#  @jon_severs Jon Severs Jon Severs posts on X about tes, in the, piece, education the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::2584318730/interactions)  ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::2584318730/posts_active)  ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2584318730/followers)  ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::2584318730/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) **Social topic influence** [tes](/topic/tes), [in the](/topic/in-the), [piece](/topic/piece), [education](/topic/education), [this is](/topic/this-is), [pay](/topic/pay), [what is](/topic/what-is), [the first](/topic/the-first), [human](/topic/human), [how much](/topic/how-much) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@tes](/creator/undefined) [@cerysturner7](/creator/undefined) [@heymrshallahan](/creator/undefined) [@johngroberts](/creator/undefined) [@mrenglishteach](/creator/undefined) [@beckyfrancis7](/creator/undefined) [@ellencph](/creator/undefined) [@leoracruddas](/creator/undefined) [@educationgovuk](/creator/undefined) [@sjblakemore](/creator/undefined) [@vicgoddard](/creator/undefined) [@paulwhiteman6](/creator/undefined) [@jabedahm](/creator/undefined) [@jonsevers](/creator/undefined) [@realgeoffbarton](/creator/undefined) [@keziah70](/creator/undefined) [@bphillipsonmp](/creator/undefined) [@neunion](/creator/undefined) [@danworth](/creator/undefined) [@kathyrastle](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours ""there is no underlying theory of improvement or indeed theory of change" A very clear critique of RISE here from @LeoraCruddas - well worth spending some time going through her argument. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/problems-with-rise-school-improvement-programme https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/problems-with-rise-school-improvement-programme" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021834152870600909) 2026-02-12T06:30Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Excellent piece on the growth of 'mixed' trusts and what it might mean for inclusion from @JohnGRoberts With the government pushing for mainstream and special schools to work more closely together @JohnGRoberts looks at how some trusts are already making this a reality https://t.co/36wchmNkJv With the government pushing for mainstream and special schools to work more closely together @JohnGRoberts looks at how some trusts are already making this a reality https://t.co/36wchmNkJv" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2016052164766880253) 2026-01-27T07:34Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "WhatsApp was not included in the Australian social media ban for U16s yet it is driving more pastoral incidents in schools than other social media. Excellent exclusive from @cerysturner7 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teachers-report-whatsapp-pastoral-incidents-social-media-ban https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teachers-report-whatsapp-pastoral-incidents-social-media-ban" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2016194636599923022) 2026-01-27T17:00Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "The decision at Ofsted and the DfE to speak about this inspection in a negative light to the school before it started was deeply unprofessional and looks even worse now. The trust-wide review still being pushed despite the findings is very problematic https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/no-political-bias-bristol-school-jewish-mp-visit https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/no-political-bias-bristol-school-jewish-mp-visit" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2016513043778203944) 2026-01-28T14:05Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements ""The world told me who I was from a very young age. It told me I shouldnt be a brown child with a white mum. It told me I didnt belong. It told me I wasnt black enough I wasnt Irish enough. So I had to find my own sense of culture and self" "I realised at a very young age that no one was going to save me. But at the age of six I made a decision to believe that the world was fundamentally a good place it just had some bad people in it." @dee_delo with an extremely powerful How I Lead https://t.co/KiTQO6X3VD "I realised at a very young age that no one was going to save me. But at the age of six" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2018779246056157577) 2026-02-03T20:10Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Endless front ending of sentences repeated 'shifts' (Because of X Y) ubiquitous bullet points phrasing mirroring the most templated of political speeches pacing that is overly robotic (short; long; short; long) and unrelated to the point being made call to action climax" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2018990292452417637) 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 230.3K engagements "It's really weird to read. It makes for very poor copy. And it makes me feel a bit ick. So please don't send us something that AI has written. We want to read what you have written. It's way better" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2018990294037868655) 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 220.2K engagements "@vicgoddard Indeed The frequency with which AI produces errors is going to create a lot of work" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2019113913766363522) 2026-02-04T18:20Z 12.4K followers, 155.9K engagements "@lehain You were always pretty good Mark tbf Wrong but well written. 😜" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2019436508193964448) 2026-02-05T15:42Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements ""there are [--] leaders in this group who are paid over [------] with one earning between [------] to [------] in his role running a two-school trust" CEOs told their pay was an outlier by the DfE mostly responded accordingly but salaries still high. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/outlier-ceo-pay-flattens-after-dfe-crackdown https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/outlier-ceo-pay-flattens-after-dfe-crackdown" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021845476140568736) 2026-02-12T07:15Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Increasingly being submitted AI-written articles. Even the worst human writing has an abundance of signals about the writer in the choices they make. AI-written pieces give no signals and that is deeply weird to read. Some common features include" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2018990290791739796) 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 1.7M engagements "Is the primary sector ready for compulsory citizenship education @cerysturner7 has found the ask for primary schools is potentially enormous and the skills required to teach it extensive. So what is being proposed and how might schools have to adapt https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/mandatory-citizenship-education-primary-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/mandatory-citizenship-education-primary-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2019663347420131388) 2026-02-06T06:44Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Positive move led by @PaulWhiteman6 to increase independent scrutiny of Ofsted https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/independent-group-monitor-ofsted-impact-headteacher-wellbeing https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/independent-group-monitor-ofsted-impact-headteacher-wellbeing" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2019667137275785676) 2026-02-06T06:59Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Revealed: How much the biggest MATs make from investments The largest multi-academy trusts are generating millions by investing surplus cash but sector leader warns this must not replace core funding Story by @JabedAhm https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-much-money-do-mats-make-from-investments https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-much-money-do-mats-make-from-investments" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019679831001296949) 2026-02-06T07:49Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Pretty poor for the report not to detail the full numbers in this RISE evaluation instead using terms like "majority" with no back-up numbers - makes you think the results are worse than they might be. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/half-rise-schools-faced-challenges-supporting-organisations https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/half-rise-schools-faced-challenges-supporting-organisations" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2020906791505101107) 2026-02-09T17:05Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "RT @ProudlyPastoral: New one from me I've posed this question for a while but given the advancement of AI & what we saw recently with Grok" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020991632586518839) 2026-02-09T22:42Z 12.4K followers, [--] engagements ""It is worth rehearsing what it actually takes for a piece of homework to be sent home with a child. the workload burden of homework both implementation and oversight is immense" https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/what-if-schools-all-stopped-setting-homework https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/what-if-schools-all-stopped-setting-homework" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021154041150034262) 2026-02-10T09:27Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Ive had more complaints at governor panel level in the last six to [--] months than I had in the previous [--] years put together" The huge increase in parental complaints are a known issue in the sector but what is driving that rapid uptick https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-are-schools-getting-more-parent-complaints https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-are-schools-getting-more-parent-complaints" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021474783679127959) 2026-02-11T06:42Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "A very important analysis here from @ASCL_UK on Ofsted data for the first inspections under the new framework Exclusive: Ofsted is being urged to review how its inspections are graded after analysis of the new report cards revealed major disparities in outcomes between primary and secondary schools https://t.co/PXwXTTZaTd Exclusive: Ofsted is being urged to review how its inspections are graded after analysis of the new report cards revealed major disparities in outcomes between primary and secondary schools https://t.co/PXwXTTZaTd" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021625482153013398) 2026-02-11T16:40Z 12.4K followers, 10.3K engagements "This is a decent plan for the school estate but one that will be largely wasted if it isn't properly backed by cash and the digital aspects of it (including data sharing) are not properly resourced. Not a great track record on that but 🤞 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-school-buildings-estates-strategy-all-you-need-know https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-school-buildings-estates-strategy-all-you-need-know" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021627003305439521) 2026-02-11T16:46Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Could your retrieval practice be working much harder than it is already @mr_englishteach thinks with a little variation it could be. A really interesting and helpful piece that you can read right here: https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/what-is-variable-retrieval-practice https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/what-is-variable-retrieval-practice" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2021838177892520151) 2026-02-12T06:46Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Today we publish our annual CEO pay analysis for the largest trusts in the country. Excellent work from @JabedAhm pulling this together. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/what-do-big-mats-pay-ceo-academy-trusts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/what-do-big-mats-pay-ceo-academy-trusts" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2022199055992967540) 2026-02-13T06:40Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "How often do you circulate the classroom @mr_englishteach urges you to stop doing it. . Its causing more harm than good he argues" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1111535054885400577) 2019-03-29T07:46Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "@TomChivers @cwarzel Completely agree and it is easy to fall into the trap of commissioning it too" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1455550980456583169) 2021-11-02T15:02Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "Bit of surprise culture on today's walk. If you zoom in you can read it" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1484861436891443206) 2022-01-22T12:12Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "The relationship between grammar teaching and developing good writing It's complex and that complexity should be embraced. The @tes leader this week: https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/do-primary-school-pupils-literacy-punctuation-really-get-feel-grammar-teaching https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/do-primary-school-pupils-literacy-punctuation-really-get-feel-grammar-teaching" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1499720059362549763) 2022-03-04T12:15Z 12K followers, [--] engagements ""taking away the tools of clarity" is how @MichaelT1979 described it and I think most will agree. The DfE is writing to school leaders to confirm that they are no longer required to record Covid-related absence https://t.co/fW0GuIi89U The DfE is writing to school leaders to confirm that they are no longer required to record Covid-related absence https://t.co/fW0GuIi89U" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1511678662319423497) 2022-04-06T12:14Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "@PeteEtchells In my experience go and do some gardening for 30mins and all will be well" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1538874258151165954) 2022-06-20T13:19Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it or talking about it. Even more worrying not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving. @heymrshallahan deep dives into the data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1654359014468366336) 2023-05-05T05:35Z 12.4K followers, 693.3K engagements "Some thoughts from me on Haidt's less popular argument that kids need more 'play-full' schools (mainly related to break times) and how that line will become more difficult to ignore politically as pressure ramps up. Leaders need a good answer if asked to do more in this area. 'Its unlikely the movement pushing for more autonomy for young people is going to be kept at arms length for much longer': @jon_severs says school leaders need to be ready to defend their policies on play and breaktimes https://t.co/znbzvD47e8 'Its unlikely the movement pushing for more autonomy for young people is going" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1894671526944764349) 2025-02-26T08:51Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements ""For too long the fear of an adverse inspection judgement has been allowed to trump genuine pedagogical conviction" @LizzieRobinson3 on why the curriculum review should not be your template but your permission to do what you think is best. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-francis-review-cannot-become-your-curriculum-template https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-francis-review-cannot-become-your-curriculum-template" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1980511868453306659) 2025-10-21T05:50Z 12K followers, [---] engagements ""There's no silver bullet. its the underlying conceptual approach and what that does to the feeling of belonging and the relationship young men have with staff" A really interesting pilot project here from @UnitedLearning https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/improving-school-engagement-for-disadvantaged-boys https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/improving-school-engagement-for-disadvantaged-boys" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1985609709261406242) 2025-11-04T07:27Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "The Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published and. ❎ Ebacc is out ✅ Triple science for all is in ✅ Oracy framework is in 🤷♀ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test. The [--] key points you need to know are below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/curriculum-and-assessment-review-key-recommendations https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/curriculum-and-assessment-review-key-recommendations" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1985836957436371257) 2025-11-04T22:30Z 12K followers, 20.8K engagements ""We do though recognise that there could be unintended consequences with this and were certainly not thinking of them as KS3 Sats." Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below ➡Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations Superb long-read interview with @BeckyFrancis7 by @Helen_Amass delving into the evidence behind the review I can characterise the whole review as being about balances and trade-offs" https://t.co/e0lkRrmcor ➡Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations Superb long-read interview with" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1986105321912246511) 2025-11-05T16:16Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Can single-academy trusts survive Labour wants schools to be in groups - but many SATs are financially stable with good results. So what will - or can - make them give up their autonomy An excellent thorough analysis from @JabedAhm https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/will-the-last-single-academy-trusts-merge-with-mats https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/will-the-last-single-academy-trusts-merge-with-mats" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1986687058308481497) 2025-11-07T06:48Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "@matthiasenglish @tes Thanks Nige" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1987214915837272297) 2025-11-08T17:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements ""teachers convinced by the boys are being corrupted by Andrew Tate narrative and unaware about what is really going on online live in fear of the unknown. As a result boys who try to air their feelings often get closed down" @PeterHyman21 for @tes https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/ditch-andrew-tate-assembly-and-start-having-proper-discussions https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/ditch-andrew-tate-assembly-and-start-having-proper-discussions" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1988135855140286572) 2025-11-11T06:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "The difficulty drawing the line between who is and isnt on that SEND register is always going to be really challenging because there is no line" The huge disparities in how SEND Registers are formed and used need urgent action finds @JohnGRoberts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/use-of-send-register-varies-in-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/use-of-send-register-varies-in-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1988860127403819151) 2025-11-13T06:43Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Great day chairing Day One of the main stage at @SAA_Show - the @tes team have filed numerous stories from the day including Ofsted RISE Funding and more. Check out for all - here is the Ofsted one https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-school-inspection-window-could-be-tightened http://tes.com/magazine https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-school-inspection-window-could-be-tightened http://tes.com/magazine" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1991182259173372046) 2025-11-19T16:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "A great way to end the second day chairing the main stage at @SAA_Show - as Nick says lots of agreement on the panel on some interesting issues. (And some useful disagreemwnt too) At the Schools & Academies Show in Birmingham today sharing a panel session with @LordBlunkett @BaronessMorris @LeoraCruddas and chaired by @jon_severs. More consensus than youd think. @SAA_Show https://t.co/dTbKMLAC4A At the Schools & Academies Show in Birmingham today sharing a panel session with @LordBlunkett @BaronessMorris @LeoraCruddas and chaired by @jon_severs. More consensus than youd think. @SAA_Show" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1991573792829956510) 2025-11-20T18:26Z 12K followers, [---] engagements ""Labour needs to come clean about where the [--] billion axe will fall - on schools or SEND provision The OBRs role is crucial precisely because it prevents the government from hiding a problem of this size" writes @LauraTrottMP https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/laura-trott-labour-honest-plans-cut-school-funding https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/laura-trott-labour-honest-plans-cut-school-funding" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1996847508077551718) 2025-12-05T07:42Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "We are always clear that we don't do single school stories unless there are national systemic implications of those stories. This review is very clear it intends to have national implications and is very deliberately worded to achieve that. Story below. