Llyn Tegid is a fair sight this morning…

Work side-by-side me as CURRICULUM VICE PRINCIPAL to turn @AstreaErnulf into one of BEST schools in the country! ✅ Boss corridors ✅ Drive outcomes ✅ Lead curriculum ✅ Refine systems ✅ Disruption-free learning ✅ TLAC DM for informal chat & how we can support relocation bit.ly/4ljPAce

When you’re coming towards the end of term, a hit of this is always welcome first thing in the morning!

On Supporting Statements. My advice to job applicants… thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/o...

On Supporting Statements. My advice to job applicants… thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/o...

Last call - more to come next week

NEW POST! Leadership in schools requires mental resilience. Here are my thoughts ‘On Coping’… thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/o...

NEW POST! Leadership in schools requires mental resilience. Here are my thoughts ‘On Coping’… thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/o...

What. #spurs #city

This looks interesting. I’ve signed up.

We have 6 Christmas trees. 6.

Imagine where we could be if we could actually finish the chances we create #swfc

My first blog post - all feedback welcome (but be gentle to a first timer 😉) On curriculum and teams… my thinking heavily influenced by @samgibbs.bsky.social @saysmiss.bsky.social @samcrome.bsky.social and @lekhasharma.bsky.social leadingfromthefrontoftheclass.blog/2024/11/23/i...

On Coping Being a headteacher is the best job in the world. But it is also hard work, not in a physical sense but in terms of the cognitive demands. It requires mental resilience to an extent that you don't appreciate until you're sat in… https://thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/on-coping/

I arrive back home from the barbers only to arrive at a variety of boxes filled with glittery items of green, red and gold. The tree is going up. 😬

I love seeing this work from @starkeycomics.bsky.social - and yay, he’s here! Give him a follow for beautiful graphics and fascinating etymology.

Spent the day at Boulby Underground Lab near Whitby - 1.1km underground. Dark matter searches, neutrino physics, very low cosmic ray and background radiation suitable for (amongst many other things) quantum computing. It’s a pretty unique facility and the mine is remarkable - over 100km of tunnels!

I’ve given up on The Naked And The Dead. All Quiet On The Western Front is a better book on the futility of war. Call me a philistine.

I want a similar AI model to set out what would have happened if neoliberalism had not forced Bristol City into selling Andy Cole to Newcastle Utd in 1993.

Emotional this morning about the loss of Prescott. He hugely inspired my dad, who became a Labour councillor at the age of 50, after years as a bus driver. He gave permission to be in politics, while being your imperfect self, whatever your accent or background.

Hi new followers! Some info about myself…

I don’t have many followers on here so please share if you have more. Connect Ed is free CPD provided by our partnership (TCCT and Beckfoot Trust). Everyone deserves access to great CPD. This is our small contribution to the sector that we care so deeply about.

A lot of common sense coming out of this. 👍🏻

I’ve come to the conclusion that the essence of great teaching is managing attention.

I have managed to convince the small person to put down Roblox and watch one of the RI Christmas Lectures with me. #magician

Big coat is ready for the morning.

Lots of records being broken in this game, no?

Kane starts, England stodgy. I am far from surprised.

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“You cannot let anger narrow your circle” - amen to that

This feels relevant in the discussions on Ofsted etc. Leaders in the sector need to: - give constructive but robust feedback to DfE - build a culture of doing the right thing regardless, not whatever we perceive Ofsted as wanting

This is a great post. Some of us are witnessing these societal trends play out daily! All we can do is keep trying to engage families, look at the individual circumstances and provide interventions that are sustainable, not to the detriment of our core business.

My take on the whole OFSTED consultation thing: it is what it is. Once we know more and the proper drafts come out, then it’s time to think properly about it. Early speculation just creates anxiety, and that’s not what the sector needs right now.

A bit of quality time with the small person. #goroses

So true, we need more sport and more #swfc in particular #wawaw

Time for my own introduction then. I’m Associate Principal for a school in Barnsley. The school is part of Astrea Academy Trust, which has 4 secondaries in South Yorkshire and 4 in Cambridgeshire. Our South Yorkshire schools serve social-economically challenged contexts.

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What a team, what a kit, what a Kop #SWFC #UTO

Rebel Rebel Without A Cause

Wicked problems. Wicked because they can't be 'solved'. The response will cause discord somewhere - in another group or part of this system. All you can do is recognise, mitigate where possible&weigh up if response is doing more harm then other responses or then doing nothing.

Freedom 💙 #totp

Cast! #totp Saw these at Wentworth Festival not so long back. They were great!

Be careful not to confuse ‘task’ with ‘concept’, the former being pedagogy and the latter being curriculum. Learning for learning’s sake is intrinsic motivation.

I wrote a thing. Happy Friday everyone.

On Motivation So, a few weeks into the role, and there's many things that I've learned. One of the most striking things I've understood is that, among many other responsibilities, a school head is the cheerleader for the school in so… https://thinkcurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/on-motivation/

Some interesting use of figures tonight to justify an argument. Whatever your views on matters, ‘only’ 0.002% of the NHS budget is still nearly £4 million. That’s a huge sum.

Excellent column from Bagehot. I particularly endorse the message: "Politicians confuse equality with fairness at their peril." NB: fairness≠equality. Much research by Christina Starmans & team @ Yale shows that humans prefer unequal distribution of money/resources if it's perceived to be fairer.

Hello new followers. I better start contributing.

#SimplytheBest #swfc