Levels of enjoyment, engagement and trust drop significantly in students' first year of secondary school, with long-term consequences for their academic performance and wellbeing. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/may/...

If you’re looking for a programme to support #reading #decoding and #fluency in #KS2 & #KS3 fft.org.uk/literacy/rea... ⏰Jun 18, 2025 09:15 AM 📋 tinyurl.com/36xbfasw

Exclusive: Ofsted is re-writing the toolkits that underpin its proposed new inspection framework, but is holding to its November start date regardless Story @johngroberts.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Competitions alert 💥 From book bundles to a chance to win a virtual author visit for your school, we've got some brilliant prizes for all ages 📖🌟 Find out more and how to enter here - buff.ly/CZisVdq

** New resource ** We analysed the characteristics of words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people. Properties of each word (frequencies, etc) are now available in an interactive website. cyp-lex.rastlelab.com

Schools in #wales us this Thursday at 3:45pm for a free webinar our FFT Reading Package – includes #phonics #spelling 🎁 Exclusive offer for attendees: ✅ 25% off a 3-year subscription ✅ Complimentary access for the rest of the academic year when you sign tinyurl.com/2vb26fr4

starts at 345 pm London, 1045 am New York . Today 5.14

@fftedu.bsky.social is hosting Dr. Sarah Moseley, the session will offer practical, evidence-based strategies for removing barriers to reading and ensuring that every learner can thrive. fftcpd.my.canva.site ➜ Tue 20 May (09:00–10:00) ➜ Tue 20 May (15:45–16:45)

@fftedu.bsky.social have some more exciting free #CPD sessions coming up, on #fluency and #inclusive reading have a look here ➡️ www2.fft.org.uk/free-cpd

🎉 We’ve partnered with @carnegiemedals.bsky.social for a fantastic giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a selection of 2025 shortlisted books, filled with powerful stories for secondary students. Enter now for your chance to win: buff.ly/b13jLHZ Giveaway closes 14th May 2025

After 2+ years, many rewrites & piloting, I am so pleased that this has been published! A free, online training programme for non-specialist secondary practitioners about the development of reading. Includes practical strategies that can be adapted for any classroom. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...

If you need any tips on preparing for the Phonics Screening Check. You are welcome at our free events: - 08.05.2025 – 15:45 - 16:30 - tinyurl.com/57cpv5wc - 13.05.2025 – 15:45 - 16:30 - tinyurl.com/9kzjpy7n #psccheck #phonics #ks1 👋 and do have a look at our other events here. fftcpd.my.canva.site

The brilliant Dawn Loiuse Cox 15th December 1977-April 9th 2025. My Soulmate. Love of my life. My Rock. My World. Enjoy your final nap HB xx I am lost, lost, lost.

Really great to be at the #worldlitercysummit in #oxford with colleagues and learning more about #reading and #literacy. @fftedu.bsky.social #earlyyears #primary #secondary 📚

Interim report of the curriculum review is out www.gov.uk/government/p... #curriculum @edusky.bsky.social 📋

"A rompingly good read" <<< I will take that, thank you. Do judge for yourself by reading my @schoolsweek.bsky.social column - schoolsweek.co.uk/can-ofsted-l...

Out today-so exciting ! Download your free copy. Written by practitioners and early years specialists, with links to @sirenfilms.bsky.social in each chapter and a foreward by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social A must read for everyone working with young children. www.early-years-reviews.com/play-matters

Do you remember ‘Excellence and Enjoyment’? Just remember carrying the ‘lunchbox’ around!

Looking for some #free #literacy #CPD? Sign up here fftcpd.my.canva.site #phonicsscreeningcheck and more. @edusky.bsky.social

Top tip now the ☀️ is out: have 1-1 meetings after the school day is finished outside as walking-talking meetings, wherever possible! 🍎🎓☀️

Don’t miss our collection designed by Anita Mangan available to buy on our World Book Day shop. From t-shirts to tote bags, every purchase helps the charity World Book Day® encourage more children enjoy reading & experience the life-changing benefits it brings worldbookday.teemill.com

Mine is chaotic. Since we moved it's mostly alphabeticall. Fiction and non ficton are sort of split but not entirely and some stuff is just collected together eg all my Persephone editions.

