Improving the outcomes and life chances for young people won’t materialise from thin air because Ofsted has come up with another set of adjectives. The answer lies in tangible investment and a strategic partnership from across a range of stakeholders www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/blog...

Working out how to enable a ‘Multi Year Funding Agreement’ could be a game changer for leaders- enabling greater certainty with more secure strategic sensible longer term financial planning schoolsweek.co.uk/ministers-as...

Delighted to be invited to work as part of the team aiming to bring fresh, evidence based, solution focused strategies to look at the challenges facing this underperforming group of pupils www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The government must spell out how it is going to build capacity for SEND support in mainstream schools. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Speaking ⁦‪@BBCBreakfast‬⁩ @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social with ⁦‪⁦‪ @romeshranganathan.bsky.social about the challenges of navigating the difficult but important process facing parents gaining a place in their preferred school vimeo.com/1099096525

‘Good inclusive teaching is, in many ways, just good teaching’ Excellent piece here to help us move forward into what is going to be a key theme for the Autumn term www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Why this is so potentially controversial is easy to see. If the government gets this wrong it will put itself on a collision course with parents-these are parents are used to fighting on behalf of their children against a system that many feel is stacked against them www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/blog...

A room full of energy and great expectations for the year ahead. @ascl-uk.bsky.social New Headteachers Conference. Brilliant to hear from @keziah70.bsky.social @carolinebarlow.bsky.social @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social

Much welcomed advice and guidance on the safe and effective use of AI in Schools and Colleges @ascl-uk.bsky.social vimeo.com/1092044870

The spin in the final sprint towards the Spending Review begins….. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

This excellent piece reminded me of the expertise and experience that exists around our government-who, I believe, would do well to listen to-learn from and lean into when developing policy observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Excellent piece👏 ‘If we all made provision for children who find learning tough a priority for us then how far down the road might we go?’ I stand with Ben bennewmark.wordpress.com/2023/04/29/w...

Excellent piece from Manny Botwe @ascl-uk.bsky.social President ‘It would be a tough ask to expect inspectors to arrive at consistent and reliable judgements on a five-point grading scale across so many different areas in such a short period of time’ www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Reducing the shocking level of child poverty in the UK is one of the most effective things we could do to improve the wellbeing and educational outcomes of millions of children www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/blog...

A wonderful day commemorating and celebrating #VEDay80 with students. Nothing better than the power of music and song to help young people learn from and connect with such important moments in our history

‘The elephant in the room is poverty.’ observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

It is utterly self-defeating for the government to refuse to give schools the money they need to afford to pay that award to their teachers. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

‘We cannot raise standards without raising the expertise of our teachers and school leaders.’ Some great research promoting the power of investing in our workforce highlighting the positive impact this has particularly for our most disadvantaged

Policies such as free school meals and breakfast clubs can be a real lifeline to families who are struggling, but if they are going to be done on the cheap then their impact will be greatly diminished.They simply must be fully funded schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-confirms...

Reassuring that the profession are being heard.I guess we are all looking forward to seeing what this will actually look like in reality. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Nice touch from ⁦‪@tes‬⁩ Looking forward to judging the ‘Headteacher of the Year at the TES Awards’ this year-always a wonderful celebration of our profession

“…a little bit of online life sitting at your parents’ computer in the ’90s was fine, but living your entire life on a hyperactive commercial platform whose business model is to maximize engagement is not fine” www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

No school leader wants to be in the position of losing teachers or support staff, but the financial situation facing schools and colleges has seldom been as grim as it is right now www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Excellent piece on student voice: ‘It was clear children felt they weren’t being heard.They weren’t being asked what they thought,they weren’t being listened to,or they were being punished if they spoke up and the term ‘voice’ didn’t capture what children needed. www.theguardian.com/research-to-...

