Continuing visits to FE colleges this week to hear priorities & how CAR + White Paper proposals are landing. Thanks @midkentcollege.bsky.social & Simon Cook for arranging. Excited to keynote at Kent’s #PathwaysForAll event on Thurs & hear more about how #KentChoices is helping ⬇️ NEETs too.

Lovely to finally receive the certificate for this today. A lot of work to complete alongside working full time on SLT in school. Thank you to everyone who helped and supported along the way 🫶🏻

Looking forward to presenting two sessions for @ascl-uk.bsky.social at the (always brilliant) NetSixthForm Conference tomorrow, updating sixth form leaders on recent changes from the Post-16 White Paper & CAR as well as helping to prepare for the renewed Ofsted framework.

Great to host the session from the @britishesports.bsky.social Performance Campus - what a venue!

💻 Recording & resources will be available soon on @ascl-uk.bsky.social Professional Development site, 🆓 for members. (2/2)

Thanks to everyone who joined today’s #Esports webinar and engaged with our brilliant panel! 🎮

Huge thanks to Kalam Neale, Alice Whorley & Tom Dore for sharing expert insights on Esports in education. (1/2)

A fab tour of their fantastic facilities too!
Special shoutout to the lovely students marking #WorldKindnessDay with sweets, cakes & affirmations for their peers 🫶
More on their T Level offer (and a video with Alison!) coming soon 🎥 (2/2)

Essential reading: Shuab Gamote & @peterhyman.bsky.social amplify the voices of KS5 students, revealing the wisdom, clarity & hope they bring to today’s challenges.

Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.

The recommendations are 🎯

Excited to begin a series of FE college visits this week, starting in my university city! Looking forward to hearing from FE leaders on priorities, concerns, & how CAR & White Paper proposals are landing so @ascl-uk.bsky.social can ensure we are representing our FE members optimally. (1/2)

🎮 With digital literacy & enrichment key features of this week’s CAR, this exclusive 🆓 webinar for @ascl-uk.bsky.social members is timely.
Join me, Kalam Neale & Alice Whorley from @britishesports.bsky.social to explore how esports can enrich curriculum & inspire future talent.
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Thanks to all at today’s
CATS Global Schools Cross-Group INSET.
Key ideas on #IndependentLearning:
💡KS5 students need scaffolding
💡Make them THINK, in & beyond lessons
💡Embed high-quality T&L & resourcing
💡Foster ownership & reflection
💡Build a CULTURE for independence
🤫Silent ≠ independent!

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow for @ascl-uk.bsky.social at CATS Global Schools’ Cross-Group INSET day, focussing on developing independent learning and critical thinking skills.

#IndependentLearning #CriticalThinking #Post16 #ProfessionalLearning

I was delighted to speak on behalf of @ascl-uk.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social’s Drive programme yesterday,offering our immediate (20 mins post-publication!) reflections on the Post-16 & Skills White Paper. #ASCLMembers:👀 for ‘White Paper Special’ 📧 newsletter today for a key issues summary.

🎓I’m happy to share that I’ve completed my MA @uniofbuckingham.bsky.social, achieving a Distinction 🥂

Seems bizarre timing that this result arrived today - on the day of the biggest post-16 curriculum reform in years - when my dissertation focused on post-16 curriculum reform!

🍎Happy @unesco.org #WorldTeachersDay2025. The impact of a great teacher should not be underestimated. Thank you to all our educators for everything you do to support children & young people 🍎

Many of the most subscribed BTECs are in these sectors (see pic).
With T-levels & AAQs not yet seeing the same uptake, maintaining AGQs is a sensible move.
Let’s not risk losing valuable routes for young people. 🚏

#ProtectStudentChoice #curriculumreform #sixthform
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