Sarra Jenkins (LGS Politics)
@sarrajenkins.bsky.social
Politics teacher/author/presenter, linking news stories to Edexcel A Level Politics Spec.
Also indulging my other role as Post-18 advisor!
Also indulging my other role as Post-18 advisor!
Reminder to our lovely Politics teachers about our feedback webinars on the summer exams. Sign up by Friday, please! 🥰
For any lovely Politics teachers, Jess Hardy and I are going to try and run Exam Feedback for Edexcel 2025 webinars...and we'd love to have you along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reminder to our lovely Politics teachers about our feedback webinars on the summer exams. Sign up by Friday, please! 🥰
For any lovely Politics teachers, Jess Hardy and I are going to try and run Exam Feedback for Edexcel 2025 webinars...and we'd love to have you along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
October 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For any lovely Politics teachers, Jess Hardy and I are going to try and run Exam Feedback for Edexcel 2025 webinars...and we'd love to have you along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...
Useful for A Level students considering a law degree (also useful for supercurriculars).
At a time when people are angrier than ever about the criminal justice system, those electronic books people have made the Sunday Times bestseller #NothingButTheTruth a Kindle Monthly Deal - an absurd 99p.
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09N...
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09N...
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Useful for A Level students considering a law degree (also useful for supercurriculars).
Y13 👀 useful for federalism, power of president, Constitution (incl. checks and balances). One to note for Paper 3 on Tuesday?!
June 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Y13 👀 useful for federalism, power of president, Constitution (incl. checks and balances). One to note for Paper 3 on Tuesday?!
Some interesting super-curricular opportunities for enthusiastic politicos today:
1. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's Autocracy Inc. is £1.99 on Kindle daily deal
2. @constitutionctr.bsky.social has an online town hall at 4pm UK time exploring executive authority constitutioncenter.org/calendar/exe...
1. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's Autocracy Inc. is £1.99 on Kindle daily deal
2. @constitutionctr.bsky.social has an online town hall at 4pm UK time exploring executive authority constitutioncenter.org/calendar/exe...
Event - Executive Authority: Presidential Power From America’s Founding to Today | Constitution Center
Event details for Executive Authority: Presidential Power From America’s Founding to Today
constitutioncenter.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Some interesting super-curricular opportunities for enthusiastic politicos today:
1. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's Autocracy Inc. is £1.99 on Kindle daily deal
2. @constitutionctr.bsky.social has an online town hall at 4pm UK time exploring executive authority constitutioncenter.org/calendar/exe...
1. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's Autocracy Inc. is £1.99 on Kindle daily deal
2. @constitutionctr.bsky.social has an online town hall at 4pm UK time exploring executive authority constitutioncenter.org/calendar/exe...
Reposted by Sarra Jenkins (LGS Politics)
A very warm welcome to our new Fellows!
Five new Fellows will soon be joining @instcareer.bsky.social to contribute their expertise.
Read more: www.nicec.org/articles/a-v...
Five new Fellows will soon be joining @instcareer.bsky.social to contribute their expertise.
Read more: www.nicec.org/articles/a-v...
May 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A very warm welcome to our new Fellows!
Five new Fellows will soon be joining @instcareer.bsky.social to contribute their expertise.
Read more: www.nicec.org/articles/a-v...
Five new Fellows will soon be joining @instcareer.bsky.social to contribute their expertise.
Read more: www.nicec.org/articles/a-v...
For any Politics student, this is a fantastic opportunity...and it's online and free! With sessions on standards in public life, electoral systems, rule of law, reforming HoC, and Labour's constitutional agenda, there's loads to explore!
@conunitucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
@conunitucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025
This online conference brings together politicians and experts to discuss Labour’s constitutional agenda in office.
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
For any Politics student, this is a fantastic opportunity...and it's online and free! With sessions on standards in public life, electoral systems, rule of law, reforming HoC, and Labour's constitutional agenda, there's loads to explore!
@conunitucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
@conunitucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
Little pre-marking treat to myself to see me through the exam marking season! ❤️ Clearly my next INSET outfit! @thesparkdotcompany.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Little pre-marking treat to myself to see me through the exam marking season! ❤️ Clearly my next INSET outfit! @thesparkdotcompany.bsky.social
Reposted by Sarra Jenkins (LGS Politics)
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
Good luck to everyone sitting Edexcel Paper 1 Politics today! You'll be absolutely fabulous!☺️
Don't forget:
1. PLAN. Seriously.
2. Use words from Q in your answer
3. TIMING
4. USE examples, don't name drop
5. Paired paragraphs; SUBSTANTIATED judgment
6. LOA in intro & throughout
Don't forget:
1. PLAN. Seriously.
2. Use words from Q in your answer
3. TIMING
4. USE examples, don't name drop
5. Paired paragraphs; SUBSTANTIATED judgment
6. LOA in intro & throughout
a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech at a podium that says my dad was a toolmaker .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech at a podium that says my dad was a toolmaker .
media.tenor.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Good luck to everyone sitting Edexcel Paper 1 Politics today! You'll be absolutely fabulous!☺️
Don't forget:
1. PLAN. Seriously.
2. Use words from Q in your answer
3. TIMING
4. USE examples, don't name drop
5. Paired paragraphs; SUBSTANTIATED judgment
6. LOA in intro & throughout
Don't forget:
1. PLAN. Seriously.
2. Use words from Q in your answer
3. TIMING
4. USE examples, don't name drop
5. Paired paragraphs; SUBSTANTIATED judgment
6. LOA in intro & throughout
Time to get out and vote if you can, Year 13! And of course, we always love to see your #dogsatpollingstations!
May 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Time to get out and vote if you can, Year 13! And of course, we always love to see your #dogsatpollingstations!
Delighted to see my piece in @hepi-news.bsky.social blog this morning, exploring the impact of HE financial issues for prospective students. Always grateful to HEPI and @josh-freeman.bsky.social for their support!
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/29/a...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/29/a...
Advising in a time of uncertainty - HEPI
Financial instability in higher education is creating major challenges for students and advisers navigating university choices and applications.
www.hepi.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Delighted to see my piece in @hepi-news.bsky.social blog this morning, exploring the impact of HE financial issues for prospective students. Always grateful to HEPI and @josh-freeman.bsky.social for their support!
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/29/a...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/29/a...
Delighted and grateful to have had this response posted by @hepi-news.bsky.social. One Step Beyond raises important issues about student preparedness for HE, an area I am passionate about.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/07/o...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/07/o...
One Step Beyond: A View from a School - HEPI
Preparing students for higher education requires better careers advice, life skills teaching, and support for unassessed academic skills.
www.hepi.ac.uk
April 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Delighted and grateful to have had this response posted by @hepi-news.bsky.social. One Step Beyond raises important issues about student preparedness for HE, an area I am passionate about.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/07/o...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/07/o...
Fantastic day at Uni of Leicester hearing from UCAS, Dr Dom Thompson, about psychology & psychiatry, medicine, student finance, supporting parents and carers, and more! Lovely and local too! ❤️
April 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fantastic day at Uni of Leicester hearing from UCAS, Dr Dom Thompson, about psychology & psychiatry, medicine, student finance, supporting parents and carers, and more! Lovely and local too! ❤️
A brilliant morning so far at Uni of Leicester T&A day, including a SUPERB talk from Dr Dom Thompson. I was fortunate to hear her at UCAS Conf a few years ago and have shared her TED talk annually with Year 13 parents ever since. Inspirational! ❤️
www.ted.com/talks/domini...
www.ted.com/talks/domini...
What I learnt from 78,000 GP consultations with university students
Competition is ubiquitous. It appears on television and is a theme throughout our education systems. Have we become complacent about how competition affects our society and is this placing an intolera...
www.ted.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A brilliant morning so far at Uni of Leicester T&A day, including a SUPERB talk from Dr Dom Thompson. I was fortunate to hear her at UCAS Conf a few years ago and have shared her TED talk annually with Year 13 parents ever since. Inspirational! ❤️
www.ted.com/talks/domini...
www.ted.com/talks/domini...
The fabulous Jess Hardy and I are looking to run A Level Politics revision sessions for Paper 1, 2 and 3 this summer (as usual!). If you/your school is interested, could you fill out this (non-binding!) form so we can gauge interest? Thanks! ❤️
forms.gle/uFmkz8deg6t6...
forms.gle/uFmkz8deg6t6...
Registration of Interest Edexcel Politics Revision webinars - May/June 2025
Thank you for your interest in our upcoming Edexcel Politics student revision webinars.
