So glad you havenβt fully retired! Your clarity, wisdom and insight are much needed in these uncertain educational timesβ¦.
31.07.2025 11:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@matthewclarkht.bsky.social
Senior School Improvement Officer DDAT, NPQH facilitator, Visiting Fellow Ambition Institute. School Improvement, curriculum design, culture and character development. FCCT.
So glad you havenβt fully retired! Your clarity, wisdom and insight are much needed in these uncertain educational timesβ¦.
31.07.2025 11:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There are no silver bullets when it comes to curriculum - but we overlook our pupilsβ natural creativity at our perilβ¦.
31.07.2025 11:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 016 must-know edu-research papers from the last 16 weeks:
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Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social
30.01.2025 09:53 β π 34 π 23 π¬ 2 π 1Change is coming! Time to flourish together πͺ
22.01.2025 06:51 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1The hills and trails get even more oxygen pumping and even clearer thinking! π
20.01.2025 11:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wouldβve loved to have been listening! Maths wisdom right there!
18.01.2025 19:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wasnβt it? 27 years in this education lark and learned so much from hearing about the work at UEL Baby Dev Lab! Wow!!
Do enjoy the guest editor editions!
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13.12.2024 20:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This blog beautifully explains why generic t&l is v limited (beyond strong routines, behaviour management etc, but they're not teaching). We can't meaningfully judge, analyse improve, train or support teaching without being steeped in subject-specific, curricular shaping of the thing being taught.
30.11.2024 17:56 β π 28 π 8 π¬ 0 π 2My number one reflection since moving to the Peak District at Easter. Every single day, every single person. Friendly and kind π
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12.11.2024 07:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really struggling to understand why Kent County Council are trying to βsave moneyβ and reduce provision when for nearly a decade the provision for SLCN across the county has been too small to meet need. Government thinking on SEND canβt happen soon enough.
18.10.2024 05:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have lead SRP in Kent, they are a vital resource and Cassie is absolutely right about the role of the panel. It seems that everything is a barrier in Kent, even the consultation co-production groups I volunteered to be part of, have been disbanded. #SEN
17.10.2024 19:55 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This β¬οΈ Thanks Stuart - I feel seen
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