We need to move away from stigmatising labels and towards a system that is genuinely supportive and recognises the unique challenges and trajectories of individual schools www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Pleased to have the opportunity to join⁦‪ @john-camp.bsky.social ‬⁩ to share the priorities and challenges facing the education sector with ⁦‪@cmckinnellmp.bsky.social

Delighted to be able to support our friends at Parenkind at the launch of ‘The Missing Chapter’- A report exploring the cost of school for parents in poverty Happy to pledge our support to a series of recommendations for the Government ahead of the Child Poverty Strategy

This chaos must end. For too long, tech billionaires have been given immense power without accountability. They hide behind the defence that they are champions of free speech while profiting from platforms that allow harm to fester www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

So proud to be invited to present the award for ‘Outstanding Multi Academy Trust Practice @YouthSportTrust #YSTConference

Thanks to our panel with @edupolicyinst.bsky.social at #LDConf for a lively discussion examining Ofsted’s plans for report cards. @pepediiasio.bsky.social, @mp4stratford.bsky.social, @munirawilson.bsky.social, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social, @natalieperera.bsky.social, and @profcoe.bsky.social.

Great to have the chance to meet and congratulate @JaimeLaing_UK An amazing achievement raising a phenomenal amount much needed to tackle poverty-inspirational!

Morning from Salford talking about the Curriculum and Assessment Review @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social

Delighted that The Education Secretary plans to confront the travel industry about the high costs of school holidays amid a crisis of parents taking kids out of school. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is the new frontier in education.Without children in front of their teachers,we cannot raise attainment,improve employment,or give more children the safe,healthy childhood they deserve.It is in everyones interest to find solutions to the crisis of lost learning schoolsweek.co.uk/lost-learnin...

This looks like a positive step to support schools and colleges enhance much needed enrichment opportunities for young people as well as offer guidance for the fast moving world of AI. schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-plans-na...

Really proud to be able to support the ‘Who’s Losing Learning’ Council solutions report @thedifferenceed.bsky.social @mission44.bsky.social

Looking forward to an amazing Annual Conference in glorious Liverpool #ASCL2025

Looking forward to an amazing Annual Conference in glorious Liverpool #ASCL2025

This year is a “now or never” moment for the government to demonstrate that it will deliver its manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Absolutely-We need to think about what are the ways that we might ensure that schools reflect the needs of their local area - the SEND needs, the inclusive needs www.tes.com/magazine/new...

We desperately need change-Leaders are stuck in a system where funding is only unlocked after an EHCP is secured.Its a system designed for conflict.Parents forced to battle schools.Schools forced to ration support And the children at the heart of it? They’re left waiting. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

An excellent piece on a critical issue: ‘This is not a moral or ethical question about providing support, it is a question of the practical application of how to better support pupils and then how can it be funded’ www.tes.com/magazine/new...

It cannot be beyond our capability to ensure we know, at any given time, where every child is being educated schoolsweek.co.uk/the-schools-...

Its tough to come up with a reasonable balance between all of these demands,into a school day,while leaving enough flexibility to be able to adapt their curriculum to the needs of students. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

‘High and rising standards!’ At every occasion, government ministers trot out this latest slogan for #education – but as ever they are less clear about what this actually means, says @pepediiasio.bsky.social in SecEd: https://buff.ly/3EOqFge @ascl-uk.bsky.social #teaching #schools #edusky

I'm sure there will be plenty of people thinking along the same lines as Mark and Julie regarding Ofsted's plans, but where do we go from here?... cc @pepediiasio.bsky.social @frankwnorris.bsky.social @colinspark.bsky.social @rosmcm.bsky.social @andrewdmorrish.bsky.social @michaelt1979.bsky.social

‘High and Rising Standards!’ Nobody would argue against this ambition of course, but what does it actually mean – and how are we going to achieve this? www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/blog...

How romantic an offer can we make 💖

It is disadvantaged pupils who are most severely affected by this because they are often at schools where teacher recruitment is most difficult and are less likely to be able to access the arts outside of school through clubs or other activities www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Perhaps just the first of several ‘red flags’ that experts are concerned about-we definitely need to see a response to these reasonable and appropriate questions schoolsweek.co.uk/report-card-...