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Richard Selfridge
@richardselfridge.bsky.social
Teacher, Data Consultant and writer, doing good things with @insightHQ.
My book, a Little Guide for Teachers to Using Student Data is out now.
Here for discussions about education, music, cycling, follies and more...
#FridayFive Australia
It’s big enough for two…

1. Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work.
2. For Those About To Rock. AC/DC.
3. Beds Are Burning. Midnight Oil.
4. From Her to Eternity. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
5. Weather With You. Crowded House
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sorely tempted to do a second set; too many Aus classics 😎
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#FridayFive Friends from Oz.
1. New Sensation. INXS.
2. Better The Devil You Know. Kylie Minogue.
3. Frontier Psychiatrist. The Avalanches
4. Right Here. The Go-Betweens.
5. When I Grow Up. Tim Minchin.
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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PS - the curriculum review report can now be viewed in full here:

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report
The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications system in England.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Doing some research into holiday destinations, came across this - I think you’ll approve, Jamie.

Rough Guide have obviously understood the assignment 🤣
November 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#FridayFive Halloween

1. I Put a Spell On You. Screaming’ Jay Hawkins.
2. Ghosts Again. Depeche Mode.
3. Somebody’s Watching Me. Rockwell.
4. Werewolves of London. Warren Zevon.
5. Sympathy for the Devil. The Rolling Stones
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#FridayFive
Songs that make you cry
1. Tender. Blur.
2. Guess I’m Doing Fine. Beck.
3. Hardly Getting Over It. Hüsker Dü.
4. Sometimes it Snows in April. Prince and the Revolution.
5. The Testimony of Patience Kershaw. The Unthanks.
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And that’s my morning playlist sorted; the perfect start to the weekend.

open.spotify.com/playlist/7ef...

#FridayFive curated by @bennewmark.bsky.social - together in music 🥰
#FridayFive Pleasantly Lost
open.spotify.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
#FridayFive is pleasantly lost.
1. Lost in Music. The Pointer Sisters.
2. Higher State of Consciousness. Josh Wink.
3. Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi. Jim White.
4. With Our Backs To The City. Epic45.
5. Skater. Four Tet.
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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I remember @richardselfridge.bsky.social once replying to a leader who wanted to know what they'd replace target grades with. He said "hope."
September 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Worth noting:

Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards

Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)
September 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Yes, it’s not exactly busy on The Other Place either - the difference between now and 5/10 years ago is fairly stark.

Lots of engaged teachers here, mind, so maybe the discussions are simply happening elsewhere?

#rED25
September 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM