It’s #resultsday in the Wheeler house today. 😬Very good luck to all young people collecting results and a shout out to their anxious parents. See you on the other side…..

A new blog from our Director of Communications @madswheeler.bsky.social outlines how our newly-updated teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard can help you to make sense of education in your constituency. ✍️ www.nfer.ac.uk/blogs/making...

One to look out for on Monday. 👇 Some more harsh truths for us all to engage with - including Government.

Worth a read 👇🏻 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This #CollegesWeek2025 is an opportunity to celebrate the staff who work in our Colleges supporting adults & young people to make progress in their lives. However there aren't enough of them. This excellent piece by @jessjanehill.bsky.social is a must read feweek.co.uk/fe-college-t...

We need to be sure the measurement is accurate if we are ever going to understand whether the disadvantage attainment gap is closing. schoolsweek.co.uk/we-cant-clos...

A really interesting perspective on the education workforce challenges schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-data-und...

A date for your diaries…. 👀👇🏻

I very much appreciated this piece by Anthony Bravo on behalf of @aoc-info.bsky.social . It reflects much of my own thoughts and feelings about AI - but in a much more ordered and well-expressed way! www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...

Welcome @ajrblakey.bsky.social !! 👋🏻

Yes I am so very handsome. What of it?

Even though it can feel like no-one's listening at times it's important that we keep talking about adult education and skills. This view from @thenfer.bsky.social colleague Jude Hillary in today's @feweek.bsky.social provides useful insight. feweek.co.uk/the-latest-o...

@thenfer.bsky.social was fortunate to receive funding from the Education Endowment Foundation to follow 2 cohorts of primary pupils through school as we came out of the pandemic. This from colleague Tara Paxman is a great overview of what we found schoolsweek.co.uk/what-impact-...

There is still much to be debated as we consider how best to meet the skills requirements for the future, but this paper from @thenfer.bsky.social is a useful contribution www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...

Really interesting additional insights into the ongoing teacher recruitment and retention debate. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

I feel it’s time for a random cat photo so here is my Flo in the bath 🥰

With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving. Here is a starter pack of major media outlets. Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.

On the day the SoS announced plans to use spare capacity in primary schools to support expansion of nursery provision, NFER published further analysis of what is happening with pupil numbers in Primary. 👇🏻 www.nfer.ac.uk/blogs/what-h...

If you are interested in pupil number forecasts then this forthcoming series of NFER blogs is for you. This first offering looks at the latest DfE forecasts released in the summer and surprised many of us with some significant revisions 👇 www.nfer.ac.uk/blogs/just-a...

As a school governor I am privileged to get an insight into 'results days' first hand. Just back from the marvellous Wallingford School and overwhelmed by the energy of the young people celebrating all manner of achievements. And the dedication of the staff that got them there 🙌

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money

Always a good way to catch up on the week... edcentral.uk/edpolicy/70-...

Results day is on Thursday. And we'll be interested to see entry numbers and retention rates for T-Levels. Retention rates last year were poor: just two thirds of those due to complete T-Levels in 2023 finished the course. 🔗 ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2024/08/five...

New NFER report out today showing some fascinating changes in the subjects being studied at A level. www.nfer.ac.uk/press-releas...

Tomorrow NFER will be publishing new research - supported by the @britishacademy.bsky.social - looking at how A Level subject choices have changed over recent years and following recent reforms. It's a fascinating read. I will publish a link on here in the morning :)