Penny Sturt
@supervisionmatters.bsky.social
Passionate about #Supervision in education and social care. Safeguarding children
Like to dream big- sometimes it happens
Like to dream big- sometimes it happens
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Why does #Supervision in #School matter? ‘It has helped me move from surviving to thriving and by persisting with supervision I am now able to turn up to work as the best person I am capable of being at work’. Feedback from a school headteacher @talkingheadsoak.bsky.social #EduSky
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Speaking Engagement Announcement
We are delighted to share that Lisa will be speaking at The Education People Show on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at the Kent Event Centre, Detling.
📍 Kent Event Centre, Detling
📅 12 November 2025
#ProfessionalDevelopment #TheEducationPeopleShow #Networking
We are delighted to share that Lisa will be speaking at The Education People Show on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at the Kent Event Centre, Detling.
📍 Kent Event Centre, Detling
📅 12 November 2025
#ProfessionalDevelopment #TheEducationPeopleShow #Networking
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Speaking Engagement Announcement
We are delighted to share that Lisa will be speaking at The Education People Show on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at the Kent Event Centre, Detling.
📍 Kent Event Centre, Detling
📅 12 November 2025
#ProfessionalDevelopment #TheEducationPeopleShow #Networking
We are delighted to share that Lisa will be speaking at The Education People Show on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at the Kent Event Centre, Detling.
📍 Kent Event Centre, Detling
📅 12 November 2025
#ProfessionalDevelopment #TheEducationPeopleShow #Networking
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1/2 When organisations that try to be impartial, like the BBC or universities or the National Trust, try to resist culture war attacks from a mendacious right wing lobby, they are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1/2 When organisations that try to be impartial, like the BBC or universities or the National Trust, try to resist culture war attacks from a mendacious right wing lobby, they are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs.
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3/3 Whether it turns out to be victory in one battle or of the culture war as a whole depends on the government’s resolve. Nandy faces a struggle that will be pivotal for democracy in this country and significant for the wider world. Will she allow the BBC to become a far right propaganda platform?
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
3/3 Whether it turns out to be victory in one battle or of the culture war as a whole depends on the government’s resolve. Nandy faces a struggle that will be pivotal for democracy in this country and significant for the wider world. Will she allow the BBC to become a far right propaganda platform?
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🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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Whoever writes the BBC online headlines really needs to think before hitting send 🙄
They’ve managed to totally change the meaning here.
They’ve managed to totally change the meaning here.
McDonald's managers in UK to get sexual abuse training
McDonald's managers in UK to get sexual abuse training
The announcement by the equality watchdog comes after a BBC investigation into abuse at the restaurant chain.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Whoever writes the BBC online headlines really needs to think before hitting send 🙄
They’ve managed to totally change the meaning here.
They’ve managed to totally change the meaning here.
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🚨On Halloween, ‘concerned citizens’ in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, shot fireworks at a hotel housing asylum seekers and encouraged residents to commit suicide during a protest, showing the ugly face of anti-migrant hate.⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🚨On Halloween, ‘concerned citizens’ in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, shot fireworks at a hotel housing asylum seekers and encouraged residents to commit suicide during a protest, showing the ugly face of anti-migrant hate.⬇️
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Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
Human trafficking.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
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Spreading good news. I heard this on the radio a couple of days ago. There is still a lot of good in the world. What was interesting was he was saying how good it had been for his mental health.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Residents' delight as mystery painter restores old signs in Newark
About 70 old cast iron road signs are spruced up by the anonymous volunteer in their spare time.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Spreading good news. I heard this on the radio a couple of days ago. There is still a lot of good in the world. What was interesting was he was saying how good it had been for his mental health.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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We all know progressive taxes have to rise to pay for better public services. If Labour had said they’d raise them before the election we might have been stuck with the dysfunctional Tories for another 4 years. At least Reeves is now trying to educate voters. Populist parties will just keep lying.
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We all know progressive taxes have to rise to pay for better public services. If Labour had said they’d raise them before the election we might have been stuck with the dysfunctional Tories for another 4 years. At least Reeves is now trying to educate voters. Populist parties will just keep lying.
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Sensible Letter to @thetimes.com today.
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Sensible Letter to @thetimes.com today.
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Quote of the day! #LeadersF25 was an absolute winner today
@llannerch.bsky.social: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible instead of despair convincing" < Love this! #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Quote of the day! #LeadersF25 was an absolute winner today
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This is a genuinely fascinating piece of research done by Sky on the sewer previously known as Twitter.
