewarding and the work/life balance is so much better than any mainstream school I’ve worked in.
Absolutely loved watching my youngest this morning. The team played so well and he pulled off two excellent saves, but they just did simple things consistently and the opposition couldn’t live with it. And the rain held off!!
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Absolutely loved watching my youngest this morning. The team played so well and he pulled off two excellent saves, but they just did simple things consistently and the opposition couldn’t live with it. And the rain held off!!
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Parents want good, local schools that can support children with SEND to achieve and thrive, where inclusion is the norm and support comes early.
You’ve spoke, we’ve listened.
Labour is creating tens of thousands of specialist SEND places and giving school staff the training they need.
You’ve spoke, we’ve listened.
Labour is creating tens of thousands of specialist SEND places and giving school staff the training they need.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Parents want good, local schools that can support children with SEND to achieve and thrive, where inclusion is the norm and support comes early.
You’ve spoke, we’ve listened.
Labour is creating tens of thousands of specialist SEND places and giving school staff the training they need.
You’ve spoke, we’ve listened.
Labour is creating tens of thousands of specialist SEND places and giving school staff the training they need.
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#Inclusion starts with information.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
#Inclusion starts with information.
Please share this with #SendTips #EduSky
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A great example of successful co-headship.
Heidi Dennison and @simonknight100.bsky.social, joint heads of Frank Wise School, interviewed in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
Heidi Dennison and @simonknight100.bsky.social, joint heads of Frank Wise School, interviewed in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
'We're an organisation that embraces its "wrongness"'
In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month we talk to Heidi Dennison and Simon Knight, joint headteach...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A great example of successful co-headship.
Heidi Dennison and @simonknight100.bsky.social, joint heads of Frank Wise School, interviewed in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
Heidi Dennison and @simonknight100.bsky.social, joint heads of Frank Wise School, interviewed in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
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January 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Final call for our sale. Finishes tonight.