Vivienne Porritt OBE FCCT FRSA
@vivienneporritt.bsky.social
Leadership consultant in education - #ImproveNotProve: Vision, Values, Strategy, Impact, Equity, Learning and Development.
President and Trustee of WomenEd, a global charity.
Member of Eko Trust
Coach, Keynote Speaker, Author.
President and Trustee of WomenEd, a global charity.
Member of Eko Trust
Coach, Keynote Speaker, Author.
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Thanks to @womened.bsky.social
Trustees for these gorgeous flowers in beautiful #WomenEd colours. I will treasure these. 💜💜
@keziah70.bsky.social
@lizamfree.bsky.social
@christallaj.bsky.social
@olyvias.bsky.social
And Nancy who I can’t find 💜💜
Trustees for these gorgeous flowers in beautiful #WomenEd colours. I will treasure these. 💜💜
@keziah70.bsky.social
@lizamfree.bsky.social
@christallaj.bsky.social
@olyvias.bsky.social
And Nancy who I can’t find 💜💜
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New publication with my colleague Evelyn Pizarro: School leadership preparation and development policies and programmes: comparative perspectives from Australia and Spain. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
School leadership preparation and development policies and programmes: comparative perspectives from Australia and Spain
School leadership plays a decisive role in improving educational outcomes and managing schools, particularly in contexts of increasing complexity and change. In this regard, understanding how diffe...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
New publication with my colleague Evelyn Pizarro: School leadership preparation and development policies and programmes: comparative perspectives from Australia and Spain. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I know folks get mad at unionized workers who strike. These folks feel inconvenienced and accuse unionized workers of being lazy and greedy. You know what? How about be mad at the billionaires who are at the top of the corporations? Be mad at billionaires who don’t pay their fair share of taxes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I know folks get mad at unionized workers who strike. These folks feel inconvenienced and accuse unionized workers of being lazy and greedy. You know what? How about be mad at the billionaires who are at the top of the corporations? Be mad at billionaires who don’t pay their fair share of taxes.
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Have a lovely Thursday everyone where you are able to notice and enjoy all the ways the light pours into your day today.
‘Keep looking closer.
Look again and again.
You never know where you might find the light pouring in.’
(MHN)✨❤️
‘Keep looking closer.
Look again and again.
You never know where you might find the light pouring in.’
(MHN)✨❤️
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Have a lovely Thursday everyone where you are able to notice and enjoy all the ways the light pours into your day today.
‘Keep looking closer.
Look again and again.
You never know where you might find the light pouring in.’
(MHN)✨❤️
‘Keep looking closer.
Look again and again.
You never know where you might find the light pouring in.’
(MHN)✨❤️
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If you're after a Christmas picturebook that will be adored from Reception to Year 6, you can't go wrong with How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Funny, surreal and extremely entertaining.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you're after a Christmas picturebook that will be adored from Reception to Year 6, you can't go wrong with How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Funny, surreal and extremely entertaining.
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Personally I think that a great starting point for discussions on 'what do we do about SEND in education?' is to go back to the Salamanca Statement and remember what 'inclusion' originally meant. The way that the system itself works has become the cause of exclusion for many CYP imho.
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Personally I think that a great starting point for discussions on 'what do we do about SEND in education?' is to go back to the Salamanca Statement and remember what 'inclusion' originally meant. The way that the system itself works has become the cause of exclusion for many CYP imho.
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An illuminating report on #oracy by @literacy-trust.bsky.social …
Exclusive: Oracy opportunities ‘decline sharply’ in early secondary, at the same time as students’ confidence with related skills is reducing, finds National Literacy Trust report
Oracy opportunities and confidence decline in KS3, report finds
National Literacy Trust report also finds that expressing feelings becomes more difficult in the early part of secondary school
www.tes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An illuminating report on #oracy by @literacy-trust.bsky.social …
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On the next day of Christmas, some co-authors gave to us... TWO more insights from this!
Thanks to @childrennortheast.bsky.social colleagues for this installment Lots of FREE resources included too!
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/12-insight...
@bloomsburyed.bsky.social @teesvalleyed.bsky.social
Thanks to @childrennortheast.bsky.social colleagues for this installment Lots of FREE resources included too!
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/12-insight...
@bloomsburyed.bsky.social @teesvalleyed.bsky.social
12 Insights from Tackling Poverty (6 & 7)
On the next day of Christmas, some co-authors reminded me.....
thatpovertyguy.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
On the next day of Christmas, some co-authors gave to us... TWO more insights from this!
Thanks to @childrennortheast.bsky.social colleagues for this installment Lots of FREE resources included too!
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/12-insight...
@bloomsburyed.bsky.social @teesvalleyed.bsky.social
Thanks to @childrennortheast.bsky.social colleagues for this installment Lots of FREE resources included too!
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/12-insight...
@bloomsburyed.bsky.social @teesvalleyed.bsky.social
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What makes professional development effective in 16-19 settings? Find out in our latest 'Evidence into Action' podcast, with practical tips from college leaders.
🎧 Listen or download: tinyurl.com/5t55jm68
🎧 Listen or download: tinyurl.com/5t55jm68
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What makes professional development effective in 16-19 settings? Find out in our latest 'Evidence into Action' podcast, with practical tips from college leaders.
🎧 Listen or download: tinyurl.com/5t55jm68
🎧 Listen or download: tinyurl.com/5t55jm68
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Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen :
There can be no lasting peace if evil persists. We must help Ukrainians build a sovereign country based on freedom, transparency, and democracy.
There can be no lasting peace if evil persists. We must help Ukrainians build a sovereign country based on freedom, transparency, and democracy.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen :
There can be no lasting peace if evil persists. We must help Ukrainians build a sovereign country based on freedom, transparency, and democracy.
There can be no lasting peace if evil persists. We must help Ukrainians build a sovereign country based on freedom, transparency, and democracy.
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We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth
Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.
www.euronews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
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🗣️ "Improved recruitment to postgraduate teacher training in England is welcome after years of severe under-recruitment."
Our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has given his reaction to the latest DfE initial teacher training census data. 👇
Our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has given his reaction to the latest DfE initial teacher training census data. 👇
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🗣️ "Improved recruitment to postgraduate teacher training in England is welcome after years of severe under-recruitment."
Our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has given his reaction to the latest DfE initial teacher training census data. 👇
Our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has given his reaction to the latest DfE initial teacher training census data. 👇
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... as usual those of us in the UK should be paying more attention to Wales
Voters go to polls in Caerphilly byelection that could mark historic shift for Wales
Plaid Cymru and Reform UK have run fierce campaigns in Labour-run south Wales constituency
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... as usual those of us in the UK should be paying more attention to Wales
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www.theguardian.com/education/20... The devil is in the detail here. But there are some schools who use isolation much less. It would be good to know how teachers and pupils are supported in those schools.
One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds
Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
www.theguardian.com/education/20... The devil is in the detail here. But there are some schools who use isolation much less. It would be good to know how teachers and pupils are supported in those schools.
