TikTokTipsters profiteering on the high stakes gambling nature of GCSE exams is where we are now in 2025. Read my comments in The Observer.

Treasury tags never glue.

Call out a search party….one glue stick lid is missing 🚨 Do you have any tips for keeping those pesky lids safe? Let us know below or via #TeacherTappChat 💬

This feels mean the first week back so warm and sunny

Another great episode but @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social some of still have a week to go !

Saying we shouldn't restrict smartphones for children because it's the apps not the phone that do the damage is like saying we should let children have access to cars as long as they don't drive them.

Come on 🇮🇪

Excellent!!!

Kids thrive on calm, not chaos. Schools where teachers have no authority cause anxiety, not schools where rules are clear and enforced. For children, nothing is more unsettling than feeling like no one’s in charge.

Here’s an article I wrote on the Behaviour Hub scheme and why Labour should keep this approach… schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...

Two exciting possibilities for the Black Country in the AI announcement today: - “further [AI] zones will be created in as-yet-unnamed “de-industrialised areas of the country with access to power”” - “accelerate investment in energy sources including renewables and small modular nuclear reactors”

When HMT write to every department saying "hey why not spend a bit more? Live a little" then that will be news...

Agreed. The more help the better. We’re trying to do our bit by making these resources free for schools. If you know anyone who may benefit please do share: bsky.app/profile/code...

Scrapping the @wearecomputing.bsky.social hubs is a mistake the work done by the hubs is amazing and needs to be fully funded. We are nowhere near where is needed with computer science education nationally and there is so much more to do.

I feel like the weather forecast is lying to me #wantsnow #possiblymaybeasnowday

Dear School Leaders , Please check on your SENCOs. Many will have statutory deadlines to meet this week and some will find themselves working in the school holidays when they should be focusing on family . Thanks in advance with your support with this.

🔬 Join Our Team at Nuneaton Academy! 🔬 We have an exciting opportunity for a Leader Practitioner for Physics! If you're passionate about teaching and want to be part of an incredible school community, this is the perfect role for you. www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

I don’t get the @teachertapp.bsky.social extra questions tonight some of the choices seem illogical

Things that still happen, but much less than Before: Book looks Triple marking Enforced lesson plans Multiple coloured worksheets Graded lesson observations Data related performance management targets Games in lessons Requirement for groups/projects/card sorts/wordsearches What else?

Someone offline just pointed out we are now able to score schools out of 50. The horror.

Exam adjustments aren’t new I had some for GCSE and then typed my A-Level and University Exams. They are so so important but have been around for well over 20 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Star Trek Lower Decks is back happy half term. 🖖🌌

Schools shouldn't frame themselves as families. While well intentioned, think a mistake. 1. Not realistic and can't really be achieved. 2. Philosophically dubious as children already have families, making it an overreach. 3. Leads to children and adults having loyalties that can't be matched.

This just keeps on giving. What a wonderful story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW SPISODE!!! Seven Fishes is live, join us for a riotous conversation with @heymrshallahan.bsky.social as we look at some of @teachertapp.bsky.social 's best data! open.spotify.com/episode/4Soy...

I’m cold the fire is on

This all looks quite sensible from the Boss A birthday treat or a runny nose is not an excuse to miss school www.thetimes.com/article/0f80...

Six of the best ‘dumb phones’ — for kids and adults www.thetimes.com/article/0c70...

Right, so who's up for super-nerdy Teaching & Learning chat? Where my people at?

Just before tomorrow begins - an important message: Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.

Before things got a little bit too exciting #climbingteacher #lakedistrict

Any computer science teachers made the move yet ? #EduSky