New blog on the potency of space open.substack.com/pub/birmingh...

Don’t forget: Talking About Oracy from @lateteachers.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk IOE July 5th! londonenglishteachers.com/about/forthc... @draperel.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social @headofenglish.bsky.social @runrober.bsky.social

Here’s @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social 😊👏🏽 wonderful talking about the purpose of poetry in education - we cd have listened for hours ! And our brilliant chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social adding her thoughts to close the session, inspired by his ⭐️keynote ⭐️ #ConferenceDay 🎉💫🥳

An exciting conference day🙌🏼 ! Opened by our fabulous CEO Dr Rebecca Fisher, first keynote introduced by chair of our EY & Primary committee, super duper Kirstie Hewitt - & brilliantly entertaining & hugely inspiring, action packed ! story rich keynote on poetry from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ❤️🎉💫👏🏽

This week on Wonkhe: The British Academy has released analysis of what social sciences, humanities, and arts graduates do after graduation. Pablo Roblero and Alfie Denness introduce the findings

This is a dream come true, a once in a lifetime honour. I am so utterly thrilled to have won the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who gave me such generous support in writing The Story of a Heart, especially Max & Keira’s incredible, wonderful families 🩷🫁🫀

NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...

This from @carlhendrick.substack.com brilliantly articulates the sum of all my fears. We will learn this, it's just a question of how much damage before we do.

We titled our 2021 @britishacademy.bsky.social review of the societal effects of the pandemic ‘the Covid Decade’ as we argued that the pandemic would have long term effects - particularly in exacerbating existing inequalities www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...

I’m quoted on the front page of the Observer today. They are looking back at the effects of the pandemic five years on. I say that it is primarily a story of inequalities. The poorest, disabled, young people have suffered the fallout, but this is easy to overlook www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This weekend’s read …

People of Kent! There is a whole FESTIVAL OF PHYSICS happening at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham on Saturday 15th March organised by @christinaastin.bsky.social thestemhub.org.uk/news/news-ar...

Is literary theory ‘a thing’ in GCSE and A Level English Literature? (13 March 2025, 16:45 – 17:30) Exploring the literary theoretical coordinates of GCSE and A Level English Literature to support your teaching. Free, online! Join us! Sign up ! englishassociation.ac.uk/is-literary-...

Artificial intelligence, digital exams and the curriculum - just some of the insights shared by our own Alex Scharaschkin, AQA Executive Director of Assessment Research and Innovation, in a @newstatesman.com interview. www.newstatesman.com/sponsored/20...

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

A day full of love … for English! 💕 It was a joy to be part of rich, optimistic discussions today at our AQA English Roundtable. A huge amount of knowledge & passion in the room about English past, present & future fed into productive conversations about our discipline. 💕

⏰ 12th & 27th March 📚 Teaching Modern Literature 💬 With live Q&A Two chances to catch another fab Curriculum Connect session from Jo and our Subject Support Team. 👇👇👇 www.aqa.org.uk/professional...

⏰ 5th March & 2nd April - Teacher-led ‘Worlds & Lives’ Curriculum Connect with live Q&A 👇👇👇 www.aqa.org.uk/professional...

The English team at AQA is excited to share the launch of some small but meaningful changes to GCSE English Language for the Summer 2026. To find out more, visit us at aqa.org.uk/english-lang...

Local authorities in England can fine parents whose kids do not turn up to school 2018/19: 288,000 penalty notices issued 2023/24: 443,000 penalty notices issued This year the penalty is £80. That's about £35m of fines or ~£4 for every pupil in England. Source www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Cheonggyecheon is proof that removing highways can make cities better. 20 years ago, Seoul replaced concrete with a stream, and the results are remarkable: cooler temperatures, cleaner air, and 12 million visitors annually. My latest for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

One of the things that keeps me going back to Twitter is that I get fairly regular DMs on there asking me for advice about reading. Just to be clear: I am more than happy for people to DM on here for the same reason. Please repost this if you think this info might be useful to someone.

For 16% of teachers, 2025 marks a big change—they say it’s ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ they’ll leave their school this year. 🚪✋ Classroom teachers in the most affluent schools are the least likely to want to jump ship, with 40% ‘very unlikely’ to leave.

Today’s read

CfP! It's the beginning of a new year, and your thoughts turn naturally to the future of English Studies... Join us in July for the third English: Shared Futures conference, hosted in beautiful York. www.englishsharedfutures.org/cfp @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

There aren’t many tickets left for our History conference this year - and they’re selling fast! Get them now - we’ll see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/ark-soane-...

Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...

The comments under this week's newsletter, particularly from people who changed their career in their 40s, are extremely lovely. In short: it's not too late. You can still do it iandunt.substack.com/p/happy-new-...

A dimension often missed in the discussion around whether children should enjoy lessons is that there are 30 in a class. Not everything appeals to everyone. A lot of top-level education discussions see schooling as individual, but it’s not: it’s collective.

I've set up #EduStorygraph, which is a collection educators who use #Storygraph and use this platform to share their reading choices! If I've missed you off, please let me know! go.bsky.app/NAdymR6

London English teachers, make a date to join us on Jan 25th to hear from Ken Jones and brilliant colleagues!

..and tickets are now available at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-space...

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

📢 We're hiring a PRIMARY SPECIALIST (part-time or full-time; we're flexible)! If you have a background in primary teaching and ❤️ retrieval practice then please do apply here ⬇️ uk.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk... Email [email protected] if you have questions.

I’m away for a few days, so although I’m very happy to pop up here to tell you what #RecipeOfTheDay is, I’m afraid I won’t be around to see or respond to your posts to me. Anyway, today I have my Chocolate Pear Pudding for you! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

Every time I go to a public library I begin to believe again that we can create amazing things that are just there for all to enjoy and use for free.

Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.

Which educators are on the New Year Honours list? We have listed them all below, including a knighthood for Nick Gibb and a CBE for @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social Congratulations to all! www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Something to remember

For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?

A1 I also think now is a good time to throw our that Oxford's word of the year for 2024 is "Brain rot"--overconsumption of media: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-.... #EduSkyChat

Many thanks for all the kind comments on my being awarded a CBE. Tonight I’ll raise a glass to the amazing pupils, colleagues and leaders I’ve worked with, learnt from, and been privileged to represent over a career of almost 40 years. A happy new year to you all. schoolsweek.co.uk/former-schoo...

You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.

This piece is just 🤯. A must-read. www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...

Labour's schools bill news, we've got you covered: The headlines: https://buff.ly/3ZZ3AzP Academy fallout (pt 1): https://buff.ly/4gmfd9I Academy fallout (pt 2): https://buff.ly/3OZxHkd Opinion: https://buff.ly/4gIp1ue Key policy round-up: https://buff.ly/41EVMo7

Oracy, literacy, leadership and impact: come and join us for the @ascl-uk.bsky.social Literacy and Oracy Conference 2025: ascl.org.uk/professional...

🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I'm very excited to announce the keynote speakers for our #Soane25 history teacher conference on Saturday, 8 February 2025. 👇 Read more below 👇 🎟️ Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ark-soane-... (1/3)