Claire Green

Great to host the session from the @britishesports.bsky.social Performance Campus - what a venue!

💻 Recording & resources will be available soon on @ascl-uk.bsky.social Professional Development site, 🆓 for members. (2/2)

Thanks to everyone who joined today’s #Esports webinar and engaged with our brilliant panel! 🎮

Huge thanks to Kalam Neale, Alice Whorley & Tom Dore for sharing expert insights on Esports in education. (1/2)

A fab tour of their fantastic facilities too!
Special shoutout to the lovely students marking #WorldKindnessDay with sweets, cakes & affirmations for their peers 🫶
More on their T Level offer (and a video with Alison!) coming soon 🎥 (2/2)

Huge thanks to Alison Maynard & the team at New College Durham for such a warm welcome & a brilliant insight into their impressive provision 👏
Great conversations on T Levels, V levels, apprenticeships, L2, foundation degrees & employer engagement. (1/2)

#ASCLmembers: the latest #Primary Focus by @tiffharris.bsky.social is out now, with a closer look at the #Curriculum and #Assessment Review and its implications for primary schools, updates on #Ofsted under the new inspection framework, and upcoming professional development opportunities.

Sixth form college teachers accept 4% pay rise Pay award goes ‘some way’ to correcting fallout with non-academised teachers earlier this year, says NEU

💰 Sixth form college teachers have accepted a pay award of 4 per cent but have rejected workload proposals by leaders

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Essential reading: Shuab Gamote & @peterhyman.bsky.social amplify the voices of KS5 students, revealing the wisdom, clarity & hope they bring to today’s challenges.

Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.

The recommendations are 🎯

ASCL briefing | 11 November 2025 ASCL General Secretary, Pepe Di'Iasio, updates school and college leaders with the latest information. This edition includes updates on the First Ofsted inspections,…

Today's briefing with @pepediiasio.bsky.social comes from ASCL HQ and includes reflections on the first #Ofsted inspections under the new framework, Progress 8 and Attainment 8 performance measures, and the latest on the post-16 and skills white paper and V levels: ow.ly/Bz8Z50Xq23b

Check my LinkedIn post for more detail on the context of the Level 3 landscape behind this blog too: www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...

Thanks in advance to Durham Sixth Form Centre & New College Durham for hosting me this week.

If you're happy to share your college’s response to current curriculum & policy issues, I’d love to visit - please get in touch.

#FE #Post16 #CurriculumChange #EducationPolicy #WhitePaper

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Excited to begin a series of FE college visits this week, starting in my university city! Looking forward to hearing from FE leaders on priorities, concerns, & how CAR & White Paper proposals are landing so @ascl-uk.bsky.social can ensure we are representing our FE members optimally. (1/2)

Thanks in advance to @DSFCOfficial & New College Durham for hosting me this week.

If you're happy to share your college’s response to current curriculum & policy issues, I’d love to visit - please get in touch.
#FE #Post16 #CurriculumChange #EducationPolicy #WhitePaper

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🎮 With digital literacy & enrichment key features of this week’s CAR, this exclusive 🆓 webinar for @ascl-uk.bsky.social members is timely.
Join me, Kalam Neale & Alice Whorley from @britishesports.bsky.social to explore how esports can enrich curriculum & inspire future talent.
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ASCL briefing | 7 November 2025 ASCL General Secretary, Pepe Di'Iasio, updates school and college leaders with the latest information. This edition includes updates on the Curriculum and…

In today's video briefing, @pepediiasio.bsky.social is joined by ASCL Deputy Director of Policy @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social and ASCL President @drjoro.bsky.social for their summaries of and reactions to this week's #Curriculum and #Assessment Review final report: ow.ly/ymCw50Xon5b

#education

‘Major concerns’ over Ofsted data changes Schools that volunteered to be first for new inspections should be allowed to withdraw because of changes announced by Ofsted just days before the new system begins, say heads’ leaders

Headteachers' leaders have called for schools who have volunteered to be the first to be inspected by Ofsted to be allowed to withdraw over concerns about changes in the way the watchdog will use data in new inspections. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Curriculum review: Plenty of positives, but it doesn’t change frontline realities Until pay and working conditions are improved, other reforms to the system only increase the issues teachers face, says ASCL general secretary Pepe Di’Iasio

