Planning our Future

Today we had a fantastic day with our new network committee who with our founder, Ben mapped out what our future looks like - watch this space… We can see you hiding Rachael @nsriazat.bsky.social @chocpud85.bsky.social #SteppingUpSaturday

There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻

We are pleased to introduce to you our new network committee who will be steering our network forward. Their first activity will be conducting some market research with our community. A great group of people! @nsriazat.bsky.social @chocpud85.bsky.social

Lead Researcher, Dr Victoria Cook, in collaboration with The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and UCL Institute of Education, explored teacher and leader experiences of offsite PPA. Learn more and read the report: https://chartered.pulse.ly/n1nfnnegct #PPA #FlexibleWorking #TeacherRetention

Congratulations to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and team for producing a curriculum and assessment review that's evolutionary rather than throwing all the achievements of the last few years overboard. Lots of sensible recommendations. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Even more than funding or relevant opportunities, "Time" was what the most teachers and leaders selected as a key requirement to engage with CPD in our recent survey. Read more about the enablers and barriers to CPD which education professionals reported in 2025

'Fern Dance' art quilt by artist and quilter Susan Brubaker Knapp #WomensArt

Professors who moonlight as puzzle-setters for major newspapers talk to Patrick Jack about the importance of ‘letting the mind wander’ after a busy day in the lab https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/its-great-way-unwind-academics-who-create-crosswords

Selective and sustained attention - a model for classroom (and whole school) improvement via Mike Hobbiss. @mikehobbiss.bsky.social hobbolog.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/s...

Exciting news from the new North West and Yorkshire WomenEd team! 💜 Exciting things coming in 2025/6 - a chance to meet your network team for Yorkshire and North West and join networking/leadership development events in this area. Watch this space - more details to follow...😊 @womened.bsky.social

I have just met with our @womened.bsky.social trustees and I am feeling deeply grateful. Each of these incredible women is a leader in her own right, and together they bring such wisdom, courage and generosity to our work.

From navigating the social care system as a novice I’ve found: -social workers are incredible, -care workers are the most under-valued, underpaid, most decent, humble people. Giving dignity to older people who completely rely on others for their most basic needs is work society should value more.

A fantastic blog to ponder for the end of the school year. Sue Aspinall's wishes for the future of #WomenEd, where borders are transcended in the continuing battle for change agency and maximum impact. womened.com/blog/womened...

'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt

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 💜💜

One week until our HUGE birthday celebrations! Sign up for this free online event!

'Breathing Space', etching by contemporary UK artist and printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt

I am excited to announce our new book, which pulls together all of different threads of what great schools do & celebrating them. We've explored curriculum, learning, behaviour, attendance, personal development, & leadership. I'm forever indebted to all schools I've visited & worked with.

I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You. Done.

If you work in a state school in England, have your say on school accountability reform. The DfE is asking for views on how school accountability works in England and we’re encouraging our members to respond by Monday, 28th April. #EducationReform #DfEConsultation #TeacherVoice

Loved this @womened.bsky.social panel session at The Next Decade conference yesterday. Perfect words from my friend @missgoodyear.bsky.social - ‘in the absence of a system, take it upon yourself to do the work’.

Insightful and informative discussion @thenextdecadeuk.bsky.social conference at Leeds Armouries this morning. With Shanaz Hussain, Keziah Featherstone and Tracy Goodyear. 💜 @womened.bsky.social

6 HOURS OF FREE PD! I'm delighted to release further details of my 6 completely free to access webinars, running over June and July. Full details in the poster below! Recordings available too (same sign-up link) forms.gle/xP5SCjfCj7c7... Please share on SM, email and newsletters!

Love the WomenEd sentiment behind the colour purple. 💜 @womened.bsky.social

We're excited that @alisonpeacock.bsky.social will be joining the panel at the upcoming Education Question Time event at the University of Winchester hosted by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Sign up to attend in person here: eventbrite.com/e/education-...

This is incredibly powerful from @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/tv-r...

You can also preorder a copy of my latest book here with a 35% discount by using the code COWLEY35. Thank you! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ultimate-...

Our latest blog: Stepping Up in the North showcases our wonderful final face-to-face event of the academic year, yesterday. #Sharing #SteppingUpSaturday stepupnetwork.uk/2025/03/30/s...

Different types of res and how to get it. #wellbeing

About your first draft…

You will have seen lots of coverage of our Midlands Leadership Day, but March also sees us host our North Lunch and Lead Meet in Leeds Join us and hear from Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, @nsriazat.bsky.social and Jaycee Ward. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-no...

Let's talk about Great Teaching 🗣️ In these short videos Stuart Kime explores each of the 17 elements from the Model for Great Teaching. Watch all of them here 👉https://buff.ly/3DlbESv Let us know what you think of them!

Confidence is quiet, it comes from evidence. 😊

PhD defense at University of Gothenburg, Sweden today. Adele Maciute defend her thesis on meiofauna impact on coastal sediments.

How to write a good scientific review article. #PhD #scisky #medsky Open Access febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Come along to this amazing event - featuring some of the Heads’ Roundtable team.