Nicola Mooney
nicola-mooney.bsky.social
Nicola Mooney
@nicola-mooney.bsky.social
Secondary Headteacher, mum #4, edublogger, NPQH, NASENCo, D & I team & IVF advocate #MTPTproject, #WomenEd net lead SW. ASCL Women Leaders. School improver.
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‘School improvement: Detecting voltage drops’

A blog on why scaling up approaches across a school, a trust, groups of schools, proves harder and more prone to fail.

alexquigley.co.uk/school-impro...
School Improvement: Detecting Voltage Drops
Making change in education is hard. Making a change at scale is even harder. Whether it is a new secondary school, growing their departments and staff, or a school trust mushrooming in size, this type...
alexquigley.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
March 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Loved being a part of this tonight. Hope our conversation helped people thinking of leading in whatever capacity, now or in the future.

Thanks @stepupnetwork.bsky.social
Tonight’s the night… that we hold our Leadership Journeys webinar. All you need to do is head to YouTube at 7pm: www.youtube.com/live/J9GmXzi...

Join @boundlessltd.bsky.social alongside Sam Gregory, @miriamhussain.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social and @nicola-mooney.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Looking forward to being on the panel this week 🙂
February 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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We have a great series of FREE webinars lined up this year and our next one is all about Leadership Journeys hosted by @boundlessltd.bsky.social

Reserve your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-ne...
Step Up Network Leadership Journeys Webinar
Eventbrite - Ben Hobbis presents Step Up Network Leadership Journeys Webinar - Thursday, February 6, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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I’m thrilled to join @womened.bsky.social network in South West England this evening to celebrate our new book #DisruptiveWomen. 💜💜

And I may have a surprise!
September 25, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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What does AI tell us about the flaws with progress 8?

Great piece

schoolsweek.co.uk/progress-8-m...
We can and must do so much better than Progress 8
This analysis shows just how poor a proxy the measure is for school quality
schoolsweek.co.uk
September 7, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Looks like great content!
Session 5 - Sarah Donarski on spiralling assessment!

#rED24
September 8, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Another push for my other oracy blog. (It’s feeling jealous because the newer one has got more views).

primarytimery.com/2024/06/21/t...
Understanding oracy, understanding writing.
Talking floats on a sea of write  ‘Writing floats on a sea of talk’ said James Britton in the 1970s.’  If you can’t say it, you can’t write it. This being the case, teaching children to write articula...
primarytimery.com
August 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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My view on #Edusky 🎓is that if we really want this community to function well, we need to lay off the like button.

Hit Repost or quote post to raise the voices of others, but most of all reply - get involved. Even if its only to say you agree, or like the sound of it.
August 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This is fab advice / reminders 👇
Six years ago, literally nobody asked me what my advice would be for new teachers starting in September.

So I told them.

And now, years later, still nobody has asked me.

So here it is again

👇🏽

#uked #ukteaching #edusky
August 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Resources, a framework etc. =😎but fully scripted lessons without the art of responsive teaching =😞. Those times a misconception that makes you go off track to unpick and correct - an example of the many ways teacher courage and decisions are needed to educate children.
August 30, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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Breaking: The 12-member panel appointed to review the curriculum and assessment for the new Labour government has been named

Here's the full list...
Labour curriculum and assessment review panel named
Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exams expert among those appointed
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August 30, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Good advice for English leaders
Hello edu-Bluesky! 👋
For those of you thinking about what’s coming up this week, here’s a thread I wrote last year about GCSE results data…

This is an overview of what I do when I get my data in… 👇
August 20, 2024 at 8:16 AM