These hour-long sessions are designed to help students prepare for their exams. They are run by Jessica Hardy ...
forms.gle
March 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The fabulous Jess Hardy and I are looking to run A Level Politics revision sessions for Paper 1, 2 and 3 this summer (as usual!). If you/your school is interested, could you fill out this (non-binding!) form so we can gauge interest? Thanks! ❤️
forms.gle/uFmkz8deg6t6...
forms.gle/uFmkz8deg6t6...
Fabulous to have Alonzo from ASK Apprenticeships to speak to Year 12 this morning. It is SO important for students to understand ALL the post-18 routes so that they can make informed choices and decisions ❤️ @careerent.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Fabulous to have Alonzo from ASK Apprenticeships to speak to Year 12 this morning. It is SO important for students to understand ALL the post-18 routes so that they can make informed choices and decisions ❤️ @careerent.bsky.social
Fabulous lesson with the mighty 12A using Mentimeter to help us combine peer support with whole class feedback ❤️
March 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fabulous lesson with the mighty 12A using Mentimeter to help us combine peer support with whole class feedback ❤️
Where can A Level Politics take you? Well the referee of the Carabao Cup Final studied Politics with us at LGS (Alas, longer ago than I care to admit!).
Of course, correlation may not equal causation...but, hey, let's not let that get in the way! Do Politics!
Of course, correlation may not equal causation...but, hey, let's not let that get in the way! Do Politics!
barack obama is applauding while standing at a podium in front of a flag
ALT: barack obama is applauding while standing at a podium in front of a flag
media.tenor.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Where can A Level Politics take you? Well the referee of the Carabao Cup Final studied Politics with us at LGS (Alas, longer ago than I care to admit!).
Of course, correlation may not equal causation...but, hey, let's not let that get in the way! Do Politics!
Of course, correlation may not equal causation...but, hey, let's not let that get in the way! Do Politics!
Absolutely love this piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social This point 👇 is especially problematic when trying to offer advice and guidance to students on making the best post-18 choices for them.
March 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Absolutely love this piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social This point 👇 is especially problematic when trying to offer advice and guidance to students on making the best post-18 choices for them.
International Women's Day tomorrow, so taking the opportunity to highlight some *brilliant* books! (Also on offer on Kindle) #IWD2025 #IWD25
Useful for feminism topic, but very good reads for everyone. Get reading!
#AccelerateAction
1. @ccriadoperez.bsky.social - Invisible Women
amzn.eu/d/6zpnW1b
Useful for feminism topic, but very good reads for everyone. Get reading!
#AccelerateAction
1. @ccriadoperez.bsky.social - Invisible Women
amzn.eu/d/6zpnW1b
Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day
Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day eBook : Perez, Caroline Criado: Amazon.co.uk: Books
amzn.eu
March 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
International Women's Day tomorrow, so taking the opportunity to highlight some *brilliant* books! (Also on offer on Kindle) #IWD2025 #IWD25
Useful for feminism topic, but very good reads for everyone. Get reading!
#AccelerateAction
1. @ccriadoperez.bsky.social - Invisible Women
amzn.eu/d/6zpnW1b
Useful for feminism topic, but very good reads for everyone. Get reading!
#AccelerateAction
1. @ccriadoperez.bsky.social - Invisible Women
amzn.eu/d/6zpnW1b
Pleased to see this piece go live! Exploring future planning with younger secondary students, and nicely co-ordinated in time for @careersweek.bsky.social lsf.org/grammar/your...
Your next step – Future planning with Year 7-9 - Loughborough Grammar School
lsf.org
March 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pleased to see this piece go live! Exploring future planning with younger secondary students, and nicely co-ordinated in time for @careersweek.bsky.social lsf.org/grammar/your...
Delighted to welcome Lord Norton to school today to speak to our Year 12 and 13 Politicos about the House of Lords ❤️
March 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Delighted to welcome Lord Norton to school today to speak to our Year 12 and 13 Politicos about the House of Lords ❤️
It's National Careers Week! 🥳 A great opportunity for students explore possible steps in their futures. It's not about 'choosing a career'...it's thinking about passions, interests, skills, and looking at all the places that could lead! #NCW2025 @careersweek.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's National Careers Week! 🥳 A great opportunity for students explore possible steps in their futures. It's not about 'choosing a career'...it's thinking about passions, interests, skills, and looking at all the places that could lead! #NCW2025 @careersweek.bsky.social
