David Phillips
@alackof.bsky.social
Ex head teacher. School governor. Old school influencer. Trainer. Cyclist. Dad. Trying to do the right thing.
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New Spanish Royal Decree! Attention!Attention!
"British Citizens residing in Spain are required by His Majesty Felipe VI and the Constitutional Government to pass the DELE C2 Spanish language examination. Non-compliant citizens will face deportation."
"British Citizens residing in Spain are required by His Majesty Felipe VI and the Constitutional Government to pass the DELE C2 Spanish language examination. Non-compliant citizens will face deportation."
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
The extraordinary waste that has become ordinary in MATs
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October 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The extraordinary waste that has become ordinary in MATs
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When will DFE get a grip of this embedded exploitation by MAT CEOs?
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum share.google/nOiCxtixbd6a...
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum share.google/nOiCxtixbd6a...
Trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum
Government probe finds trust breached rules over consultancy payments and £24k on training courses
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October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When will DFE get a grip of this embedded exploitation by MAT CEOs?
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum share.google/nOiCxtixbd6a...
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum share.google/nOiCxtixbd6a...
Spineless school leadership hangs out teacher to dry.
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
School apologises to parents over teacher's remarks about St George's flag
Broadoak School in Partington has said it has launched an investigation following complaints by parents
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October 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Spineless school leadership hangs out teacher to dry.
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Just found the OFSTED report for my old school in Ibstock.
Sad to see RI in all areas. But not on school website and no reference to it. Is this a new thing?
Sad to see RI in all areas. But not on school website and no reference to it. Is this a new thing?
August 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just found the OFSTED report for my old school in Ibstock.
Sad to see RI in all areas. But not on school website and no reference to it. Is this a new thing?
Sad to see RI in all areas. But not on school website and no reference to it. Is this a new thing?
Behaviour declined under the previous tsar. Thank goodness we've got fresh blo....
Oh.
DfE appoints attendance and behaviour ambassadors | Tes share.google/5XJtooQZ8lYx...
Oh.
DfE appoints attendance and behaviour ambassadors | Tes share.google/5XJtooQZ8lYx...
Behaviour and attendance ambassadors appointed
Tom Bennett and Jayne Lowe have been announced as the government’s national attendance and behaviour ambassadors
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August 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Behaviour declined under the previous tsar. Thank goodness we've got fresh blo....
Oh.
DfE appoints attendance and behaviour ambassadors | Tes share.google/5XJtooQZ8lYx...
Oh.
DfE appoints attendance and behaviour ambassadors | Tes share.google/5XJtooQZ8lYx...
Dreadful organisation.
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role' share.google/NedFX3a1uRVi...
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role' share.google/NedFX3a1uRVi...
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role'
MAT reveals Julian Appleyard will not take over as CEO as planned after 'change in personal circumstances'
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August 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Dreadful organisation.
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role' share.google/NedFX3a1uRVi...
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role' share.google/NedFX3a1uRVi...
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social Any comment on the story in the i paper about your contribution to homelessness?
August 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social Any comment on the story in the i paper about your contribution to homelessness?
We funded our own appeals as a popular maintained school. It is about time there was a level playing field! @cstvoice.bsky.social
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Academy admission appeals cash cut hits 'successful schools'
DfE won't fund academies to fight appeals heard after October 31 of this year, it confirms
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July 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We funded our own appeals as a popular maintained school. It is about time there was a level playing field! @cstvoice.bsky.social
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BBC News - School suspensions rise to nearly a million in England
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July 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
BBC News - School suspensions rise to nearly a million in England
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Let's hope this doesn't result in further carving up of the state sector.
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group share.google/VlysTQEATra6...
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group share.google/VlysTQEATra6...
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group
United Learning, Lift Schools, Ark and Star bosses among those appointed to advise government
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July 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Let's hope this doesn't result in further carving up of the state sector.
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group share.google/VlysTQEATra6...
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group share.google/VlysTQEATra6...
Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school | The Standard share.google/aOffvBL8Nyxl...
Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school
Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’
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July 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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"So, leaders running a school isn't enough. Let's add a whole range of expensive central teams and cream off money through top slicing."
Some MATs: "Hold my beer..."
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Some MATs: "Hold my beer..."
