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Talking to more and more Heads that are struggling to cope with the demands of the job. I'm convinced we need to redesign our roles, acutely assess how we spend our time, re-evaluate priorities and change. We can't work the way we did 5 or 10 years ago, the game has changed.
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I think Ofsted are mistaking causation for correlation. Whilst low expectations will cause lower than average outcomes, not all those schools with lower than average outcomes have low expectations. Maybe it would help if you recognised this distinction.
I'm running a rare (cos I never have time any more) Whole Class Reading In KS2 Zoom on Sunday morning at 10am next week, if anyone fancies it. I know a few people have asked when I'll do one. I also know it's short notice. Reposts appreciated.
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The increasing demands on teachers and leaders are becoming unsustainable. We have the push for inclusion, which the new framework punishes. Improved retention has no chance with the increasing demands on teachers and leaders.
How are we going to square this circle?
I wonder if AI was used to write the DFE White Paper.
It has the clunky feel of poorly crafted sentences, repetition of strange language, odd shifts in tense and some odd punctuation.
I haven't got through all 120 pages yet, but I am already a bit puzzled by some if it...
Triangle, with apex at the top, showing four layers from 'All children' at the base, rising through 'School Action', 'School action plus' to 'Statement' (The pre-2015 SEND model)
Triangle, with point at the bottom, showing three layers of support, with 'Targeted' at the broad top of the diagram, then 'Targeted plus' and narrowing to 'Specialist'
Some cynics might have thought we'd seen all this stuff before, but clearly things have changed: the triangle is now upside-down. 😆
This. 100%
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New on Substack: New post: Why does dividing curriculum into knowledge components feel so unstable? Because we're imposing localist structure on a distributed system. The brain doesn't store knowledge in pieces. profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/curriculum...
My teaching daughter is Head of Y10 in an inadequate school. She is passionate and brilliant at it. Today she told me she is thinking of leaving teaching. She wants a life - evenings/weekends. The teacher part of me is so sad - she should be the future. As a mum I can see burn out is a risk at 27.
Teachers are overwhelmed by the guilt of not meeting needs.
“Staff know what children need, but they cannot provide it.
They carry the emotional fallout of systemic failure daily. Participants in my research described feeling responsible for needs that no single teacher or school could meet.”
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I am writing - here is my first blog of 2026. This year will be the year where I write all those things I promised myself I would write, when I had the time.
Now I have the time.
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The Bertvent books
Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
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Take a look at moderation as professional development, and consider the curriculum impact of effective moderation with our guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble:
Insightful thread.
Alarming how little understanding of how schools operate this dfe advice shows.
Spat tea at "the SENCO on site and contactable" as if busiest people in school calmly sitting in their offices browsing clothes on the internet just waiting to come and resolve the odd little issue.
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Out now: Early Years High 5
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
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Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social
🧵Thread worth reading…
There are lessons about unintended consequences that are not being learnt by government here.
I am worried about how these new targets all align with an inclusion agenda.
I hope the DFE are aware of the population prevalence of identified SEND.
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Latest on our Substack - I attempt to prove mathematically that education can never be fun, with reference to The Flowerpot Men, Jock Stein & the Galapagos tortoise.
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Two books on a wooden shelf
📣📚Back to school book giveaway!📚📣
To win a copy of these two fantastic new books for primary subject leads, simply repost & like.
Winner announced Friday 5th at 5pm. Uk only.
How to Lead it: English by @missis-scs.bsky.social and @triciamoss.bsky.social & Science by @kirstysimkin.bsky.social
This is such a welcome, life-affirming & diverse edition of BBCRadio4 The Verb. Top form delivery from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @lenniesaurus.bsky.social, Alex Wharton, @natholborow.bsky.social & Ian McMillan
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“Sometimes You Find A Dragon” by @vivschwarz.bsky.social
is a perfect #Assemblybook . It’s about spotting, thinking creatively and finding your voice and your art
It’s a joyful celebration of expressing yourself and exploring the world around you. #PicturebookPage @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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I'll be running a free CPD session to talk about the importance of gorgeous resources and to introduce the Primary Curriculum Accelerator.
Monday 8 Sep 3.30 – 4.30
Link to register here marymyatt.typeform.com/TTC019
It’s all in place. However, it’s dull to teach and while pupils have covered the content, we’re not convinced they’ve learnt it deeply.
The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
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