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My daughter in software engineering on this topic: ' If something feels generated esp if there's obvious mistakes it's like, insulting to receive
Like you want me to pretend I don't know you're pretending to be smart? Embarrassing'
Like you want me to pretend I don't know you're pretending to be smart? Embarrassing'
I'll cautiously say I've noticed more skepticism about AI in the corporate world and it's mostly because people's coworkers are creating extra work for them. They don't have the vocabulary to describe it yet but it's basically the "Why should I read what you couldn't be bothered to write" thing
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My daughter in software engineering on this topic: ' If something feels generated esp if there's obvious mistakes it's like, insulting to receive
Like you want me to pretend I don't know you're pretending to be smart? Embarrassing'
Like you want me to pretend I don't know you're pretending to be smart? Embarrassing'
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'Yet even modest tweaks to the existing status quo – such as broadening the OBR’s remit to assess the likely impact of government policies on poverty, or ditching the Bank’s 2% target in favour of a 1-4% range – would actually make the economy stronger' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is the face of this budget. But the really big decisions are not in Labour’s hands | Larry Elliott
The UK’s economic policy isn’t decided by politicians, but by the OBR and the Bank of England. This is a system in dire need of a rethink, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
'Yet even modest tweaks to the existing status quo – such as broadening the OBR’s remit to assess the likely impact of government policies on poverty, or ditching the Bank’s 2% target in favour of a 1-4% range – would actually make the economy stronger' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Superb review of Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder's reasoned explanation of reparations & Nigel Biggar's malevolent rebuttal. @bizk.bsky.social far quicker than my plodding pace but writing something along similar lines that delves more into the histories of slavery now. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Who should pay the debts of slavery? | The Observer
The Tory historian Nigel Biggar mounts a contradictory defence of empire, while in The Big Payback Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder make the case for reparat...
observer.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Two children in every class have a food allergy & 1 in 5 allergic reactions happen in school. Allergy School from @natashasfoundation.bsky.social is offering free resources to all nurseries & primary #schools to help upskill staff & raise awareness about food allergies
Schools offered free support to protect pupils with food allergies - Headteacher Update
Allergy School offers free resources to train teachers and school staff on keeping children with food allergies safe
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two children in every class have a food allergy & 1 in 5 allergic reactions happen in school. Allergy School from @natashasfoundation.bsky.social is offering free resources to all nurseries & primary #schools to help upskill staff & raise awareness about food allergies
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If you’re a @ascl-uk.bsky.social member with a post-16 provision, please do check you are subscribed to our post-16 newsletters to ensure you don’t miss out on any important sector updates.
#ASCLmembers: September's Post-16 News is on its way to you now.
We welcome @c-jgreen.bsky.social as ASCL Post-16 and Skills Specialist, plus there's a summary of the key recommendations for #post16 #education in the Education Select Committee report 'Solving the SEND crisis'.
We welcome @c-jgreen.bsky.social as ASCL Post-16 and Skills Specialist, plus there's a summary of the key recommendations for #post16 #education in the Education Select Committee report 'Solving the SEND crisis'.
September 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you’re a @ascl-uk.bsky.social member with a post-16 provision, please do check you are subscribed to our post-16 newsletters to ensure you don’t miss out on any important sector updates.
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It’s #Caturday! And I wouldn’t want to let you down so here’s a picture of Milo in his new favourite spot, showing off his #beans, slang for those cute little toe pads. AI tells me they ‘act as shock absorbers, aiding in movement control, and helping with thermoregulation by releasing sweat’ 💦
September 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Free breakfast clubs for half a million extra children next year
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Free breakfast clubs for half a million extra children next year
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026.
www.gov.uk
September 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Free breakfast clubs for half a million extra children next year
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Heading out to the @scottishgreens.org Women's Network. Have been invited to speak on behalf of our new network, @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social, alongside the fabby @katie-hunter.bsky.social. We will focus on what we believe the future of education should be in these times of division and conflict.
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Heading out to the @scottishgreens.org Women's Network. Have been invited to speak on behalf of our new network, @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social, alongside the fabby @katie-hunter.bsky.social. We will focus on what we believe the future of education should be in these times of division and conflict.
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The IPDA Conference is about collaboration and connection with fantastic opportunities to learn from different professions to help us in our own practice. Join us Wolverhampton from 10-11 October 2025 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kw...
Collaboration and learning from other professions at the IPDA Conference
YouTube video by International Professional Development Association
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September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The IPDA Conference is about collaboration and connection with fantastic opportunities to learn from different professions to help us in our own practice. Join us Wolverhampton from 10-11 October 2025 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kw...
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🚨NOW 430 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice and compensation in opposition
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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September 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🚨NOW 430 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice and compensation in opposition
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
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I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”