🚨 8 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social is from Ch7 - Assessing using curriculum related expectations. I am hugely indebted to @didau.bsky.social for this chapter. His work on KS3 assessment is SEMINAL. More to come...

Happy February readers! Which of our new titles will you be picking up this month?🥳 I Tell Myself I'm Awesome Terrible True Tales: Victorians Terrible True Tales: Saxons Succeeding as an MFL Teacher Leading Secondary English @haledonal.bsky.social @joshuaseigal.bsky.social

🚨12 DAYS TO GO🚨 Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social is a soundbite I heard from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social about TTA: Do We Do What We Say We Do? This thinking influenced everything that went into this - authentic, concrete examples throughout!

🚨 13 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @BloomsburyEd from Ch5 - Implementing a knowledge-rich curriculum. 'What is the powerful knowledge you want your teachers to teach?' I offer lots of concrete examples! More to come...

🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 To celebrate the release of Leading Secondary English from @bloomsburyed.bsky.social on 12 February, I am giving away not one, but TWO FREE COPIES. To be in for a chance of winning, simply 'like' and 'repost' below. 👇 Winners will be chosen on Monday 2nd February.

🚨 15 DAYS TO GO 🚨 A recent spate of illness means I missed a week of these... Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social is short and sweet. The Dedication page - one for @litdrive.bsky.social and @ttradioofficial.bsky.social English folk...

🚨 22 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social is a case study by Amy Staniforth on: Designing a Secondary English Curriculum Inspired by @marymyatt.bsky.social, @alexjquigley.bsky.social and @funkypedagogy.bsky.social,

🚨 23 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's post for the upcoming Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social reveals a *HUGE* DISCOUNT OF 35% OFF any pre-orders. Use the code LEADING35 on Bloomsbury.com. This offer expires on 12.02.26. Grab it while you can! 👇👇👇👇👇👇

🚨 24 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's sneak peek of Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social from Ch4 - Spiral curriculum and Schema-building. When leading secondary English you have so much freedom and flexibility of what to teach and when to teach it at KS3...

🚨 25 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Today's sneak peek of Leading Secondary English @bloomsburyed.bsky.social comes from Ch3- Upholding the Law. A range of ideas for robust quality assurance practices: ✅ Deliberate Practice ✅ Spotlights ✅ Book Looks ✅ The 4 Rs Pre-order now: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/leading-s...

Received my advance copies of 'Leading Secondary English' from @bloomsburyed.bsky.social today. A great feeling to finally hold it in my hands! 😍 Out on 12 February. Pre-order now: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/leading-s...

One of my favour bloggers, and this is a cracking one @clairestoneman.bsky.social. As someone who has attempted to be a voice at the table: spoken at conferences, written a book, whilst working in a school full time, it's hard. And frankly, I can't do it all, anymore. My voice is quieter.

Be like @laurenteacheng.bsky.social. Pre-order Leading Secondary English today for 30% off. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/leading-s...

Arriving on Blue.Sky with all the gear and no idea but I just pre-ordered @haledonal.bsky.social 's Leading Secondary English and that seems like something to celebrate #cpd #leadership #secondaryenglish

🚨Interested on how we developed our Literacy Strategy and the famous @TrinityAcademyL's Literacy Toolkit? @trinity_mat is offering an opportunity to to come to TAL for a professional visit morning on 16 October to hear all about it! www.trinitymat.org/professional...

PERSONAL POST: I've had a challenging few months in terms of my health. What started as a viral illness, triggering a drooping eye lid... has led to a diagnosis of a rare (especially for someone my age) autoimmune disease: myasthenia gravis. There are early signs of ... 1

This is 🔥 Definitely worth the buy

If you want to pre-order Leading Secondary English with @bloomsburyed.bsky.social, you can get 30% off until 11 July. Don't wait! 🙏🙏🙏 As a first-time author, pre-orders make a huge difference! @litdrive.bsky.social #EduSky #EdUK #TeamEnglish Link to where you can pre-order below:

It's starting to feel a little bit more real now... Cover inspired by @TrinityAcademyL's colours! 💜🌟 Published by @bloomsburyed.bsky.social.

Brilliant day yesterday @litdrive.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to @nikkicarlin1.bsky.social for organising and such a brilliant range of speakers. Highlights included @xris32.bsky.social and @haledonal.bsky.social Also loved having the opportunity to present on #LiteraryLenses

Due to personal circumstances, I have had to turn down opportunities to speak at conferences, deliver webinars or write articles this academic year. I deliberately did not book anything in / have been much quieter on SM ... but when @litdrive.bsky.social's conference got postponed /1

Great to meet Melissa Lambert today at Trinity Academy Leeds! We connected over our shared passion for #multilingual learners, exchanging ideas & strategies to better support our students. Huge thanks to the phenomenal @haledonal.bsky.social , Lucy Bisset & Adam Levick for sharing their expertise!

