Dr Julian Grenier CBE
@juliangrenier.bsky.social
Work on early years at EEF. Previously led Sure Start Children’s Centres 20+ yrs. Views personal.
Free newsletter - Early Years High 5: big ideas in 5 short reads ⤵️
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Free newsletter - Early Years High 5: big ideas in 5 short reads ⤵️
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/early-years-evidence-in-action-7214995239114059777
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Putting the EYFS Curriculum into Practice
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Out in November: the comprehensively revised and updated 2nd edition of Putting the EYFS Curriculum into Practice
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2/6 – The new report draws on evidence from 355 studies, strengthening the rigour and practical relevance of the EEF’s recommendations.
🧩 Core messages remain
🗣️ Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
💬 New examples, tools, and classroom strategies
🧩 Core messages remain
🗣️ Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
💬 New examples, tools, and classroom strategies
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
2/6 – The new report draws on evidence from 355 studies, strengthening the rigour and practical relevance of the EEF’s recommendations.
🧩 Core messages remain
🗣️ Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
💬 New examples, tools, and classroom strategies
🧩 Core messages remain
🗣️ Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
💬 New examples, tools, and classroom strategies
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Isaac Harvey MBE shared how his education journey was shaped by people who truly saw him, especially LSAs, who see the individual, understand the lesson, and bridge the two with skill, care and creativity. A reminder that personalised support makes inclusion real.
#InclusionInAction #TowerHamlets
#InclusionInAction #TowerHamlets
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Isaac Harvey MBE shared how his education journey was shaped by people who truly saw him, especially LSAs, who see the individual, understand the lesson, and bridge the two with skill, care and creativity. A reminder that personalised support makes inclusion real.
#InclusionInAction #TowerHamlets
#InclusionInAction #TowerHamlets
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“Leadership is about creating the conditions where everyone can flourish.”
Huge thanks to Razia Ali and Jay Davenport for opening the day with thought-provoking insights on inclusion, belonging, and school improvement.
#InclusiveLeadership #LBTHConference #TowerHamlets #Headteachers
Huge thanks to Razia Ali and Jay Davenport for opening the day with thought-provoking insights on inclusion, belonging, and school improvement.
#InclusiveLeadership #LBTHConference #TowerHamlets #Headteachers
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Leadership is about creating the conditions where everyone can flourish.”
Huge thanks to Razia Ali and Jay Davenport for opening the day with thought-provoking insights on inclusion, belonging, and school improvement.
#InclusiveLeadership #LBTHConference #TowerHamlets #Headteachers
Huge thanks to Razia Ali and Jay Davenport for opening the day with thought-provoking insights on inclusion, belonging, and school improvement.
#InclusiveLeadership #LBTHConference #TowerHamlets #Headteachers
Loving this Japanese Christmas vibe even though it’s still November.
A Santa Claus kokeshi doll with a very miniature Christmas tree
A Santa Claus kokeshi doll with a very miniature Christmas tree
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Loving this Japanese Christmas vibe even though it’s still November.
A Santa Claus kokeshi doll with a very miniature Christmas tree
A Santa Claus kokeshi doll with a very miniature Christmas tree
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🚨 NEW POST 🚨
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨 NEW POST 🚨
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Autumn colours still so beautiful… looking onto the back of Young V&A in Bethnal Green East London
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Autumn colours still so beautiful… looking onto the back of Young V&A in Bethnal Green East London
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Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
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Great to have Tim Oates' wisdom in the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Great to have Tim Oates' wisdom in the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
Miel is the best bakery and cafe. Heavenly little spot on Warren St in London’s west end.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Miel is the best bakery and cafe. Heavenly little spot on Warren St in London’s west end.
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Gratifying to see the Leader column in @schoolsweek.bsky.social this morning. The feedback 'sensible' and 'evidence-led' are exactly where the Curriculum & Assessment Review expert panel and I would have hoped to land
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Gratifying to see the Leader column in @schoolsweek.bsky.social this morning. The feedback 'sensible' and 'evidence-led' are exactly where the Curriculum & Assessment Review expert panel and I would have hoped to land
Love the new V&A museum building in Stratford- can’t wait for it to open!
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Love the new V&A museum building in Stratford- can’t wait for it to open!
