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The introduction of Ofsted’s new inspection system should be delayed, says @ascl-uk.bsky.social – warning that it will cause greater anxiety for heads and make judgements less reliable
Delay Ofsted report cards and school profiles, heads urge
Ofsted’s plan for inspection report cards will cause greater anxiety for heads and make judgements less reliable, warns ASCL
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March 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Technology ‘being weaponised’ against schools and teachers – @ascl-uk.bsky.social leader @mannybotwe.bsky.social
Botwe will call for an end to the ‘chaos’ caused by social media at #ASCL2025
More from @the-independent.com @eleanorbusby.bsky.social
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Technology ‘being weaponised’ against schools and teachers – union leader
Manny Botwe, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will call for an end to the ‘chaos’ caused by social media.
www.independent.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Really welcome recognition from the Secretary of State that many of the challenges schools are currently facing can't be fixed within schools themselves, but need wider system reform. #ASCL2025
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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ASCL President @mannybotwe.bsky.social with a rousing opening keynote at #ASCL2025, outlining what need to be the shared priorities for government and the profession.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Very sad when people in positions of responsibility and power don’t listen to the voices of professionals expressing justifiable concerns. Nobody want a low accountability system- suggestion that school leaders want that is disrespectful and untrue
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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This says a lot:

“KB said that Michaela actively chooses to cut time in other areas so that they can focus on English and Maths; not because they dislike other subjects, but they see English and Maths as being more important”
Exclusive: The DfE's official account of a meeting between
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and Katharine Birbalsingh claims the ed sec had to ask the head to 'lower her tone' and 'allow her to finish her sentences'

We've got the full doc under FOI - read here 👇

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'Lower your tone': DfE's account of THAT Birbalsingh chat
Government's minutes claim education secretary had to ask head to 'allow me to finish my sentences'
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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We've now got our practice workshops with:
@gerryrobin5on.bsky.social and @rachtomlinson.bsky.social on schools as the community
@hkut77.bsky.social and Dave Bennett on schools in the community
• Jenn Plews OBE, Anna Mackenzie and Jon Culpin on schools as centres of the community

#Edusky
March 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Thanks to our speakers:
-@jonyates.bsky.social
- Ian Potter, Amy Tuckwell + Aimi McCrum
-@tom-campbell.bsky.social, James Hughes + Andrea Rosewell
-@gerryrobin5on.bsky.social + @rachtomlinson.bsky.social
-@hkut77.bsky.social + Dave Bennett
- Jenn Plews, Anna Mackenzie + Jon Culpin
- Darren McGarvey
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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This is appalling. How can Badenoch possibly justify this and what an indictment of this archaic system
Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm
December 21, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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I will be using this for my social media posts from now
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November 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Some thoughts at the beginning of a new school year. brianlightman.substack.com/p/harnessing...
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August 31, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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