Tania Harding
@taniah.bsky.social
Biomedical Scientist - pharma - teaching. T&L, ITT, CPD, leadership, school improvement. Runner. Football, fun, flip flops. Health, heels, happiness. ♡︎
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
DIY SOS - so touching, what a lovely family 💛
It’s always a team effort - well done all!
#DIYSOS #humanspirit
It’s always a team effort - well done all!
#DIYSOS #humanspirit
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
DIY SOS - so touching, what a lovely family 💛
It’s always a team effort - well done all!
#DIYSOS #humanspirit
It’s always a team effort - well done all!
#DIYSOS #humanspirit
Children/young people sometimes are ill, sometimes too ill to attend and I think it’s okay to say out loud that this is part of life. To Emma who had recurrent tonsillitis and Sally who had glandular fever who really wanted to be at school, they couldn’t help it. Can we be careful not to alienate?
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Children/young people sometimes are ill, sometimes too ill to attend and I think it’s okay to say out loud that this is part of life. To Emma who had recurrent tonsillitis and Sally who had glandular fever who really wanted to be at school, they couldn’t help it. Can we be careful not to alienate?
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2️⃣ The Goldilocks Effect: audio is “too cold,” video “too hot,” but reading aloud is “just right.”
3️⃣ Children read to regularly show stronger attention, persistence, and later academic success.
3️⃣ Children read to regularly show stronger attention, persistence, and later academic success.
October 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
2️⃣ The Goldilocks Effect: audio is “too cold,” video “too hot,” but reading aloud is “just right.”
3️⃣ Children read to regularly show stronger attention, persistence, and later academic success.
3️⃣ Children read to regularly show stronger attention, persistence, and later academic success.
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The Enchanted Hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction – Meghan Cox Gurdon
1️⃣ Reading aloud strengthens neural pathways and integrates vision, language, and imagination
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1️⃣ Reading aloud strengthens neural pathways and integrates vision, language, and imagination
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October 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Enchanted Hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction – Meghan Cox Gurdon
1️⃣ Reading aloud strengthens neural pathways and integrates vision, language, and imagination
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1️⃣ Reading aloud strengthens neural pathways and integrates vision, language, and imagination
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What about white working-class girls? The attainment of disadvantaged white girls isn’t much better than for the boys, yet the struggles they are facing are being overlooked, school leaders warn
How the system forgot about white working-class girls
While the underachievement of white working-class boys has attracted political attention, the struggles of disadvantaged white girls continue to be overlooked. School leaders tell Tes why this needs to change
www.tes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
What about white working-class girls? The attainment of disadvantaged white girls isn’t much better than for the boys, yet the struggles they are facing are being overlooked, school leaders warn
This is brilliant…
Really hope we see shift in this area in the next year.
Really hope we see shift in this area in the next year.
September 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is brilliant…
Really hope we see shift in this area in the next year.
Really hope we see shift in this area in the next year.
The wonder of the school run 💕 The anticipation, the three minute conversation that can change the day…
#lucky #treasuretherarities
#lucky #treasuretherarities
September 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The wonder of the school run 💕 The anticipation, the three minute conversation that can change the day…
#lucky #treasuretherarities
#lucky #treasuretherarities
The sound of the sea 💕
August 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The sound of the sea 💕
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Our analysis of GCSE results day 2025 is now out.
🔸 Grades are up very slightly from last year
🔸 The gender gap in grading is closing
🔸 Entries to triple science are down and double up
🔸 Re-take entries are up, but grades remain low
vist.ly/445pr
🔸 Grades are up very slightly from last year
🔸 The gender gap in grading is closing
🔸 Entries to triple science are down and double up
🔸 Re-take entries are up, but grades remain low
vist.ly/445pr
GCSE results 2025: The main trends in grades and entries - FFT Education Datalab
Our round-up of everything you need to know about this year's GCSE results.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our analysis of GCSE results day 2025 is now out.
🔸 Grades are up very slightly from last year
🔸 The gender gap in grading is closing
🔸 Entries to triple science are down and double up
🔸 Re-take entries are up, but grades remain low
vist.ly/445pr
🔸 Grades are up very slightly from last year
🔸 The gender gap in grading is closing
🔸 Entries to triple science are down and double up
🔸 Re-take entries are up, but grades remain low
vist.ly/445pr
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In Liverpool only 73% have had both MMR doses, one of the lowest in the country.
In 2016, the UK was declared measles free. Now, Alder Hey has treated 17 children with measles in just the last month!
The number of deaths is going to continue to increase.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
In 2016, the UK was declared measles free. Now, Alder Hey has treated 17 children with measles in just the last month!
The number of deaths is going to continue to increase.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Child with measles dies in Alder Hey as officials fear outbreak
The child, who has not been formally identified, is only the second to have died due to measles in the UK in the past decade
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In Liverpool only 73% have had both MMR doses, one of the lowest in the country.
In 2016, the UK was declared measles free. Now, Alder Hey has treated 17 children with measles in just the last month!
The number of deaths is going to continue to increase.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
In 2016, the UK was declared measles free. Now, Alder Hey has treated 17 children with measles in just the last month!