#Curriculum and #assessment review:
Until pay and working conditions are improved, other reforms to the system only increase the issues teachers face, says @pepediiasio.bsky.social in his latest blog in @tesmagazine.bsky.social : ow.ly/8yUu50Xn4C9

*SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT*

We're delighted to announce that two-time World Champion and athletics commentator Colin Jackson CBE will be joining us at #ASCL2026. Colin is a powerful advocate for diversity, inclusion, and #mentalhealth awareness.

Join us: www.ascl.org.uk/annualconference

Thanks to all at today’s
CATS Global Schools Cross-Group INSET.
Key ideas on #IndependentLearning:
💡KS5 students need scaffolding
💡Make them THINK, in & beyond lessons
💡Embed high-quality T&L & resourcing
💡Foster ownership & reflection
💡Build a CULTURE for independence
🤫Silent ≠ independent!

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow for @ascl-uk.bsky.social at CATS Global Schools’ Cross-Group INSET day, focussing on developing independent learning and critical thinking skills.

#IndependentLearning #CriticalThinking #Post16 #ProfessionalLearning

🚨 UCAS sees record 'early entry' October applications:
📈 79,160 total (+7.4%)
🧑‍🎓 41,010 UK 18-year-olds (+5.3%)
🏥 Medicine: 25,770 (+10.4%), incl. mature students (+11.2%)
🌍 Intl. apps: 24,350, led by 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🇸🇬 🇭🇰 🇮🇳
📊 More applicants from deprived areas in England, Wales & Scotland.
#UCAS #HE #EarlyEntry

Really interesting discussion on the White Paper, focusing on some of the aspects that have received less attention / reaction so far.

I agree with @ukshane.bsky.social that this was a real missed opportunity in regards to addressing the pay gap between school & FE teachers.

It also shares inspiring case studies and links to further resources. A must-read for anyone working with young people.
#Safeguarding #YouthSupport #TransitionalSafeguarding #ContextMatters

🧾Evidence-informed in its approach
📍Contextual*, or ecological, in its perspective
📈Transitional, or developmental, in its design
🧑🏾‍🤝‍👩🏻Relational in its ethos
🪞Actively attentive to issues of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion
🔓Participative in every aspect

This excellent @researchip.bsky.social briefing outlines key challenges in safeguarding young people into adulthood and proposes 6 principles for a reimagined approach:

#TransitionalSafeguarding is a vital issue I've explored in previous blogs:
🔗 www.ascl.org.uk/News/Blog/Se...
🔗 www.thesixthformslant.com/post/lost-in...

Support for young people mustn’t stop at 18; often, that’s when they need it most.

Great insights from @DattaJon, as always. Good to see the Contextual Admissions Project ref’d in the White Paper (p.57) as a model for tackling systemic barriers to access. Proud to represent @ascl-uk.bsky.social on the advisory group with @universitiesuk.bsky.social, UCAS & @suttontrust.bsky.social

#ProtectStudentChoice

Why scrap courses that already deliver the opportunity goal? Scrapping qualifications like BTECs before V-levels are available will only create barriers to opportunity

'We want V-levels to be a success. But at the moment it is difficult to look beyond the huge qualification gap that will open up next year when these BTECs are scrapped, and the tens of thousands of students that are likely to fall through it'

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ASCL briefing | 21 October 2025 ASCL General Secretary, Pepe Di'Iasio, updates school and college leaders with the latest information. This edition includes updates on V levels, applied general…

It was a busy video briefing yesterday with @pepediiasio.bsky.social, with the launch of the Phone Free Education project, V levels, applied general qualifications, #GCSE retakes, and the #Covid inquiry.

See the video here: ow.ly/vn4750XfAxa

#ASCLmembers #post16 #education

The Government's Post-16 education & skills white paper is a step towards more flexible pathways for young people.

We welcome the potential of these reforms, and continue to call for a 16-19 Student Premium to ensure young people get the support they need.

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