Gavin Booth

Why I've changed my mind about courting media attention The response to a BBC story about our school has taught me we should do much better at telling our story

We are so proud of all that we achieve across INFINITY ACADEMIES TRUST for our children and their families. It’s time that as educational professionals we start to share more widely the breadth of the work we do and how we support communities. schoolsweek.co.uk/why-more-sch...

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Very well done to all at St Nicholas CE Primary & schools up & down the country. An important story well told

Watching this sent warm shivers down my spine. Wonderful to see the heart-work of @StNicPriAcad being recognised in this way.

Nearly half of schools give families financial help, teachers say A survey of teachers in England suggests lots of schools are having to provide extra help for families.

So proud to share this story of one of our brilliant @InfinityAcad schools which like all of our wonderful teams goes above and beyond each and every day to support, protect and enable our children to flourish. Awesome work @StNicPriAcad

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Great to be at the Optimus MAT summit today with Edurio sharing what we do across Infinity Academies Trust to ensure our values are front and centre of everything.

Our recent webinar, 'An Essential Guide to Primary Assessment', is now available as a podcast! Listen to @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social discuss primary assessments from EYFS to KS2 here: https://buff.ly/3NW7OkU

A rewarding two days taking pupils to a community archeological dig project - it’s made me wonder how to create more links with experts for KS2… 🤔 #edusky #PrimaryEd

We’re delighted that INFINITY ACADEMIES TRUST has been recognised amongst the top 10 Trusts in the country for the Trust Value Award based on our Edurio staff survey. Our Trust consistently outperforms the national benchmarks based on Trust perception & values as recognised by our amazing team!

🧵 4/4 A very pleased Education Director. There is no staff whiteboard at this school so I leave a hand written note instead.

🧵 3/ The high needs children are expertly looked after by the school staff and a former office space has been converted at minimal cost to this delightful sensory room. Could have sat here all day!

🧵 2/ In KS1 at Little Gonerby Primary Academy, I was particularly taken by the Art Learning journey and also this Reading display.

🧵1/ It was great to see how the writing journey at Little Gonerby Primary Academy is being shared with the pupils. Fantastic to see how the improvement is continuing at this Infinity academy.

Brilliant to spend the morning visiting Haxey alongside our Safeguarding Trustee Wayne Norrie. It’s a great school and we’re so happy to have the whole Trentside Federation as part of the Infinity Academies family.

Wonderful to spend the morning with RE Leads and Heads discussing the draft Lincs Agreed Syllabus and the approach to RE for INFINITY ACADEMIES TRUST Thanks to WENDY HARRISON for an inspirational morning.

If only they’d let us rule the world - we definitely have all the answers! Great to spend time with you

Great to spend some time on Tuesday afternoon with @samtwiselton.bsky.social putting the world to rights as part of the Doncaster Leadership Programme.

Join us for 'An Essential Guide to Primary Assessment', a free webinar hosted by @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social on 23rd Oct at 6pm. We'll look at this ever-shifting assessment landscape and try to make sense of it all. For more info and to register: https://buff.ly/4dz3YZe

Gipsey Bridge Academy praised for being 'a wonderful little school' Gipsey Bridge Academy, near Boston, is celebrating after Ofsted found the school to be “ambitious”, “warm and welcoming”.

So proud to see Gipsey Bridge Academy celebrating this wonderful achievement. An amazing school that goes the extra mile for every child. www.lincolnshireworld.com/education/gi...

A CEO once said one of the most important things that CEOs and their Directors do is develop the skills of Executive leaders who work in their organisation or the wider sector.
So no pressure in stepping forwards to facilitate the LEAD TS Hub Lincs Executive Headship Programme on Thursday.

Great day with the Diocese of Lincoln CEO network. Brilliant to be joined by L.A. colleagues to discuss SEND challenges and opportunities.

Practical Ways Current Affairs Can Support Rights Respecting Schools - Free Webinar!

Tuesday 1st October
3:45pm - 4:45pm

Register here 👉 bit.ly/RRSWebinar

Suitable for SLT and teachers responsible for RRS Award work in school!

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This morning we were joined by 501, 310 children for the Big Picture News Welcome Back Assembly - Celebrating Our Differences & Overcoming Adversity! 🥳

We were blown away by children's insightful thoughts and contributions. What a wonderful future generation we have! ✨

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We are thrilled to feature in BBC News this morning, to mark the Picture News Big Back to School Assembly Celebrating Our Differences & Overcoming Adversity!

We expect 500,000 children to join us live online, to begin the new school year with a sense of respect and unity 💚.

#edusky #edusky🍎

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Wonderful to have so many brilliant Infinity colleagues together today for our Annual conference. Such a positive start to the school year!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Looking forward to welcoming our Infinity family, colleagues & friends to our annual Trust conference today. We love bringing people together and we can’t wait to see you all ready for an exciting new school year!!

Twitter account officially deleted. Time for a fresh start and a more positive timeline!! Have a great start to the school year everyone!

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It’s at this point in the school year that the genuine fear of your trousers not fitting starts to keep you awake at night but you daren’t try them on just in case your right!!

Good news... the Paris 2024 Paralympics start today! 🥇

The opening ceremony will take place along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, and finish at the Place de la Concorde.

It's the first Paralympic opening ceremony to be held outside a stadium!

👉 Will you be watching?

#edusky #paralympics #news

Once you’ve been a small school head the “jack of all trades” mentality never leaves you. Three new displays boards arrived for my office yesterday so I spent the morning measuring, drilling and putting them up! Not strategic at all but very satisfying!😂