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/rigid-behaviour-policies-under-fire-safeguarding-review https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/rigid-behaviour-policies-under-fire-safeguarding-review" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1998426288693129273) 2025-12-09T16:15Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "BREAKING: 3bn to fund new specialist places with mainstream focus Special free schools under threat with LAs offered funding for places instead Concerns pupils will not have needs met appropriately Full list of approved mainstream published https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/specialist-sector/3bn-mainstream-send-places-special-free-schools-face-uncertainty https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/specialist-sector/3bn-mainstream-send-places-special-free-schools-face-uncertainty" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1999245559798935847) 2025-12-11T22:31Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Did a lot of hiking with the kids over the Christmas period. Had to stop them trying to hug this beast" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2007032739988705326) 2026-01-02T10:14Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements ""Im lucky enough to have had opportunities in life to have capabilities and I think if you can take on a role for your community at whatever level then you have a responsibility to do so" Our first ever joint How I Lead and it is a cracker. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/we-are-organisation-embraces-its-wrongness https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/we-are-organisation-embraces-its-wrongness" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2008431085324042590) 2026-01-06T06:51Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Unions also unhappy about Ofsted involvement in enforcement of the non-statutory guidance on phones update. The actual change from existing guidance appears minimal. Breaking: "Tougher" mobile phone guidance for schools announced to ensure "phone-free environments" but critics say it just maintains "status quo". https://t.co/aJBD6wrVdJ Breaking: "Tougher" mobile phone guidance for schools announced to ensure "phone-free environments" but critics say it just maintains "status quo". https://t.co/aJBD6wrVdJ" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2013379343578230849) 2026-01-19T22:33Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "Parents are people too." Some interesting advice in this new double header of complaints guidance for schools and parents. I am not sure how successful it will be in stopping a parent posting abuse on FB but I guess it is a start. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/project-positive-emotions-when-parents-complain-schools-told https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/project-positive-emotions-when-parents-complain-schools-told" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2013510555248582901) 2026-01-20T07:15Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements "Has a world without P8 been as damaging as many believed it would be for those schools in disadvantaged areas @ktormreport has looked at the data talked to the sector and looked at the fallout particularly with Ofsted - and the picture is mixed. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-is-absence-of-progress-8-affecting-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-is-absence-of-progress-8-affecting-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2014588910501003538) 2026-01-23T06:40Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "Because explicit images are so common now I think the police view is Well thats another one How would a social media ban for U16s impact schools Plenty support it but some worry about negative impacts. Excellent @cerysturner7 article below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/would-under-16s-social-media-ban-help-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/would-under-16s-social-media-ban-help-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/2014600235155140882) 2026-01-23T07:25Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements "@docmartincohen it is flagged my friend I have only been in the office two days this week unfortunately next week I promise" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/672804923608834049) 2015-12-04T15:49Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "My train home on @SW_Trains includes sitting in a field delayed with no info and someone locked in a toilet having a panic attack" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/755028748844601345) 2016-07-18T13:17Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "That @TomChivers has done some excellent work in the past few months on all things Covid - a good example right here https://unherd.com/2020/05/what-the-headline-covid-figures-dont-tell-you/ https://unherd.com/2020/05/what-the-headline-covid-figures-dont-tell-you/" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1261403241138368512) 2020-05-15T21:09Z 12K followers, [--] engagements "Do we need to teach kids to write in cursive @KateParkerTes looked at the evidence - and spoke to @Dominic_Wyse - full article here: https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/do-we-really-need-joined-handwriting-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/do-we-really-need-joined-handwriting-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1447223175062986754) 2021-10-10T15:31Z 12K followers, [--] engagements ""The exact allocation of this money is new but the funding itself is coming from the DfEs overall spending review capital settlement which was agreed in 2021.* Schools will get 1.8bn next year to improve their buildings @educationgovuk has announced but @ascl_uk leader @realgeoffbarton questioned whether this was enough with school buildings 'on the point of collapse' https://t.co/zbX9hAGygF Schools will get 1.8bn next year to improve their buildings @educationgovuk has announced but @ascl_uk leader @realgeoffbarton questioned whether this was enough with school buildings 'on the point of" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1640592687853105152) 2023-03-28T05:52Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Good luck to all receiving #SATs results today. A reminder of @heymrshallahan piece about that reading paper" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1678662941242011649) 2023-07-11T08:45Z 12.2K followers, 17.6K engagements "#Sats results 2023: * hard to imagine the shambles of the assessment gateway being accepted at GCSE so why is it happening at KS2 * the results show what teachers have said repeatedly: the pandemic impact tail is long * announcing a review of writing today is clumsy at best" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1678767288185683970) 2023-07-11T14:08Z 12.2K followers, 19.9K engagements ". We revealed the government was considering a writing review in our daily briefing at the start of the year (sign up for free here Get all the stories from the #Sats from @tes and @matilda__martin - and primary teachers you deserve all the treats" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1678767300588212225) 2023-07-11T14:08Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Very interesting report out today from @TheNFER - this piece has some options for gov with one being raising secondary pay faster than primary" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1678998872750952448) 2023-07-12T07:19Z 12K followers, 11.3K engagements ""co-teaching spaces are controversial in New Zealand. Critics argue that theyre based on an ideology not on any solid evidence that they benefit childrens learning." Big open classrooms for team teaching became the focus of school rebuilding - has it worked" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1679006000211214337) 2023-07-13T18:53Z 12.2K followers, 23.4K engagements "@keziah70 I posted the best of about [--] tries 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1696143586914410924) 2023-08-28T12:51Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements "Teachers get their voice heard in the national conversation but too often support staff dont" says @bphillipsonMP. "Thats why the last Labour gov was right to create a negotiating body to look at their terms and conditions across our country"" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1699106457013133355) 2023-09-05T17:05Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements "What we know about the teenage brain is expanding rapidly and what we are finding out could drastically change the way schools look at behaviour mobile phones curriculum mental health and more. Here's what @sjblakemore would put in her TEDtalk today https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/what-teachers-need-know-teenage-brain-behaviour https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/what-teachers-need-know-teenage-brain-behaviour" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1701833083010359591) 2023-09-13T05:40Z 12.4K followers, 54.2K engagements "Trauma-informed practice has been hailed as the saviour of behaviour in schools and also the cause of its deterioration. So who's right It depends what type of trauma-informed practice you are talking about - and how well it's done finds Clare Cook" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1704367281537532155) 2023-09-20T05:30Z 12K followers, 35.5K engagements "We're concerned about the impact of non-disclosure clauses on teachers and support staff who experience discrimination harassment and exploitation at work" says @NEUnion Schools are using NDAs more and opinions are mixed on whether that's a good thing" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1705836462409756908) 2023-09-24T06:48Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "Big loss to Ofqual and a difficult position to fill for chair Sir Ian Bauckham within a tight timeframe. Breaking: Ofqual boss Jo Saxton is stepping down later this year to take up a new role at UCAS https://t.co/XESWGKODka Breaking: Ofqual boss Jo Saxton is stepping down later this year to take up a new role at UCAS https://t.co/XESWGKODka" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1706607706855936425) 2023-09-26T09:52Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "Being a leader in a school is one of the most rewarding jobs out there but it's also one of the hardest. We want to help. So today we launch the Tes Magazine Leadership Forum. A quick summary is below but a thread follows. (1/14)" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709078449334125049) 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12K followers, 49.9K engagements "Next up we have a new 10-part series that will bring the latest organisational leadership expertise to school leaders via webinars hosted by the excellent @TheNewPandL - first up the fantastic @OwenEastwood on Belonging (5/14)" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709078471018774841) 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements "Owen has worked with NATO the England football team and the South African Cricket team - as well as with schools - and in this webinar he talks the why how and when of belonging to create thriving communities. (6/14)" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709078537620103408) 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements "Over the past year @DanWorth has published 100s of articles that do exactly this - you can find them all on our leadership and analysis hubs and he wants to hear more from you so do get in touch (12/14) https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709078553436860419) 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements "All of this obviously runs alongside our usual award-winning news analysis and T&L content which you can access through our free newsletters (sign up below) and that keeps you up-to-date with everything you need to know (13/14)" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709078555450085830) 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.1K followers, [---] engagements "Are you a school leader SMT A middle leader Aiming for your first leadership role We've launched something to help you be the best you can be - a forum to get support share best practice debate and learn. All the details below" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1709217350786892288) 2023-10-03T14:42Z 12K followers, [----] engagements ""My trajectory and experience of leadership would almost certainly have been different had I been male." Fascinating personal and honest piece from @LeoraCruddas for our second @tes How I Lead interview" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1714152005579792599) 2023-10-17T05:31Z 12K followers, 55.1K engagements "How can schools and trusts ensure genuine diversity and inclusion that is measured tracked and not reliant on a deficit model Our second Leading and Learning webinar is released today with the fantastic @frostincluded 🔗" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1719236575014326704) 2023-10-31T06:15Z 12K followers, 16.8K engagements "We have fantastic writers from the sector like @DamsonEd @MargaretMulhol2 @AlexJQuigley @cbokhove @mr_englishteach @amymayforrester @HKorbey @ProudlyPastoral @juliangrenier @Strickomaster @MaryMyatt @JeanGrossCBE @TillyTeacher and loads more" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1720121450550398991) 2023-11-02T16:51Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "We have featured some of the world's leading academics such as @DTWillingham @dylanwiliam @ricketts_lara @Kathy_Rastle @sjblakemore @P_A_Kirschner @NumCog @BeckyFrancis7 @ekfarran @lilacCourt @ReadOxford @deevybee @angeladuckw @Tamsin_J_Ford and countless more" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1720121453889155354) 2023-11-02T16:51Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "The demand for British education and British teachers is rapidly growing in India which is having a big impact on international schools' strategy but could also have a knock-on impact on workforce in the UK" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1720354626242015565) 2023-11-03T08:18Z 12K followers, [---] engagements ""All of it is personal. It is really about how that particular pupil is experiencing that particular environment and the people with whom they interact in that context. Those are the key pillars of any person who avoids school."" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1721078395583475953) 2023-11-05T08:14Z 12K followers, 10.8K engagements "Do we want a world where "Ofsted continues to report graded judgements and where there continue to be concerns about validity and reliability only now these have bled into an improvement agenda too" asks @steverollett" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1723241649781063960) 2023-11-11T07:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "At #SAAShow @CatMcKinnell is talking about the Labour approach to education to a full house main stage audience" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1727274453027946521) 2023-11-22T10:34Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements "@njw499 @keziah70 Ah no Let me repost two secs" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1730860261332939047) 2023-12-02T08:03Z 12.1K followers, [--] engagements ""Another thing to expect in the reaction will be selective comparisons with other countries with being one point ahead touted as having passed other countries. Such differences are likely to be just measurement error."" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1732114552710467671) 2023-12-05T19:07Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements ""Weve failed to look after our headteachers. Weve failed to give them anywhere near what they need to do their jobs effectively. Weve heaped more and more on them regardless. And then weve sent in inspectors to pick them apart" Today's @tes briefing https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1734098186871156791) 2023-12-11T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 153.8K engagements "@Ed_Dorrell It's def at that point of the festive season isn't it" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1739717941371834833) 2023-12-26T18:40Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements "How will @martyneoliver run @Ofstednews He's started by suspending routine inspections - and he tells @JohnGRoberts what else he has planned for his tenure. Big interview on @tes this morning with the new chief inspector" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1742069712509407637) 2024-01-02T06:26Z 12.2K followers, 57.2K engagements "I love the headteacher role so much even if it has a huge toll on my physical and mental health. Its a privilege and as @vicgoddard says it's still the best job in the world" says @keziah70 Could we do more to support heads' development Article below Heads have lost the time and resource to develop themselves so how do we change that - and could it help solve retention issues in leadership Fascinating thoughts and initiatives here from @vianclark @h_spencer @RealGeoffBarton @steverollett and more https://t.co/zzQEpRjwNa Heads have lost the time and resource to develop themselves so how do we" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1744446319760969952) 2024-01-08T19:49Z 12.2K followers, 13.2K engagements "What happens to maths in secondary schools that means [-----] high-attaining pupils "go missing" according to a survey from charity Axion Maths CEO @dmthomas90 explains the research below - well worth a read on some excellent work by David and his team" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1747136851406905374) 2024-01-16T06:01Z [--] followers, [----] engagements ""I switch off from work now but work was one of the loves of my life really. I was obsessed with it. Bold honest and fascinating glimpse into the leadership philosophy of @Rachel_deSouza for this month's How I Lead interview" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1747143394193818109) 2024-01-16T06:27Z 12.2K followers, 11.9K engagements "This is a fascinating look at SEND support in the Middle East and how international schools are part of the push for a more inclusive system - though many challenges remain" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1748599992246239319) 2024-01-20T06:55Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements ""inflationary pressures were highest in core spending areas like food and therefore affected the least well paid the most" @JonColes01 on the trust he leads using reserves to fund a bigger pay award for staff The countrys biggest multi-academy trust @UnitedLearning is giving its teachers a substantially bigger pay rise than the 6.5% awarded by the government https://t.co/JHyuvsVNRS The countrys biggest multi-academy trust @UnitedLearning is giving its teachers a substantially bigger pay rise than the 6.5% awarded by the government https://t.co/JHyuvsVNRS" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1750790655918420409) 2024-01-26T07:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "I do see a world where chief executives of Trusts will have different backgrounds Fascinating interview with @JohnBarneby on how Trust CEOs who come to the top job via a non-teaching route can offer something different - and beneficial - to the sector" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1753313551710896598) 2024-02-02T07:05Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements ".