2024 has been a very busy year for #teamLSEC&LSEAT with lots of challenges & opportunities but we’ve achieved some brilliant things together. Signing off for some rest & family time, sending my sincere thanks to all my amazing colleagues @LSEColleges @LSEAcademiesT
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year

Honoured to attend @AoC_info Winter reception & to meet our supportive local MPs @LSEColleges today, discussing all things FE, Skills & SEND with @danfrancis02 @helenhayes_ and our amazing local & sector advocate @DLawrenceOBE @UKHouseofLords 👇

Pre Christmas treat with Mr P 🎅🤶🏻and delightful to be up in town on a non working windy day to enjoy @ROH_London @CoventGardenLDN at its best - how lucky are we to be the first inside 🎄🎶🏛️ to watch Tosca today & miraculously no delays on @Se_Railway 😮‍💨⭐️🎉

📅Day 6: Pupils who experience multiple suspensions have lower GCSE grades. #EPIAdventCalendar

You can read the full report 👉: epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Spent a wonderfully reflective few days at @StGeorgesHouse this week, a retreat pondering the wisdom of regulation, the difference it makes & how I lead & engage with regulation. Timely reflections and left refreshed, energised & positive plans for future growth & enhancement with regulatory systems

Labour made a big deal about Skills England…to boost homegrown skills and underpin the industrial strategy.

So how come the emerging reality lacks so much ambition? It’s perplexing folks.

Chewed over in @financialtimes.com State of Britain newsletter.

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📅Day 1- The value of pupil premium has fallen in real terms over the past decade. DfE could allocate £640 million from savings from falling pupil rolls to reverse these cuts and provide additional targeted funding for persistently disadvantaged pupils through an enhanced premium. #EPIAdventCalendar