"Gibb’s apparent Pavlovian response to hearing his favourite words and authors led him to swiftly appoint (often highly inexperienced) people to key positions of influence over the education of England’s millions of children"

This is a superb thread that captures and explains the frustrations many of us feel, but did not/could not articulate as well as this. 👏 Bravo.

How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

It isn’t used by many - luckily- I think NEU research says 3% of schools ? - which begs the Q “why?” (It’s poor) but those who do IME are having it thrust upon them by SLT who think the way to achieve consistency is to get everyone using the same thing.

Exactly have we deskilled teacher so much schools need to buy this? It’s like all the phonic schemes etc when L&S was free and accessible!

@warwickmansell.bsky.social I wondered if you’d like to take a look at this? And maybe @oaknational.bsky.social might explain this ?

The problem now is that so much public I money has been pumped into it the DfE can’t ditch it. And for the record I was never ‘on’ it. Extremely poor resources& no willingness to listen to any advice on what needs changing (despite spending much of my unpaid time meeting people to talk about this)

I am just completely over Oak. Such a gravy train for some DFE/Gibb favourites that turned into a shocking waste of tax payers money.

>> how about this, free, advice. Don’t use them.

I presume they meant UK office hours. But whatever, this seems a very poor attitude to dealing with others’ money, not grasping that the person on the other end is spending time worrying they’ve been scammed etc, etc. Anyway. Not worth any further attention. I won’t be using their services again!

Seeing how they are calling for crimes against humanity, maybe it’s time to proscribe Farage and the Reform Party

Reform is racist. Let’s just say it. Loudly and often. They’re racist. Don’t take them on on how they plan to fund their nonsense. They don’t care. They don’t say it because they’ve worked it out. They say it for headlines and for voters who want prejudice as policy. They’re racist. They’re failure.

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt

She jumps on any bandwagon - a lack of critical thinking. Has she thought that he wouldn't send his child to her school simply because he would want a white man as a headmaster?

He certainly was among the worst of us. I'd say I'm shocked by her saying this but given her past record, I'm not.

He advocated stoning gays

If I had a child in her school, I would be on the phone to her this morning. However, there is no way I would send a child to her school.

I cannot understand how this woman is an allowed near children. She should be investigated.

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Surely Gordon Mcsweeney has to go doesn't he? He must have been the one to recommend Mandelson + he must have also overseen him being appointed? He is now a liability for Keir Starmer. If a reset of Govt is needed Mcsweeney needs to go. He is Labour's Dominic Cummings

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Irony is clearly not dead. The ideology that he and Gove visited on the system has been very damaging.

The numbers harmed are considerable.

OMG ! The irony 🤦🏼‍♀️…save us from the ideologues. When I consider the damage wreaked by the brothers Grimm 🤬

A legacy of significant attendance issues for those left behind in the race to the top, off rolling of the inconvenient pupils and massive neglect of children with SEND. All have paid a high price for Gibb and Gove's smug assumptions of progress. The lost children of Tory ideology

A picture not dissimilar to that of Hiroshima, 80 years ago to the day. Such is the scale of devastation and misery.

Why turn to other relatively inexperienced Teach First graduates. Do you find it hard to connect to the broader base of the teaching profession.

Why are we starving in Gaza? It’s not a natural disaster. It’s not because markets ran out. It’s because Israel decided to block food. To stop trucks. To shoot at aid lines. To bomb the bakeries. To kill the farmers. To create hunger , on purpose. This is not a crisis. This is a war tactic. ⏬️

Just watch. And read. 💔

Utterly abysmal - the reality while you insist all is well in schools! news.sky.com/story/uk-nea...

You've come a long way, America

It’s called being “woke”. These idiots against being woke do not know the true definition of woke.

Yup. This. Pester your local councillor. Every pothole, broken streetlamp & bus shelter, every missed bin collection, flood because of blocked drains, nuisance neighbour, parking issues, noise from pubs, anti-social behaviour

A seat in The Lords is becoming a badge of shame. The money for old rope daily allowance doesn’t help their case along with promoting deplorables

For those who have no previous knowledge of Spielman, suffice to say, she presided over this. #EduSky @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social @theguardian.com

A wonderful Early Years conference today at BSB celebrating the rights of the child to puposeful and playful learning that is developmentally appropriate. Bravo @estheroconnor.bsky.social for organising and thank you @earlyexcellence.bsky.social for providing such great speakers in Phil and Nova.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

'J.D Vance is the most disliked US vice president in the history of polling' So well deserved. His sneering contempt for most people, including the uk, doesn't endear him to me either, even from this safe distance.

This is adults bullying children. The whole organisation needs to be put under new management. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

That set up was well rehearsed and executed to inflict max psychological injury to Zelensky. They acted in a pack, finger pointing and insulting him. He did try to speak up but was silenced by the shouting. It didn't achieve their aim though as people were repelled by their behaviour.

Bullying someone in a situation where they’re the foreign language speaker hugely increases their stress, therefore, increases the power of the bully. I can’t imagine what adding a wall of cameras &knowing the world is watching would add to that stress. The courage taken to ‘speak back’ was immense

And Vance wants to take the U.K. to task for ‘having a problem with free speech.’ 🤯Are there no Republicans whatsoever in the Senate with hearts, brains or courage? Incredible.

For those who speak French much better than me, here is the speech in full. Nous sommes tous d’accord avec vous, M. Malhuret. Merci. #FBPE.

"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who

I hear #Ofsted are just chucking paint at the wall now 😳

It’s really disheartening to see this kind of thing happening. There’s a noticeable shift toward mistrust, micromanagement, and a real lack of understanding around EYFS, and it’s coming not only from Ofsted but, disappointingly, from some senior leaders & MATs as well.

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Cicero was a very wise man