Will Yates
@wjyates72.bsky.social
Former English teacher, now education team at Public First. Bit of running, cricket and writing on the side. https://willyateswriting.wordpress.com/
Over the last year, Public First have been working with the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools to develop an updated picture of how children's mental health and wellbeing has changed since the pandemic.
Today, our report is published in full. www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...
Today, our report is published in full. www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...
www.publicfirst.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Over the last year, Public First have been working with the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools to develop an updated picture of how children's mental health and wellbeing has changed since the pandemic.
Today, our report is published in full. www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...
Today, our report is published in full. www.publicfirst.co.uk/green-roots-...
Public First's education team are hiring a summer intern! If you're a student or recent graduate with an interest in how good education policy gets made, we'd love to hear from you. Details here: www.publicfirst.co.uk/pf-internshi...
PF Internship Programme Summer 2025 - Public First
Public First’s education team is recruiting a paid intern for an eight-week period this summer (start date negotiable, ideally early July). Under the direction of [...]
www.publicfirst.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Public First's education team are hiring a summer intern! If you're a student or recent graduate with an interest in how good education policy gets made, we'd love to hear from you. Details here: www.publicfirst.co.uk/pf-internshi...
Some really cool new polling insights into geographical and Ofsted-rating discrepancies in teachers' expectations of school leavers. Read all about it and more in our new 'WP state of the nation' piece with the UPP Foundation: upp-foundation.org/wp-content/u...
April 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Some really cool new polling insights into geographical and Ofsted-rating discrepancies in teachers' expectations of school leavers. Read all about it and more in our new 'WP state of the nation' piece with the UPP Foundation: upp-foundation.org/wp-content/u...
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Public First’s landmark study on conspiracies and disinformation in classrooms and among young people (led by @eddorrell.bsky.social and @sallyburtonshaw.bsky.social) publishes today after a year’s work. Rather timely really.
Young people more likely to trust social media influencers than government, landmark study finds
Conspiracy theories are rife in classrooms and children (and parents) see no harm in spreading them
Exclusive in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Conspiracy theories are rife in classrooms and children (and parents) see no harm in spreading them
Exclusive in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Pupils share conspiracy theories for fun, with girls ‘more susceptible’
Teachers have told a landmark survey that they feel powerless to combat the spread of misinformation, even when children know it’s untrue
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Public First’s landmark study on conspiracies and disinformation in classrooms and among young people (led by @eddorrell.bsky.social and @sallyburtonshaw.bsky.social) publishes today after a year’s work. Rather timely really.
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Love this story: vicar tells primary school pupils that Father Christmas isn’t real, their parents give them the presents in engagingly ill-judged sermon at school.
Vicar’s Santa sermon ‘ruins Christmas’ for sobbing school pupils
The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain has had to apologise for his Nativity talk that left teachers scrambling to ‘bring the magic back’
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Love this story: vicar tells primary school pupils that Father Christmas isn’t real, their parents give them the presents in engagingly ill-judged sermon at school.
Facing a Friday full of teenagers talking total rot? Have a read of John Jerrim on bullshitters: www.iza.org/publications... (h/t @petewhitehead.bsky.social)
Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?
'Bullshitters' are individuals who claim knowledge or expertise in an area where they actually have little experience or skill. Despite this being a w...
www.iza.org
December 6, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Facing a Friday full of teenagers talking total rot? Have a read of John Jerrim on bullshitters: www.iza.org/publications... (h/t @petewhitehead.bsky.social)
Have picked up a bunch of new followers on here, which is fun. For some ideas of the stuff I'm interested in/have written about, head here: willyateswriting.wordpress.com
Will Yates Writing
Education, politics, resources
willyateswriting.wordpress.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Have picked up a bunch of new followers on here, which is fun. For some ideas of the stuff I'm interested in/have written about, head here: willyateswriting.wordpress.com
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Excited to be publishing a major piece of teacher, parent and student opinion research on the ever-challenging subject of exclusions.
Thanks to the support of @mission44, we were able to carry out what was, I think, the ever biggest exercise of its kind on this subject. 1/10
Thanks to the support of @mission44, we were able to carry out what was, I think, the ever biggest exercise of its kind on this subject. 1/10
November 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Excited to be publishing a major piece of teacher, parent and student opinion research on the ever-challenging subject of exclusions.
Thanks to the support of @mission44, we were able to carry out what was, I think, the ever biggest exercise of its kind on this subject. 1/10
Thanks to the support of @mission44, we were able to carry out what was, I think, the ever biggest exercise of its kind on this subject. 1/10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024... we're about five years from an Armando Iannucci tour de force based on the Captain Tom story
Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report finds
Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024... we're about five years from an Armando Iannucci tour de force based on the Captain Tom story
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My dad grew up on his dad's farm, and his cousins are farmers, but they're not lining up behind Clarkson today. As my colleague Tim points out here, the changes to farm inheritance being protested today could end up being a boon to farmers. timleunig.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...
How to preserve the family farm
Tax breaks can harm those they purport to help
timleunig.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:39 AM
My dad grew up on his dad's farm, and his cousins are farmers, but they're not lining up behind Clarkson today. As my colleague Tim points out here, the changes to farm inheritance being protested today could end up being a boon to farmers. timleunig.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...
Experiencing the Xodus vs starting on Bluesky (London XC Champs, Parliament Hill, 16.11.24)
November 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Experiencing the Xodus vs starting on Bluesky (London XC Champs, Parliament Hill, 16.11.24)