@GillianKeegan has told @DanWorth she has 'drank the Kool-Aid" on apprenticeships and believes the new Teacher Degree Apprenticeship will open the profession to new candidates particularly those who want to avoid "student debt"" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1754038075351556241) 2024-02-04T07:04Z 12.2K followers, 40.1K engagements "Why leaders should only stay in post for 6-8 years carving out time for "critical impact opportunities" and why losing hope means you should get out of leadership. @LibsNich is this month's How I Lead interviewee - a fascinating chat" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1757291261138977052) 2024-02-13T06:31Z 12.2K followers, 13.9K engagements "Nice to see the sun yesterday. Today back to grey and rain" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1759504758329479475) 2024-02-19T09:06Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements ""In my experience the issue is not so much the framework itself but the interpretation of it that causes problems" says @CEO_DEMAT Small schools dont need a new inspection framework they need better understanding from Ofsted about how they operate says MAT leader @CEO_DEMAT https://t.co/T4ZPZA2mKo Small schools dont need a new inspection framework they need better understanding from Ofsted about how they operate says MAT leader @CEO_DEMAT https://t.co/T4ZPZA2mKo" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1759990261105459428) 2024-02-20T17:15Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "Has edu research got lost in lab studies meta-analyses and huge data sets - and lost its connection to the classroom Prof Pete Blatchford tells @Helen_Amass research has lost sight of the complexity of teaching and disempowered teacher experience" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1760189357385036198) 2024-02-21T06:27Z 12.2K followers, 33.6K engagements "Exclusive: a report from headteacher support service @Headrest_UK will warn school leaders mental health is being ravaged by the pressures of Ofsted and the softening the edges approach being taken by the new chief inspector will not solve the issue" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1760926212719775825) 2024-02-23T07:15Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "➡ As the DfE's turnaround trust is wound up was it an expensive failure or a useful lesson Great piece from @matilda__martin - agree with @LeoraCruddas that we should not be too harsh on the attempt but it is right that we move on. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/data/falcon-education-academies-trust-turnaround-model-potential https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/data/falcon-education-academies-trust-turnaround-model-potential" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1781280331489808783) 2024-04-19T11:15Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "Is behaviour really getting worse in schools @HKorbey delves into the data to find the answer - and looks at what might be causing the apparent issues. Fascinating piece looking not just at UK but US EU and Australia trends too. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/behaviour-it-really-getting-worse https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/behaviour-it-really-getting-worse" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1788078880550465593) 2024-05-08T05:30Z 12.3K followers, 19.2K engagements "Fidelity has been the buzzword of the past year but strict prescription of teaching can have many downsides alongside the many positives argues @jon_hutchinson_ . So he asks: how much autonomy should teachers have Great piece this really nuanced https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/sweet-spot-teacher-autonomy-and-war-against-fidelity https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/sweet-spot-teacher-autonomy-and-war-against-fidelity" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1793152309171769808) 2024-05-22T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 13.1K engagements "Really good analysis of Trust growth frustrations on the Daily briefing this morning from @CharlotteSantry - you can sign up to the briefings for free https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/tes-daily-newsletter https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/tes-daily-newsletter" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1797522338424234083) 2024-06-03T06:54Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Labour inches further on primary-run nursery commitments - agree with @PaulWhiteman6 that funding is key. Also need a close look at where it is working/not working currently and to learn from those examples if Labour were to win the election. Labour has said its plan for free breakfast clubs in all primary schools could cut almost half a million days of school absence. It has also said it would convert [----] 'empty or under-used classrooms' into nurseries. https://t.co/Tr1kZRwhgA Labour has said its plan for free breakfast clubs in all primary schools could cut almost half a million days of" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1799922247915962851) 2024-06-09T21:51Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "➡Pupil mental health: What works in schools and what doesnt Could some of the techniques to tackle pupil mental health being pushed on to schools actually make things worse Hugely important interview for all in schools with @drlucyfoulkes https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/pupil-mental-health-what-works-in-schools-and-what-doesnt https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/pupil-mental-health-what-works-in-schools-and-what-doesnt" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1800766228652228995) 2024-06-12T05:45Z 12.4K followers, 70.3K engagements "Superb analysis from @Tamsin_J_Ford on the intersection of attendance mental health and Send. I was less interviewer more enthusiastic listener 💡 New session added This session is packed with fascinating insights from Prof. @tamsin_j_ford as she discusses the interplay between mental health and attendance with @tes @jon_severs. Register here to access: https://t.co/zFOWhemXoe #WeAreEACT #tes #attendance https://t.co/ZRlix0e1oj 💡 New session added This session is packed with fascinating insights from Prof. @tamsin_j_ford as she discusses the interplay between mental health and attendance" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1802966903926800794) 2024-06-18T07:29Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Fantastic recognition for the excellent work of @tes senior editor @DanWorth - industry recognition for his piece on how social work cuts are putting schools in a difficult safeguarding position on exclusions https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-social-services-cuts-affect-school-exclusions 🏆 Moving on to our fifth category Trade Press. The winner is - Something bad will happen: how social care cuts hit exclusions Times Education Supplement by Dan Worth. 👏 #SWJournalismAwards https://t.co/UOTO7m8PsV" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1803158158447186270) 2024-06-18T20:09Z 12.5K followers, 11.5K engagements "➡7 ways to solve the KS3 grammar knowledge problem Really practical useful guide from @mr_englishteach - essential reading for both primary and secondary taking in validity of SATs GPS Y6/7 transition issues and more. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/7-ways-solve-ks3-grammar-knowledge-problem https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/7-ways-solve-ks3-grammar-knowledge-problem" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1803301433753870593) 2024-06-19T05:39Z 12.5K followers, 10.1K engagements ""our smallest school has seven pupils. How is that viable some of you may ask. Well it is not viable through an economic lens but it is by the fact that it is one of the last aspects of civic structure left in the village that it serves" Important piece from @MoreMorrow The survival of small rural schools must be a priority for the next government writes @DartmoorMAT chief @MoreMorrow https://t.co/sSOZnwDC3w The survival of small rural schools must be a priority for the next government writes @DartmoorMAT chief @MoreMorrow https://t.co/sSOZnwDC3w" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1805859409437864095) 2024-06-26T07:03Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "My fierce focus on standards means.Im pretty agnostic about structures and Im pretty agnostic about research." Sir Kevan Collins expert adviser to @bphillipsonMP should Labour win the election spoke at a @tes event last night. Some very interesting points made. At an event hosted by @tes this week former catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins says that the variation 'between and within schools' is something 'we still need to keep facing down' https://t.co/IXL3UZXpuY At an event hosted by @tes this week former catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins says that the variation 'between and within schools' is" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1808595571214799121) 2024-07-03T20:16Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "Congratulations to @UKLabour and the new education team who will now run the DfE. Most in education are hopeful for change but it is likely the profession will need to be patient and expectations may need to be managed. We need the right solutions not the quickest" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1809097376616849835) 2024-07-05T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 16.9K engagements "Last week we published a really important interview with @kaitlynregehr on the ways boys are being led to extremist misogynistic ideas via social media - and how schools can be part of the effort to protect pupils from harm. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-schools-can-protect-boys-online-misogyny-social-media https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-schools-can-protect-boys-online-misogyny-social-media" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1809852852988441024) 2024-07-07T07:32Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "#SATSDay today - lots of talk about secondary focussed assessment reform but will Labour eye reform to KS2 Sats too @heymrshallahan wrote last year about what reform might look like. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/ks2-sats-tests-reform-what-next https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/ks2-sats-tests-reform-what-next" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1810568960468726191) 2024-07-09T06:57Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements ""One danger is with money so tight that Labour look to seemingly free policies like curriculum and assessment reform to keep the momentum going.* Very good outlook overview for schools from @Samfr 'For the first time in a while we have a government with focus and energy that is not beholden to the worst sections of the media' @Samfr on why despite Labours long and complex to-do list there is reason for the education sector to hope https://t.co/pnQNCJXra9 'For the first time in a while we have a government with focus and energy that is not beholden to the worst sections of the media' @Samfr on" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1811665797439226180) 2024-07-12T07:35Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "The King's Speech has no real surprises for schools but solidifies a lot of what has been spoken of by Labour in opposition. We have the essentials below but in this thread I have provided some contextual reading too. (1/7) https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/kings-speech-2024-labour-plans-for-schools-education https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/kings-speech-2024-labour-plans-for-schools-education" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1813536430934921598) 2024-07-17T11:29Z 12.5K followers, 17.6K engagements "If you want to get to know the person who will lead @UKLabour curriculum and assessment review a little better here is her @tes piece on leadership ambition and 'being comfortable with not having control of every element you are responsible for' https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/becky-francis-interview-education-leadership-tips A v good appointment of @BeckyFrancis7 to lead the much-anticipated curriculum and assessment review - the sector can be confident it will be balanced and rigorous. Announcing before teacher pay deal is slightly clumsy in terms of priority signalling." [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1813980566167097545) 2024-07-18T16:54Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements ""curriculum as a force seeks out efficiency and simplicity. We cannot have a youngster emerging from a 20-year process exhausted sick and jaded" As Labour launches a curriculum review here [--] global experts on curric theory write for @tes (from 2019) https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/curriculum-key-questions-schools-and-politicians https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/curriculum-key-questions-schools-and-politicians" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1814925276368818465) 2024-07-21T07:28Z 12.5K followers, 13.8K engagements "This is a superb series - if you are about to start your first role as a middle leader or you are more experienced and want your thinking challenged we have a really comprehensive library for you to work through Last year I contributed to [--] short pieces aimed at middle leaders for the @tes The series covers everything from setting a strategy to budget to performance management. If youre new to middle leadership or know someone who is have a look https://t.co/iPvhMNddFk Last year I contributed to [--] short pieces aimed at middle leaders for the @tes The series covers everything from setting a" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1826236896089116711) 2024-08-21T12:36Z 12.5K followers, 10.3K engagements ""With attendance it's safest to assume there is a problem that needs solving and it's more likely to be SEND mental health or bullying." World-renowned mental health expert Professor Tamsin Ford on how to tackle the attendance crisis - a must read https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tamsin-ford-interview-attendance-send-mental-health-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tamsin-ford-interview-attendance-send-mental-health-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1833739246685007927) 2024-09-11T05:28Z 12.5K followers, 44.7K engagements "@JohndickensSW @tes @pressgazette Thanks John happy birthday on [--] years too" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1834338320832135422) 2024-09-12T21:08Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements "➡How to fix the primary maths curriculum What should Labour do with primary maths Prioritise fluency and pleasure say Peter Foulds and @dmthomas90 - and here is a blueprint to do it. A must read for primary and maths teachers and leaders https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/primary/how-fix-primary-maths-curriculum https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/primary/how-fix-primary-maths-curriculum" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1836278981706010635) 2024-09-18T05:40Z 12.5K followers, 32.2K engagements "How might Labours proposed Regional Improvement Teams work There is a model in London that some suggest could be very influential finds @ellencph https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/model-government-regional-improvement-teams-leaders-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/model-government-regional-improvement-teams-leaders-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1837001241483956357) 2024-09-20T05:30Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements ""The recruitment of postgraduate secondary teacher trainees is [--] per cent below target analysis of DfE figures shows" Not an issue Labour can kick down the road. The Labour government must bring forward measures for improving teacher recruitment & retention this autumn @JackWorthNFER warns as the latest data reveals that recruitment targets for secondary trainees are likely to be missed again this year https://t.co/TlcD7wlHHC The Labour government must bring forward measures for improving teacher recruitment & retention this autumn @JackWorthNFER warns as the latest data reveals that" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1838194464877138098) 2024-09-23T12:31Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "Exclusive: funding for @OakNational will continue beyond current September [----] deal but if a judicial review is dropped it will be lower and downloads restricted to UK-only an extraordinary letter from the ed sec has revealed. Story by @cerysturner7 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/bridget-phillipson-to-cut-funding-oak-national-academy-legal-dispute https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/bridget-phillipson-to-cut-funding-oak-national-academy-legal-dispute" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1842068379915767948) 2024-10-04T05:05Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements ""teaching is above all a human endeavour. We employ people for their knowledge but also for their care their humour and their empathy. Lets try not to script that out of the classroom." Fantastic balanced piece from @greeborunner https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/are-scripted-lessons-for-teachers-a-good-thing https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/are-scripted-lessons-for-teachers-a-good-thing" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1842820585908228504) 2024-10-06T06:54Z 12.4K followers, 24.4K engagements ""Im deliberately very bad at emails to discourage people from sending them to me because they can become the work." This week's "My Week As." is Wellspring Academy Trust CEO Mark Wilson https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/mark-wilson-chief-executive-wellspring-academy-trust-interview https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/mark-wilson-chief-executive-wellspring-academy-trust-interview" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1845701066022613320) 2024-10-14T05:40Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements "With the government eyeing the detail of the trust system carefully today we publish the first of our deep dives into the huge regional variation in the make-up of - and challenges face by - trusts. To kick us off we zero in on the North-East. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/mat-tracker-regional-deep-dive-north-east https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/mat-tracker-regional-deep-dive-north-east" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1849684817216262622) 2024-10-25T05:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "The first RISE advisor job ads are up - these roles will essentially operate the new school improvement model and thus the accountability fall out. It looks like the FT equivalent salary if you don't pay [--] weeks of school holidays is 117k. https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgiSID=cGFnZWNsYXNzPVNlYXJjaCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZjb250ZXh0aWQ9MTAzOTAxNDU0Jm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWFjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0JnJlcXNpZz0xNzMwODIyMTkzLWIzNDU2ZjZkYmE5ZGRlMWQ5ZmE3MWJiZmM3YTYxZDYwMWEyNDI4YWI= This is a big shift that is a little light on fine detail at the moment: * Schools will" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1854084340768018867) 2024-11-06T08:52Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "Big Exclusive: Ofsted is proposing inspecting teaching as a separate category in its new framework causing significant concern among those in sector who have been consulted. Story @cerysturner7 and @JohnGRoberts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-could-inspect-teaching-separate-category-new-inspections https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-could-inspect-teaching-separate-category-new-inspections" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1857119660703175140) 2024-11-14T17:53Z 12.4K followers, 14.3K engagements ""What is clear is that we repeatedly look at inherent factors within the child and attribute the issues to them. Well this needs to stop." @TomCampbell111 on his fears the curriculum is creating demand for SEND support The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming but what if it is not the child but the system What if we caused this asks @EducationEACT leader Tom Campbell https://t.co/WWDNA1XfIf The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming but what if it is not the child but the system What if we caused this asks @EducationEACT leader Tom Campbell" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1858818413298172043) 2024-11-19T10:23Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "We now have fewer providers of ECF - with Best Practice Network which was highly regarded by many who used it not selected for the next contract. Interesting to see how its share of the market is distributed. Exclusive from @JohnGRoberts and @cerysturner7 Exclusive: Four providers have been awarded contracts to provide the governments Early Career Framework from next year Tes understands https://t.co/66aoRjhd0k Exclusive: Four providers have been awarded contracts to provide the governments Early Career Framework from next year Tes understands https://t.co/66aoRjhd0k" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1859647603920732670) 2024-11-21T17:18Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "Primary teachers are thrown into subject leadership pretty much from the start - many in their ECT years. That's causing challenges and stress to teachers still learning their craft say the leaders of @Lighthouse_fed - here's what they did about it. