Mark Enser
@ensermark.bsky.social
Yorkshire based freelance writer, TES columnist, author of books and school support person.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Pinned
Mark Enser
@ensermark.bsky.social
· Jan 6
a cat is sitting on a couch using a laptop .
ALT: a cat is sitting on a couch using a laptop .
media.tenor.com
I'm looking forward to my first term as a freelance writer and supporting schools.
If you think I could be of any help, do get in touch.
If you think I could be of any help, do get in touch.
This looks BRILLIANT 👏
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This looks BRILLIANT 👏
Reposted by Mark Enser
🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
Helping Pupils Revise Effectively at KS4
Every year, as exam season approaches, teachers face a familiar challenge: helping pupils move from knowing some things about a subject to knowing enough of the right things, in the right way, to succ...
enserm.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
Helping Pupils Revise Effectively at KS4
Every year, as exam season approaches, teachers face a familiar challenge: helping pupils move from knowing some things about a subject to knowing enough of the right things, in the right way, to succ...
enserm.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
Reposted by Mark Enser
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
The Miracle of Schools
Why Simplistic Narratives Miss the Point
enserm.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
Reposted by Mark Enser
#HowDoTheyDoIt? by Mark and Zoe Enser is packed full of reflective questions like this one to help you drive school improvement and give your students the brightest future possible.
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#HowDoTheyDoIt? by Mark and Zoe Enser is packed full of reflective questions like this one to help you drive school improvement and give your students the brightest future possible.
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Find out more and order yours today at:
buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
The Miracle of Schools
Why Simplistic Narratives Miss the Point
enserm.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
It has been a busy week on the Teaching it Real substack.
First up - The Miracle of Schools - why we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievement that occurs each and every day.
enserm.substack.com/p/the-miracl...
Coffee with a view in Knaresborough
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Coffee with a view in Knaresborough
Reposted by Mark Enser
Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 3)
Rethinking assessment and exam volume in geography
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Reposted by Mark Enser
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
Is the Curriculum and Assessment Review “Dumbing Down” Education – or Simply Redefining Rigour?
What does a mature education system set out to achieve?
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
Reposted by Mark Enser
Tickets on sale for Christmas in Willerby - our first live event and booklaunch.
Saturday 13th December in Cotesbach, five minutes from Junction 20 (Lutterworth) on the M1.
Tickets £6
christmasinwillerby.eventbrite.co.uk
Saturday 13th December in Cotesbach, five minutes from Junction 20 (Lutterworth) on the M1.
Tickets £6
christmasinwillerby.eventbrite.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tickets on sale for Christmas in Willerby - our first live event and booklaunch.
Saturday 13th December in Cotesbach, five minutes from Junction 20 (Lutterworth) on the M1.
Tickets £6
christmasinwillerby.eventbrite.co.uk
Saturday 13th December in Cotesbach, five minutes from Junction 20 (Lutterworth) on the M1.
Tickets £6
christmasinwillerby.eventbrite.co.uk
Reposted by Mark Enser
These are the brilliant questions.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
The bigger questions for leaders:
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
Can we build a system that keeps rigour and wellbeing?
That judges learning by understanding, not exhaustion?
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
These are the brilliant questions.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Kindness and Scholarship in equilibrium.
Purposeful understanding as well as Mechanical ability.
Leadership is often tightrope walking.
Reposted by Mark Enser
1. Never tear us apart. INXS
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
1. Never tear us apart. INXS
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
Reposted by Mark Enser
1. Woman - Wolfmother
2. Since I Left You - Avalanches
3. You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
4. U Should Not be Doing That - Amyl & the Sniffers
5. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
#fridayfive
2. Since I Left You - Avalanches
3. You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
4. U Should Not be Doing That - Amyl & the Sniffers
5. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
#fridayfive
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
1. Woman - Wolfmother
2. Since I Left You - Avalanches
3. You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
4. U Should Not be Doing That - Amyl & the Sniffers
5. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
#fridayfive
2. Since I Left You - Avalanches
3. You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
4. U Should Not be Doing That - Amyl & the Sniffers
5. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
#fridayfive
Reposted by Mark Enser
#FridayFive has a friend from Oz visiting.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#FridayFive has a friend from Oz visiting.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
Reposted by Mark Enser
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - Headteacher Update
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:
We are very lucky to have Mavis Staples still releasing music. Her new album is breathtaking
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
Sad And Beautiful World
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are very lucky to have Mavis Staples still releasing music. Her new album is breathtaking
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
Reposted by Mark Enser
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions buff.ly/KP64uTL #edusky
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - SecEd
Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions buff.ly/KP64uTL #edusky
Reposted by Mark Enser
Let’s reflect! What do you think of this question on #parentalengagement from Mark & Zoe Enser’s new book?
You can find plenty more useful reflection points, along with encouraging guidance in #HowDoTheyDoit? – out now: buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
You can find plenty more useful reflection points, along with encouraging guidance in #HowDoTheyDoit? – out now: buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Let’s reflect! What do you think of this question on #parentalengagement from Mark & Zoe Enser’s new book?
You can find plenty more useful reflection points, along with encouraging guidance in #HowDoTheyDoit? – out now: buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
You can find plenty more useful reflection points, along with encouraging guidance in #HowDoTheyDoit? – out now: buff.ly/TEn9ZXR
@ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social
Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 3)
Rethinking assessment and exam volume in geography
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Assessment can be a tail that wags the curriculum dog.
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Here’s how @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Curriculum and Assessment Review + the Geography Subject Report suggest we rethink it.
A thread from my final post in the series
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
Is the Curriculum and Assessment Review “Dumbing Down” Education – or Simply Redefining Rigour?
What does a mature education system set out to achieve?
enserm.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Is the new Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social “dumbing down” education — or redefining what rigour means?
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
enserm.substack.com/p/is-the-cur...
🧵 A short thread for school leaders 👇
Reposted by Mark Enser
In my latest Substack post I explore how Getting Our Bearings and the CAR align, and what this means for departments preparing for curriculum reform.
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 2)
Fieldwork, enquiry and the geography curriculum
enserm.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In my latest Substack post I explore how Getting Our Bearings and the CAR align, and what this means for departments preparing for curriculum reform.
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
THIS IS EXCITING!!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
THIS IS EXCITING!!!
Reposted by Mark Enser
A sensible, measured read on the CAR and fieldwork : thank you Mark. Lots of key messages here for teachers to keep at the forefront of their mind as they plan for progression in fieldwork and associated skills.
In my latest Substack post I explore how Getting Our Bearings and the CAR align, and what this means for departments preparing for curriculum reform.
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 2)
Fieldwork, enquiry and the geography curriculum
enserm.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A sensible, measured read on the CAR and fieldwork : thank you Mark. Lots of key messages here for teachers to keep at the forefront of their mind as they plan for progression in fieldwork and associated skills.