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

So excited for these webinars hosted by @fftedu.bsky.social with #literacy genius, @timrasinski.bsky.social, on the basics of reading #fluency and how to develop fluent readers. 📚 #edusky Booking links: 📅 Wed 12 Mar (15:45 - 16:45) vist.ly/3mw3aah 📅 Fri 14 Mar (15:45 - 16:45) vist.ly/3mw3aak

For fans. Sorry you will have an ear worm today! Good marketing. Don’t wanna be….. 🎤 🎶 #valentines

My latest article for TesScotland on why Scotland needs to act on its ever increasing reading crisis: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

🚨Today, the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has published a new report on Identifying SEND. The report provides evidence of the inequalities that exist in SEND support across schools in England. Read the full report 👉 epi.org.uk/wp-content/u... Main findings👇

Primary pupils in areas where most schools are run by the local authority are 10 times more likely to receive an education, health and care plan than those in the most academised areas, @edupolicyinst.bsky.social research shows. Read the full story ⬇️

Remember the National Numeracy Strategy? In Year 4, pupils were expected to quickly recall division facts linked to the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 times tables. Or simply put—work out remainders after division! 🔢✨

Need a #decoding and #fluency programme? Reading Quest is an engaging, age-appropriate programme for older #KS2 - #KS3 children who need support in reading. Find out more in our introductory webinar: 📅 Wed 12 Feb (12:00 - 12:45) vist.ly/3mu6peu

A new poll by Teacher Tapp suggests just 6% of teachers feel 'positive' about Ofsted's reform proposals

Have you done our Ofsted grades report card quiz yet? Nearly 400 people have so far, and the average score is three out of five! Just 37 per cent of people have got question three right … Come and have a go👇

Schools Week have devised a quiz! Higher or Lower! Can you spot which statement in the Ofsted framework is for the higher grade?! schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-quiz-...

Some ideas on getting pupils excited about reading, how to plan a #worldbookday celebration, and how you can enter the @fftedu.bsky.social World Book Day competition. Join on either… 📅 Wed 12 Feb (09:00 - 09:45) bit.ly/42yXjfS 📅 Wed 12 Feb (15:45 - 16:30) bit.ly/40TjtrN

Should the curriculum and assessment review be looking at putting Year 3 into KS1? Plenty of school leaders see multiple benefits of doing so, but not everyone is so sure, finds @ellencph.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

First, if you’d like to learn more about the approach to reading lessons at the heart of Primary Reading Simplified, @FFTEdu are hosting two *free* webinars this week in which I will talk about exactly this: Tue 28 Jan - 15:45 - fftedu.org/3E82Lw1 Wed 29 Jan - 09:00 - fftedu.org/4au7y76 >>

Looking forward to this session with @chrissuch.bsky.social & @fftedu.bsky.social. Free literacy #CPD on practical strategies for teaching #reading in #primary schools. 📚 Sign up to either date… 📅 Tue 28 Jan (15:45 - 16:45) bit.ly/3PLSjga 📅 Wed 29 Jan (09:00 - 10:00) bit.ly/3PNHCtz

Nature lovers urged to take part in UK bird count amid fears over climate and disease

There are some brilliant things people are doing and sharing on social media, but it can sometimes lead to feelings of inadequacy. Don't let it. If you're turning up at school doing the business in the classroom you're having the biggest impact. Remember this.

❔Do your Y3 or 4 pupils need some targeted #reading support? 📚 Sign up to @fftedu.bsky.social Tutoring with the Lightning Squad, an online reading programme being trialed. Info here eef.li/TArrYr

🌟 “I cannot speak highly enough of the FFT team.” We enjoyed catching up with Rachael Symes of St. George's International School, discussing how her pupils have benefited from FFT’s comprehensive #literacy support. Interested in boosting reading fluency in 2025? Read the case study: bit.ly/4fUzRN2

Finally got to have a proper look at this analysis of flexi and part-time timetables. Spoiler alert - it comes up with an estimate of 12-14,000 on flexi timetables and ~30,000 on part-time timetables. ...

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NEW: Part-time tables and flexi-schooling in the Autumn Term We dig into attendance registers for clues as to how many pupils have part-time tables and flexi-schooling arrangements. ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/01/part...

👀 Take a look inside Reading Quest, our new reading intervention support for KS2, KS3, #EAL and #ELL students… Reading Quest is packed with age-appropriate activities to bridge proficiency gaps, and is included within our International Reading Programme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-4P... #Edusky

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Over 575,000 young people in England now have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan—an increase of over 139% since 2015 📈 But why is this happening? Read our @fftedudatalab.bsky.social report to learn more: ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2024/07/the-... #EduSky

The annual @theifs.bsky.social report on education spending is out. I've always found it incredibly useful so really pleased that @nuffieldfoundation.org fund it. Here's spending by educational stage over the last 35 years. So many policy stories in a single chart. ifs.org.uk/publications...

#edusky - Support older students with essential #reading skills? 📘Reading Quest is an age-appropriate solution. #decoding #fluency 🎬 has info on lesson plans, resources, on-demand training & assessment tinyurl.com/yrtdrze2 More info on live webinar… 📅 Jan 14, 2025 12:00 PM tinyurl.com/5t3j7uja

Listened to this on a long drive over Cmas podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... what makes us #happy 😊 and ref the #longest-running and most comprehensive studies of human happiness where it tracked 724 teenagers through every stage of their adult lives since 1938. I found it an interesting listen. 🦻