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/how-disneyland-inspired-primary-school-subject-leadership-skills https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/how-disneyland-inspired-primary-school-subject-leadership-skills" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1862392802287526304) 2024-11-29T07:07Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements ""Artificial intelligence will very likely shake up education but not in the way or at the speed that many of its proponents or detractors imagine." Good piece here from @informed_edu https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/will-ai-have-a-big-impact-on-teaching-education-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/will-ai-have-a-big-impact-on-teaching-education-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1863134439607537902) 2024-12-01T08:14Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "➡What if. the system was restructured as an 'all-through' model A challenging fascinating think piece about the numerous benefits - financial academic pastoral and more - @Claire_Heald believes would occur if we set the system up as 'all-through' https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/school-system-as-all-through-provision https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/school-system-as-all-through-provision" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1863836817096601902) 2024-12-03T06:45Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "This is existing cash that has essentially been ringfenced for capital investments to aid mainstream inclusion. The DfE has not fleshed out what that may look like - of course inclusion is much more than physical environment. The DfE is to spend 740m creating specialist places in mainstream and will not enter any new Safety Valve deals for councils facing deficits it has been announced. All you need to know below. https://t.co/YIy643Ram0 https://t.co/YIy643Ram0 The DfE is to spend 740m creating specialist places in mainstream and will not enter any new Safety Valve deals for councils facing" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1864247651467706397) 2024-12-04T09:57Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements ""Our children are no less intelligent than those in Singapore or South Korea so we should not be content with this gap." @dmthomas90 on the three things we need to fix in maths based on today's Timss data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/timss-3-maths-issues-revealed-for-schools-to-tackle https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/timss-3-maths-issues-revealed-for-schools-to-tackle" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1864366998844514639) 2024-12-04T17:51Z 12.3K followers, [---] engagements ""Some primary teachers are devoting hours to coping with a lack of school readiness that should be spent on teaching." @annelongfield on why the prime minister's goal for early years will require investment and broader cultural change If the government wants to ensure that 75% of 5-year-olds are ready for school then it will need to recreate the sort of early intervention support that we had under Sure Start says @annelongfield https://t.co/OJOptMzAAH If the government wants to ensure that 75% of 5-year-olds are ready for school then it will need to recreate the sort of early intervention" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1864727680979018011) 2024-12-05T17:44Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "DfE puts its cards on the table on pay - and it is similar to what many private companies are landing at for annual pay review Breaking: @educationgovuk recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26 https://t.co/zHHUE1cGjz Breaking: @educationgovuk recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26 https://t.co/zHHUE1cGjz" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1866533619088413020) 2024-12-10T17:21Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements "Exclusive: schools minister refuses to confirm pay and conditions in trusts that deviate from national guidelines will be protected under new government bill Interview with @CharlotteSantry https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/schools-minister-refuses-rule-out-trust-pay-cuts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/schools-minister-refuses-rule-out-trust-pay-cuts" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1869070585453834657) 2024-12-17T17:22Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "Which educators are on the New Year Honours list We have listed them all below including a knighthood for @NickGibbUK and a CBE for @RealGeoffBarton Congratulations to all https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/education-figures-nick-gibb-and-geoff-barton-on-new-year-honours-list-2025 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/education-figures-nick-gibb-and-geoff-barton-on-new-year-honours-list-2025" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1873859610198610374) 2024-12-30T22:32Z 12.3K followers, 11.8K engagements "What should the NPQ and ECF reviews - announced last week - focus on @cerysturner7 and @ellencph have talked to providers schools and trust leaders and teachers and come up with the following list. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/key-priorities-npq-ecf-reviews https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/key-priorities-npq-ecf-reviews" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1879216034047250760) 2025-01-14T17:16Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "How will MAT inspections work Many ideas have been mooted but a system of self-evaluation that started operating in the Isle of Man today has been looked at keenly by some. @ellencph has taken a look at the system striving to avoid 'negative impact' https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/could-self-evaluation-model-work-mat-inspection https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/could-self-evaluation-model-work-mat-inspection" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1881592564295287201) 2025-01-21T06:40Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements "Should a CEO be running two trusts at one After a recent example that may lead to a merger was referred to @bphillipsonMP - we look at similar practice across the sector and talk to those in favour and those with concerns about 'conflict of interest'. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/should-leaders-run-two-academy-trusts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/should-leaders-run-two-academy-trusts" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1882680231233830988) 2025-01-24T06:42Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements ""fidelity is favoured over contextual relevance in the ECF" A thorough appraisal of why the ECF is not working as planned and how it could be changed to fix that from Sam Gibbs https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-early-career-framework-ecf-is-not-improving-teacher-retention https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-early-career-framework-ecf-is-not-improving-teacher-retention" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1902384320561492460) 2025-03-19T15:39Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "There are big concerns that compulsory QTS will hit some parts of the sector worse than others making the existing recruitment and retention problems harder. @ellencph has pinpointed which types of school and which subjects are set to struggle most. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-qualified-teacher-status-qts-requirement-will-hit-some-schools-harder https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-qualified-teacher-status-qts-requirement-will-hit-some-schools-harder" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1902974706988302559) 2025-03-21T06:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements ""the most carefully and thoughtfully evidence-informed teacher in one subject may find their strategies dont guarantee success in another" 👉Why subjects need their own take on the cogsci revolution Great piece from @mikehobbiss and @PaulCline_psy https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/subject-teaching-secondary-cognitive-science-research-guide https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/subject-teaching-secondary-cognitive-science-research-guide" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1914911612336562413) 2025-04-23T05:18Z 12K followers, 17.1K engagements "👉How teacher contact time varies around the world - and why it matters A heavy extra-curricula load in Japan holiday work in Switzerland bespoke CPD in Singapore. this is an excellent analysis report from @Emma_Seith https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-workload-how-teaching-time-varies-around-the-world https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-workload-how-teaching-time-varies-around-the-world" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1919645806736355585) 2025-05-06T06:50Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "A hugely positive move to combine the expertise of Ebor and Nexus into a specialist trust for [--] primary and special schools. @jasminenorden sat down with the two chairs of trustees to talk about 'values-led' mergers and what they will bring the sector https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ebor-nexus-mats-planning-trust-merger https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ebor-nexus-mats-planning-trust-merger" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1935707895334928518) 2025-06-19T14:35Z 12K followers, [----] engagements ""I was sometimes a controversial figure at Ofsted but there is a real danger that because of the nature of the job a chief inspector says very little and has a minimal impact on standards." The last How I Lead of the year: Sir Michael Wilshaw https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/sir-michael-wilshaw-ofsted-chief-how-i-lead-interview https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/sir-michael-wilshaw-ofsted-chief-how-i-lead-interview" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1942459884563489037) 2025-07-08T05:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Rising national insurance employer contributions are increasing costs for everything from waste management to catering for schools - with urgent calls for government to recognise these challenges. Story by @jasminenorden https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/supplier-cost-hikes-are-significantly-worse-feared https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/supplier-cost-hikes-are-significantly-worse-feared" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1943547551267127526) 2025-07-11T05:47Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "When does a stagger become a non- or false-start Either way a delay (if we can call it that) is welcome as are the other announced measures. Is it enough to quell concerns Unlikely. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-stagger-full-inspection-launch-november https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-stagger-full-inspection-launch-november" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1945088161484288193) 2025-07-15T11:48Z 12K followers, [----] engagements ""How might parenting change if we all knew a childs development score at [--] months can accurately predict educational outcomes at [--] years" Felicity Gillespie says we need to stop arguing about school start ages and agree and resource development goals https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/early-years-development-what-children-should-learn-before-age-5 https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/early-years-development-what-children-should-learn-before-age-5" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1967827035277115782) 2025-09-16T05:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Does the primary school library pledge make sense - financially or otherwise Not really. And neither the DfE nor the Treasury seemed to know anything about after it was announced so that's no surprise. @ellencph digs into what it actually is. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/fact-check-government-library-promise https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/fact-check-government-library-promise" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1972900465118687253) 2025-09-30T05:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Scrap EHCPs end diagnosis inflation train up staff for SEND no state-funded private SEND placements. and three other proposals to fix the SEND system by NET founder Roy Blatchford https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-to-improve-send-support-system-reform https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-to-improve-send-support-system-reform" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1973632790483578884) 2025-10-02T06:15Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Are your Year [--] students behaving more like your Year 9s Are your Year 6s seeming more grown up than they used to be There is a scientific reason for that: puberty is starting earlier. So why is it happening and how is it playing out in schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-early-puberty-affects-pupil-behaviour https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-early-puberty-affects-pupil-behaviour" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1975795794352701902) 2025-10-08T05:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "A very useful insight from an Ofsted pilot inspection here from Asif Bhatti https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/what-new-ofsted-inspections-are-like-for-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/what-new-ofsted-inspections-are-like-for-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1977986563414855913) 2025-10-14T06:35Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "How are schools and trusts preparing for the new Ofsted approach Why do leaders think the inspectorate is 'confused' about admissions What is the most worrying aspect of the new inspections Exclusive free webinar below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-confused-about-school-admissions-role-tes-webinar https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-confused-about-school-admissions-role-tes-webinar" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1978493418679554347) 2025-10-15T16:09Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Featuring @MannyBotwe @cathiepaine Jonny Uttley and hosted by Tes' @CharlotteSantry" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/1978493578935452052) 2025-10-15T16:10Z 12K followers, [---] engagements "Glass Animals and a sunrise goes well together" [X Link](https://x.com/jon_severs/status/940484116566499329) 2017-12-12T07:31Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements "It is shocking that it is not shocking that the news of schools going back to full face to face teaching on [--] March has been leaked late on a Sunday night at the end of half term ahead of an announcement tomorrow. Schools and those who work in them deserve better than this" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1363623736407113732) 2021-02-21T22:56Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Whatever you think of the Greenwich situation to be a headteacher in that area right now must be horrendous. At the end of the toughest longest term of their career they have now been put in the middle of a political scrap with the country watching. Thoughts with all of them" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1338575362754813962) 2020-12-14T20:03Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Seeing my kids' school's staff car park half empty this morning was a strangely useful indication of just how desperate things are getting in schools as more and more staff are having to self-isolate. Schools performing miracles to keep classrooms running" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1333402006426439680) 2020-11-30T13:26Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "Parents being able to report schools to Ofsted on remote learning. pitting parents against schools and vice versa at the moment does not seem the most productive of moves" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1346814364779753473) 2021-01-06T13:42Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements "There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it or talking about it. Even more worrying not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving. @heymrshallahan deep dives into the data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1654359014468366336) 2023-05-05T05:35Z 12.4K followers, 693.3K engagements "Just chatting to my mum who taught primary for [--] years and she said 'the trouble is Jon so many people expect kids to think and act like adults and they simply don't' - true that" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1149026262020759552) 2019-07-10T18:43Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements ""Weve failed to look after our headteachers. Weve failed to give them anywhere near what they need to do their jobs effectively. Weve heaped more and more on them regardless. And then weve sent in inspectors to pick them apart" Today's @tes briefing https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1734098186871156791) 2023-12-11T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 153.8K engagements "The growth in Andrew Tate-related issues in schools has been really worrying to see and some of the detail in this @mr_englishteach piece is so sad to read. Some really practical advice from Mark and those interviewed to try and tackle the issue. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/andrew-tate-how-schools-tackle-misogyny https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/andrew-tate-how-schools-tackle-misogyny" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1612482737490870274) 2023-01-09T16:13Z 12.4K followers, 150.6K engagements "I guess schools are used to being largely ignored when it comes to covid but it has gone to another level being silent on them altogether in light of the other measures and the scientific findings announced in this press conference" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1468653934600409091) 2021-12-08T18:49Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "The tone from the DfE is definitely shifting as the unions reject the offer in turn. One DfE source quoted as saying: "You expect this sort of rhetoric from the NEU not NAHT" NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table and that to do otherwise would be to stick two fingers up to teachers https://t.co/Jsp1pmO8uP NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1643506520368328704) 2023-04-05T06:51Z 12.4K followers, 349.1K engagements "NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table and that to do otherwise would be to stick two fingers up to teachers https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/headteachers-vote-reject-pay-offer https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/headteachers-vote-reject-pay-offer" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1643471022404911105) 2023-04-05T04:30Z [----] followers, 267.8K engagements ""Ive accepted the fact Ive not made anybody happy over the past [--] months. Whatever decision I had to take somebody was going to disagree. And it has been traumatic." Outstandingly honest piece from @vicgoddard in our special issue of @tes this week https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/covid-theres-been-no-switch-school-leaders https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/covid-theres-been-no-switch-school-leaders" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1372910724754907137) 2021-03-19T13:59Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "So two huge pieces of news this morning: @NEUnion to advise members to refuse face-to-face teaching on H&S grounds And @NAHTnews begins a legal challenge against the government https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-heads-covid-school-safety-legal-challenge https://www.tes.com/news/national-teacher-walk-out-over-covid-safety-expected https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-heads-covid-school-safety-legal-challenge https://www.tes.com/news/national-teacher-walk-out-over-covid-safety-expected" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1345338775791132672) 2021-01-02T11:58Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Do people still play rounders in primary school Not at the moment obviously it's bloody awful out. But in general" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1235662807598686209) 2020-03-05T20:25Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "I have been thinking a lot recently about the fact certain names always pop up when people cite research in education and - as lovely as these people are - it always seems odd because they are usually not the leading person in their field and they are almost always. men. So" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1250010692410904576) 2020-04-14T10:39Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements ""To put it bluntly the sector is knackered. Yet all the talk is of ramping things up so pupils can catch up. Those in schools would be forgiven for looking at each other and wondering: how much more can we give" My leader this week. https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/pressure-catch-too-much-burned-out-staff https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/pressure-catch-too-much-burned-out-staff" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1361410369839915020) 2021-02-15T20:21Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Increasingly hearing parents say they are going to pull kids out of school in last weeks of term to avoid them being pinged by Test and Trace and missing holidays that have been booked. What is already a chaotic situation may become even more chaotic" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1414924396133765133) 2021-07-13T12:27Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Here's a question: considering the amount of time Year R kids will have missed being in Year R will we need to see a more Year R style approach in Year [--] at least for the first few months (I know many schools do play-based Y1 already but not all.)