The Abu Dhabi-owned private provider of special schools and children’s homes boosted profits by nearly 30 per cent last year to over £44 million amid “strong demand” for places, financial records show schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...

Loved chairing this panel, hearing a youth, sector and system level perspective, although I don't think I realised how teacherly I look when I do my introductions 😂

How can teachers use stories to encourage curiosity, empathy and engagement in the classroom? A thought-provoking discussion with AQA's @annatreth.bsky.social, writer Joseph Coelho, and children's author Manjeet Mann. #EducationFest

Loved being on this panel geeking out about all things curriculum and assessment 🤓

A Sunday morning read on possessions, loss and memory - made me smile more than you'd think from the title! www.thisverymoment.com/p/the-things...

Yikes. Some slightly depressing stats for a Sunday morning from @samfr.bsky.social 😭

Crikey, the views from the Manchester train home are particularly gorgeous today 😍

This is hugely important 👌

Finally getting to the brilliant Superhead series on @bbcradio4.bsky.social by @johndickenssw.bsky.social. Definitely worth a listen to get an overview of the rise and fall of one of the early Superheads www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sunday morning reading: Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes. A brilliant if brutal read about adolescence. Would highly recommend, though it will get you thinking about your teenage self!

Finally sitting down to some half term reading - Exam Nation by @sammywright.bsky.social - with my cat ensconced on my lap 👌

“We can’t wait for a digital big bang,” says AQA CEO Colin Hughes in @schoolsweek.bsky.social. “We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for better, fairer assessment.” bit.ly/3YgsSqX

Temporary price cut alerts for researchED Milton Keynes! Get your tickets now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

I see Helen Hayes has been appointed to Chair the Education Select Committee, which bodes well. Was slightly staggered to see this - though I don't know why as I've been following education policy for a good long while!

Calling all MAT CEOs, Directors of Education, and Directors of Mathematics with primaries. I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics. I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...

Well this got me all misty eyed on a Monday evening. Well worth a read.

This poem about parenthood - mothers specifically - has stopped me in my tracks. From this excellent reflection on love and giving from Elizabeth Oldfield open.substack.com/pub/morefull...

What can this year's exam entries tell us to look out for on results days tomorrow? That's the question my new colleague, Dr Chinwe Njoku, poses in this blog. Well worth a read if you have a few minutes! bit.ly/46XAFxD

Right, as much as I'm enjoying the basic early twitter feel that Blue Sky is bringing, is an edit button too much to ask for?! Apparently so 😭

Uh-oh. I'm clearly giving out those 'I need to be redeemed' vibes as I get out of the station again. I suspect it's a bit late for me to be saved, but top marks for perseverance 😂🔥

@eleanorbernardes.bsky.social 👋

@lizboulton.bsky.social hello! How are you doing? Nice to see you here 😊👋

📢 Exciting role alert: please spread the news 📣 We're after a Community Engagement Manager in mine and @schwitzer.bsky.social's team at AQA. aqa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AQA/de... We're after as diverse a pool as possible, so please share widely. And if anyone wants a chat, just shout!

I have been saying this to anyone willing to listen. England's recruitment and retention problem a) is a problem across many developed economies b) is a problem shared by front line grad careers nursing and social care (I.e. careers which have only become grad careers in the last 30 years)

Okay, something that I've already clocked having only been on here one whole morning is Blue Sky's ability to be an absolute distraction and procrastination tool in the same way that Twitter was but with much less toxic bullshit. Amen to that 🙌😂

Right, finally made the move over here and I'm enjoying the early edutwitter vibes circa 2012 😂 Managed to follow a good few people already but keep those #followfriday coming...

Students across the country got their A-level results today, which showed an overall increase in top grades on last year. Here's all the main trends from the results 🧵