High expectations, warm-strict and school fun enough to get 98% attendance last year. Find out how on my latest blogpost for Reach Out below!

Find out how we’ve established a culture of high expectations and excellent behaviour on my latest blogpost on our Reach Out page. reachschools.uk/establishing...

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we are building a culture where loving to read is the norm. Read more about how we do this in my blog for the Children's Commissioner which reflects on our pupils' reading achievements. www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blo...

Week one done and never felt so lucky to be a teacher. I wrote about why in the summer holiday. Teaching: The Greatest Privilege. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

Join us in teaching for moments like my newborn baby’s Uber ride back from St Mary’s hospital. Teaching will always produce these moments because of how much it matters to families and communities. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

In 2015, I decided to invest time in learning what the schools with the best exam outcomes do. It was probably the most important decision I made in my career. These schools have a lot more in common than they do differences & many of these things can be adopted straight away in any context.

Join us in teaching for moments like my newborn baby’s Uber ride back from St Mary’s hospital. Teaching will always produce these moments because of how much it matters to families and communities. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

Teaching: The Greatest Privilege. My first blogpost in a while. On an Uber journey, my newborn baby and my love for teaching. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

From my latest blogpost on my love of teaching and how with its challenges it’ll always be so worth it. Teachers matter and being entrusted with others’ children is the greatest privilege. It leads to moments like my little Imogen’s first Uber!

What a great piece - completely agree with @LouisEverett1 that teaching remains a wonderful and rewarding profession We need so much more of this sort of positivity in the national conversation about education

From my latest blogpost on my love of teaching and how with its challenges it’ll always be so worth it. Teachers matter and being entrusted with others’ children is the greatest privilege. It leads to moments like my little Imogen’s first Uber!

Love this

Teaching: The Greatest Privilege. My first blogpost in a while. On an Uber journey, my newborn baby and my love for teaching. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

Look at this video of our children talking about the books they love! ALL our children now love reading but only 36% of them were reading at or above their chronological reading age in Sept. One of the major successes of this founding year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SwS... @lilystaff.bsky.social

Really proud of the progress our Year 7s have made with reading this year! In September only 37% were at or above their reading age compared with 75% now. Short thread below on how we have achieved this. 🧵

We’ve now completed our final Year 7 reading test for our founding cohort. In Sept 18% joined us 5 years below their reading age, now 1 child. Just 37% were at or above their reading age now 75%. Bravo @lilystaff.bsky.social Find out more about her work here: reachschools.uk/reading-outs...

Hear from @lilystaff.bsky.social about the amazing progress our children are making in their reading. So many came to us saying they hated reading. Each now are reading 3 books independently & talk about them constantly. It’s really special. www.daisyeducationuk.com/impact/case-...

In Sept 19% of our Year 7 were 5 years below their reading age on entry, now 6%. Just 37% were working at or above their chronological reading age now 56%. Reading Plus has been genuinely transformative within a term. Come to our free event to find out how: bit.ly/4l5AqYn

We’ve achieved a lot this academic year so far but our biggest bets were on behaviour/ culture, attendance & reading. Thanks to Charlie & rest of the team our attendance YTD is 98.2% & I’m super proud of how confident, articulate & kind our children are. Then SO proud of @lilystaff.bsky.social’s…

So many excellent headlines from our academic data yesterday but still my favourite figure is our attendance YTD of 98.2%. Our children genuinely love school and we love teaching them. It’s such a happy place!

So loved hearing our team talk so passionately about the extraordinary academic progress of our children but also so determinedly about what must now happen yesterday. It’s been the greatest privilege of my career founding a school with this team, children and their families.

Reading Plus has played a vital role in the progress our pupils have made in reading at Reach Academy Hanworth Park. Come to visit us on Monday 28th April to hear how we have successfully implemented the programme. Registration link here - bit.ly/4l5AqYn

This is amazing, Louis. Would that every school was (able to be) so focussed on this. You’re changing the trajectory of those kids’ lives.

This is absolutely incredible. Imagine if this picture was reflected nationally?!

In Sept 19% of our Year 7 were 5 years below their reading age on entry, now 6%. Just 37% were working at or above their chronological reading age now 56%. Reading Plus has been genuinely transformative within a term. Come to our free event to find out how: bit.ly/4l5AqYn

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park, pupils in Y7 read the same book at home each half term as part of our reading programme. Our pupils love discussing characters/plot/predictions with their peers in our weekly English Morning Meets. Short thread on how we do this. 🧵

I run netball club every Friday & it’s so lovely. We laugh hysterically at our silly warm up, all support each other during the game, shout outs after, clear up without me asking, every child says thank you walking out. Investing in culture makes every aspect of teaching better.