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1252149254048624642) 2020-04-20T08:17Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements ""Schools characteristically scramble to deliver content. However in this scramble to serve our students academically were in danger of forgetting them socially. Its not so much content thats required now its connection companionship and conversation." - in @tes Friday" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1254694644333543425) 2020-04-27T08:51Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Hugely important investigation by the @tes news team today. School safeguarding referrals are at their highest since [----] but @tes has discovered the majority result in 'no further action' labels leaving schools unsupported and pupils at risk https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/investigation-children-at-risk-safeguarding-referrals-school-no-action https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/investigation-children-at-risk-safeguarding-referrals-school-no-action" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1611250083881795592) 2023-01-06T06:35Z 12.4K followers, 183.2K engagements "Congratulations to @UKLabour and the new education team who will now run the DfE. Most in education are hopeful for change but it is likely the profession will need to be patient and expectations may need to be managed. We need the right solutions not the quickest" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1809097376616849835) 2024-07-05T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 16.9K engagements "Got a back-to-school cold It does not mean your Covid precautions are not working. Excellent piece from @DrShetalAO https://www.tes.com/news/why-your-cold-tells-you-little-about-covid-transmission https://www.tes.com/news/why-your-cold-tells-you-little-about-covid-transmission" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1310113762972753920) 2020-09-27T07:07Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Potty training our two-year old twins: tried direct instruction child-led discovery rewards (not punishments) play-based approaches lecture style teacher talk (that's right I explained biology to two year olds because i was tired) - and still there is wee on the floor" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1120678493329735680) 2019-04-23T13:19Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "What even is a knowledge-rich powerful curriculum Professor Michael Young's work has been widely cited as a key reference for it but he's not so sure it should be - and he is sure the current curric focus is wrong-headed. Fascinating interview. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/michael-young-powerful-knowledge-curriculum https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/michael-young-powerful-knowledge-curriculum" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1572461873366196228) 2022-09-21T05:45Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "On [--] September [----] @tes launched a new podcast to connect research to teaching practice. We had no long-term plan no guests lined up beyond the first two and as host I had no experience with podcasts. What could go wrong" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1301239302702206979) 2020-09-02T19:23Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Here it is Your comprehensive guide to what the research says works for revision courtesy of Prof John Dunlosky and the latest Tes Podagogy podcast: rereading highlighters retrieval practice spaced practice motivation all covered https://www.tes.com/news/gcse-revision-guide-what-works-best https://www.tes.com/news/gcse-revision-guide-what-works-best" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1095702126678937600) 2019-02-13T15:11Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "We need more primary teacher writers for @tes - keen to hear from anyone with an interest in research but also anyone keen to write on other topics too. #PrimaryRocks" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1042405059584253952) 2018-09-19T13:28Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "➡Sir Kevan Collins: "We did nothing. We gave up. It was pathetic" In [----] Collins was hired to fix education post-Covid. For the first time he details what happened in those [--] months why Sunak/Johnson dumped his plan and the legacy of that decision https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/sir-kevan-collins-interview-catch-up-tsar https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/sir-kevan-collins-interview-catch-up-tsar" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1765988318498464057) 2024-03-08T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 115.4K engagements "Exciting news time - the next three issues of @tes will form a special curriculum series: the [--] May looks at curriculum theory; [--] May looks at turning theory into practice; [--] May showcases schools that are doing interesting things with their curriculum (1/4)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1128018997985910785) 2019-05-13T19:27Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "As schools empty of increasing numbers of children (and teachers) for self-isolation the topic of focus from the DfE swings as it frequently has done during the pandemic to mobile phones" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1409781572023291907) 2021-06-29T07:51Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "I know of a head who has resigned today from a challenging school because the stress of filling in for the disappearance of support services has got too much. Unanswered calls removed interventions failed kids teachers left in dangerous situations unsupported" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1083023077485826053) 2019-01-09T15:29Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "If Labour wins the election having Sir Kevan Collins advising - as was leaked yesterday (story below) - is a v shrewd appointment. He knows how gov works he knows how local authorities work and he knows how schools work. Any Labour plan.(1/2) https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/sir-kevan-collins-to-advise-on-schools-if-labour-wins-election https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/sir-kevan-collins-to-advise-on-schools-if-labour-wins-election" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1805255098643177522) 2024-06-24T15:02Z 12.4K followers, 26.6K engagements "Today in @tes - @johncmorgan3 has done a huge piece of work looking at the science behind school closures and reopenings. It's such an important piece for our readership and wider public that we have decided to put it in front of the paywall. Here it is: https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/coronavirus-science-behind-schools-reopening https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/coronavirus-science-behind-schools-reopening" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1261174629638516736) 2020-05-15T06:00Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Here's a big list of all the tech and resources that has been made free in the past few weeks - excellent work @heymrshallahan https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-free-resources-home-learning https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-free-resources-home-learning" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1243801726219665410) 2020-03-28T07:26Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements ""schools are sticking with children working with families building strong relationships and being a central part of their local community. But too often such support happens despite central government not because of it." @annelongfield for @tes https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-has-forgotten-about-children-and-families-pursuit-standards https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-has-forgotten-about-children-and-families-pursuit-standards" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1664144241746952193) 2023-06-01T05:38Z 12.4K followers, 52.2K engagements "Any primary schools mandating parents wear masks at drop off and pick up" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1323345073057255425) 2020-11-02T19:23Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "This is a very very interesting piece for UK teachers: what's life like in Denmark's reopened schools https://www.tes.com/news/what-it-denmarks-reopened-schools https://www.tes.com/news/what-it-denmarks-reopened-schools" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1253263165640630274) 2020-04-23T10:03Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "This one will prompt some debate: guided play found in a new study to be better for teaching early maths and as good at teaching most other things compared with traditional teaching methods. New analysis from @Cambridge_Uni https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/guided-play-sometimes-better-direct-instruction https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/guided-play-sometimes-better-direct-instruction" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1481145164802494465) 2022-01-12T06:05Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "That's quite a claim considering there is no robust evidence for methodology of teaching during a pandemic-related lockdown lasting for months at a time. Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this and that "were seeing substantial gains #eduQs Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1351179783456124929) 2021-01-18T14:48Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this and that "were seeing substantial gains #eduQs" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1351178454339887111) 2021-01-18T14:43Z 339.2K followers, [---] engagements "If masks are required in classrooms from [--] March why weren't they required at any other time in the past [--] months The science on masks has not changed markedly in that period. Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://t.co/V9kdIRwNvc Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://t.co/V9kdIRwNvc" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1363885463120080900) 2021-02-22T16:16Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://www.tes.com/news/back-school-masks-required-secondary-classrooms https://www.tes.com/news/back-school-masks-required-secondary-classrooms" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1363884255433080833) 2021-02-22T16:12Z 339.2K followers, [---] engagements "Really interesting piece from principal Jennie Divine whose school has been in lockdown in Milan for three weeks - useful points to prep for in UK schools if they end up being closed. https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-5-lessons-school-lockdown https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-5-lessons-school-lockdown" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1237373722618724352) 2020-03-10T13:44Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements "One of the greatest achievements of my son's school is that he absolutely loves being there. That's actually not the easiest thing to achieve yet it is so crucial to underpinning everything else that happens in the classroom" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1109060938756435973) 2019-03-22T11:55Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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""there is no underlying theory of improvement or indeed theory of change" A very clear critique of RISE here from @LeoraCruddas - well worth spending some time going through her argument. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/problems-with-rise-school-improvement-programme https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/problems-with-rise-school-improvement-programme"
X Link 2026-02-12T06:30Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Excellent piece on the growth of 'mixed' trusts and what it might mean for inclusion from @JohnGRoberts With the government pushing for mainstream and special schools to work more closely together @JohnGRoberts looks at how some trusts are already making this a reality https://t.co/36wchmNkJv With the government pushing for mainstream and special schools to work more closely together @JohnGRoberts looks at how some trusts are already making this a reality https://t.co/36wchmNkJv"
X Link 2026-01-27T07:34Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"WhatsApp was not included in the Australian social media ban for U16s yet it is driving more pastoral incidents in schools than other social media. Excellent exclusive from @cerysturner7 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teachers-report-whatsapp-pastoral-incidents-social-media-ban https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teachers-report-whatsapp-pastoral-incidents-social-media-ban"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:00Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The decision at Ofsted and the DfE to speak about this inspection in a negative light to the school before it started was deeply unprofessional and looks even worse now. The trust-wide review still being pushed despite the findings is very problematic https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/no-political-bias-bristol-school-jewish-mp-visit https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/no-political-bias-bristol-school-jewish-mp-visit"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:05Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
""The world told me who I was from a very young age. It told me I shouldnt be a brown child with a white mum. It told me I didnt belong. It told me I wasnt black enough I wasnt Irish enough. So I had to find my own sense of culture and self" "I realised at a very young age that no one was going to save me. But at the age of six I made a decision to believe that the world was fundamentally a good place it just had some bad people in it." @dee_delo with an extremely powerful How I Lead https://t.co/KiTQO6X3VD "I realised at a very young age that no one was going to save me. But at the age of six"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:10Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Endless front ending of sentences repeated 'shifts' (Because of X Y) ubiquitous bullet points phrasing mirroring the most templated of political speeches pacing that is overly robotic (short; long; short; long) and unrelated to the point being made call to action climax"
X Link 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 230.3K engagements
"It's really weird to read. It makes for very poor copy. And it makes me feel a bit ick. So please don't send us something that AI has written. We want to read what you have written. It's way better"
X Link 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 220.2K engagements
"@vicgoddard Indeed The frequency with which AI produces errors is going to create a lot of work"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:20Z 12.4K followers, 155.9K engagements
"@lehain You were always pretty good Mark tbf Wrong but well written. 😜"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:42Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
""there are [--] leaders in this group who are paid over [------] with one earning between [------] to [------] in his role running a two-school trust" CEOs told their pay was an outlier by the DfE mostly responded accordingly but salaries still high. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/outlier-ceo-pay-flattens-after-dfe-crackdown https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/outlier-ceo-pay-flattens-after-dfe-crackdown"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:15Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Increasingly being submitted AI-written articles. Even the worst human writing has an abundance of signals about the writer in the choices they make. AI-written pieces give no signals and that is deeply weird to read. Some common features include"
X Link 2026-02-04T10:09Z 12.4K followers, 1.7M engagements
"Is the primary sector ready for compulsory citizenship education @cerysturner7 has found the ask for primary schools is potentially enormous and the skills required to teach it extensive. So what is being proposed and how might schools have to adapt https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/mandatory-citizenship-education-primary-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/mandatory-citizenship-education-primary-schools"
X Link 2026-02-06T06:44Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Positive move led by @PaulWhiteman6 to increase independent scrutiny of Ofsted https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/independent-group-monitor-ofsted-impact-headteacher-wellbeing https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/independent-group-monitor-ofsted-impact-headteacher-wellbeing"
X Link 2026-02-06T06:59Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Revealed: How much the biggest MATs make from investments The largest multi-academy trusts are generating millions by investing surplus cash but sector leader warns this must not replace core funding Story by @JabedAhm https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-much-money-do-mats-make-from-investments https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-much-money-do-mats-make-from-investments"
X Link 2026-02-06T07:49Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Pretty poor for the report not to detail the full numbers in this RISE evaluation instead using terms like "majority" with no back-up numbers - makes you think the results are worse than they might be. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/half-rise-schools-faced-challenges-supporting-organisations https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/half-rise-schools-faced-challenges-supporting-organisations"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:05Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @ProudlyPastoral: New one from me I've posed this question for a while but given the advancement of AI & what we saw recently with Grok"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:42Z 12.4K followers, [--] engagements
""It is worth rehearsing what it actually takes for a piece of homework to be sent home with a child. the workload burden of homework both implementation and oversight is immense" https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/what-if-schools-all-stopped-setting-homework https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/what-if-schools-all-stopped-setting-homework"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:27Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Ive had more complaints at governor panel level in the last six to [--] months than I had in the previous [--] years put together" The huge increase in parental complaints are a known issue in the sector but what is driving that rapid uptick https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-are-schools-getting-more-parent-complaints https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-are-schools-getting-more-parent-complaints"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:42Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A very important analysis here from @ASCL_UK on Ofsted data for the first inspections under the new framework Exclusive: Ofsted is being urged to review how its inspections are graded after analysis of the new report cards revealed major disparities in outcomes between primary and secondary schools https://t.co/PXwXTTZaTd Exclusive: Ofsted is being urged to review how its inspections are graded after analysis of the new report cards revealed major disparities in outcomes between primary and secondary schools https://t.co/PXwXTTZaTd"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:40Z 12.4K followers, 10.3K engagements
"This is a decent plan for the school estate but one that will be largely wasted if it isn't properly backed by cash and the digital aspects of it (including data sharing) are not properly resourced. Not a great track record on that but 🤞 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-school-buildings-estates-strategy-all-you-need-know https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-school-buildings-estates-strategy-all-you-need-know"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:46Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Could your retrieval practice be working much harder than it is already @mr_englishteach thinks with a little variation it could be. A really interesting and helpful piece that you can read right here: https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/what-is-variable-retrieval-practice https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/what-is-variable-retrieval-practice"
