Mr. Curry

This is a really interesting debate. Thank you for summarising it.

The Importance Of Your First 100 Days As Headteacher Hannah Carter presents an honest guide to the first 100 days of headship, dealing with the challenges of change management in today's schools

The first 100 days as headteacher can be daunting. Hannah Carter (@thehonesteducator.bsky.social) outlines how to approach that crucial time with purpose.
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I've always found @fftedudatalab.bsky.social 'Schools Like Yours' tool so useful. We're using it to identify schools achieving great things in similar contexts and form links. 🎯

I'll be cold calling some schools in Lincolnshire soon!📶
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Alice works out 748 + 525. Bob works out 748 – 527. What number is halfway between Alice’s answer and Bob’s answer?

Ages ago I used this (non-calc) Q with my KS3 & KS4 groups. None saw the answer immediately; they all tried finding Alice’s and Bob’s numbers en route to answering the Q.

Used it again with selective school-bound primary Ss. Surprised none saw the answer straight away either #edusky #Mathstoday

Fantastic first day of full headship today in a lovely school at the heart of the community.

Also, an amazing discovery on the book case - a log book that was started in September 1945! Sadly, it finishes in 1996. I may restart it for posterity…

From the archive: 3 Great FREE AI-Powered Planning Tools for Teachers https://buff.ly/4h37OvI

I’ve picked up my new ID and I’m ready for my first day as a new HT on Monday. Can’t wait to get started. Let’s hope the snow isn’t too bad!

The Ministry of Fun ‘I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the child…

Seeing the article in the Times about “Fun”, feel again we’re missing the point, the issue isn’t about fun it’s about agency. Learning is fun or at least worthwhile when you can see a purpose. What we’ve excluded is young peoples’ voices from their education smithsmm.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/t...

If you coach, try 'mapping'. It has been a game changer for my coaching this year.

Here's our podcast about it and here's a substack:
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With thanks to @olicav.bsky.social for much of the core thinking behind mapping.

Thank you for sharing.

In education, perhaps we should be more forgiving of ourselves. Most progress is hard won, even if not perfect.

Thank you for sharing. This really resonated with me: “As ever, success vs failure is obviously too stark. It’s not binary.” If we don’t achieve 100% of what we wanted to or reach an ideal in a school role, it can feel like failure, which shouldn’t be the case.

Top Blog Posts on Headteacherchat this year:

• Interview Questions for Pastoral Leaders

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The madness of the writing progress measure - Insight Inform “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” (Dr Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park) Say what you like about Progress 8, at least it involves...

*NEW POST* The Madness of the Writing Progress Measure*. The risk in this hiatus in progress measures is we forget how mad they are. www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/11/20/t...

Key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).

KS2 assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) 2025 www.gov.uk/government/p...

It might be expected, but is it enough? - Insight Inform Many years ago, following a meeting of the Reception Baseline Stakeholder Group at DfE Towers, I went for a cup of tea with a fellow group member and was told a story that blew my mind. As we sat sipp...

*NEW POST* It might be expected but is it enough?

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5 Key Ideas from Primary Reading Simplified First, let’s cut to the chase: this blog is a thinly disguised advert for my new book, Primary Reading Simplified. I devoted a frankly absurd amount of time and energy to writing the book, an…

A *new* blog - 5 Key ideas from Primary Reading Simplified

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I am taking the plunge and moving from the other place! Looking forward to learning more about education from colleagues in and around the profession (and maybe sharing a few things myself too).