Caroline Doherty

This is going to be a cracking day! Join us in person or online for as many of the sessions as you'd like to. In person attendees are invited to a networking lunch and can use our @edcity-uk.bsky.social work spaces in between events for calls and meetings.

Let me know how you find Vinted. I had an actual person help me clear out my wardrobe. Therapeutic and strangely librating. I now have a pile of things I need to Vint and gaps I need to fill.

Such an interesting article by Cathie Paine from @reach2trust.bsky.social Great for the sector to hear from larger trusts on the realities of how they make and manage change.

Important point. Those with the knowledge and resources more likely to push for a re-mark widening the gap.
@suttontrust.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Team @teachertapp.bsky.social 🥳 too hard to pick! Love what you do to get teacher voice to those of us who need to hear and act on it. My phone photo album is basically pictures of my kid +screen shots of your findings! ❤️🤓 #2088daystreakandcounting 💪

Unpaid work is killing class diversity in the creative industries - The Sutton Trust Our alum, Bethany, discusses the prominence of unpaid work in the creative professions.

💬 "The truth is that experience isn’t free. It costs time, travel, and sometimes even your own equipment. It costs the shift at your paid job that you had to give up."

More on why the prominence of unpaid work is an issue in creative professions 👇

Teacher recruitment ‘back to pre-pandemic levels’ Analysis of the latest data shows an improving picture for ITT recruitment, according to NFER workforce lead Jack Worth

Looks like a slowing wider labour market may help the government hit its new teacher pledge.

Interesting that male applicants are up by 14% compared with 8% for women, with computing, physics and business studies seeing big rises.

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Oh blimey, I've caved and started a S*bstack! You can find my first post in the link below ⬇️

On the importance of teacher voices: Ultreia

A couple of close shaves when life lines were used…but pretty chuffed with my 2000 day streak🤓 I think it’s fair to say @teachertapp.bsky.social has totally captured me with it’s heady mix of gamification and edu geekery!

This is an inspiring read about a passionate and collaborative leader. It was the extra shot of energy my morning needed!

Teacher recruitment improving. Exactly what you would expect on a tough labour market. Good news for DfE, bad news for Rachel Reeves because implies low graduate job growth this autumn.

Simply this.

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Ark Start is delighted to be part of a coalition of early years and education organisations behind the launch of #StartingReception, a clear, practical definition of school readiness for parents, educators and policymakers.

Discover more➡️ www.startingreception.co.uk

Vitally important read for anyone thinking about solutions to the SEND crisis. Top work from the team @schoolsweek.bsky.social

In the frantic dash that is Monday morning I always take the time to read these leaders from @jonsevers.bsky.social A good way to get your brain thinking about the big stuff that really matters.

This really got me thinking this morning.

Important that @schoolsweek.bsky.social are shining a light on this disgraceful situation.

🚨Today, the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has published a new report on Identifying SEND. The report provides evidence of the inequalities that exist in SEND support across schools in England.

Read the full report 👉 epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Main findings👇

Really cool little quiz widget in this article. Have a go! I thoroughly surprised myself by scoring 5 out of 5! But this was tricky (and no, I haven’t been reading the docs all week)

The case for a universal SEND screener in early primary SEND provision is in crisis. A critical step towards a better system would be a universal screening process for all five- and six-year-olds, delivered and managed by teachers, argue these researchers

➡️The case for a universal SEND screener in early primary

As the government looks to revolutionise SEND, would a universal teacher-led SEND screener in Year One be the answer to many of the problems?

These researchers argue it could - and should.
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Great to see this out in the world. Thank you CST for the chance to share. If anyone wants to know more about the work we do at Ark, please get in touch.

'Making inclusion a reality, not a rhetoric' We all love a good speech, don’t we? A room full of nodding heads, a leader passionately declaring their commitment to inclusion and how e...

New blog: ‘Making inclusion a reality, not a rhetoric’

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Recent analysis by @nestauk.bsky.social shows that there is unequal access to high quality early education and childcare in England. Disadvantaged areas much less likely to have a setting or childminder rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

Featured in my free newsletter ⤵️

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This is has to be one of the best of what is a great series from @tesmagazine.bsky.social and a must read.
Can’t say I’m surprised you only sleep for four hours a night @unleashingme.bsky.social !

Official data shows recruitment to teacher training in England is a long way below target. Slight improvements on last year, but levels remain below pre-pandemic

- 38% below target for secondary overall
- 12 out of 17 subjects below respective targets
- 12% below target in usually-reliable primary

SEND help - reforming the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system “Lose, lose, lose.” That is how former Conservative education secretary Gillian Keegan described the special educational needs and disabilities (SE...

As Government considers how to tackle the SEND crisis, experts have begun to look to other countries for inspiration

The work of @scastrokemp.bsky.social may be of help to ministers - she is heading up a 2-year investigation of SEND practice in 9 countries👇

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This is a really thought-provoking read from the brilliant @claireheald.bsky.social I did some research into transition last year and for many reasons moving schools at 11 isn't ideal for lots of children. Definitely time for some fresh thinking.

This heartfelt piece from the brilliant @sineadmc.bsky.social sums up so well the retention challenge we face. Full marks for the bike analogy 🚴‍♀️

A throwback to me trying to make colleagues laugh in 2020 all staff Zoom call but the same Xmas jumper appears every year #TappInYourJumper

The global rise in truancy rates, outlined in a new UCL report, is being fuelled by teenage girls missing school.

Truancy is getting worse in English-speaking countries, with England second-only to Wales in the truancy gender gap 👇

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