Being a Jew in modern Britain latest British Museum intimidated into cancelling an event about Jews, because Jews. It's not 'regrettable'. If this happened with any other community, it would lead to outrage. But it's just the Jews www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/pre...

You've all switched off your alarms, right?

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

So Ofsted are now considering some sort of "similar schools" measure for attainment says used for inspection. Anyone remember this?

Didn’t realise the Eurovision was going to be co-presented by Swiss Tony #eurovision

Everyone remembered to do their Headteacher's Declaration?

An interesting little "compare and contrast" set of results from Teacher Tapp. Look at the bottom to see which is general opinions and which is primary leaders (although you may be able to guess) I guess a primary optimist might hope that 'primary teachers' come closer to primary leaders' views...

Today's news: DfE provider taken by surprise by all primary schools wanting to access SATs registers on the day that all primary schools are required to access SATs registers.

If you are going to force schools into an accountability exercise, then making sure the tools of that exercise work properly would be useful...

Delighted to see this in my email today from @naht.org.uk

Companies that allow your child's work to be "published" so that you can pay for a copy of the book - dreadful racket or exciting opportunity for children? Where do you stand?

Been saying it for months - sensory needs is the new trauma informed.

I’m sorry, but everyone now knows exactly what Reform stands for, so if you vote for them, you’re a nasty racist with no respect for other humans. No ‘I didn’t know’ or ‘the other parties have let me down’ excuses now. Shame on them and shame on you.

School leaders at the @naht.org.uk conference have paved the way towards industrial action over Ofsted’s new inspection framework, after warning that ‘polite concern is not enough’

It's interesting to be that in articles and analysis like this, no-one ever mentions parenting. Is that because no-one thinks it's a factor or because no-one dare say it? www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Good luck getting much reading for pleasure done without any literacy. 🙄

Here’s a challenge for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and DfE Name some names? Of the 20000+ state schools in England , can you list 10 who are delivering food to the standards and without additional support for £2.61 per meal

Ministers have assured schools have ample funding to carry out its ambitious overhaul of school food standards. But one of the schools praised by the DfE in its press release about the new standards has said funding is 'not sufficient'

Hypothesis: the focus on use of colons and semi-colons at Key Stage 2 has actively worsened the quality of writing produced in Year 6.

I'm at a children's party. And as if things weren't bad enough, someone has now started a game of pass-the-parcel going anticlockwise!

Do knowledge-rich curriculums cause mental health problems? by superwoman @daisychristo.bsky.social Key takeaways: Beware of using simple correlations as causalities and make comparisons with comparable data! Question answer: No, they don't. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

Today I've learned that in French, the Hogwarts sorting hat is called the 'Choixpeau', and I'm delighted!

Oh good. Another new thing to publish online. And finally a solution to that constant problem of having so many volunteers for governance and not having enough for them to do... Oh hang on... 🙄

Increasingly clear that Reform view anyone on benefits as undeserving. Might as well reintroduce the Victorian workhouse and stop beating about the bush

Does anyone include a "how you can help at home" type section in their parent reports?

There should be a special category for CBeebies viewing. The quality of BBC programming for young kids is amazing (and can educate a parent or two along the way) www.gov.uk/government/n...

Very intelligent from @bennewmark.bsky.social on the proposed SEND reforms. Would be great if the government are listening: bennewmark.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/t...

Oh good. Another f***ing form. That'll fix it.

One of the greatest challenges of properly supporting inclusion is the reliance on temporary pockets of funding.

What does this mean? (The "what does this mean? link didn't help me understand what it means) Is "below average" an indication that there is *less* deprivation than average?

schoolsweek.co.uk/fury-as-ofst... There are heads around like this - presumably raised in Michael Wilshaw's image - who think that you can just demand and bully success from things by being "tough" or "unapologetic". The damage they cause goes unregistered in the all-powerful data.

@teachertapp.bsky.social do you already have data on how much time school SENCos have dedicated to the role? It would be interesting to see (a) how much time there is for smaller/larger schools, but also whether that grows with the new reforms.

Oh good. We're back in an era of "I'll make no apology..." tough man talk

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21

When you see some of trials people go through with the TRA and getting struck off! And then there's this sort of thing

Who's still using bank notes anyway?

1/ I have done a data dive on ‘The Two Deprivations’ and the govt’s Green-Reform dilemma: parables.substack.com/p/the-two-de... It references the work of @luketryl.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social

Regardless of the merits of the broader policy, it is an absurd expectation to place on *volunteers* to say that one of them must be the named responsible governor for matters of literal life and death. consult.education.gov.uk/medical-cond...

Important thread

I missed this article when it was first published but it hits a very important nail on the head! We're building any SEND improvements on very shaky ground.

I think I would write this as FURTHER overwhelming SENCos www.tes.com/magazine/new...

This 'correction' from @lewisgoodall.com regarding accusations from Reform and the Conservatives that the Greens engaged in sectarianism, deserves to be widely read. #c4news

Developing this great sense of foreboding that we may soon end up with huge numbers of children with legally enforceable ISPs with things like fiddle toys on them.

Feels about right schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-in-e...

Section F describing provision that should be universally available for all children…

What if EHCPs are actually not all that good anyway?

I predict that more resources into exisiting SEND orthodoxies will drive more demand and even further overwhelm schools. There will be less consistency and predictability in schools, which will make quality first teaching harder to achieve. This will also drive more demand for specialist help.

Every single person in the UK will think this is something else for a split second

Some cynics might have thought we'd seen all this stuff before, but clearly things have changed: the triangle is now upside-down. 😆

There will be a *lot* of noise on Monday about how any changes to SEND provision are unacceptable, or will leave children with SEND without support, or is cutting corners. In truth, some SEND support is a sop to parents who feel something should be done, and some does more harm than good.