Teachers and parents rejoice! Surely the PM has just ended the 6-7 thing at a stroke. BBC News - Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance www.bbc.com/news/article...

Very pleased to see the DfE adopt our measure of the disadvantage gap. Calculating it each year, for each phase, is a labour of love but it has been game-changing in improving focus and understanding of the gap.

🧵Hot on the heels of this morning’s publication of the Francis Review, DfE has published its response. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c6... In the thread are four things to welcome, and three factors crucial to the reforms' success:

The Francis Review is out. Huge congratulations to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the panel for a thorough and thoughtful review which is (1/4):

Encouraging teaser from the Curriculum and Assessment Review due out this week. The recommendation of an entitlement to triple science speaks to a serious drive for equity and social mobility in the curriculum. 1/3 www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Delighted to welcome Education Select Committee Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social to the launch of the 3rd cohort of @challengepartners.bsky.social pioneering #SEND Developmental Peer Review today. 1/3

All of us @challengepartners.bsky.social are devastated by the loss of Dave Baker @olympustrust.bsky.social, true system leader. Read our full tribute here: challengepartners.org/news/tribute...

Sunny start to the day at Spanish Banks #parkrun in #Vancouver #Canada. Small, stunning and lovely volunteers. #loveparkrun

V happy (and somewhat hot) to be back at #parkrun today after a 2 week break to manage an #AxSpA flare. Huge thanks to @drailyntan.bsky.social for sharing research and encouragement. #loveparkrun

I do love a bluebell-strewn parkrun in the spring. We were treated this morning at Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun. And the carpark welcome to direct first timers to the start was the warmest ever. #loveparkrun

@jembenson.bsky.social saw this and thought of you. BBC News - Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Back on the #parkrun tourist trail with a beautiful run along the #Thames in #Kingston. Gorgeous day for it. #loveparkrun

Natasha Dowie a history-making legend in yesterday's match. Her skill & strength a perfect riposte to the guy sitting near me who told his son having a woman in the team "made a mockery" of things. Not sure how many England caps or Super Cups he'd won. #LFC #YNWA www.liverpoolfc.com/news/moment-...

First time in 15 consecutive weeks... it's #parkrun o'clock and I'm not running 😱. Off to #Anfield instead to see #LiverpoolLegends. #loveparkrun #loveLFC #YNWA

Proud of the progress we made in #Liverpool on our priorities of #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration. We ensured sustainability was a consideration from the start and hope RISE teams will build on what we achieved.

Last Thurs, it was my great honour to chair the final meeting of the #Liverpool Priority Education Investment Area Board. Our projects have helped improve #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration, with a focus on sustainability from the start. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Today, @edupolicyinst.bsky.social published a groundbreaking report on the impact of school absences on the disadvantage gap. I was pleased to talk to the Today Programme about some of these issues and challenges.

Eminently sensible interim report from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review team. So refreshing to see a non-ideological approach, seeking to tackle problems, such as the forgotten third, without sweeping away what is good in the current curriculum.

Excellent article from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social

🧵The interim report of the curriculum and assessment review is out and underlines how the panel led by the excellent @beckyfrancis.bsky.social is dealing with intractable and novel challenges in a measured and evidence informed way. Among the many positives, I would highlight the commitments to:

Taking @sineadmc.bsky.social's excellent advice and indulging my love of #parkrun, I took a short break from #ASCL2025 to show off my new 250 tee at Princes Parkrun. Apologies to those around me as I joined this morning's keynotes still in running gear. #loveparkrun

Challenge Partners pleased to support this sector-led initiative to capture inclusive practices in mainstream schools. We are already evaluating these through our SEND Developmental Peer Review and look forward to schools in our partnership and beyond submitting examples.

Uplifting end to a great couple of days. When I was tangentially involved in G&T and Aiming Higher policies all those years ago, I would definitely have taken helping a child from a South Birmingham comp to reach Oxbridge and a top media career as a great outcome.

