Leanne Bell-Bayliss
@leannepbb.bsky.social
Assistant Principal - Quality of Education. NCETM Secondary Mastery Specialist, Accredited PD & School Development Lead. Genuinely a lifetime learner and always up for new edu-research chats #UKed #Edusky 🏴 👩🏻🏫 🧶 🏳️🌈
Howdy! Been a while. I've got a new job and a new blog. Huzzah! Read it here if you are interested in how a newby AP is navigating the knowledge gap of stepping into a QofE role: open.substack.com/pub/qualityo... #EduSky #AcademicSky
Quality of Education Substack | Leanne Bell-Bayliss | Substack
A place to share what I've read, tried and learned within my new Quality of Education remit at a secondary school in England, in the hope that it helps others navigate this complex thing we're trying ...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Howdy! Been a while. I've got a new job and a new blog. Huzzah! Read it here if you are interested in how a newby AP is navigating the knowledge gap of stepping into a QofE role: open.substack.com/pub/qualityo... #EduSky #AcademicSky
Really inspired reading An Ethic of Excellemce by Ron Berger, but I'm struggling to see how it would work in #maths anyone out there 'redrafted' or had students present their work inline with this approach? #edusky #ukmathschat #EduSkyPrimary #iteachmath
August 24, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Really inspired reading An Ethic of Excellemce by Ron Berger, but I'm struggling to see how it would work in #maths anyone out there 'redrafted' or had students present their work inline with this approach? #edusky #ukmathschat #EduSkyPrimary #iteachmath
First set of GCSE results under my HOD role this Thursday. Tad nervous. I'm taking the long term view of dept improvement, but we did some rapid raising achievement work too for this cohort, so just hoping it has made the difference. Lots of lessons learnt this year. Anyone else nervy?! #ukmathschat
August 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM
First set of GCSE results under my HOD role this Thursday. Tad nervous. I'm taking the long term view of dept improvement, but we did some rapid raising achievement work too for this cohort, so just hoping it has made the difference. Lots of lessons learnt this year. Anyone else nervy?! #ukmathschat
This is fab. I think the nuance here is so important - I think open conversations with students about their 'estimates' means they know that effort is the most important factor.
I’ve been banging on about this for nearly 13 years now. I wrote this back in 2011 - think it holds up reasonably well. www.informededucation.com/making-sense...
Making sense of predictions and targets - David Weston
These days, schools are awash with targets, estimates, and predicted grades. Used well, they are a way to embed a common ambitious vision for each child. Used badly, they are a demotivating, self-fulf...
www.informededucation.com
August 17, 2024 at 8:56 AM
This is fab. I think the nuance here is so important - I think open conversations with students about their 'estimates' means they know that effort is the most important factor.
Anyone on #eduskyprimary have any thoughts?
New on here and wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations for the Y5-8 continuity work group I'm running next year. Lots of ideas from a Secondary Perspective, but would love to hear what be beneficial for primary #UkEd #UKMathsChat #EduSky
August 15, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Anyone on #eduskyprimary have any thoughts?
New on here and wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations for the Y5-8 continuity work group I'm running next year. Lots of ideas from a Secondary Perspective, but would love to hear what be beneficial for primary #UkEd #UKMathsChat #EduSky
August 15, 2024 at 6:49 PM
New on here and wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations for the Y5-8 continuity work group I'm running next year. Lots of ideas from a Secondary Perspective, but would love to hear what be beneficial for primary #UkEd #UKMathsChat #EduSky