Phil Perry
@theviolethour.bsky.social
Head of English // NPQLT/LL // ECT Mentor // “Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.”
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With the new Ofsted toolkit removing deep dives, subject leaders need a new way to consider quality assurance.
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool
With the new Ofsted inspection toolkit removing subject deep dives, it’s now harder for leaders to demonstrate the quality of education through traditional triangulation.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
With the new Ofsted toolkit removing deep dives, subject leaders need a new way to consider quality assurance.
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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2000-now: Storyville, I May Destroy You, In Our Time, Springwatch, 6 Music, Happy Valley, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Gardener's World, A House Through Time, Fleabag, WILTY, Top Gear, Gone Fishing, This Country, CBBC, Dr Who, The Office, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Glastonbury, Only Connect, The Traitors.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2000-now: Storyville, I May Destroy You, In Our Time, Springwatch, 6 Music, Happy Valley, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Gardener's World, A House Through Time, Fleabag, WILTY, Top Gear, Gone Fishing, This Country, CBBC, Dr Who, The Office, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Glastonbury, Only Connect, The Traitors.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Such an erudite and forceful response. To take away attempts to be unbiased from the voices in the media is just a slope down into the mud.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Such an erudite and forceful response. To take away attempts to be unbiased from the voices in the media is just a slope down into the mud.
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The 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report was meant to “build a world-class curriculum for all.” In reality, it signals something quite different: the closure of curriculum reform in England. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report was meant to “build a world-class curriculum for all.” In reality, it signals something quite different: the closure of curriculum reform in England. 🧵
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More of this! For Eng teachers, professors, or teacher educators looking for related research & resources creating connections:
A) Buy Dan/Johanna’s book. I was fortunate to get a review copy & it rocks
B) Check my 🧵 of resources & researchers. ⤵️
C) Support disciplinary literacy policy/initiatives
A) Buy Dan/Johanna’s book. I was fortunate to get a review copy & it rocks
B) Check my 🧵 of resources & researchers. ⤵️
C) Support disciplinary literacy policy/initiatives
. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I put CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY together to help connect what undergrads do in assignments with what we do as scholars
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More of this! For Eng teachers, professors, or teacher educators looking for related research & resources creating connections:
A) Buy Dan/Johanna’s book. I was fortunate to get a review copy & it rocks
B) Check my 🧵 of resources & researchers. ⤵️
C) Support disciplinary literacy policy/initiatives
A) Buy Dan/Johanna’s book. I was fortunate to get a review copy & it rocks
B) Check my 🧵 of resources & researchers. ⤵️
C) Support disciplinary literacy policy/initiatives
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13 Eng Lang Paper 1 exam papers:
✅ The Landlady
✅ The Silent Patient
✅ White Fang
✅ The Monkey’s Paw
✅ King of the Castle
✅ Enduring Love
✅ Dracula
✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ War of the Worlds
✅ The Pearl
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅ The Birds
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...
✅ The Landlady
✅ The Silent Patient
✅ White Fang
✅ The Monkey’s Paw
✅ King of the Castle
✅ Enduring Love
✅ Dracula
✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ War of the Worlds
✅ The Pearl
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅ The Birds
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...
Dropbox
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October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
13 Eng Lang Paper 1 exam papers:
✅ The Landlady
✅ The Silent Patient
✅ White Fang
✅ The Monkey’s Paw
✅ King of the Castle
✅ Enduring Love
✅ Dracula
✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ War of the Worlds
✅ The Pearl
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅ The Birds
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...
✅ The Landlady
✅ The Silent Patient
✅ White Fang
✅ The Monkey’s Paw
✅ King of the Castle
✅ Enduring Love
✅ Dracula
✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ War of the Worlds
✅ The Pearl
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅ The Birds
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...
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NEW POST
We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
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We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
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Getting worse at teaching
We talk a lot about how teachers get better at teaching, but don’t think enough about how teachers can get worse at teaching.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW POST
We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
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We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
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Excellent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article by @claireheald.bsky.social:
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem
The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald
www.tes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Excellent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article by @claireheald.bsky.social:
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
‘Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem’
“It’s time to stop thinking of reading as something we sort out in Year 1 and Year 2, or even just in primary.”
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
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What every teacher needs to know about assessment.
eBook on how effective teaching requires ongoing professional development in assessment.
Download now: t.ly/HRqOE
#EduSky
eBook on how effective teaching requires ongoing professional development in assessment.
Download now: t.ly/HRqOE
#EduSky
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
What every teacher needs to know about assessment.
eBook on how effective teaching requires ongoing professional development in assessment.
Download now: t.ly/HRqOE
#EduSky
eBook on how effective teaching requires ongoing professional development in assessment.
Download now: t.ly/HRqOE
#EduSky
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3:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4
Julia Donaldson: A life in language
Word of Mouth
Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening, beginning with her own childhood experiences then busking in Paris.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Julia Donaldson: A life in language
Word of Mouth
Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening, beginning with her own childhood experiences then busking in Paris.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Julia Donaldson: A life in language
The Gruffalo author tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
3:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4
Julia Donaldson: A life in language
Word of Mouth
Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening, beginning with her own childhood experiences then busking in Paris.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Julia Donaldson: A life in language
Word of Mouth
Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening, beginning with her own childhood experiences then busking in Paris.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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*** 'Getting reading fluency right' ***
"Listening to good reading fluency roles models is necessary but it is insufficient to see pupils develop their fluency. It is crucial that pupils themselves practise reading aloud."
alexquigley.co.uk/getting-read...
"Listening to good reading fluency roles models is necessary but it is insufficient to see pupils develop their fluency. It is crucial that pupils themselves practise reading aloud."
alexquigley.co.uk/getting-read...
