Doug O’Brien

Great day at #rED25 - sessions from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, @daisychristo.bsky.social, @chrisfountain.bsky.social and @dougobrien.bsky.social. It is always a delight seeing educators sharing their knowledge (on a Saturday no less) - brings such energy to the start of term.

Great start to the ResearchED National conference from Tom Bennett. A reminder that we should always strive to be evidence informed.

Special moments from our ECT and ITT graduation - celebrating not just the end of a training journey, but the beginning of a lifelong impact on the lives of learners across Cornwall #ExceptionalEducationalExperience

Truly inspiring.
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Inspiring the South West conference @inspiringsw.bsky.social being kicked off by Hayley Bissenden introducing the incredible Chris Lubbe @chrislubbe.bsky.social

Inspiration on a rainy Saturday

@celtacademies.bsky.social bringing great speakers to the heart of the South West

Congratulations to Cohort #1 of our Deputy Headteacher Development Programme. A fantastic year of collaboration, six inspiring school visits and clear actions to improve education for young people. Awesome work!
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@blackdownep.bsky.social

Our amazing Head of Maths @ljohns6.bsky.social presented at Maths Conference today. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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What an awesome INSET day! Over 800 staff from our 16 schools came together to hear about our vision for @CeltAcademies.bsky.social and our Learning Chronicles launch.
A real moment in our Trust story.
Awesome team effort!

Very excited to be sharing some of the great work from @celtacademies.bsky.social at the ResearchED National conference in September.

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Super Sunday Booster Done!
Awesome work from Year 11 this evening at their online Booster for Biology Paper 2!
The eye, blood glucose, evolution, genetic inheritance, peat bogs and loads more.
What a fun evening!

Fantastic day speaking and learning at ResearchED Bournemouth.
Great organisation and such a warm welcome, a pleasure.
Proud to represent @celtacademies.bsky.social talking about our Learning Chronicles and solution focused leadership.
#rEDBmth

#secondarymaths #boostersession #examprep #confidencecounts… | Liza Johns 🧠✏️ “Parallel lines never meet… but in today’s maths booster session, everything aligned perfectly!” Today I delivered a half term booster session to help students prepare for their forthcoming exams...

Check out my post about today's half term booster!

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#LoveTeaching

Great start to the weekend @inspiringsw.bsky.social AI in education conference. Perfectly pitched introduction by @moremorrow.bsky.social

A wonderful start to our AI in Education conference in Cornwall #InspiringSW

What an awesome day!
Grappling with Learning and Teaching framework ideas. The future of learning in @celtacademies.bsky.social is very exciting.
We are privileged to have such open and humble leaders.

One of my favourite activities of the year…timetable blocking.
A rainy day so 100% blocked, now to optimise and schedule.
My gamification of the process definitely helps. Progress bars and split class scores.

This is exciting! Join us for an inspiring day at the AI in Education conference, designed for educators, leaders, and innovators from across Cornwall and the South West to come together and explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the classroom 🤩

Improving attendance is one of top priorities @celtacademies.bsky.social

Sign up to the We’re in Beta Pastoral Champions week to hear all about our seven key strategies to remove barriers.

Link to sign up: www.weareinbeta.community/share/go9Ico...

A sneak peak! ⬇️
Strategy 1 of 7 - Routines

Great work from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review panel.

Explaining the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report - from my visit to Starbank School, Birmingham

Primary school in St Austell celebrates glowing Ofsted report Academy rated as providing a good quality of education and as outstanding in other areas

Fantastic to see Mount Charles School in the news! Well done everyone 👏👏👏
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Have you signed up to the We’re in Beta Pastoral Champions week? We’ve put together a session from Penrice Academy @celtacademies.bsky.social to share our approaches to ‘Closing the Attendance Gap’.
The video is edited! 🎥

Sign up here: www.weareinbeta.community/share/go9Ico...

Absolutely delighted to be taking on a new challenge in a trust whose direction I couldn't be more excited about. It's important to acknowledge that I've had setbacks along the way but they just make the journey more valuable and the lessons learned more long-lasting #jobofmydreams

Today we launched Edition 1 of CELT Connected - a leadership bulletin with thinking, research and news for all our senior leaders.
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Check it out here:
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ECTs on Tour: This time, it’s all about Primary! After an incredible response from our Secondary ECTs, it was fantastic to see so many curious educators eager to explore the primary curriculum and classroom. A great opportunity to bridge the phases and deepen our understanding of our schools.

A great day with colleagues from CELT, West Country, and Ted Wragg. The Bridges by Tom Percival showed how books connect us, spark imagination, and give every child a voice. Just as Mia’s world changes through reading, we explored ways to ensure students feel seen, heard, and empowered.

Why might we not see impact in schools when leaders work tirelessly to improve them? Are they in a Doom Loop?
Spot poor practice, leap to conclusions, launch a new initiative without build up and see poor results - then repeat.
Leaders must build momentum towards clear goals.

Do we do enough for students starting secondary school, who had less than 90% attendance in Year 6?
Only 18% of them achieve Grade 5 in English and Maths compared to 43%.
Embedded attitudes towards engagement, knowledge gaps, underlying barriers… a whole host of factors.

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Fascinating report about the link between attendance and attainment.
Improving attendance from the 90-95% to the 95-100% bracket has the biggest impact on improving odds of achieving Grade 5 in English and Maths, with an odds ratio of x1.9.
An extra 1 - 20 days in school.