My focus is practical, sustainable improvement - not writing a report and disappearing.

If your school, trust or organisation could use support, feel free to DM me here. Shares appreciated.

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I’m available to support schools, trusts and organisations with:
• Curriculum development
• CPD
• Quality assurance
• Subject leadership support
• Department improvement over time

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Recently I’ve been fortunate to work on:
• A national curriculum project + resources
• Curriculum development across a MAT
• The Discover Geography textbook series

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Three major projects have recently come to a natural end, which means I now have capacity for new work.

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Early morning at Lanty's Tarn near Ullswater - with @greeborunner.bsky.social

DfE invites bids from AI tutoring pilot partners The new technology is already used extensively in the classroom but, warns a union, is no 'magic bullet'

The government has invited ed tech companies and AI labs to work with teachers to develop “safe, personalised” AI tutoring tools

schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-invites-bids-from-ai...

The Questions That Teach Geography Moving towards dialogic classrooms

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How can questioning be used to better support disciplinary thinking in geography?

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#Geogchat

Don't ‘prolong staggered starts’ in reception, schools told The DfE has published advice on 'getting children ready for reception'

Schools have been told to avoid 'prolonged staggered starts' for children who are starting reception in new DfE guidance

schoolsweek.co.uk/dont-prolong-staggered-s...

Ofqual: Scrapping long coursework 'never off table' Ian Bauckham said there are 'various possible courses of action' for AI risks

Exclusive: Scrapping extended writing coursework because of fears of artificial intelligence cheating is 'never off the table,' Ofqual’s boss has warned

schoolsweek.co.uk/rise-of-ai-c...

What are we Teaching?: Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum Buy What are we Teaching?: Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum by Bustin, Richard (ISBN: 9781785837180) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Richard Bustin has written a great book on it www.amazon.co.uk/What-are-Tea...

What’s the point? Creating a future-facing geography curriculum

What’s the point of geography?

I’ve been trying to answer this more precisely. Not in terms of content, but in terms of what geography allows pupils to do.

This was the focus of my @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference talk.

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Discover Geography Empower students to understand and think like geographers with this complete and compelling geography curriculum supporting the KS3 Geography National Curriculum for England, Cambridge Lower Secondary...

This talk explores building a future-facing curriculum through:
– meaningful questions
– powerful knowledge
– place and enquiry

It’s also the thinking behind the Discover Geography series with @harpercollins.bsky.social.

collins.co.uk/collections/...

How we moved beyond reading for pleasure at secondary Trust improvement lead Zoe Enser outlines practical ways to embed strong reading habits across a school, without adding a value judgement like ‘pleasure’

"In our trust’s secondary phase, we have refocused on reading for a range of purposes, ensuring that we give students lots of reading experience but without adding a value judgement like 'pleasure'."
@greeborunner.bsky.social explains, in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Lunch of kings. Love injera.

Heading off for a morning stroll across Sheffield to find the Geographical Association conference.

I'm presenting at 2pm - exploring how to create a future-facing geography curriculum.

Made it to Sheffield for @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference. Woop woop!

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I'm heading to Sheffield tomorrow ready to join the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference on Friday.

I'll be presenting ideas on making geography curiculums future-facing and embracing geography's powerful potential.

Excellent as always from @greeborunner.bsky.social

Perfect day for walking in the hills. Up Penyghent with @greeborunner.bsky.social

First academy trust rapped for confidentiality clause New rules state such clauses 'must not be used unless the trust has received prior DfE approval'

📝 An academy trust broke rules after using a confidentiality clause while cutting ties with an employee

🔢 This is the first known case of a trust falling foul of the new rules
schoolsweek.co.uk/first-academy-trust-rapp...

Much to enjoy as well as think about.

How we moved beyond reading for pleasure at secondary Trust improvement lead Zoe Enser outlines practical ways to embed strong reading habits across a school, without adding a value judgement like ‘pleasure’

Is it time to ditch the ‘reading for pleasure’ drive in secondary? @greeborunner.bsky.social explains how her trust has refocused its reading strategy on giving students the experience, vocabulary and reading tools they need

Today's adventures - touring the Dales and finding different places to make coffee in.

Hop into savings this Easter!

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Saw otters for the first time in the wild today. They are cool

Special school Ofsted reports drop mainstream comparisons Special schools were being compared to mainstream schools within the same age range

Special school Ofsted inspection report cards will no longer compare their cohorts to national mainstream averages after complaints from heads

schoolsweek.co.uk/special-school-ofsted-re...

Now if they would stop comparing pupils with SEND across different mainstream schools as if they all have the same needs snd starting points that would be even better

Good

We breakfasted up at the tarn this morning

High achieving poor pupils less likely to get top GCSE marks New research by UCL finds a dip in academic performance between ages 11 and 14

Only 40 per cent of disadvantaged pupils identified as high-achieving at the start of secondary school go on to achieve top GCSE grades, new research has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/high-achieving-disadvant...