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Les Walton CBE FRSA Phd (Hon)MEd

@leswalton.bsky.social

Chair of Association of Education Advisers supporting IQSEA, the international standard for school improvement Visiting Professor Sunderland University. Author,’Education the Rock&Roll Years’ ‘Chronicles of the Time Travelling Teacher’.

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Well said Jonny

28.01.2025 18:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Let's get a sense of proportion about the schools bill Its provisions are as mild as they are necessary, and they don't even begin to challenge our underlying problem

My piece in @schoolsweek.bsky.social Time everyone moved beyond petty politics and hyperbole. We have much more important things to focus on. We should be re-imagining the school system to serve all young people properly not re-hashing 10 year old arguments.

schoolsweek.co.uk/political-po...

27.01.2025 21:37 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 2
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Let's get a sense of proportion about the schools bill Its provisions are as mild as they are necessary, and they don't even begin to challenge our underlying problem

👐 'Delivering the government's opportunity mission could make this political moment the most consequential for young people in our lifetimes'

27.01.2025 18:00 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 3
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Eight years ago a meeting was held in the DfE attended by the key national leaders inc Schools Commission @ofsted and the DfE. Applying the Pareto Principle decided a quality standard for school improvement advisers would have a major impact on school improvement.

schoolsweek.co.uk/how-ministers

27.01.2025 18:01 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0