Getting Reading Fluency Right
‘Ro-man soc…i-e-ty… The army tried to con…q…u…er new lands for their v…ast Em-p-i…re.’
It is all-too common to hear arduous attempts at reading aloud in classrooms. Particularly with younger pupi...
alexquigley.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*** 'Getting reading fluency right' ***
"Listening to good reading fluency roles models is necessary but it is insufficient to see pupils develop their fluency. It is crucial that pupils themselves practise reading aloud."
alexquigley.co.uk/getting-read...
"Listening to good reading fluency roles models is necessary but it is insufficient to see pupils develop their fluency. It is crucial that pupils themselves practise reading aloud."
alexquigley.co.uk/getting-read...
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Analysing exam results can be a tedious process, but these simple steps will help you to get the most out of it, writes @ensermark.bsky.social
How to use exam results to improve teaching and learning
As heads of department get to work analysing the summer’s GCSE and A-level results, Mark Enser offers his advice for making the process productive, rather than tedious
www.tes.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Analysing exam results can be a tedious process, but these simple steps will help you to get the most out of it, writes @ensermark.bsky.social
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If you live in England + want to see where National Highways' road runoff outfalls are near you, this information is on our Watershed Pollution Map. Unfortunately info is not publicly available on outfalls in Scotland, Wales or NI, nor for outfalls on smaller roads.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you live in England + want to see where National Highways' road runoff outfalls are near you, this information is on our Watershed Pollution Map. Unfortunately info is not publicly available on outfalls in Scotland, Wales or NI, nor for outfalls on smaller roads.
share.google/uuXGmrkUO5GZ...
share.google/uuXGmrkUO5GZ...
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Where do some schools go wrong with curriculum? Ahead of the publication of the curriculum and assessment review, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social reveal the common pitfalls – and how to avoid them
6 common curriculum mistakes - and how to avoid them
With the curriculum and assessment review expected to deliver its findings in the autumn, Mark and Zoe Enser outline six common curriculum pitfalls, and how effective schools avoid them
www.tes.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Where do some schools go wrong with curriculum? Ahead of the publication of the curriculum and assessment review, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social reveal the common pitfalls – and how to avoid them
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1/ Michael Gove reshaped English education more than any minister since 1944. His reforms continue to structure the present despite many changes of Government. A thread.
August 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
1/ Michael Gove reshaped English education more than any minister since 1944. His reforms continue to structure the present despite many changes of Government. A thread.
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'Awe and Wonder - An EMC Anthology of Nature Writing' is one of our best-selling publications and it's also one of the titles included in our great-value Mixed Basket 200 offer. Find out more here: buff.ly/SqIHv6V
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'Awe and Wonder - An EMC Anthology of Nature Writing' is one of our best-selling publications and it's also one of the titles included in our great-value Mixed Basket 200 offer. Find out more here: buff.ly/SqIHv6V
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New on 100% Assessment: The Trouble with Progress Reports... The case for and against telling parents whether students are making progress.
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@head-teach.bsky.social
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@head-teach.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New on 100% Assessment: The Trouble with Progress Reports... The case for and against telling parents whether students are making progress.
100assessment.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
@head-teach.bsky.social
100assessment.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
@head-teach.bsky.social
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**New blog** - It's been a while so reposts hugely appreciated.
primarycolour.home.blog/2025/08/01/t...
primarycolour.home.blog/2025/08/01/t...
The Most Common Reason Why Children Don’t Become Fluent Readers… And What We Can Do About It
There are myriad reasons why a child might struggle to become a fluent reader: they might have extreme difficulties in learning to decode words relating to phonological issues, working memory or ot…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
**New blog** - It's been a while so reposts hugely appreciated.
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Thank you for sharing this @equintero.bsky.social!
And thank you to @carlhendrick.substack.com for the thought-provoking essay: "Deep reading..trains us in the moral dispositions that public life requires: attention, imagination, restraint." substack.com/home/post/p-...
And thank you to @carlhendrick.substack.com for the thought-provoking essay: "Deep reading..trains us in the moral dispositions that public life requires: attention, imagination, restraint." substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thank you for sharing this @equintero.bsky.social!
And thank you to @carlhendrick.substack.com for the thought-provoking essay: "Deep reading..trains us in the moral dispositions that public life requires: attention, imagination, restraint." substack.com/home/post/p-...
And thank you to @carlhendrick.substack.com for the thought-provoking essay: "Deep reading..trains us in the moral dispositions that public life requires: attention, imagination, restraint." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I really enjoyed writing this blog about our brilliant Year 12 students' work on their NEA text, Brotherless Night by @sugi.bsky.social - their responses to the novel have been so powerful and it's been a lovely culmination of my work with @engmediacentre.bsky.social this year.
24/25 EMC Associate Teacher, @stephenjdilley.bsky.social has written this fascinating blog. Read it to see what happens when students respond to reading drawing on their own ideas www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/develop...
Developing authentic responses to texts
How to get students writing about literature using their own thinking as a starting point
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I really enjoyed writing this blog about our brilliant Year 12 students' work on their NEA text, Brotherless Night by @sugi.bsky.social - their responses to the novel have been so powerful and it's been a lovely culmination of my work with @engmediacentre.bsky.social this year.
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A blog I did on 'sentences'. The new framework for writing just published says that all writing is ultimately sentences. I think this is nonsense. Here's how and why I think that:
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
Teaching sentences, but what is a sentence? What's happened to 'the sentence'? Does it matter?
When we think of written English in education, we instinctively think of sentences. It's what I was taught, my children have been taught, ...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A blog I did on 'sentences'. The new framework for writing just published says that all writing is ultimately sentences. I think this is nonsense. Here's how and why I think that:
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...