Absolutely delighted to be speaking about curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and how they interconnect in English. Pop along to Room 225 in Session 4 to come and listen! #LitDriveCPD25 @litdrive.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to sit down to record this podcast for @trinity_mat's Sparke Sounds. I discuss my career and journey to leadership, including the best decision of my career: becoming CL, English @TrinityAcademyL. Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/0rV6...

Today, I did something I never thought possible... I (finally) delivered the manuscript for Leading Secondary English to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social. 64,500 words. 8 incredible case studies. 1 dream (almost fulfilled!).

Does anyone have one of these for English teachers? #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish

#UKEd #EduSky #UKteaching I'm keen to give this platform more of a go as Twitter descends further into bin fire territory... I really miss seeing posts from #TeamEnglish. Some of the regulars from the golden age of blogs / sharing resources / discussion on Twitter never appear here... Help?

It was a pleasure to sit down to record this podcast for @trinity_mat's Sparke Sounds. I discuss my career and journey to leadership, including the best decision of my career: becoming CL, English @TrinityAcademyL. Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/0rV6...

Tomorrow we welcome over 100 teachers to our Recruitment Evening @TrinityAcademyL! There's still time to join us! You'll see: ✅️ Expertly crafted curriculums ✅️ Outstanding T + L ✅️ Booklets ✅️ Efficient marking policy ✅️ Culture

On Wednesday we welcome prospective candidates for September 2025 @TrinityAcademyL. Next year we are at full capacity with Y7 - 11, so this is the last chance to become a founding member of our wonderful school. We are looking for (amongst other roles): Deputy CL, English 1/2

A bittersweet change in bio for January for me! I'm so excited to get my teeth stuck into all things Teaching and Learning @TrinityAcademyL, but will miss leading the powerhouse of the English Department. The purple baton is passing to you @missbury.bsky.social

Today, I did something I never thought possible... I (finally) delivered the manuscript for Leading Secondary English to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social. 64,500 words. 8 incredible case studies. 1 dream (almost fulfilled!).

I cannot wait to reveal the jobs @TrinityAcademyL that will be available for Year 5 on Monday! Some HUGE opportunities! Keep an eye out and consider joining us on our remarkable journey! #RewritingtheNarrative #Year5

I'm in the final stage of writing the manuscript for Leading Secondary English, ready to hand over to @BloomsburyEd in a few weeks! Collating the case studies (from some actual GENIUSES), finalising referencing and with a bit more text to add it'll be done! 🥳

A thoroughly enjoyable, and most importantly, USEFUL KS4 Book Look today @TrinityAcademyL. We had a model where we do this openly, with full transparency of the process for all, and completed COLLABORATIVELY. If Carlsberg did English departments... 💜🌟

I am speaking at #LitdriveCPD25! My session is entitled: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment: How they interconnect in English. To book tickets for you and your English departments, click www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1016588552... @litdrive.bsky.social #LitdriveCPD

FIFTY TWO leaders and teachers are visiting @TrinityAcademyL for our first Education Professional Day tomorrow. I can't wait to tour delegates through Morning Recall, a Learning Walk, then deliver a presentation on our TAL Literacy Strategy with @_MrLevick. 💜🌟

I adore TAL and the work of their inspirational staff, such as @haledonal.bsky.social They have established a juggernaut of education just out of the centre of Leeds. They *are* the Northern Powerhouse!

I adore Read with a Rule from our @TrinityAcademyL Literacy Strategy. ✅️ Teachers expertly modelling the reading process. ✅️ The increased focus and purpose of students. ✅️ Accountability for students actually reading. #ReadwithaRule

It was a joy to lead our first of three KS4 Masterclasses of this term with this powerhouse of a team @TrinityAcademyL. 💜🌟 The commitment, the passion, the striving for excellence was palpable! #KS4Ready #YearoftheTiger

A year ago today, I welcomed this little one into my life! Excited for all that lies ahead for her! Happy Birthday Quinley!

I am speaking at #LitdriveCPD25! My session is entitled: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment: How they interconnect in English. To book tickets for you and your English departments, click www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1016588552... @litdrive.bsky.social #LitdriveCPD

🧵 Writing Stamina 🧵 Our KS3 curriculum spiral curriculum model means we have taught writing structures from word --> sentence --> paragraph level. We focused on mastery, rather than throwing students into extended essay writing too soon. Some of the concerns others had were ... /1

Had my three year old's and 11 month old's Parents' Evening tonight. Was lovely to hear that 3yo is developing phonemic awareness, but I channelled my inner @_MrLevick when I asked: "Is it worth me doing more explicit teaching of graphemes, maybe more digraphs at home?" 😬

I spoke at the inaugural @litdrive.bsky.social National Conference and I am delighted to be speaking again! It's a wonderful day and jam-packed with brilliant speakers offering excellent CPD. Get your tickets NOW! #LitDriveCPD25

We re-launched Home Learning last Friday for 2024 / 25. Our first week using @SparxReader with all of KS3 (720 students) @TrinityAcademyL saw the first deadline draw in at 7pm this evening. The results are in ... 🥁🥁🥁 Year 7 ... 99.6% Year 8 ... 99.6% Year 9 ... 98.3%