Mark Dalton
@mrkdltn.bsky.social
📌 With my daughter’s school on a training day, we had a day of cinema, sushi, and time well spent. A leader’s well-being is just as important as their team’s. We model what we expect from others.
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📌 With my daughter’s school on a training day, we had a day of cinema, sushi, and time well spent. A leader’s well-being is just as important as their team’s. We model what we expect from others.
📅 We build flexibility into our timetable. Every teacher has some bonus time, meaning staff can support each other without scrambling for last-minute cover.
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📅 We build flexibility into our timetable. Every teacher has some bonus time, meaning staff can support each other without scrambling for last-minute cover.
A school where EVERYONE can take time off—guilt-free? Build this.
This week, I took a Personal Day—a trust-wide initiative supporting staff well-being. But how do you ensure this works without disrupting learning?
A 🧵 on leadership, timetabling, AI, and protecting your team.
This week, I took a Personal Day—a trust-wide initiative supporting staff well-being. But how do you ensure this works without disrupting learning?
A 🧵 on leadership, timetabling, AI, and protecting your team.
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A school where EVERYONE can take time off—guilt-free? Build this.
This week, I took a Personal Day—a trust-wide initiative supporting staff well-being. But how do you ensure this works without disrupting learning?
A 🧵 on leadership, timetabling, AI, and protecting your team.
This week, I took a Personal Day—a trust-wide initiative supporting staff well-being. But how do you ensure this works without disrupting learning?
A 🧵 on leadership, timetabling, AI, and protecting your team.
Love notifications like this!
Tomorrow is our House Competition: The Masked Reader! 📚🎭 Inspired by The Masked Singer, but with books! Which House will shine? A brilliant way to celebrate creativity, teamwork, and reading.
Tomorrow is our House Competition: The Masked Reader! 📚🎭 Inspired by The Masked Singer, but with books! Which House will shine? A brilliant way to celebrate creativity, teamwork, and reading.
January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Love notifications like this!
Tomorrow is our House Competition: The Masked Reader! 📚🎭 Inspired by The Masked Singer, but with books! Which House will shine? A brilliant way to celebrate creativity, teamwork, and reading.
Tomorrow is our House Competition: The Masked Reader! 📚🎭 Inspired by The Masked Singer, but with books! Which House will shine? A brilliant way to celebrate creativity, teamwork, and reading.
Building a strong timetable takes practical and values driven thought (all at once):
✅Use school layouts to group rooms effectively.
✅Prioritise rooms that match subject needs.
✅Manage student flow to prevent bottlenecks.
✅Seek feedback from teachers to improve.🤝
✅Use school layouts to group rooms effectively.
✅Prioritise rooms that match subject needs.
✅Manage student flow to prevent bottlenecks.
✅Seek feedback from teachers to improve.🤝
January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Building a strong timetable takes practical and values driven thought (all at once):
✅Use school layouts to group rooms effectively.
✅Prioritise rooms that match subject needs.
✅Manage student flow to prevent bottlenecks.
✅Seek feedback from teachers to improve.🤝
✅Use school layouts to group rooms effectively.
✅Prioritise rooms that match subject needs.
✅Manage student flow to prevent bottlenecks.
✅Seek feedback from teachers to improve.🤝
Subjects like science, art, and music need special facilities:
✅Prioritise these rooms for practical lessons.
✅Ensure resources are available when needed.
✅Optimise how these spaces are used to maximise learning.
Specialised rooms mean better experiences! 🔬🎨🎼
✅Prioritise these rooms for practical lessons.
✅Ensure resources are available when needed.
✅Optimise how these spaces are used to maximise learning.
Specialised rooms mean better experiences! 🔬🎨🎼
January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Subjects like science, art, and music need special facilities:
✅Prioritise these rooms for practical lessons.
✅Ensure resources are available when needed.
✅Optimise how these spaces are used to maximise learning.
Specialised rooms mean better experiences! 🔬🎨🎼
✅Prioritise these rooms for practical lessons.
✅Ensure resources are available when needed.
