New post.
Has additional become the point?
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NEW BLOG: It is OK to be Nervous
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Exactly right. How many 18 year olds of any generation have ever made a potentially life changing phone call?
Minute Cryptic - 23 July, 2025
"Nineties freestyle icon known for his energetic MC work?" (8)
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I scored: 4 under par
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We haven’t had any applications for this post as yet. We have extended the deadline by a week. Please share with any Geography teacher who you know might be looking for a change.
I've been on exclusion panels as a governor. It's utterly horrendous. You just don't do that unless you feel you have to protect others in the school.
Minute Cryptic - 17 March 2025
"Mexican snack filled with beans occasionally and this sauce?" (7)
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I scored: 3 under par
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As it's relevant again, here's my post countering every argument against VAT on school fees...
(£/free trial)
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99p on Kindle today.
Deal: Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day amzn.eu/d/6blJuPv
Schools Week have devised a quiz!
Higher or Lower! Can you spot which statement in the Ofsted framework is for the higher grade?!
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These are the examples that Ofsted need to be bombarded with over the consultation. Anyone with half an ounce of sense will see that it is a nonsense that one of these is better than the other.
New education post.
Is it useful?
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About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
The Art of Passing in Rugby in 2024.
FULL VIDEO --> youtu.be/MEchqvIOLNo
🚨Just two spaces left at this event at Mercia School in Sheffield. Thurs 19th December 9-1.
Leading the country in 100% entry French two years running at the number 2 school overall for P8.
Come and visit! #mflbluesky
Book place here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#mfltwitterati #edusky
One of our most popular posts is just over a year old - on the perennial debate between skills & knowledge and what we've learnt over the past 14 years.
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
I remain entirely unconvinced that the main purpose of schools and colleges is to 'meet the needs of employers'.
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It’s all on IPlayer so binge away when the mood takes you.
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It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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The most melancholy scene in English literature.
As I said before the summer on Ofsted sub-judgements… (I have a blog draft - I really should have published it…)
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Have we always valued subject knowledge in the curriculum? @greeborunner.bsky.social confesses her sins
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#EduSky #EduSkyUK #EduBlog #EduBlogUK
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@greeborunner.bsky.social explores how we make decisions in the curriculum - especially text choices in English.
Are decisions always in the best interest of the child?
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Always a pleasure to be in sunny Suffolk
Northern Lights over Ecclesall Woods.
A trip to a motorway services was a popular outing in the 1970s and not just with toddlers. Simpler times😂
I think it was about 3 years in until I lost the feeling of glee every Sunday evening usually only felt the day before May Day