The number of deaths is going to continue to increase.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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Brilliant to see DfE announcing 1000 Best Start Family Hubs today. We've called for new Family Hubs for years, to reverse over a decade of cuts to family support services.
Evidence shows they benefit long-term child development, particularly for disadvantaged children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Evidence shows they benefit long-term child development, particularly for disadvantaged children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government revives family services, supporting 500,000 more kids
Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.
www.gov.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Brilliant to see DfE announcing 1000 Best Start Family Hubs today. We've called for new Family Hubs for years, to reverse over a decade of cuts to family support services.
Evidence shows they benefit long-term child development, particularly for disadvantaged children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Evidence shows they benefit long-term child development, particularly for disadvantaged children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Updating the PROGRAM A POSTCARD! page (cs4fn.blog/postcard/) for an activity the @cs4fn.bsky.social team is doing next Saturday, at the King's Festival of AI: Family Day www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kings..., part of the bigger festival www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie....
Part chatbot, part fridge poetry :)
Part chatbot, part fridge poetry :)
King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence Family Day
Join us at King’s College London for a free, family-friendly exploration of AI.
www.kcl.ac.uk
May 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Updating the PROGRAM A POSTCARD! page (cs4fn.blog/postcard/) for an activity the @cs4fn.bsky.social team is doing next Saturday, at the King's Festival of AI: Family Day www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kings..., part of the bigger festival www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie....
Part chatbot, part fridge poetry :)
Part chatbot, part fridge poetry :)
Just one of the exciting positions available in Hampshire. AHT - deadline tomorrow!
south.education-jobs.org.uk/jobs/job/Ass...
south.education-jobs.org.uk/jobs/job/Ass...
Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion | 16 May, 2025 | Jobs and careers with Hampshire County Council
Jobs and careers with Hampshire County Council - Following our recent, successful Ofsted inspection (October 2024) where Applemore was awarded GOOD across all four categories, we are delighted to be a...
south.education-jobs.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just one of the exciting positions available in Hampshire. AHT - deadline tomorrow!
south.education-jobs.org.uk/jobs/job/Ass...
south.education-jobs.org.uk/jobs/job/Ass...
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15 minute survey on practical work in science, to help out a research project:
#SciTeachUK
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#SciTeachUK
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April 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
15 minute survey on practical work in science, to help out a research project:
#SciTeachUK
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#SciTeachUK
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On "the VAA model when speaking to teenagers: 'Would you like to Vent? Would you like Advice? Or do you want me to take Action?'' " Rhiannon Phillips-Bianco of Globeducate in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
How our schools group supports girls’ mental health
The head of wellbeing for an international schools group explains how it has introduced a raft of initiatives to help teenage girls
www.tes.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
On "the VAA model when speaking to teenagers: 'Would you like to Vent? Would you like Advice? Or do you want me to take Action?'' " Rhiannon Phillips-Bianco of Globeducate in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
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If you are based near Kent then on Saturday 15th March I am running a forces workshop and giving a talk with my Dad (Martyn Poliakoff) at the Kent Festival of Physics.
Looking forward to it. Link below for more information and booking:
thestemhub.org.uk/events/more-...
Looking forward to it. Link below for more information and booking:
thestemhub.org.uk/events/more-...
March 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you are based near Kent then on Saturday 15th March I am running a forces workshop and giving a talk with my Dad (Martyn Poliakoff) at the Kent Festival of Physics.
Looking forward to it. Link below for more information and booking:
thestemhub.org.uk/events/more-...
Looking forward to it. Link below for more information and booking:
thestemhub.org.uk/events/more-...
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→New blog post:
◂How I teach ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption in the kidney▸
Through co-construction of meaning in diagrams and dialogue – without slides, activities, lecturing, or discovering.
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#SciTeachUK #iTeachBio #EduSky #EduBlogUK
◂How I teach ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption in the kidney▸
Through co-construction of meaning in diagrams and dialogue – without slides, activities, lecturing, or discovering.
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#SciTeachUK #iTeachBio #EduSky #EduBlogUK
February 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
→New blog post:
◂How I teach ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption in the kidney▸
Through co-construction of meaning in diagrams and dialogue – without slides, activities, lecturing, or discovering.
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#SciTeachUK #iTeachBio #EduSky #EduBlogUK
◂How I teach ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption in the kidney▸
Through co-construction of meaning in diagrams and dialogue – without slides, activities, lecturing, or discovering.
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#SciTeachUK #iTeachBio #EduSky #EduBlogUK
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🚀 Matthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social and I have launched 100% Assessment, a Substack dedicated to exploring assessment in schools.
We'll be posting weekly insights for everyone, from teachers through to Heads and Assessment Leads.
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February 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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“It’s no secret that the reductive use of restricted data sets like EBacc and Progress 8 has been driving decisions that undermine not just inclusion”
@carolinebarlow.bsky.social
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-labour-c...
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The missing piece in Labour's accountability narrative
Ofsted and curriculum reforms alone won't drive the system-wide inclusion Labour says it wants
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“It’s no secret that the reductive use of restricted data sets like EBacc and Progress 8 has been driving decisions that undermine not just inclusion”
@carolinebarlow.bsky.social
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-labour-c...
@carolinebarlow.bsky.social
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-labour-c...