✅Optimise how these spaces are used to maximise learning.
Specialised rooms mean better experiences! 🔬🎨🎼
Long distances between classes waste time and energy:
✅ Assign rooms close together, especially for consecutive lessons.
✅Group related subjects or year groups in nearby spaces.
✅Keep walking distances short so teachers can focus on teaching.
✅ Assign rooms close together, especially for consecutive lessons.
✅Group related subjects or year groups in nearby spaces.
✅Keep walking distances short so teachers can focus on teaching.
January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Long distances between classes waste time and energy:
✅ Assign rooms close together, especially for consecutive lessons.
✅Group related subjects or year groups in nearby spaces.
✅Keep walking distances short so teachers can focus on teaching.
✅ Assign rooms close together, especially for consecutive lessons.
✅Group related subjects or year groups in nearby spaces.
✅Keep walking distances short so teachers can focus on teaching.
🧵 Timetabling to Remove Struggle & Maximise Impact 🧵
Timetabling isn’t just about scheduling classes. It’s about creating systems that save teacher energy, minimise movement, and maximise the wellbeing of our staff and their impact. How we do it: 👇
Timetabling isn’t just about scheduling classes. It’s about creating systems that save teacher energy, minimise movement, and maximise the wellbeing of our staff and their impact. How we do it: 👇
January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧵 Timetabling to Remove Struggle & Maximise Impact 🧵
Timetabling isn’t just about scheduling classes. It’s about creating systems that save teacher energy, minimise movement, and maximise the wellbeing of our staff and their impact. How we do it: 👇
Timetabling isn’t just about scheduling classes. It’s about creating systems that save teacher energy, minimise movement, and maximise the wellbeing of our staff and their impact. How we do it: 👇
🧵 Virtual Reality Decisions Got Me Thinking About Real-World EdTech Choices 🧵
Today students had a Virtual Decisions workshop, exploring real-world scenarios through VR technology. Here’s what I think school leaders should consider when investing in tech-driven experiences.
Today students had a Virtual Decisions workshop, exploring real-world scenarios through VR technology. Here’s what I think school leaders should consider when investing in tech-driven experiences.
January 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧵 Virtual Reality Decisions Got Me Thinking About Real-World EdTech Choices 🧵
Today students had a Virtual Decisions workshop, exploring real-world scenarios through VR technology. Here’s what I think school leaders should consider when investing in tech-driven experiences.
Today students had a Virtual Decisions workshop, exploring real-world scenarios through VR technology. Here’s what I think school leaders should consider when investing in tech-driven experiences.
🧵 Timetabling for Wellbeing 🧵
How we’re supporting teachers this year by offering flexible PPA sessions through Late Starts and Early Finishes. This means some PPA can be scheduled at the beginning or end of the day, giving staff the flexibility to work off-site.
#EduSky
How we’re supporting teachers this year by offering flexible PPA sessions through Late Starts and Early Finishes. This means some PPA can be scheduled at the beginning or end of the day, giving staff the flexibility to work off-site.
#EduSky
January 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧵 Timetabling for Wellbeing 🧵
How we’re supporting teachers this year by offering flexible PPA sessions through Late Starts and Early Finishes. This means some PPA can be scheduled at the beginning or end of the day, giving staff the flexibility to work off-site.
#EduSky
How we’re supporting teachers this year by offering flexible PPA sessions through Late Starts and Early Finishes. This means some PPA can be scheduled at the beginning or end of the day, giving staff the flexibility to work off-site.
#EduSky
Including more team based activities into our SLT meets this term. This week, The T&L Handbook Challenge!
👏 They nailed it! Almost every false positive spotted, and a sharp focus on what makes teaching and learning truly impactful at our school.
👏 They nailed it! Almost every false positive spotted, and a sharp focus on what makes teaching and learning truly impactful at our school.
January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Including more team based activities into our SLT meets this term. This week, The T&L Handbook Challenge!
👏 They nailed it! Almost every false positive spotted, and a sharp focus on what makes teaching and learning truly impactful at our school.
