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Director of Education. Former HMI. Former Headteacher x 3. ๐Ÿ“š Education. Politics. Film. Comedy. Football. T1 diabetic. Forever European.๐ŸŒน

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'New lease of life' - Project digitises archive documents 175,000 new historical records lost during a fire at the Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922 are being made available online, including 60,000 names from the Irish 19th century censuses.

175,000 new historical records lost during a fire at the Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922 are being made available online, including 60,000 names from the Irish 19th century censuses.

30.06.2025 05:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
'What the hell should we do now?' | James O'Brien on LBC
YouTube video by LBC 'What the hell should we do now?' | James O'Brien on LBC

Good analysis from @mrjamesob.bsky.social (LBC Radio) on the current state of play with Ukraine after Trump blamed Ukraine for being invaded.

youtu.be/5GslIsDUMsk?...

19.02.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term working for ACT Multi Academy Trust and getting to know our schools, staff, and communities. Itโ€™s been inspiring to see the dedication and passion across the Trust.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŽ„

20.12.2024 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Empowering schools across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, and Norfolk with expert-led sessions on leadership, governance, SEND, early reading, and more. Designed to raise standards, support educators, and inspire positive change. Details coming soon!

#Education #CPD #SchoolImprovement #Collaboration

19.12.2024 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cromwell to his accusors, "Youโ€™ll read the lines as written, but youโ€™ll never read between them."

What a line from #wolfhall and a simply mesmerising trial scene undertaken by actors at the top of their game.

"Mercye, mercye, mercye"

15.12.2024 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Utterly brilliant performance. Better than I even anticipated. โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Iโ€™m glad they didnโ€™t show the full brutality of his beheading like they did the othersโ€ฆ. It took three blows of the axe by โ€˜the 'ragged and butcherly' executioner to sever his head. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

15.12.2024 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Recently discovered the @schoolsweek.bsky.social podcast. Superb! Two that Iโ€™ve enjoyed so far:
1) This interview with Bridget Phillipson and @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social is really thoughtful and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the sections on teacher recruitment and SEND.

09.12.2024 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Great article.
โ€˜Garfield with a gun!โ€™ ๐Ÿคฃ

04.12.2024 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Made perfect sense! Although you did big up how bad it was going to be for too long (imo!) ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

29.11.2024 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this blog from @ianfrost28.bsky.social. Important reflections on the power and importance of small schools, and how we can maximize their potential.

25.11.2024 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brilliant blog! Sharing far and wide. Thank you!

28.11.2024 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is an important analysis of alignment in a school or trust. Too much of the discourse on this topic positions it as simply a matter of arbitrary control - no more than some sort of expression of power. This video reveals there may well be much more to it. 1/2

27.11.2024 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“Œ

28.11.2024 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Completely agree!

26.11.2024 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very true! But Gregory only outlived him by 11 years, and he was far less interesting or appealing (in my mind!)

25.11.2024 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Couldnโ€™t agree more! Loving it so much!
Ps. Iโ€™d have been disappointed if I were Bess. Would have married Cromwell, no question. He is SO awesome in every way. Iโ€™m going to cry like a baby on December 15th!
#wolfhall #newfave

24.11.2024 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Regional chief: 'Big trusts wanted to ignore small schools' DfE regions group 'pushed back' against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were 'looked after'


Interesting read. @schoolsweek.bsky.social

24.11.2024 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œWhat does that mean?!โ€

23.11.2024 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Soโ€ฆ #Gladiator2 โ€ฆ bit like a tribute band imo! Entertaining but nowhere near the original. Denzel steals the show as a top-tier villain, but the film feels like it threw gladiators, emperors, and a CGI rhino into a pot and hit โ€œstir.โ€ Worth a watch, but Maximus would not be impressed. Thoughts?

23.11.2024 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wow. Imagine the shock for the Daily Mail when it finds out Tory plans were for fines of ยฃ5k - later reduced to ยฃ3k - for each missed heat pump sale. What Ed Miliband has done is to reduce that to ยฃ500. As @torstenbell.bsky.social says today Headline should read โ€œMiliband slashes Tory boiler taxโ€

22.11.2024 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4607    ๐Ÿ” 1363    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

Sad news indeed. RIP. ๐ŸŒน

21.11.2024 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Important context here:

โ— over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)

โ— "a big farm" is 217 acres.

Now let's see who's angry:

โ— Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
โ— Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
โ— Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
โ— Dyson owns 36,000 acres

20.11.2024 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6635    ๐Ÿ” 2921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 214    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105

Agreed. In my former role as HMI, I was always impressed by how OIs managed to balance the demands of their roles as headteachers or CEOsโ€”alongside all the pressuresโ€”while conducting inspections. I used to really feel for them having to go into their own settings the next day.

20.11.2024 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! ๐ŸŽ‰

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

19.11.2024 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 131537    ๐Ÿ” 16264    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3099    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1410

I want to see the rest of it! She was masterful and he should have been better prepared for that line of questioning!

19.11.2024 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too!

19.11.2024 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s been a long time since Iโ€™ve started from scratch on social media! ๐Ÿคฏ
Iโ€™m a 43 year old mum of 2, currently DoE for a small trust. Former headteacher across three very different schools, & a 1 year stint as HMI. (but donโ€™t hold that against me!) Love comedy, politics, film & photography. ๐Ÿ˜Š

17.11.2024 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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