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School admissions dashboard: How does your school compare? - The Sutton Trust Our interactive map offers rich insights into the socio-economic makeup of school intakes across England.

📊 Our interactive map offers an unprecedented look at school admissions in England.

It shows a pattern of some schools accepting lower numbers of disadvantaged pupils than live in their area, while others have much higher levels of disadvantage ⤵️

Hi everyone! Please share this to any secondary Maths teachers 😊:
I have created a Christmas Maths exam paper in the style of Edexcel for my year 11 class for a bit of fun. Please feel free to use it too:

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Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education | The Observer

I wrote for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the special needs problem highlighted by the budget and the big political battle over it coming next year.

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Progress 8 reform: what are the government’s plans? As part of its response to the curriculum review, the government has outlined its intention to overhaul the performance measure. Tes has all you need to know

As part of its response to the curriculum and assessment review, the government has announced plans to overhaul Progress 8. @ellencph.bsky.social explains its proposals

A vital guide for transforming the dreams of our children in care.

It's recommended by the Department for Education.

I hope it helps you to aim high for #ChildrenInCare

#edusky

Wonderful to spend yesterday afternoon celebrating ten years of Our Migration Story, an unrivalled online resource for teachers and students to learn about migration’s centrality to the making of modern Britain. Congrats to all who made OMS possible — felt urgent and energising

Speciality cheese vending machines, the future we deserve:

Quote reads: "What she saw in me was potential. She said ”Watch Neil, he's a natural.” I'll never forget that sentence. Quote is from Neil Morrissey, who was in children’s homes and foster care from age 11 – 18. Image is of Neil Morrissey, actor in 50s in informal blazer.

Neil Morrrissey spent 7 years in care as a child.

One special teacher believed in his acting dreams.

Never underestimate the power of a special teacher. ✨

Worth a read!

Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.

Many of us have been calling for the return of maintenance grants for a long time.

So its great to see this is finally (albeit partially) on the cards.

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Ofsted has unveiled its new report cards with renamed grades and fewer inspection areas, saying inspections will now provide 'absolute clarity' for schools and parents - but the changes have not allayed unions' concerns

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THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS. THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS EVERY DAY #education #teachers

THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS.

THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS EVERY DAY
#education #teachers #EduSky

Photograph of Liverpool Waterfront. Photography credits - @stevesamosaphotography

There’s just two weeks to go until the British Science Festival 2025 arrives in Liverpool! 🎉

From 10 - 14 September, the city will come alive with inspiring talks, activities, performances and cutting-edge research.🔬

Book your place now: britishsciencefestival.org

#BritishScienceFestival #BSF2025

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📢 NEW: Five things to look out for on GCSE results day

Our usual round-up of everything we'll be looking out for on results day 2025.

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I created a Starter pack on SEND in England.

It's for professionals and families
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If you'd like adding, give us a wave in the replies.

Crisis or variation in languages education provision in England? Language learning in the UK is often framed as being in a state of “crisis”. But does this narrative provide a fair reflection of what is happening across all schools in England?

Is language learning in the UK really in a state of crisis?

It's not that simple – languages GCSE uptake across schools can vary very widely, write IOE researchers. #IOEBlog

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Britain’s social fabric has been torn but it’s just easie... The real causes of serious problems are ignored and those responsible are let off the hook

“It is a portrait of two Britains, one of which barely comprehends the challenges facing the other.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

What have you done!? 🫣😂

A Dog’s Dinner: I (almost) feel sorry for Sir Martyn Oliver. It must have sounded so good round the conference table at Ofsted HQ. “Guys, we’ve had a run of bad news stories. Everything we do seems to make us look worse – we need a surefire…

New blog from me, Bet you can't guess what it's about.
mrefinch.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/a...

How I embed phonics in my teaching Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

New blog post! 💡

bethlingual.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-...

#MFLBluesky

Why Schools Rely on Relative Attainment And why alternatives to the bell curve are harder than they sound

New on 100% Assessment with @head-teach.bsky.social : Why Schools Rely on Relative Attainment
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"It’s been over 5 years since ASCL highlighted the plight of the #forgottenthird in a landmark report. Since then, we’ve heard plenty of talk, but not enough action...There is, however, an opportunity to address this issue through the Curriculum and Assessment Review."

#ASCL2025

Teachers report poorer early speech and language skills And most say this makes their job harder, poll finds

“Language, in all its forms, matters. We don’t want children to be victims who are ‘lost for words’. We want to give them agency in their learning, a voice in their future”: my comments on today's important @glassessment.bsky.social #oracy survey: schoolsweek.co.uk/more-childre...

Why SEMH support is schools’ biggest challenge Pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs have been found to fare the worst in terms of getting SEND support. Why is this, and what can schools do with constrained resources?

.. @jarlathobrien.bsky.social says. This can lead students to decide that it is safer to remain distant, to refuse to engage or to 'decide to end things at a time of their own choosing' through their behaviour." @johngroberts.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/new... 3/3

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

Shocked I tell you ... Shocked!

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils....

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Teacher handbook: SEND

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How have I not come across this resource? A gem shared by @bethgg.bsky.social #rEDBrum

Why do teachers in some schools keep getting better for longer?

We are developing a new measure of teacher workplace social capital to find out: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...

Mud, Sweat and Slippers A personal reflection on hardship, attendance and working families

Attendance is back in national headlines and tabloids this week.

Here's my more 'personal' reflection on hardship, attendance and working families.

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#Attendance #School #Absence #Ofsted #Shoes #Slippers #Inequality #ThatPovertyGuy

If you see something lovely, repost it! The algorithm is basically us here. It takes a while to get used to not having your attention manipulated so much. #bluesky

New Post on the blog on the use of questions in the MFL classroom to scaffold students production in a mixed ability classroom. Full of scripts of the actual questions and wording in a specific scenario mflcraft.blogspot.com/2025/02/skil... #mflbluesky