👏 They nailed it! Almost every false positive spotted, and a sharp focus on what makes teaching and learning truly impactful at our school.
📰 Thrilled with our Nuneaton News team! 🗞️
Our first issue highlights student expression, innovation, and professionalism. While top-tier schools produce these regularly, we know we are celebrating milestones, and honing skills. Proud of the dedicated students and staff here.
Our first issue highlights student expression, innovation, and professionalism. While top-tier schools produce these regularly, we know we are celebrating milestones, and honing skills. Proud of the dedicated students and staff here.
January 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📰 Thrilled with our Nuneaton News team! 🗞️
Our first issue highlights student expression, innovation, and professionalism. While top-tier schools produce these regularly, we know we are celebrating milestones, and honing skills. Proud of the dedicated students and staff here.
Our first issue highlights student expression, innovation, and professionalism. While top-tier schools produce these regularly, we know we are celebrating milestones, and honing skills. Proud of the dedicated students and staff here.
📝 My boss in 2009 used to emphasise the importance of special places in one’s journey through life and work. For me, Stamford Bridge has been more than a stadium—it’s a space where values like belonging, allyship, and community come to life in powerful ways.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📝 My boss in 2009 used to emphasise the importance of special places in one’s journey through life and work. For me, Stamford Bridge has been more than a stadium—it’s a space where values like belonging, allyship, and community come to life in powerful ways.
🙌 Huge thanks to PCF for their transformative work and to United Learning for enabling partnerships that drive change. Together, we are creating spaces for young people to grow, learn, and thrive.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🙌 Huge thanks to PCF for their transformative work and to United Learning for enabling partnerships that drive change. Together, we are creating spaces for young people to grow, learn, and thrive.
🏟️ Standing here again, I’m reminded of the enduring power of education and community. Two very different moments—teaching in a football stadium and now leading students to opportunities here—but both driven by the same core values.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🏟️ Standing here again, I’m reminded of the enduring power of education and community. Two very different moments—teaching in a football stadium and now leading students to opportunities here—but both driven by the same core values.
🌍 Community: From a shining city academy in Chelsea to a rapidly improving school in Nuneaton, the importance of active engagement in the community remains constant. Some of the challenges young face today are similar to those in 2009; although they take slightly altered forms.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌍 Community: From a shining city academy in Chelsea to a rapidly improving school in Nuneaton, the importance of active engagement in the community remains constant. Some of the challenges young face today are similar to those in 2009; although they take slightly altered forms.
⚡ 2024: Now leading a United Learning school in Nuneaton, we are thrilled to partner with the Paul Canoville Foundation, whose values resonate deeply with the work we do for our students. Paul’s story is remarkable.
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January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⚡ 2024: Now leading a United Learning school in Nuneaton, we are thrilled to partner with the Paul Canoville Foundation, whose values resonate deeply with the work we do for our students. Paul’s story is remarkable.
https://buff.ly/40bpcHR
https://buff.ly/40bpcHR
🌟 The stadium’s conference suites became vital spaces for our Open Evening and Year 7 transition day. We were so fortunate to have the club’s support! Here, I taught a science lesson on reaction times—a topic aligned with the precision and responsiveness that sport demands.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌟 The stadium’s conference suites became vital spaces for our Open Evening and Year 7 transition day. We were so fortunate to have the club’s support! Here, I taught a science lesson on reaction times—a topic aligned with the precision and responsiveness that sport demands.
🏗️ 2009: As part of the founding team that opened Chelsea Academy just off the King’s Road, we navigated the challenges of starting a school without a completed building. Temporary premises and innovative thinking became the norm, and Stamford Bridge played a key role.
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🏗️ 2009: As part of the founding team that opened Chelsea Academy just off the King’s Road, we navigated the challenges of starting a school without a completed building. Temporary premises and innovative thinking became the norm, and Stamford Bridge played a key role.
