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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

The power of teachers ❤️

William Golding - Practical Pedagogy Exercise (Lord of the Flies). #GCSE #Literature

18th wedding anniversary at the beach

This #buyastrangerabook offer is still up for grabs! @rsjhill.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15! ANY BOOK. Not just what's on my website. So if there's a book out there you're after and you'd like Ruth to buy it for you, let us know! UK only.

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about! @rsjhill.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15! So if there's a book out there you're after and you'd like Ruth to buy it for you, let us know! UK only.

And here's one I made (raining venn)...

In my 40s, “a woman who has let herself go” begins to sound less like a tragedy and more like a horse who has finally figured out how to open the gate.

I’m pretty sure every woman leader has had a cry at work. We are human. When our work matters, and we care about it, we feel it. #imwithrachel

And finally we get to say thank you. Thank you to the people who do the ordinary jobs, thank you to the people who have helped us, or helped others, thank you to each of the individuals or groups that has shown up, put themselves out for us. And thank you for the loyalty of the long serving.

Kazuo Ishiguro Maggie O'Farrell Thomas Hardy Sarah Waters John Boyne Margaret Atwood Ian McEwan Sarah Moss George Gissing Kate Atkinson

1. A story. Please read. Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit. I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

If you’ve introduced adaptive teaching but aren’t seeing the inclusive impact you wanted, you might need to take things further, writes @mmulholland.bsky.social

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘5 ways to revive form time reading’ “It is no surprise, despite schools investing in stacks of lovely book stock, that they don’t get read and used with the same shiny excitement.” alexquigley.co.uk/5-ways-to-re...

NEW BLOG: Stop Designing ‘Relevant’ Curricula for the Poor www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

Recruitment and Selection Process Checklist, based on KCSIE headteacherchat.com/resources/r...

*** NEW POST *** Pupil voice is often used as part of quality assurance (by school leaders and external inspectors), but it is very rarely done well. Here are 5 tips to make pupil voice work. www.tes.com/magazine/tea... via @tesmagazine.bsky.social

I think about this poem a lot at the minute

We were away all day for our kid’s bday. In the chaos, I missed that our home alarm system had gone off. A neighbor called me when cops arrived to respond. SOMEONE managed to trigger a “pet-proof” living room motion sensor. At 6pm. He literally called the cops because his dinner was one hour late.

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 Rosenshine is well known for his principles of instruction, but what did he think about knowledge? 'Rosenshine on knowledge structures' alexquigley.co.uk/rosenshine-o...

Headship is amazing, you change lives. Proud of this article even if the picture is awful! www.tes.com/magazine/lea...

Bought a card with the greatest pun of all time, little realising at the time (though I should have) that it’s the work of the mighty @mooseallain.bsky.social

Sad news this morning. He seemed to embody what religion should focus on - kindness, acceptance and care. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... Pope Francis dies aged 88, Vatican says - BBC News

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

She was wonderful - we were in tears with her when she won, esp. after so maturely modelling how to face disappointment in earlier courses. How brilliant to have her in your school - what a role model ❤️

Watching this wonderful chef win last evening was the highlight of my day. …and her beautifully crafted dessert told the remarkable story of philanthropist and writer Hannah More.

My school's head chef, Amber Francis, is hoping for success with her amazing dessert in tonight's Great British Menu final on BBC2 at 8pm. She's the only school chef in the competition and we are all so proud of her!

Five years ago, as the Covid virus spread, schools & colleges were instructed to close. Here's my recollection of the week that changed education forever ... @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Meet #AQATeamEnglish – experts shaping the future of English assessment. Made up of former teachers, examiners, and assessment writers, they’re here to support you and build a community where every voice matters. Find out more. 👇 bit.ly/4i3Iwic

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Why do teachers in some schools keep getting better for longer? We are developing a new measure of teacher workplace social capital to find out: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...

Day one of Ofsted complete and so far it's been a very fair and positive experience. Bring on day two 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Day one of Ofsted - looking forward to showing the inspectors our incredible school

Dear Manager, I have 1. Walked 500 miles 2. Walked 500 more 3. Was the man who walked 1000 miles 4. Fell down at your door 5. Da da dumb

Final plea today, and then I will stop pestering everyone!! 😂 14 to go to reach my target for participants! Please share and help if you can #PhDSky #UKEd #UKEdGovs

She's through! Our head chef Amber served up this incredible dessert on tonight's Great British Menu and will be cooking for the judges tomorrow night!

Ditto - but I only scored 3/5. The training for inspectors had better be thorough.

Amber's starter on Great British Menu! So proud of Amber, who ensures our pupils are served healthy and delicious food every day.

Our fabulous Christ's College Finchley chef, Amber Francis, is making history as the first school chef to compete on BBC's Great British Menu this week. We are so proud of the incredible food she produces and the whole CCF school community is rooting for her!

Our response to the latest Ofsted proposals. Part 2 tomorrow. www.headrestuk.co.uk/blog/missed-...

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Does it say how often schools will be inspected under the proposed new framework? I can see what happens if there are cause for concern areas but I can't see how frequently schools without these will be inspected.

made a useful one

Wishing a happy Christmas to all my friends around the world. Please reply with your pictures of cats (and lesser pets) joining in the festivities

I made a gingerbread panopticon

Words To Live by Number 169