X Link 2026-02-12T06:46Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Today we publish our annual CEO pay analysis for the largest trusts in the country. Excellent work from @JabedAhm pulling this together. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/what-do-big-mats-pay-ceo-academy-trusts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/what-do-big-mats-pay-ceo-academy-trusts"
X Link 2026-02-13T06:40Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"How often do you circulate the classroom @mr_englishteach urges you to stop doing it. . Its causing more harm than good he argues"
X Link 2019-03-29T07:46Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @cwarzel Completely agree and it is easy to fall into the trap of commissioning it too"
X Link 2021-11-02T15:02Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"Bit of surprise culture on today's walk. If you zoom in you can read it"
X Link 2022-01-22T12:12Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"The relationship between grammar teaching and developing good writing It's complex and that complexity should be embraced. The @tes leader this week: https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/do-primary-school-pupils-literacy-punctuation-really-get-feel-grammar-teaching https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/do-primary-school-pupils-literacy-punctuation-really-get-feel-grammar-teaching"
X Link 2022-03-04T12:15Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
""taking away the tools of clarity" is how @MichaelT1979 described it and I think most will agree. The DfE is writing to school leaders to confirm that they are no longer required to record Covid-related absence https://t.co/fW0GuIi89U The DfE is writing to school leaders to confirm that they are no longer required to record Covid-related absence https://t.co/fW0GuIi89U"
X Link 2022-04-06T12:14Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"@PeteEtchells In my experience go and do some gardening for 30mins and all will be well"
X Link 2022-06-20T13:19Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it or talking about it. Even more worrying not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving. @heymrshallahan deep dives into the data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50"
X Link 2023-05-05T05:35Z 12.4K followers, 693.3K engagements
"Some thoughts from me on Haidt's less popular argument that kids need more 'play-full' schools (mainly related to break times) and how that line will become more difficult to ignore politically as pressure ramps up. Leaders need a good answer if asked to do more in this area. 'Its unlikely the movement pushing for more autonomy for young people is going to be kept at arms length for much longer': @jon_severs says school leaders need to be ready to defend their policies on play and breaktimes https://t.co/znbzvD47e8 'Its unlikely the movement pushing for more autonomy for young people is going"
X Link 2025-02-26T08:51Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements
""For too long the fear of an adverse inspection judgement has been allowed to trump genuine pedagogical conviction" @LizzieRobinson3 on why the curriculum review should not be your template but your permission to do what you think is best. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-francis-review-cannot-become-your-curriculum-template https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-francis-review-cannot-become-your-curriculum-template"
X Link 2025-10-21T05:50Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
""There's no silver bullet. its the underlying conceptual approach and what that does to the feeling of belonging and the relationship young men have with staff" A really interesting pilot project here from @UnitedLearning https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/improving-school-engagement-for-disadvantaged-boys https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/improving-school-engagement-for-disadvantaged-boys"
X Link 2025-11-04T07:27Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"The Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published and. ❎ Ebacc is out ✅ Triple science for all is in ✅ Oracy framework is in 🤷♀ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test. The [--] key points you need to know are below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/curriculum-and-assessment-review-key-recommendations https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/curriculum-and-assessment-review-key-recommendations"
X Link 2025-11-04T22:30Z 12K followers, 20.8K engagements
""We do though recognise that there could be unintended consequences with this and were certainly not thinking of them as KS3 Sats." Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below ➡Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations Superb long-read interview with @BeckyFrancis7 by @Helen_Amass delving into the evidence behind the review I can characterise the whole review as being about balances and trade-offs" https://t.co/e0lkRrmcor ➡Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations Superb long-read interview with"
X Link 2025-11-05T16:16Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Can single-academy trusts survive Labour wants schools to be in groups - but many SATs are financially stable with good results. So what will - or can - make them give up their autonomy An excellent thorough analysis from @JabedAhm https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/will-the-last-single-academy-trusts-merge-with-mats https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/will-the-last-single-academy-trusts-merge-with-mats"
X Link 2025-11-07T06:48Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"@matthiasenglish @tes Thanks Nige"
X Link 2025-11-08T17:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
""teachers convinced by the boys are being corrupted by Andrew Tate narrative and unaware about what is really going on online live in fear of the unknown. As a result boys who try to air their feelings often get closed down" @PeterHyman21 for @tes https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/ditch-andrew-tate-assembly-and-start-having-proper-discussions https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/ditch-andrew-tate-assembly-and-start-having-proper-discussions"
X Link 2025-11-11T06:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"The difficulty drawing the line between who is and isnt on that SEND register is always going to be really challenging because there is no line" The huge disparities in how SEND Registers are formed and used need urgent action finds @JohnGRoberts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/use-of-send-register-varies-in-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/use-of-send-register-varies-in-schools"
X Link 2025-11-13T06:43Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Great day chairing Day One of the main stage at @SAA_Show - the @tes team have filed numerous stories from the day including Ofsted RISE Funding and more. Check out for all - here is the Ofsted one https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-school-inspection-window-could-be-tightened http://tes.com/magazine https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-school-inspection-window-could-be-tightened http://tes.com/magazine"
X Link 2025-11-19T16:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"A great way to end the second day chairing the main stage at @SAA_Show - as Nick says lots of agreement on the panel on some interesting issues. (And some useful disagreemwnt too) At the Schools & Academies Show in Birmingham today sharing a panel session with @LordBlunkett @BaronessMorris @LeoraCruddas and chaired by @jon_severs. More consensus than youd think. @SAA_Show https://t.co/dTbKMLAC4A At the Schools & Academies Show in Birmingham today sharing a panel session with @LordBlunkett @BaronessMorris @LeoraCruddas and chaired by @jon_severs. More consensus than youd think. @SAA_Show"
X Link 2025-11-20T18:26Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
""Labour needs to come clean about where the [--] billion axe will fall - on schools or SEND provision The OBRs role is crucial precisely because it prevents the government from hiding a problem of this size" writes @LauraTrottMP https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/laura-trott-labour-honest-plans-cut-school-funding https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/laura-trott-labour-honest-plans-cut-school-funding"
X Link 2025-12-05T07:42Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"We are always clear that we don't do single school stories unless there are national systemic implications of those stories. This review is very clear it intends to have national implications and is very deliberately worded to achieve that. Story below. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/rigid-behaviour-policies-under-fire-safeguarding-review https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/rigid-behaviour-policies-under-fire-safeguarding-review"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:15Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"BREAKING: 3bn to fund new specialist places with mainstream focus Special free schools under threat with LAs offered funding for places instead Concerns pupils will not have needs met appropriately Full list of approved mainstream published https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/specialist-sector/3bn-mainstream-send-places-special-free-schools-face-uncertainty https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/specialist-sector/3bn-mainstream-send-places-special-free-schools-face-uncertainty"
X Link 2025-12-11T22:31Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Did a lot of hiking with the kids over the Christmas period. Had to stop them trying to hug this beast"
X Link 2026-01-02T10:14Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements
""Im lucky enough to have had opportunities in life to have capabilities and I think if you can take on a role for your community at whatever level then you have a responsibility to do so" Our first ever joint How I Lead and it is a cracker. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/we-are-organisation-embraces-its-wrongness https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/we-are-organisation-embraces-its-wrongness"
X Link 2026-01-06T06:51Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Unions also unhappy about Ofsted involvement in enforcement of the non-statutory guidance on phones update. The actual change from existing guidance appears minimal. Breaking: "Tougher" mobile phone guidance for schools announced to ensure "phone-free environments" but critics say it just maintains "status quo". https://t.co/aJBD6wrVdJ Breaking: "Tougher" mobile phone guidance for schools announced to ensure "phone-free environments" but critics say it just maintains "status quo". https://t.co/aJBD6wrVdJ"
X Link 2026-01-19T22:33Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Parents are people too." Some interesting advice in this new double header of complaints guidance for schools and parents. I am not sure how successful it will be in stopping a parent posting abuse on FB but I guess it is a start. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/project-positive-emotions-when-parents-complain-schools-told https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/project-positive-emotions-when-parents-complain-schools-told"
X Link 2026-01-20T07:15Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Has a world without P8 been as damaging as many believed it would be for those schools in disadvantaged areas @ktormreport has looked at the data talked to the sector and looked at the fallout particularly with Ofsted - and the picture is mixed. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-is-absence-of-progress-8-affecting-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/how-is-absence-of-progress-8-affecting-schools"
X Link 2026-01-23T06:40Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Because explicit images are so common now I think the police view is Well thats another one How would a social media ban for U16s impact schools Plenty support it but some worry about negative impacts. Excellent @cerysturner7 article below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/would-under-16s-social-media-ban-help-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/would-under-16s-social-media-ban-help-schools"
X Link 2026-01-23T07:25Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@docmartincohen it is flagged my friend I have only been in the office two days this week unfortunately next week I promise"
X Link 2015-12-04T15:49Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"My train home on @SW_Trains includes sitting in a field delayed with no info and someone locked in a toilet having a panic attack"
X Link 2016-07-18T13:17Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"That @TomChivers has done some excellent work in the past few months on all things Covid - a good example right here https://unherd.com/2020/05/what-the-headline-covid-figures-dont-tell-you/ https://unherd.com/2020/05/what-the-headline-covid-figures-dont-tell-you/"
X Link 2020-05-15T21:09Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
"Do we need to teach kids to write in cursive @KateParkerTes looked at the evidence - and spoke to @Dominic_Wyse - full article here: https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/do-we-really-need-joined-handwriting-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/do-we-really-need-joined-handwriting-schools"
X Link 2021-10-10T15:31Z 12K followers, [--] engagements
""The exact allocation of this money is new but the funding itself is coming from the DfEs overall spending review capital settlement which was agreed in 2021.* Schools will get 1.8bn next year to improve their buildings @educationgovuk has announced but @ascl_uk leader @realgeoffbarton questioned whether this was enough with school buildings 'on the point of collapse' https://t.co/zbX9hAGygF Schools will get 1.8bn next year to improve their buildings @educationgovuk has announced but @ascl_uk leader @realgeoffbarton questioned whether this was enough with school buildings 'on the point of"
X Link 2023-03-28T05:52Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Good luck to all receiving #SATs results today. A reminder of @heymrshallahan piece about that reading paper"
X Link 2023-07-11T08:45Z 12.2K followers, 17.6K engagements
"#Sats results 2023: * hard to imagine the shambles of the assessment gateway being accepted at GCSE so why is it happening at KS2 * the results show what teachers have said repeatedly: the pandemic impact tail is long * announcing a review of writing today is clumsy at best"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:08Z 12.2K followers, 19.9K engagements
". We revealed the government was considering a writing review in our daily briefing at the start of the year (sign up for free here Get all the stories from the #Sats from @tes and @matilda__martin - and primary teachers you deserve all the treats"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:08Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Very interesting report out today from @TheNFER - this piece has some options for gov with one being raising secondary pay faster than primary"
X Link 2023-07-12T07:19Z 12K followers, 11.3K engagements
""co-teaching spaces are controversial in New Zealand. Critics argue that theyre based on an ideology not on any solid evidence that they benefit childrens learning." Big open classrooms for team teaching became the focus of school rebuilding - has it worked"
X Link 2023-07-13T18:53Z 12.2K followers, 23.4K engagements
"@keziah70 I posted the best of about [--] tries 🤣"
X Link 2023-08-28T12:51Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Teachers get their voice heard in the national conversation but too often support staff dont" says @bphillipsonMP. "Thats why the last Labour gov was right to create a negotiating body to look at their terms and conditions across our country""
X Link 2023-09-05T17:05Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements
"What we know about the teenage brain is expanding rapidly and what we are finding out could drastically change the way schools look at behaviour mobile phones curriculum mental health and more. Here's what @sjblakemore would put in her TEDtalk today https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/what-teachers-need-know-teenage-brain-behaviour https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/what-teachers-need-know-teenage-brain-behaviour"
X Link 2023-09-13T05:40Z 12.4K followers, 54.2K engagements
"Trauma-informed practice has been hailed as the saviour of behaviour in schools and also the cause of its deterioration. So who's right It depends what type of trauma-informed practice you are talking about - and how well it's done finds Clare Cook"
X Link 2023-09-20T05:30Z 12K followers, 35.5K engagements
"We're concerned about the impact of non-disclosure clauses on teachers and support staff who experience discrimination harassment and exploitation at work" says @NEUnion Schools are using NDAs more and opinions are mixed on whether that's a good thing"
X Link 2023-09-24T06:48Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Big loss to Ofqual and a difficult position to fill for chair Sir Ian Bauckham within a tight timeframe. Breaking: Ofqual boss Jo Saxton is stepping down later this year to take up a new role at UCAS https://t.co/XESWGKODka Breaking: Ofqual boss Jo Saxton is stepping down later this year to take up a new role at UCAS https://t.co/XESWGKODka"
X Link 2023-09-26T09:52Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Being a leader in a school is one of the most rewarding jobs out there but it's also one of the hardest. We want to help. So today we launch the Tes Magazine Leadership Forum. A quick summary is below but a thread follows. (1/14)"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12K followers, 49.9K engagements
"Next up we have a new 10-part series that will bring the latest organisational leadership expertise to school leaders via webinars hosted by the excellent @TheNewPandL - first up the fantastic @OwenEastwood on Belonging (5/14)"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Owen has worked with NATO the England football team and the South African Cricket team - as well as with schools - and in this webinar he talks the why how and when of belonging to create thriving communities. (6/14)"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Over the past year @DanWorth has published 100s of articles that do exactly this - you can find them all on our leadership and analysis hubs and he wants to hear more from you so do get in touch (12/14) https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements
"All of this obviously runs alongside our usual award-winning news analysis and T&L content which you can access through our free newsletters (sign up below) and that keeps you up-to-date with everything you need to know (13/14)"
X Link 2023-10-03T05:30Z 12.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Are you a school leader SMT A middle leader Aiming for your first leadership role We've launched something to help you be the best you can be - a forum to get support share best practice debate and learn. All the details below"
X Link 2023-10-03T14:42Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
""My trajectory and experience of leadership would almost certainly have been different had I been male." Fascinating personal and honest piece from @LeoraCruddas for our second @tes How I Lead interview"
X Link 2023-10-17T05:31Z 12K followers, 55.1K engagements
"How can schools and trusts ensure genuine diversity and inclusion that is measured tracked and not reliant on a deficit model Our second Leading and Learning webinar is released today with the fantastic @frostincluded 🔗"
X Link 2023-10-31T06:15Z 12K followers, 16.8K engagements
"We have fantastic writers from the sector like @DamsonEd @MargaretMulhol2 @AlexJQuigley @cbokhove @mr_englishteach @amymayforrester @HKorbey @ProudlyPastoral @juliangrenier @Strickomaster @MaryMyatt @JeanGrossCBE @TillyTeacher and loads more"
X Link 2023-11-02T16:51Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"We have featured some of the world's leading academics such as @DTWillingham @dylanwiliam @ricketts_lara @Kathy_Rastle @sjblakemore @P_A_Kirschner @NumCog @BeckyFrancis7 @ekfarran @lilacCourt @ReadOxford @deevybee @angeladuckw @Tamsin_J_Ford and countless more"
X Link 2023-11-02T16:51Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"The demand for British education and British teachers is rapidly growing in India which is having a big impact on international schools' strategy but could also have a knock-on impact on workforce in the UK"
X Link 2023-11-03T08:18Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
""All of it is personal. It is really about how that particular pupil is experiencing that particular environment and the people with whom they interact in that context. Those are the key pillars of any person who avoids school.""