Out now: Early Years High 5
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
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1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
Early Years High 5
Early years research evidence in 5 quick reads Hello and welcome to issue 16 of my monthly newsletter - your shortcut to the latest insights from early years research. Each edition brings you five key...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Out now: Early Years High 5
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
📣𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝟱: 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻
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𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻
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October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
📣𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝟱: 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻
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Sturdy-looking fox crossing the path and trotting away in Kew Gardens
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sturdy-looking fox crossing the path and trotting away in Kew Gardens
Autumn colours still beautiful in Kew Gardens
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Autumn colours still beautiful in Kew Gardens
This is such a powerful, thoughtful and personal piece. But also manages to be practical about how we might respond to the rhetoric of high expectations.
Please read it. It’s excellent
alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
Please read it. It’s excellent
alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
What do we mean by high expectations?
"They can because they think they can."
('Possunt quia posse videntur')
Virgil's 'Aeneid'
High expectations can be a mysterious thing. Something ineffable. You can understand them when you experien...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is such a powerful, thoughtful and personal piece. But also manages to be practical about how we might respond to the rhetoric of high expectations.
Please read it. It’s excellent
alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
Please read it. It’s excellent
alexquigley.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
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Aargh. Woke up to realise I messed up the #EduSky hashtag in the first post. Anyway, it gives me an excuse to add this bonus @theeef.bsky.social blog by Vickee Twort and Molly Devlin (h/t @juliangrenier.bsky.social)
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Early years attendance sets the stage for lifelong learning and friendships.
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Aargh. Woke up to realise I messed up the #EduSky hashtag in the first post. Anyway, it gives me an excuse to add this bonus @theeef.bsky.social blog by Vickee Twort and Molly Devlin (h/t @juliangrenier.bsky.social)
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Today’s essential read - @beckyfrancis.bsky.social reflects on the curriculum and assessment review ⤵️
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Becky Francis: 5 reflections on the curriculum and assessment review
With the curriculum and assessment review due to publish its recommendations ‘very soon’, chair Becky Francis writes exclusively for Tes about what she has learned through the process
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October 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Today’s essential read - @beckyfrancis.bsky.social reflects on the curriculum and assessment review ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Early years attendance sets the stage for lifelong learning and friendships.
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Early years attendance sets the stage for lifelong learning and friendships.
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
But the latest EPI data is worrying: absence is rising, espec for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out how to make a difference in this new EEF blog:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/attenda...
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“Did you know……” Our latest findings shows that 94.44% would recommend our ‘Reception Day’ course to a friend or colleague. It’s a reminder of the impact THEP training has on teacher CPD. @nicolegurvidi.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Did you know……” Our latest findings shows that 94.44% would recommend our ‘Reception Day’ course to a friend or colleague. It’s a reminder of the impact THEP training has on teacher CPD. @nicolegurvidi.bsky.social
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Excellent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article by @claireheald.bsky.social:
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem
The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald
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October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Excellent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article by @claireheald.bsky.social:
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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💡NEW @tesmagazine.bsky.social column:
''Inclusion by design': why it matters & how to do it'
"high-quality teaching can be a focus for schools without the need for new and expensive resources, regardless of how many more pupils fall under our definition of inclusion."
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
''Inclusion by design': why it matters & how to do it'
"high-quality teaching can be a focus for schools without the need for new and expensive resources, regardless of how many more pupils fall under our definition of inclusion."
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
www.tes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
💡NEW @tesmagazine.bsky.social column:
''Inclusion by design': why it matters & how to do it'
"high-quality teaching can be a focus for schools without the need for new and expensive resources, regardless of how many more pupils fall under our definition of inclusion."
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
''Inclusion by design': why it matters & how to do it'
"high-quality teaching can be a focus for schools without the need for new and expensive resources, regardless of how many more pupils fall under our definition of inclusion."
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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#DLDday is coming, so I’m starting a thread over a few days.
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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My latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social column: ‘Inclusion by design: why it matters and how to do it’.
I explore the changing picture around inclusion (from the OFSTED to the ‘Send crisis’), alongside practical, evidence-informed approaches teachers can address now.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
I explore the changing picture around inclusion (from the OFSTED to the ‘Send crisis’), alongside practical, evidence-informed approaches teachers can address now.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
www.tes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My latest @tesmagazine.bsky.social column: ‘Inclusion by design: why it matters and how to do it’.
I explore the changing picture around inclusion (from the OFSTED to the ‘Send crisis’), alongside practical, evidence-informed approaches teachers can address now.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
I explore the changing picture around inclusion (from the OFSTED to the ‘Send crisis’), alongside practical, evidence-informed approaches teachers can address now.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...