🧵 Thread: Two amazing moments in this stadium, 15 years apart! 🧵
This is Stamford Bridge, home of @chelseafcn.bsky.social
A thread on how this iconic venue became a backdrop for supporting young people a generation apart. #EduSky
This is Stamford Bridge, home of @chelseafcn.bsky.social
A thread on how this iconic venue became a backdrop for supporting young people a generation apart. #EduSky
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🧵 Thread: Two amazing moments in this stadium, 15 years apart! 🧵
This is Stamford Bridge, home of @chelseafcn.bsky.social
A thread on how this iconic venue became a backdrop for supporting young people a generation apart. #EduSky
This is Stamford Bridge, home of @chelseafcn.bsky.social
A thread on how this iconic venue became a backdrop for supporting young people a generation apart. #EduSky
Timetabling isn’t a mystical skill—anyone can learn with the right tools and training. It’s not about repeating last year’s model out of habit. Instead, it’s about adapting to changing landscapes: recruitment, retention, curriculum, and results.
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Timetabling isn’t a mystical skill—anyone can learn with the right tools and training. It’s not about repeating last year’s model out of habit. Instead, it’s about adapting to changing landscapes: recruitment, retention, curriculum, and results.
🧵 18 years of timetabling and why I'll soon stop 🧵
Timetabling is where school priorities and values come to life. Over the years, I’ve seen it evolve from manual grids to AI-driven potential. Here’s how we approach it now and why collaboration is at the heart of the process.
Timetabling is where school priorities and values come to life. Over the years, I’ve seen it evolve from manual grids to AI-driven potential. Here’s how we approach it now and why collaboration is at the heart of the process.
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧵 18 years of timetabling and why I'll soon stop 🧵
Timetabling is where school priorities and values come to life. Over the years, I’ve seen it evolve from manual grids to AI-driven potential. Here’s how we approach it now and why collaboration is at the heart of the process.
Timetabling is where school priorities and values come to life. Over the years, I’ve seen it evolve from manual grids to AI-driven potential. Here’s how we approach it now and why collaboration is at the heart of the process.
I've always found @fftedudatalab.bsky.social 'Schools Like Yours' tool so useful. We're using it to identify schools achieving great things in similar contexts and form links. 🎯
I'll be cold calling some schools in Lincolnshire soon!📶
https://buff.ly/4a9wqRi
I'll be cold calling some schools in Lincolnshire soon!📶
https://buff.ly/4a9wqRi
January 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I've always found @fftedudatalab.bsky.social 'Schools Like Yours' tool so useful. We're using it to identify schools achieving great things in similar contexts and form links. 🎯
I'll be cold calling some schools in Lincolnshire soon!📶
https://buff.ly/4a9wqRi
I'll be cold calling some schools in Lincolnshire soon!📶
https://buff.ly/4a9wqRi
🚩✨ We’ve placed signposts around the site pointing students towards highly recognised universities – local, national, and international. These are more than just directions; they’re aspirational markers sparking conversations about futures full of potential. 🌍🎓
January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚩✨ We’ve placed signposts around the site pointing students towards highly recognised universities – local, national, and international. These are more than just directions; they’re aspirational markers sparking conversations about futures full of potential. 🌍🎓
June 2023, I joined United Learning - lucky to have a talented team dedicated to improving our school, and they have! Upcoming reflections:
✅Wellbeing
✅Personal Days
✅Late Starts & Early Finishes
✅Bonus Time
✅Shared Language
✅Norms
✅Character
✅House System
✅Group Reading
✅Wellbeing
✅Personal Days
✅Late Starts & Early Finishes
✅Bonus Time
✅Shared Language
✅Norms
✅Character
✅House System
✅Group Reading
January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
June 2023, I joined United Learning - lucky to have a talented team dedicated to improving our school, and they have! Upcoming reflections:
✅Wellbeing
✅Personal Days
✅Late Starts & Early Finishes
✅Bonus Time
✅Shared Language
✅Norms
✅Character
✅House System
✅Group Reading
✅Wellbeing
✅Personal Days
✅Late Starts & Early Finishes
✅Bonus Time
✅Shared Language
✅Norms
✅Character
✅House System
✅Group Reading