Great session on creating a culture of reading for pleasure from @lilystaff.bsky.social Especially loving the points about fostering a culture of pupils talking about what they read. #REdBrum

If you’re at #rEDBRUM today don’t miss our very own @lilystaff.bsky.social talking about our reading programme! What she’s achieving is extraordinary. Our children are so lucky. Check out her blogposts here: reachschools.uk/reading-pupi...

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we use lunchtimes to increase engagement with reading. Short thread on how we do this below. 🧵📖 #EduSky

Really excited to speak about getting pupils reading outside the classroom @researchedbrum.bsky.social next weekend! Get your tickets here 🎟️ researched.org.uk/event/resear...

Come & join our founding team as a science teacher at Reach Academy Hanworth Park. Our current Year 7’s attendance is 98.5%, their behaviour is exemplary, we have the strongest of relationships with their families & they’re making extraordinary academic progress. t.co/oPM5oW5fyQ There’s..

This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity to join our super talented founding team as a science teacher. A school where our children adore science. Participation is incredible & behaviour exemplary. This is a chance to grow a career whilst building a school. reachacademyhanworthpark.com/jointheteam/

Full sentences, perfect behaviour & listening, visualisers, carefully chosen texts, teachers who correct, cajole and encourage students to speak and write ambitiously, lots of public speaking opportunities…makes a difference! 2/2

This is really great to see. I have visited the school and seen @lilystaff.bsky.social and @louiseverett.bsky.social & Team in action and it’s no surprise their routines and curriculum translates into improved literacy. 1/2

Really excited by the progress pupils at Reach Academy Hanworth Park are making with their reading. This is down to a whole school focus on disciplinary literacy, a commitment to building a culture where pupils read regularly outside of school and the delivery of weekly/daily intervention. #EduSky

We’ve completed our first whole-school reading test since our Sept baseline. We’re so proud of our founding Year 7 pupils. 19% were 5 years below their reading age on entry, now 6%. Just 37% were working at or above their chronological reading age now 56%. Long way to go but pleased with…

reachacademyhanworthpark.com/jointheteam/ This video really captures how wonderful it is to work at Reach. Have fun and create lifelong memories whilst achieving the extraordinary!

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we’re building a school where teachers enjoy teaching, can grow their career & have the strongest of relationships with our pupils & families. How? 1. Character education: behaviour is exemplary as we invest heavily in pupils’ character. We take nothing…

This is brilliant, very clear vision and distinctions between reading for pleasure and challenge.

At Reach there’s no limit to what you can achieve within our values-driven culture of high expectations & strong relationships built on mutual respect. @lilystaff.bsky.social reading programme is proof of this. Want to join us & grow your career? reachacademyhanworthpark.com/jointheteam/

There’s also a chance to work with Lily on our whole-school reading approach as an English teacher. reachschools.uk/wp-content/u...

Here are 2 blogpost is from our brilliant English Lead, @lilystaff.bsky.social, sharing how and why we’ve invested heavily in pupils reading outside of school. The early progress has been astounding. Definitely worth a read! reachschools.uk/reading-outs...

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we’re obsessed with reading. We’ve developed a culture where reading for pleasure is the norm led by our brilliant @lilystaff.bsky.social She’s written 2 blogposts coming soon which shares some of her extraordinary work. Until then, our website outlines part of…

Come and work at my wonderful school with my wonderful team! 🌟 I’ve worked with Reach for 8yrs and there’s a reason I’ve never left 🦸 It’s seriously special being part of a founding team - don’t miss out 🎉 Reach out to chat about the roles or better yet come and see the school for yourself 😊🏫

Immense opportunity 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

We have NINE opportunities to join us on our founding journey: ✅Maths Teacher ✅English Teacher ✅Science Teacher ✅Humanities Subject Lead ✅PE Teacher ✅Head of Year 7 ✅Lead Year 1 Teacher ✅Year 1 Class Teacher ✅Reception Teacher reachacademyhanworthpark.com/jointheteam/

Reach Academy Hanworth Park are hiring! Come and join us on this extraordinary journey.

We have NINE opportunities to join us on our founding journey: ✅Maths Teacher ✅English Teacher ✅Science Teacher ✅Humanities Subject Lead ✅PE Teacher ✅Head of Year 7 ✅Lead Year 1 Teacher ✅Year 1 Class Teacher ✅Reception Teacher reachacademyhanworthpark.com/jointheteam/

Reach Academy Hanworth Park job adverts out tomorrow 👀 watch this space! Career defining opportunities coming this way.