Kathleen Hurford
@kathleenhurford.bsky.social
Associate assistant head in North London. Teaching and learning enthusiast and interested in all things literacy, reading and English related. Proud mummy.
Ahh I was afraid that might happen.. when I went offline it was still all abuzz with people migrating from twitter. Hopefully there’s still some good blogs and recommendations to be found!
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahh I was afraid that might happen.. when I went offline it was still all abuzz with people migrating from twitter. Hopefully there’s still some good blogs and recommendations to be found!
1. Childcare/ a lot of work being completed outside of school hours and therefore usually late at night.
2. Maternity pay is well behind other sectors.
3. Menopause and women’s health
4. Imposter syndrome at SLT level etc.
5. Perceptions (lots of gendered ideas still floating about)
2. Maternity pay is well behind other sectors.
3. Menopause and women’s health
4. Imposter syndrome at SLT level etc.
5. Perceptions (lots of gendered ideas still floating about)
August 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM
1. Childcare/ a lot of work being completed outside of school hours and therefore usually late at night.
2. Maternity pay is well behind other sectors.
3. Menopause and women’s health
4. Imposter syndrome at SLT level etc.
5. Perceptions (lots of gendered ideas still floating about)
2. Maternity pay is well behind other sectors.
3. Menopause and women’s health
4. Imposter syndrome at SLT level etc.
5. Perceptions (lots of gendered ideas still floating about)
There must be ways to make the process easier - especially given there’s such a time crunch with some students. Part of the problem in English is that there’s a massive lack of trust in the marking in general which means it’s not always limited to the students who are just a mark or 2 off.
August 26, 2024 at 7:51 AM
There must be ways to make the process easier - especially given there’s such a time crunch with some students. Part of the problem in English is that there’s a massive lack of trust in the marking in general which means it’s not always limited to the students who are just a mark or 2 off.
Absolutely beautiful!
August 25, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Absolutely beautiful!
Seeing a script online definitely makes the process easier. Edexcel give you automatic access so I just needed student consent which was easy to get on results day. With AQA we have to request scripts through our exams officer who is obviously not working every day which means I’m flying blinder.
August 25, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Seeing a script online definitely makes the process easier. Edexcel give you automatic access so I just needed student consent which was easy to get on results day. With AQA we have to request scripts through our exams officer who is obviously not working every day which means I’m flying blinder.
This looks amazing! Blaming Bluesky when I drag the family to Waterstones tomorrow…
August 24, 2024 at 5:08 PM
This looks amazing! Blaming Bluesky when I drag the family to Waterstones tomorrow…
📌 this looks great - definitely going to try this.
August 24, 2024 at 3:14 PM
📌 this looks great - definitely going to try this.
📌 these look great - very generous. Thank you!
August 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
📌 these look great - very generous. Thank you!
Amazing! That’s my tv sorted for the next couple of nights. Thank you for sharing!
August 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Amazing! That’s my tv sorted for the next couple of nights. Thank you for sharing!
📌 this looks like a great resource for our Romantics unit!
August 19, 2024 at 1:58 PM
📌 this looks like a great resource for our Romantics unit!
I love this poem! We always teach it at taster sessions or beginning of year 12 watching Smith’s performance of it. So powerful! Great idea to compare it with Grayson Perry Urn. Will look at doing that this year. This thread is super helpful - thank you! 📌
August 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I love this poem! We always teach it at taster sessions or beginning of year 12 watching Smith’s performance of it. So powerful! Great idea to compare it with Grayson Perry Urn. Will look at doing that this year. This thread is super helpful - thank you! 📌
This sounds brilliant.
August 16, 2024 at 6:35 PM
This sounds brilliant.
I came back just to see if this had been answered. Glad she’s back!
August 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I came back just to see if this had been answered. Glad she’s back!
Amazing share! Thank you! And really looking forward to the Jekyll and Hyde critical theory book. 📌
August 16, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Amazing share! Thank you! And really looking forward to the Jekyll and Hyde critical theory book. 📌
📌 pinning this to follow along with the recommendations!
August 16, 2024 at 8:34 AM
📌 pinning this to follow along with the recommendations!
This is a great read. Super interested to see if any schools find ways to make it work.
August 14, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This is a great read. Super interested to see if any schools find ways to make it work.
This looks great! I love the timeline that emphasises how quickly it all happens - students often seem to forget this as the reading goes on!📌
August 14, 2024 at 4:37 PM
This looks great! I love the timeline that emphasises how quickly it all happens - students often seem to forget this as the reading goes on!📌