Having been largely off it for a bit over a month, and having jumped on yesterday for a half an hour to search for insane right wing responses to Mamdani’s win, I can’t tell you just how 1/
Having been largely off it for a bit over a month, and having jumped on yesterday for a half an hour to search for insane right wing responses to Mamdani’s win, I can’t tell you just how 1/
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This is a genuinely fascinating piece of research done by Sky on the sewer previously known as Twitter.
Having been largely off it for a bit over a month, and having jumped on yesterday for a half an hour to search for insane right wing responses to Mamdani’s win, I can’t tell you just how 1/
Having been largely off it for a bit over a month, and having jumped on yesterday for a half an hour to search for insane right wing responses to Mamdani’s win, I can’t tell you just how 1/
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Please have a read and share- I hope that it is helpful and encapsulates the real positives that the CAR and the work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and team
The curriculum review ‘treats teachers as the experts they are, acknowledges what’s working before rushing to dismantle it, and grounds every recommendation in evidence’, writes MAT chief @moremorrow.bsky.social
Why this curriculum review is a rare thing the sector should savour
After years of policy turbulence, we finally have an evidence-based blueprint for change that trusts teachers as the experts, writes MAT chief executive Dan Morrow
www.tes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Please have a read and share- I hope that it is helpful and encapsulates the real positives that the CAR and the work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and team
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We are excited to share that Lisa will be attending the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Conference in Taunton on 5th November as a delegate.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow education professionals.
If you are attending too, be sure to say hi
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It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow education professionals.
If you are attending too, be sure to say hi
buff.ly/fAbUMXA
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We are excited to share that Lisa will be attending the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Conference in Taunton on 5th November as a delegate.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow education professionals.
If you are attending too, be sure to say hi
buff.ly/fAbUMXA
It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow education professionals.
If you are attending too, be sure to say hi
buff.ly/fAbUMXA
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"I recognise there are things that I can say - because of my ethnicity and my class - that might be difficult for other people to say, and I am aware that I have to use that for good."
This is superb from @mannybotwe.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
This is superb from @mannybotwe.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
Manny Botwe: ‘I may be the only professional Black male my pupils see’
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 Manny Botwe, headteacher and president of ASCL f...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"I recognise there are things that I can say - because of my ethnicity and my class - that might be difficult for other people to say, and I am aware that I have to use that for good."
This is superb from @mannybotwe.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
This is superb from @mannybotwe.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
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💔 honestly I've just sat and cried. I've thought about my pupils, my school. What it must be like to be a teacher in the USA just now.
We knew what MAGA were saying before January, we knew what they were threatening, I don't think any of us thought it would descend to this so quickly. #Solidarity
We knew what MAGA were saying before January, we knew what they were threatening, I don't think any of us thought it would descend to this so quickly. #Solidarity
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
💔 honestly I've just sat and cried. I've thought about my pupils, my school. What it must be like to be a teacher in the USA just now.
We knew what MAGA were saying before January, we knew what they were threatening, I don't think any of us thought it would descend to this so quickly. #Solidarity
We knew what MAGA were saying before January, we knew what they were threatening, I don't think any of us thought it would descend to this so quickly. #Solidarity
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Completely fascinating and helps to explain how HS2 costs more than any other train worldwide. Also, I don't think there's enough about how much of this is driven by corruption. A series of powerful interest groups with revolving door employment arrangements ensuring expensive work for all involved.
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Completely fascinating and helps to explain how HS2 costs more than any other train worldwide. Also, I don't think there's enough about how much of this is driven by corruption. A series of powerful interest groups with revolving door employment arrangements ensuring expensive work for all involved.
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🧵 I’ve been thinking about this statement from the DfE about the increase in support staff in schools. We have way more than double the average % of EHCPs, most of whom do not bring in enough funding for us to support them.
A new child arrives in reception, 4 years old, clearly traumatised 1/
A new child arrives in reception, 4 years old, clearly traumatised 1/
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🧵 I’ve been thinking about this statement from the DfE about the increase in support staff in schools. We have way more than double the average % of EHCPs, most of whom do not bring in enough funding for us to support them.
A new child arrives in reception, 4 years old, clearly traumatised 1/
A new child arrives in reception, 4 years old, clearly traumatised 1/
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Many schools want to increase the opportunities for #Supervision. @talkingheadsoak.bsky.social offer a workshop for senior leaders / governors to work out a strategy for their setting for introducing supervision. 1/2 talkingheadssupervision.co.uk/supervision-...
talkingheadssupervision.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Many schools want to increase the opportunities for #Supervision. @talkingheadsoak.bsky.social offer a workshop for senior leaders / governors to work out a strategy for their setting for introducing supervision. 1/2 talkingheadssupervision.co.uk/supervision-...
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
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Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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