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We asked teachers to sum up their school year in one word…
The most common word? “Exhausting” - mentioned over 600 times.
Other top picks: challenging, relentless, tiring 😓
The most common word? “Exhausting” - mentioned over 600 times.
Other top picks: challenging, relentless, tiring 😓
August 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We asked teachers to sum up their school year in one word…
The most common word? “Exhausting” - mentioned over 600 times.
Other top picks: challenging, relentless, tiring 😓
The most common word? “Exhausting” - mentioned over 600 times.
Other top picks: challenging, relentless, tiring 😓
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‘We know, in our heads & our hearts, that early gaps widen into a lifelong gulf. It doesn’t have to be this way, and it damn well shouldn’t be.’ Love this from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social on why Best Start will tackle poverty & disadvantage - a Tory legacy & national shame.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Why ‘Best Start’ is a fresh start in tackling disadvantage
The government's updated Sure Start approach should be embraced by schools as the right way to address educational inequality, argues Jonny Uttley
www.tes.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
‘We know, in our heads & our hearts, that early gaps widen into a lifelong gulf. It doesn’t have to be this way, and it damn well shouldn’t be.’ Love this from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social on why Best Start will tackle poverty & disadvantage - a Tory legacy & national shame.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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This is a brilliant read, and an important part of the picture. Parents are the focus of the law. But if the schools can’t deliver, then it’s all for the birds.
The traumatic experience of tribunals for EHCPs is often told from the parents' perspective - for good reasons - but looking at it from the school perspective tells us a huge amount about the disaster of the current system.
Excellent piece from @ellencph.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Excellent piece from @ellencph.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
EHCP tribunals: why schools' struggles must guide SEND reform
If the government's plans for tackling the SEND crisis are to be successful, it has to look at the difficulties that the tribunal process is creating for schools, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger
www.tes.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is a brilliant read, and an important part of the picture. Parents are the focus of the law. But if the schools can’t deliver, then it’s all for the birds.
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NEW from me.
I get why getting rid of EHCPs might feel like it makes sense but right now it isn't worth the risk.
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/e...
I get why getting rid of EHCPs might feel like it makes sense but right now it isn't worth the risk.
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/e...
EHCPs, J S Mill and the Tyranny of the Majority
A few years ago, in the Golden Era of Edu-Twitter, Berny Andrews and I suggested the Department of Education needed a team of philosophers. We were only half joking. Very often the success or failu…
bennewmark.wordpress.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
NEW from me.
I get why getting rid of EHCPs might feel like it makes sense but right now it isn't worth the risk.
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/e...
I get why getting rid of EHCPs might feel like it makes sense but right now it isn't worth the risk.
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/e...
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Schools MUST receive a FULLY funded and FAIR pay award for staff this year.
There is no fat to trim- you cannot skin a skeleton.
There is no fat to trim- you cannot skin a skeleton.
April 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Schools MUST receive a FULLY funded and FAIR pay award for staff this year.
There is no fat to trim- you cannot skin a skeleton.
There is no fat to trim- you cannot skin a skeleton.
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For someone with aspirations to be a head, I've been increasingly concerned by retention of heateachers. This month I'm starting a 58 week podcast series where I spend 30 mins with a head from every county in England hearing the reality of the job. First episode at the end of Jan
January 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For someone with aspirations to be a head, I've been increasingly concerned by retention of heateachers. This month I'm starting a 58 week podcast series where I spend 30 mins with a head from every county in England hearing the reality of the job. First episode at the end of Jan
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The Great Teaching Toolkit: Are you ready for it?
Although the GTT is available to all, not every school is ready for it – and that’s ok. But how do you know if your school’s culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now?
Find out here 👇
Although the GTT is available to all, not every school is ready for it – and that’s ok. But how do you know if your school’s culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now?
Find out here 👇
The Great Teaching Toolkit: Are you ready for it?
Is your school ready for the Great Teaching Toolkit? Find out how this unique CPD offering can support your school's development.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Great Teaching Toolkit: Are you ready for it?
Although the GTT is available to all, not every school is ready for it – and that’s ok. But how do you know if your school’s culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now?
Find out here 👇
Although the GTT is available to all, not every school is ready for it – and that’s ok. But how do you know if your school’s culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now?
Find out here 👇
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If there's one person who can make you laugh until it hurts... and make you think until it hurts, it's the brilliant
@hywelroberts.bsky.social!
Here's Six Quick Things I learned from Hywel on 'Botheredness': www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
@hywelroberts.bsky.social!
Here's Six Quick Things I learned from Hywel on 'Botheredness': www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
January 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If there's one person who can make you laugh until it hurts... and make you think until it hurts, it's the brilliant
@hywelroberts.bsky.social!
Here's Six Quick Things I learned from Hywel on 'Botheredness': www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
@hywelroberts.bsky.social!
Here's Six Quick Things I learned from Hywel on 'Botheredness': www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
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Wise words to start your week from our brilliant associate and guru of all things Restorative Practice, Mark Finnis, this Motivational Monday!
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Wise words to start your week from our brilliant associate and guru of all things Restorative Practice, Mark Finnis, this Motivational Monday!
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If you understand your why you’ll figure out the how.
December 22, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you understand your why you’ll figure out the how.