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Too many chiefs? The debate over MATs having joint CEOs
With two multi-academy trust mergers proposing a dual-CEO leadership model, Dan Worth investigates how common this approach is - and whether it can really work
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July 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"So, leaders running a school isn't enough. Let's add a whole range of expensive central teams and cream off money through top slicing."
Some MATs: "Hold my beer..."
Can MATs work with two CEOs? | Tes share.google/xSfHi7Q8ncqe...
Some MATs: "Hold my beer..."
Can MATs work with two CEOs? | Tes share.google/xSfHi7Q8ncqe...
He's completely lost it now.
BBC News - I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer
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BBC News - I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer
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I understand what Donald Trump cares about, says Keir Starmer
The prime minister says he found common ground with President Trump as both "really care about family".
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July 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
He's completely lost it now.
BBC News - I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer
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BBC News - I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer
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Wise schools are already on top of the fake news / exam chancers influence.
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Exam boards consider ‘action’ over social media predictions
A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called 'predicted' papers
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June 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wise schools are already on top of the fake news / exam chancers influence.
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schoolsweek.co.uk/exam-boards-...
Advisory groups should represent the whole sector. Not just a shouty group.
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DfE asks MAT leaders to join new advisory group
Minister Catherine McKinnell is establishing the group, set to meet for the first time in July
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June 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Advisory groups should represent the whole sector. Not just a shouty group.
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More and more scripts coming up with some nonsense from a Mr Everything English.
Schools need to have something in place to stop students relying on chancers.
Schools need to have something in place to stop students relying on chancers.
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
More and more scripts coming up with some nonsense from a Mr Everything English.
Schools need to have something in place to stop students relying on chancers.
Schools need to have something in place to stop students relying on chancers.
The general consensus is that behaviour is worse after years of this post holder.
Why on earth would this be a good idea?
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Why on earth would this be a good idea?
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Tom Bennett to apply to be government's new behaviour ambassador
The former government behaviour advisor and lead of the behaviour hubs programme is set to reapply for the renamed behaviour hub "ambassador" position
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May 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The general consensus is that behaviour is worse after years of this post holder.
Why on earth would this be a good idea?
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Why on earth would this be a good idea?
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Watching #MerchantofVenice tonight
Great performance by Makram Khoury!
Great performance by Makram Khoury!
May 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Watching #MerchantofVenice tonight
Great performance by Makram Khoury!
Great performance by Makram Khoury!
This should be transparent for all.
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Harris Academy Trust to lay off staff due to ‘falling pupil rolls’
The Harris Academy Trust, with three schools in Southwark, has announced it will be laying off 45 members of staff
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May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This should be transparent for all.
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Leaders benefit from thinking time. Apparently no one else needs it.
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Why we gave our school leaders 5 ‘reading days’
Carving out time for headteachers to research, read or plan reduces the risk of them burning out - and offers their deputies the chance to step up, says this trust CEO
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May 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Leaders benefit from thinking time. Apparently no one else needs it.
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Whilst it may not have been intended, this reeks of bored entitlement.
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My trip to Vietnam made me realise that my love for travelling is fading
Are we simply chasing highs that seldom translate into lasting, meaningful experiences?
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May 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Whilst it may not have been intended, this reeks of bored entitlement.
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A school leader should look to doing everything possible to protect front line services.
This is disgraceful.
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This is disgraceful.
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Harris blames 'unfunded' pay rises as it plans redundancies
But NASUWT teaching union accuses academy trust of 'disgraceful behaviour'
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May 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A school leader should look to doing everything possible to protect front line services.
This is disgraceful.
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This is disgraceful.
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Good grief. This isn't a thought experiment. It perpetuates the postcode scramble.
‘In reality, parent choice becomes a euphemism for separation; a system of quiet exclusion dressed up as empowerment.’
In this month’s What If…, MAT leader Seamus Murphy imagines an education system in which all children attend their nearest school
In this month’s What If…, MAT leader Seamus Murphy imagines an education system in which all children attend their nearest school
What if... there was no parent choice over schools?
As part of our thought experiment series, Seamus Murphy imagines what the system would look like if every child was automatically enrolled in their nearest school
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May 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Good grief. This isn't a thought experiment. It perpetuates the postcode scramble.