At #ASCL2025 yesterday it was my pleasure to present with Simon Corner and Amanda Ryan on how Challenge Partners 34 local hubs are driving school improvement at school, area and system level - and some thoughts on how this could apply to RISE teams. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Celebrated #IWD and my 250th #parkrun with the two fab women who keep me running and sane each Saturday. Claire made me a cape! And @fredsharrock.bsky.social visited from Peckham to join in the fun. #loveparkrun

#Halfterm #parkrun was warmer and wet. Grateful to the #volunteers who braved the soggy weather. #loveparkrun

I spent last week with visiting schools and trusts in the #NorthEast. I learned that familiar challenges have a different hue here. Similar to elsewhere they're being tackled by passionate educators determinedly doing their best for their pupils and communities. challengepartners.org/news/place-m...

What an end to my week in the #NorthEast. A warm welcome on a dreary morning at #DentonDene #parkrun. A bit warmer in #Melbourne for my brother doing his 100th. 🥳🎉 #loveparkrun

@wadds.bsky.social wonder if you know the answer to this....???

Is #WhitleyBay #parkrun back this Saturday?

Excellent visits to Wheatley Hill Primary School and SLP (formerly Stanley Learning Partnership) with a focus on #SEND and #trust development. Write up here: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Despite our footballing differences, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social and I found plenty of common ground in Brough as I learned more about the powerful purpose-driven approach to achieving "sustainable excellence through ethical leadership" and a focus on all people thriving at TEAL.

Where it all started. I hadn't expected my pilgrimage with Claire Oldaker to #Bushy #parkrun to be such an emotional experience.

On the bright side, only 3 years, 364 days of this madness to go.

The Education Select Commitee is keen to find out how SEND is affecting you and your school. They would also like to hear any solutions that has improved your child's experience of schooling. You can find the link to the consultation here: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...

Proud to share Challenge Partners Impact Report, highlighting the difference we made to #schools, #trusts and 385,000 #pupils in 23/24. It is a celebration of what we achieved together through #challenge, #collaboration & experiential #leadership #development. www.challengepartners.org/our-impact

Felt the weight of responsibility as #volunteer pre-event course checker on a cold and frosty morning at #Brockwell #parkrun. Marshals did an excellent job of steering everyone safely around the inevitable ice. #loveparkrun

MISSING PERSON: Please help. My wonderful former colleague and his friend are missing in the #Dolomites in #Italy. Full details here: lnkd.in/euur9985

@daisychristo.bsky.social could comparative judgement help?! (And sorry for my uncharitable response to your encouragement this morning. That was me living up (down) to the gloating LFC fan stereotype. Spurred me on tho!)

#Brockwell #parkrun old route vs new route elevation. Which is harder? Is there an objective way to decide?

Well done to the 520 finishers and 28 #volunteers who braved the ice and - briefly - sleet on the #Brockwell #parkrun hills this morning. #loveparkrun

Started the year as I mean to go on at #Oxford #parkrun with my bro. Parkrun #240 for me, so I should have my 250th tee by spring. And hopefully much better weather. Happy new year to one and all. #loveparkrun

My report on the final two #Brockwell parkruns of 2024. An insight into the hardworking #volunteers behind every #parkrun everywhere, and a celebration of the Brockwell event team. 1/2 #loveparkrun www.parkrun.org.uk/brockwell/ne...

Joy to celebrate Christmas at what I believe was the biggest ever #Dulwich #parkrun with my regular running buddies, bro visiting from #Melbourne, the kids... and 889 others. #loveparkrun

Maths nerd son comments: "with so many 1s and 0s, it's like binary". Thank goodness for Cold Palmer. Still a far cry from last week's 80. #FPL

Watching Man City this afternoon and thinking about team glue. They have lots of great players on the pitch but seemingly nothing holding them together. Is it Rodri, De Bruyne or something less tangible they're missing?

There was only one way to get to this morning's meeting of #parkrun risk and governance committee, hosted by committee chair and Horniman Museum CEO @gseabright.bsky.social. Just a shame the Horniman sits at the top of a huge hill. It was faster getting home. #loveparkrun

Alan Hansen would be appalled at the performance of my defence this week. Can't believe I took Porro out. #FPL

Second Saturday in a row getting up in the dark to run in the rain. I must really #loveparkrun.

This is what my earlier thread was about. The details here matter and teachers will be closest to those details 👇