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Phil Stock

@philstock.bsky.social

Deputy Headteacher | Director Greenshaw Research School | Teaching and Learning | Research | Running | Novice allotment owner

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My latest post on how to write a coherent pupil premium strategy

23.10.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Statement of Intent: why a clear vision matters Phil Stockโ€™s Pupil Premium blog series considers the importance of a clear, collaborative Statement of Intent.

'A clear intent sets direction for everyone in the school and becomes the anchor for decision-making designed to make a difference.'

Check out @philstock.bsky.socialโ€™s latest blog on the Pupil Premium Strategy's Statement of Intent - part two of our new series: researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

27.09.2025 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Words into Actions: Purposeful Pupil Premium Strategies Phil Stock's blog series considers where we can strengthen our Pupil Premium strategies ahead of the December deadline.

"If we get things right for our most disadvantaged pupils, we're highly likely to get things right for all pupils."

Ahead of December's deadline for Pupil Premium Strategies, @philstock.bsky.social kicks off a blog series to help leaders strengthen their plans: researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

23.09.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This strikes me as obvious, no?

19.06.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why we pair students with EHCPs with peers for revision sessions One education director at a trust of special schools outlines how this simple practice benefits both students simultaneously

One education director outlines how a simple practice of matching students with EHCPs with peers for revision sessions benefits both students simultaneously

03.06.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Completely agree with this - sounds like a great talk

31.05.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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National curriculum assessments: past test materials Assessment materials used for the phonics screening check, key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests in the past 3 years, including test papers.

Link to all the 2025 KS2 test materials www.gov.uk/government/c...

23.05.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A cold childhood My unheated home wasnโ€™t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.

Me in The New Statesman today on poverty.

Please share :)

22.05.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 225    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Universal provision: The Teacher is the Intervention Phil Stock continues his series on Greenshaw High Schoolโ€™s Graduated Response exploring Stage 0: Universal Provision.

'When every teacher owns the strategy, every pupil benefits.'

Our latest blog by @philstock.bsky.social continues to explore Greenshaw High School's 5 stages of Graduated Response - this time focusing on Stage 0: Universal Provision ๐Ÿ‘‡
researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

19.05.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

If you want to know how we are putting inclusion at the heart of our school, then read this post.

19.05.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's becoming very obvious that generative AI is making all forms of non-exam assessment totally obsolete.

It's a threat to the integrity of education everywhere.

It's not that hard to solve though - we just need more handwritten & in-person exams!

substack.nomoremarking.com/p/how-should...

17.05.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Donโ€™t most schools do this?

07.05.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very sorry for your loss. This is terrible news.

09.04.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Graduated Response: A whole school approach Phil Stock talks through moving towards a whole school model of how to support pupils with different levels of need.

Shaping our Graduated Response.

Read our latest blog by our Director @philstock.bsky.social sharing how Greenshaw High School moved towards a whole school model of how to support pupils with different levels of need. researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

04.04.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enjoying Jeffrey Boakye at the inaugural London and South East literacy conference #UnlockEd

02.04.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking it down (supporting writing in Science) Breaking it down (supporting writing in Science)

Thank you to @greenshawrs.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about literacy in Science today.
In our session next week, we'll be thinking about writing in Science (among other things), and it brought to mind this post from a while back (2021!) #ancienthistory
researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...

27.03.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Our Graduated Response: A whole school approach Phil Stock talks through moving towards a whole school model of how to support pupils with different levels of need.

First blog in a series looking out the development of our whole school graduated response model. researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

22.03.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Graduated Response: A whole school approach Phil Stock talks through moving towards a whole school model of how to support pupils with different levels of need.

Part I of a new series of blogs looking at how weโ€™re putting inclusion at the very heart of our school.

This post describes the overall structure.

researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

21.03.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks so much, Lance. There are others to follow.

22.03.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Graduated Response: A whole school approach Phil Stock talks through moving towards a whole school model of how to support pupils with different levels of need.

Part I of a new series of blogs looking at how weโ€™re putting inclusion at the very heart of our school.

This post describes the overall structure.

researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

21.03.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Use the promo code PROMO-129 for a reduced price. Some great keynotes and workshops.

03.03.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With keynotes from @benniekara.bsky.social & Jeffrey Boakye, this conference is being hosted by the five Research Schools across London & the South-East. ๐Ÿคฉ

Find out more about the conference, browse the workshops on offer & BOOK TICKETS HERE โฌ‡๏ธ
www.unlock-ed.org

27.02.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't miss out on tickets for our fantastic literacy conference on Wed 2 April run by the Research Schools Network in London & the South-East...

25.02.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a good post and something we have been working on as a school for the last couple of years.

22.02.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Taking the early years seriously: Rethinking workforce professionalism : My College JULIAN GRENIER,ย EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR, UK Childrenโ€™s learning in the early years is hugely important: growing research evidence backs this up. The first three years of life are the most se...

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—น๐˜†

Delighted to be in Impact issue 23, journal of @collegeofteaching.bsky.social

Can school leaders develop an 'extended professionalism': leading the local system of early education and care beyond the school gate? Read on โคต๏ธ

my.chartered.college/impact_artic...

19.02.2025 06:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What do other people think of Impact Magazine?

To be honest, Iโ€™m struggling a bit with this latest edition. It seems unnecessarily wordy to me and Iโ€™m not really clear who itโ€™s aimed at.

17.02.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reading like a historian In advance of our Disciplinary Literacy webinars, Dom Bell considers how pupils read history.

How do pupils read history compared with other disciplines?

Read Dom's blog - and sign-up for our free webinars on Disciplinary Literacy in History (& in other subjects) taking place after half term โฌ‡๏ธ researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ne...

11.02.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿงฎ We're really looking forward to our next Let's Talk Maths webinar with Ginny Reddick from London North East Maths Hub. ๐Ÿงฎ

๐Ÿ“…12th Feb 2025 - 4 - 5.15pm

Sign up here โฌ‡๏ธ
shorturl.at/thkTc

@nyorkscoastrs.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social

30.01.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Iโ€™ve still got over 300 of these if anyone is interested. Please get in touch.

03.02.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What's Disciplinary Literacy in Maths all about?

Join us on Wednesday as @singhamarbeerg.bsky.social considers the uniqueness of reading in Maths in Part 1 (of 2) of our subject specific webinars on Disciplinary Literacy.

Sign-up for 1-4 subjects hereโžก๏ธbit.ly/GRSDisLit

23.01.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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