X Link 2023-11-05T08:14Z 12K followers, 10.8K engagements
"Do we want a world where "Ofsted continues to report graded judgements and where there continue to be concerns about validity and reliability only now these have bled into an improvement agenda too" asks @steverollett"
X Link 2023-11-11T07:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"At #SAAShow @CatMcKinnell is talking about the Labour approach to education to a full house main stage audience"
X Link 2023-11-22T10:34Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@njw499 @keziah70 Ah no Let me repost two secs"
X Link 2023-12-02T08:03Z 12.1K followers, [--] engagements
""Another thing to expect in the reaction will be selective comparisons with other countries with being one point ahead touted as having passed other countries. Such differences are likely to be just measurement error.""
X Link 2023-12-05T19:07Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements
""Weve failed to look after our headteachers. Weve failed to give them anywhere near what they need to do their jobs effectively. Weve heaped more and more on them regardless. And then weve sent in inspectors to pick them apart" Today's @tes briefing https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too"
X Link 2023-12-11T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 153.8K engagements
"@Ed_Dorrell It's def at that point of the festive season isn't it"
X Link 2023-12-26T18:40Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements
"How will @martyneoliver run @Ofstednews He's started by suspending routine inspections - and he tells @JohnGRoberts what else he has planned for his tenure. Big interview on @tes this morning with the new chief inspector"
X Link 2024-01-02T06:26Z 12.2K followers, 57.2K engagements
"I love the headteacher role so much even if it has a huge toll on my physical and mental health. Its a privilege and as @vicgoddard says it's still the best job in the world" says @keziah70 Could we do more to support heads' development Article below Heads have lost the time and resource to develop themselves so how do we change that - and could it help solve retention issues in leadership Fascinating thoughts and initiatives here from @vianclark @h_spencer @RealGeoffBarton @steverollett and more https://t.co/zzQEpRjwNa Heads have lost the time and resource to develop themselves so how do we"
X Link 2024-01-08T19:49Z 12.2K followers, 13.2K engagements
"What happens to maths in secondary schools that means [-----] high-attaining pupils "go missing" according to a survey from charity Axion Maths CEO @dmthomas90 explains the research below - well worth a read on some excellent work by David and his team"
X Link 2024-01-16T06:01Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
""I switch off from work now but work was one of the loves of my life really. I was obsessed with it. Bold honest and fascinating glimpse into the leadership philosophy of @Rachel_deSouza for this month's How I Lead interview"
X Link 2024-01-16T06:27Z 12.2K followers, 11.9K engagements
"This is a fascinating look at SEND support in the Middle East and how international schools are part of the push for a more inclusive system - though many challenges remain"
X Link 2024-01-20T06:55Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
""inflationary pressures were highest in core spending areas like food and therefore affected the least well paid the most" @JonColes01 on the trust he leads using reserves to fund a bigger pay award for staff The countrys biggest multi-academy trust @UnitedLearning is giving its teachers a substantially bigger pay rise than the 6.5% awarded by the government https://t.co/JHyuvsVNRS The countrys biggest multi-academy trust @UnitedLearning is giving its teachers a substantially bigger pay rise than the 6.5% awarded by the government https://t.co/JHyuvsVNRS"
X Link 2024-01-26T07:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"I do see a world where chief executives of Trusts will have different backgrounds Fascinating interview with @JohnBarneby on how Trust CEOs who come to the top job via a non-teaching route can offer something different - and beneficial - to the sector"
X Link 2024-02-02T07:05Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
".@GillianKeegan has told @DanWorth she has 'drank the Kool-Aid" on apprenticeships and believes the new Teacher Degree Apprenticeship will open the profession to new candidates particularly those who want to avoid "student debt""
X Link 2024-02-04T07:04Z 12.2K followers, 40.1K engagements
"Why leaders should only stay in post for 6-8 years carving out time for "critical impact opportunities" and why losing hope means you should get out of leadership. @LibsNich is this month's How I Lead interviewee - a fascinating chat"
X Link 2024-02-13T06:31Z 12.2K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Nice to see the sun yesterday. Today back to grey and rain"
X Link 2024-02-19T09:06Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements
""In my experience the issue is not so much the framework itself but the interpretation of it that causes problems" says @CEO_DEMAT Small schools dont need a new inspection framework they need better understanding from Ofsted about how they operate says MAT leader @CEO_DEMAT https://t.co/T4ZPZA2mKo Small schools dont need a new inspection framework they need better understanding from Ofsted about how they operate says MAT leader @CEO_DEMAT https://t.co/T4ZPZA2mKo"
X Link 2024-02-20T17:15Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Has edu research got lost in lab studies meta-analyses and huge data sets - and lost its connection to the classroom Prof Pete Blatchford tells @Helen_Amass research has lost sight of the complexity of teaching and disempowered teacher experience"
X Link 2024-02-21T06:27Z 12.2K followers, 33.6K engagements
"Exclusive: a report from headteacher support service @Headrest_UK will warn school leaders mental health is being ravaged by the pressures of Ofsted and the softening the edges approach being taken by the new chief inspector will not solve the issue"
X Link 2024-02-23T07:15Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ As the DfE's turnaround trust is wound up was it an expensive failure or a useful lesson Great piece from @matilda__martin - agree with @LeoraCruddas that we should not be too harsh on the attempt but it is right that we move on. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/data/falcon-education-academies-trust-turnaround-model-potential https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/data/falcon-education-academies-trust-turnaround-model-potential"
X Link 2024-04-19T11:15Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Is behaviour really getting worse in schools @HKorbey delves into the data to find the answer - and looks at what might be causing the apparent issues. Fascinating piece looking not just at UK but US EU and Australia trends too. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/behaviour-it-really-getting-worse https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/behaviour-it-really-getting-worse"
X Link 2024-05-08T05:30Z 12.3K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Fidelity has been the buzzword of the past year but strict prescription of teaching can have many downsides alongside the many positives argues @jon_hutchinson_ . So he asks: how much autonomy should teachers have Great piece this really nuanced https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/sweet-spot-teacher-autonomy-and-war-against-fidelity https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/sweet-spot-teacher-autonomy-and-war-against-fidelity"
X Link 2024-05-22T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Really good analysis of Trust growth frustrations on the Daily briefing this morning from @CharlotteSantry - you can sign up to the briefings for free https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/tes-daily-newsletter https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/tes-daily-newsletter"
X Link 2024-06-03T06:54Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour inches further on primary-run nursery commitments - agree with @PaulWhiteman6 that funding is key. Also need a close look at where it is working/not working currently and to learn from those examples if Labour were to win the election. Labour has said its plan for free breakfast clubs in all primary schools could cut almost half a million days of school absence. It has also said it would convert [----] 'empty or under-used classrooms' into nurseries. https://t.co/Tr1kZRwhgA Labour has said its plan for free breakfast clubs in all primary schools could cut almost half a million days of"
X Link 2024-06-09T21:51Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"➡Pupil mental health: What works in schools and what doesnt Could some of the techniques to tackle pupil mental health being pushed on to schools actually make things worse Hugely important interview for all in schools with @drlucyfoulkes https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/pupil-mental-health-what-works-in-schools-and-what-doesnt https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/pupil-mental-health-what-works-in-schools-and-what-doesnt"
X Link 2024-06-12T05:45Z 12.4K followers, 70.3K engagements
"Superb analysis from @Tamsin_J_Ford on the intersection of attendance mental health and Send. I was less interviewer more enthusiastic listener 💡 New session added This session is packed with fascinating insights from Prof. @tamsin_j_ford as she discusses the interplay between mental health and attendance with @tes @jon_severs. Register here to access: https://t.co/zFOWhemXoe #WeAreEACT #tes #attendance https://t.co/ZRlix0e1oj 💡 New session added This session is packed with fascinating insights from Prof. @tamsin_j_ford as she discusses the interplay between mental health and attendance"
X Link 2024-06-18T07:29Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Fantastic recognition for the excellent work of @tes senior editor @DanWorth - industry recognition for his piece on how social work cuts are putting schools in a difficult safeguarding position on exclusions https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-social-services-cuts-affect-school-exclusions 🏆 Moving on to our fifth category Trade Press. The winner is - Something bad will happen: how social care cuts hit exclusions Times Education Supplement by Dan Worth. 👏 #SWJournalismAwards https://t.co/UOTO7m8PsV"
X Link 2024-06-18T20:09Z 12.5K followers, 11.5K engagements
"➡7 ways to solve the KS3 grammar knowledge problem Really practical useful guide from @mr_englishteach - essential reading for both primary and secondary taking in validity of SATs GPS Y6/7 transition issues and more. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/7-ways-solve-ks3-grammar-knowledge-problem https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/7-ways-solve-ks3-grammar-knowledge-problem"
X Link 2024-06-19T05:39Z 12.5K followers, 10.1K engagements
""our smallest school has seven pupils. How is that viable some of you may ask. Well it is not viable through an economic lens but it is by the fact that it is one of the last aspects of civic structure left in the village that it serves" Important piece from @MoreMorrow The survival of small rural schools must be a priority for the next government writes @DartmoorMAT chief @MoreMorrow https://t.co/sSOZnwDC3w The survival of small rural schools must be a priority for the next government writes @DartmoorMAT chief @MoreMorrow https://t.co/sSOZnwDC3w"
X Link 2024-06-26T07:03Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"My fierce focus on standards means.Im pretty agnostic about structures and Im pretty agnostic about research." Sir Kevan Collins expert adviser to @bphillipsonMP should Labour win the election spoke at a @tes event last night. Some very interesting points made. At an event hosted by @tes this week former catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins says that the variation 'between and within schools' is something 'we still need to keep facing down' https://t.co/IXL3UZXpuY At an event hosted by @tes this week former catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins says that the variation 'between and within schools' is"
X Link 2024-07-03T20:16Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Congratulations to @UKLabour and the new education team who will now run the DfE. Most in education are hopeful for change but it is likely the profession will need to be patient and expectations may need to be managed. We need the right solutions not the quickest"
X Link 2024-07-05T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 16.9K engagements
"Last week we published a really important interview with @kaitlynregehr on the ways boys are being led to extremist misogynistic ideas via social media - and how schools can be part of the effort to protect pupils from harm. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-schools-can-protect-boys-online-misogyny-social-media https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-schools-can-protect-boys-online-misogyny-social-media"
X Link 2024-07-07T07:32Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"#SATSDay today - lots of talk about secondary focussed assessment reform but will Labour eye reform to KS2 Sats too @heymrshallahan wrote last year about what reform might look like. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/ks2-sats-tests-reform-what-next https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/primary/ks2-sats-tests-reform-what-next"
X Link 2024-07-09T06:57Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
""One danger is with money so tight that Labour look to seemingly free policies like curriculum and assessment reform to keep the momentum going.* Very good outlook overview for schools from @Samfr 'For the first time in a while we have a government with focus and energy that is not beholden to the worst sections of the media' @Samfr on why despite Labours long and complex to-do list there is reason for the education sector to hope https://t.co/pnQNCJXra9 'For the first time in a while we have a government with focus and energy that is not beholden to the worst sections of the media' @Samfr on"
X Link 2024-07-12T07:35Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The King's Speech has no real surprises for schools but solidifies a lot of what has been spoken of by Labour in opposition. We have the essentials below but in this thread I have provided some contextual reading too. (1/7) https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/kings-speech-2024-labour-plans-for-schools-education https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/kings-speech-2024-labour-plans-for-schools-education"
X Link 2024-07-17T11:29Z 12.5K followers, 17.6K engagements
"If you want to get to know the person who will lead @UKLabour curriculum and assessment review a little better here is her @tes piece on leadership ambition and 'being comfortable with not having control of every element you are responsible for' https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/becky-francis-interview-education-leadership-tips A v good appointment of @BeckyFrancis7 to lead the much-anticipated curriculum and assessment review - the sector can be confident it will be balanced and rigorous. Announcing before teacher pay deal is slightly clumsy in terms of priority signalling."
X Link 2024-07-18T16:54Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
""curriculum as a force seeks out efficiency and simplicity. We cannot have a youngster emerging from a 20-year process exhausted sick and jaded" As Labour launches a curriculum review here [--] global experts on curric theory write for @tes (from 2019) https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/curriculum-key-questions-schools-and-politicians https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/curriculum-key-questions-schools-and-politicians"
X Link 2024-07-21T07:28Z 12.5K followers, 13.8K engagements
"This is a superb series - if you are about to start your first role as a middle leader or you are more experienced and want your thinking challenged we have a really comprehensive library for you to work through Last year I contributed to [--] short pieces aimed at middle leaders for the @tes The series covers everything from setting a strategy to budget to performance management. If youre new to middle leadership or know someone who is have a look https://t.co/iPvhMNddFk Last year I contributed to [--] short pieces aimed at middle leaders for the @tes The series covers everything from setting a"
X Link 2024-08-21T12:36Z 12.5K followers, 10.3K engagements
""With attendance it's safest to assume there is a problem that needs solving and it's more likely to be SEND mental health or bullying." World-renowned mental health expert Professor Tamsin Ford on how to tackle the attendance crisis - a must read https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tamsin-ford-interview-attendance-send-mental-health-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tamsin-ford-interview-attendance-send-mental-health-schools"
X Link 2024-09-11T05:28Z 12.5K followers, 44.7K engagements
"@JohndickensSW @tes @pressgazette Thanks John happy birthday on [--] years too"
X Link 2024-09-12T21:08Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements
"➡How to fix the primary maths curriculum What should Labour do with primary maths Prioritise fluency and pleasure say Peter Foulds and @dmthomas90 - and here is a blueprint to do it. A must read for primary and maths teachers and leaders https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/primary/how-fix-primary-maths-curriculum https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/primary/how-fix-primary-maths-curriculum"
X Link 2024-09-18T05:40Z 12.5K followers, 32.2K engagements
"How might Labours proposed Regional Improvement Teams work There is a model in London that some suggest could be very influential finds @ellencph https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/model-government-regional-improvement-teams-leaders-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/model-government-regional-improvement-teams-leaders-schools"
X Link 2024-09-20T05:30Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
""The recruitment of postgraduate secondary teacher trainees is [--] per cent below target analysis of DfE figures shows" Not an issue Labour can kick down the road. The Labour government must bring forward measures for improving teacher recruitment & retention this autumn @JackWorthNFER warns as the latest data reveals that recruitment targets for secondary trainees are likely to be missed again this year https://t.co/TlcD7wlHHC The Labour government must bring forward measures for improving teacher recruitment & retention this autumn @JackWorthNFER warns as the latest data reveals that"
X Link 2024-09-23T12:31Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Exclusive: funding for @OakNational will continue beyond current September [----] deal but if a judicial review is dropped it will be lower and downloads restricted to UK-only an extraordinary letter from the ed sec has revealed. Story by @cerysturner7 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/bridget-phillipson-to-cut-funding-oak-national-academy-legal-dispute https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/bridget-phillipson-to-cut-funding-oak-national-academy-legal-dispute"
X Link 2024-10-04T05:05Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
""teaching is above all a human endeavour. We employ people for their knowledge but also for their care their humour and their empathy. Lets try not to script that out of the classroom." Fantastic balanced piece from @greeborunner https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/are-scripted-lessons-for-teachers-a-good-thing https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/are-scripted-lessons-for-teachers-a-good-thing"
X Link 2024-10-06T06:54Z 12.4K followers, 24.4K engagements
""Im deliberately very bad at emails to discourage people from sending them to me because they can become the work." This week's "My Week As." is Wellspring Academy Trust CEO Mark Wilson https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/mark-wilson-chief-executive-wellspring-academy-trust-interview https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/mark-wilson-chief-executive-wellspring-academy-trust-interview"
X Link 2024-10-14T05:40Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements
"With the government eyeing the detail of the trust system carefully today we publish the first of our deep dives into the huge regional variation in the make-up of - and challenges face by - trusts. To kick us off we zero in on the North-East. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/mat-tracker-regional-deep-dive-north-east https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/mat-tracker-regional-deep-dive-north-east"
X Link 2024-10-25T05:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"The first RISE advisor job ads are up - these roles will essentially operate the new school improvement model and thus the accountability fall out. It looks like the FT equivalent salary if you don't pay [--] weeks of school holidays is 117k. https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgiSID=cGFnZWNsYXNzPVNlYXJjaCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZjb250ZXh0aWQ9MTAzOTAxNDU0Jm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWFjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0JnJlcXNpZz0xNzMwODIyMTkzLWIzNDU2ZjZkYmE5ZGRlMWQ5ZmE3MWJiZmM3YTYxZDYwMWEyNDI4YWI= This is a big shift that is a little light on fine detail at the moment: * Schools will"
X Link 2024-11-06T08:52Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Big Exclusive: Ofsted is proposing inspecting teaching as a separate category in its new framework causing significant concern among those in sector who have been consulted. Story @cerysturner7 and @JohnGRoberts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-could-inspect-teaching-separate-category-new-inspections https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-could-inspect-teaching-separate-category-new-inspections"
X Link 2024-11-14T17:53Z 12.4K followers, 14.3K engagements
""What is clear is that we repeatedly look at inherent factors within the child and attribute the issues to them. Well this needs to stop." @TomCampbell111 on his fears the curriculum is creating demand for SEND support The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming but what if it is not the child but the system What if we caused this asks @EducationEACT leader Tom Campbell https://t.co/WWDNA1XfIf The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming but what if it is not the child but the system What if we caused this asks @EducationEACT leader Tom Campbell"
X Link 2024-11-19T10:23Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"We now have fewer providers of ECF - with Best Practice Network which was highly regarded by many who used it not selected for the next contract. Interesting to see how its share of the market is distributed. Exclusive from @JohnGRoberts and @cerysturner7 Exclusive: Four providers have been awarded contracts to provide the governments Early Career Framework from next year Tes understands https://t.co/66aoRjhd0k Exclusive: Four providers have been awarded contracts to provide the governments Early Career Framework from next year Tes understands https://t.co/66aoRjhd0k"
X Link 2024-11-21T17:18Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Primary teachers are thrown into subject leadership pretty much from the start - many in their ECT years. That's causing challenges and stress to teachers still learning their craft say the leaders of @Lighthouse_fed - here's what they did about it. https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/how-disneyland-inspired-primary-school-subject-leadership-skills https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/how-disneyland-inspired-primary-school-subject-leadership-skills"
X Link 2024-11-29T07:07Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
""Artificial intelligence will very likely shake up education but not in the way or at the speed that many of its proponents or detractors imagine." Good piece here from @informed_edu https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/will-ai-have-a-big-impact-on-teaching-education-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/will-ai-have-a-big-impact-on-teaching-education-schools"
X Link 2024-12-01T08:14Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"➡What if. the system was restructured as an 'all-through' model A challenging fascinating think piece about the numerous benefits - financial academic pastoral and more - @Claire_Heald believes would occur if we set the system up as 'all-through' https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/school-system-as-all-through-provision https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/school-system-as-all-through-provision"
X Link 2024-12-03T06:45Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"This is existing cash that has essentially been ringfenced for capital investments to aid mainstream inclusion. The DfE has not fleshed out what that may look like - of course inclusion is much more than physical environment. The DfE is to spend 740m creating specialist places in mainstream and will not enter any new Safety Valve deals for councils facing deficits it has been announced. All you need to know below. https://t.co/YIy643Ram0 https://t.co/YIy643Ram0 The DfE is to spend 740m creating specialist places in mainstream and will not enter any new Safety Valve deals for councils facing"
X Link 2024-12-04T09:57Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
""Our children are no less intelligent than those in Singapore or South Korea so we should not be content with this gap." @dmthomas90 on the three things we need to fix in maths based on today's Timss data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/timss-3-maths-issues-revealed-for-schools-to-tackle https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/timss-3-maths-issues-revealed-for-schools-to-tackle"
X Link 2024-12-04T17:51Z 12.3K followers, [---] engagements
""Some primary teachers are devoting hours to coping with a lack of school readiness that should be spent on teaching." @annelongfield on why the prime minister's goal for early years will require investment and broader cultural change If the government wants to ensure that 75% of 5-year-olds are ready for school then it will need to recreate the sort of early intervention support that we had under Sure Start says @annelongfield https://t.co/OJOptMzAAH If the government wants to ensure that 75% of 5-year-olds are ready for school then it will need to recreate the sort of early intervention"
X Link 2024-12-05T17:44Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"DfE puts its cards on the table on pay - and it is similar to what many private companies are landing at for annual pay review Breaking: @educationgovuk recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26 https://t.co/zHHUE1cGjz Breaking: @educationgovuk recommends 2.8% teacher pay rise for 2025-26 https://t.co/zHHUE1cGjz"
X Link 2024-12-10T17:21Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Exclusive: schools minister refuses to confirm pay and conditions in trusts that deviate from national guidelines will be protected under new government bill Interview with @CharlotteSantry https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/schools-minister-refuses-rule-out-trust-pay-cuts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/schools-minister-refuses-rule-out-trust-pay-cuts"
X Link 2024-12-17T17:22Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Which educators are on the New Year Honours list We have listed them all below including a knighthood for @NickGibbUK and a CBE for @RealGeoffBarton Congratulations to all https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/education-figures-nick-gibb-and-geoff-barton-on-new-year-honours-list-2025 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/education-figures-nick-gibb-and-geoff-barton-on-new-year-honours-list-2025"
X Link 2024-12-30T22:32Z 12.3K followers, 11.8K engagements
"What should the NPQ and ECF reviews - announced last week - focus on @cerysturner7 and @ellencph have talked to providers schools and trust leaders and teachers and come up with the following list. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/key-priorities-npq-ecf-reviews https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/key-priorities-npq-ecf-reviews"
X Link 2025-01-14T17:16Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"How will MAT inspections work Many ideas have been mooted but a system of self-evaluation that started operating in the Isle of Man today has been looked at keenly by some. @ellencph has taken a look at the system striving to avoid 'negative impact' https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/could-self-evaluation-model-work-mat-inspection https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/could-self-evaluation-model-work-mat-inspection"
X Link 2025-01-21T06:40Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Should a CEO be running two trusts at one After a recent example that may lead to a merger was referred to @bphillipsonMP - we look at similar practice across the sector and talk to those in favour and those with concerns about 'conflict of interest'. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/should-leaders-run-two-academy-trusts https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/should-leaders-run-two-academy-trusts"
X Link 2025-01-24T06:42Z 12.1K followers, [----] engagements
""fidelity is favoured over contextual relevance in the ECF" A thorough appraisal of why the ECF is not working as planned and how it could be changed to fix that from Sam Gibbs https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-early-career-framework-ecf-is-not-improving-teacher-retention https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-early-career-framework-ecf-is-not-improving-teacher-retention"
X Link 2025-03-19T15:39Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"There are big concerns that compulsory QTS will hit some parts of the sector worse than others making the existing recruitment and retention problems harder. @ellencph has pinpointed which types of school and which subjects are set to struggle most. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-qualified-teacher-status-qts-requirement-will-hit-some-schools-harder https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/why-qualified-teacher-status-qts-requirement-will-hit-some-schools-harder"
X Link 2025-03-21T06:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
""the most carefully and thoughtfully evidence-informed teacher in one subject may find their strategies dont guarantee success in another" 👉Why subjects need their own take on the cogsci revolution Great piece from @mikehobbiss and @PaulCline_psy https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/subject-teaching-secondary-cognitive-science-research-guide https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/subject-teaching-secondary-cognitive-science-research-guide"
X Link 2025-04-23T05:18Z 12K followers, 17.1K engagements
"👉How teacher contact time varies around the world - and why it matters A heavy extra-curricula load in Japan holiday work in Switzerland bespoke CPD in Singapore. this is an excellent analysis report from @Emma_Seith https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-workload-how-teaching-time-varies-around-the-world https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-workload-how-teaching-time-varies-around-the-world"
X Link 2025-05-06T06:50Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"A hugely positive move to combine the expertise of Ebor and Nexus into a specialist trust for [--] primary and special schools. @jasminenorden sat down with the two chairs of trustees to talk about 'values-led' mergers and what they will bring the sector https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ebor-nexus-mats-planning-trust-merger https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ebor-nexus-mats-planning-trust-merger"
X Link 2025-06-19T14:35Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
""I was sometimes a controversial figure at Ofsted but there is a real danger that because of the nature of the job a chief inspector says very little and has a minimal impact on standards." The last How I Lead of the year: Sir Michael Wilshaw https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/sir-michael-wilshaw-ofsted-chief-how-i-lead-interview https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/tips-techniques/sir-michael-wilshaw-ofsted-chief-how-i-lead-interview"
X Link 2025-07-08T05:45Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Rising national insurance employer contributions are increasing costs for everything from waste management to catering for schools - with urgent calls for government to recognise these challenges. Story by @jasminenorden https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/supplier-cost-hikes-are-significantly-worse-feared https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/supplier-cost-hikes-are-significantly-worse-feared"
X Link 2025-07-11T05:47Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"When does a stagger become a non- or false-start Either way a delay (if we can call it that) is welcome as are the other announced measures. Is it enough to quell concerns Unlikely. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-stagger-full-inspection-launch-november https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-stagger-full-inspection-launch-november"
X Link 2025-07-15T11:48Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
""How might parenting change if we all knew a childs development score at [--] months can accurately predict educational outcomes at [--] years" Felicity Gillespie says we need to stop arguing about school start ages and agree and resource development goals https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/early-years-development-what-children-should-learn-before-age-5 https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/early-years-development-what-children-should-learn-before-age-5"
X Link 2025-09-16T05:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Does the primary school library pledge make sense - financially or otherwise Not really. And neither the DfE nor the Treasury seemed to know anything about after it was announced so that's no surprise. @ellencph digs into what it actually is. https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/fact-check-government-library-promise https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/fact-check-government-library-promise"
X Link 2025-09-30T05:45Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Scrap EHCPs end diagnosis inflation train up staff for SEND no state-funded private SEND placements. and three other proposals to fix the SEND system by NET founder Roy Blatchford https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-to-improve-send-support-system-reform https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-to-improve-send-support-system-reform"
X Link 2025-10-02T06:15Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Are your Year [--] students behaving more like your Year 9s Are your Year 6s seeming more grown up than they used to be There is a scientific reason for that: puberty is starting earlier. So why is it happening and how is it playing out in schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-early-puberty-affects-pupil-behaviour https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/how-early-puberty-affects-pupil-behaviour"
X Link 2025-10-08T05:30Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"A very useful insight from an Ofsted pilot inspection here from Asif Bhatti https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/what-new-ofsted-inspections-are-like-for-schools https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/what-new-ofsted-inspections-are-like-for-schools"
X Link 2025-10-14T06:35Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"How are schools and trusts preparing for the new Ofsted approach Why do leaders think the inspectorate is 'confused' about admissions What is the most worrying aspect of the new inspections Exclusive free webinar below https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-confused-about-school-admissions-role-tes-webinar https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-confused-about-school-admissions-role-tes-webinar"
X Link 2025-10-15T16:09Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Featuring @MannyBotwe @cathiepaine Jonny Uttley and hosted by Tes' @CharlotteSantry"
X Link 2025-10-15T16:10Z 12K followers, [---] engagements
"Glass Animals and a sunrise goes well together"
X Link 2017-12-12T07:31Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements
"It is shocking that it is not shocking that the news of schools going back to full face to face teaching on [--] March has been leaked late on a Sunday night at the end of half term ahead of an announcement tomorrow. Schools and those who work in them deserve better than this"
X Link 2021-02-21T22:56Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Whatever you think of the Greenwich situation to be a headteacher in that area right now must be horrendous. At the end of the toughest longest term of their career they have now been put in the middle of a political scrap with the country watching. Thoughts with all of them"
X Link 2020-12-14T20:03Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Seeing my kids' school's staff car park half empty this morning was a strangely useful indication of just how desperate things are getting in schools as more and more staff are having to self-isolate. Schools performing miracles to keep classrooms running"
X Link 2020-11-30T13:26Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Parents being able to report schools to Ofsted on remote learning. pitting parents against schools and vice versa at the moment does not seem the most productive of moves"
X Link 2021-01-06T13:42Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements
"There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it or talking about it. Even more worrying not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving. @heymrshallahan deep dives into the data https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50 https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/teacher-retention-decline-over-50"
X Link 2023-05-05T05:35Z 12.4K followers, 693.3K engagements
"Just chatting to my mum who taught primary for [--] years and she said 'the trouble is Jon so many people expect kids to think and act like adults and they simply don't' - true that"
X Link 2019-07-10T18:43Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
""Weve failed to look after our headteachers. Weve failed to give them anywhere near what they need to do their jobs effectively. Weve heaped more and more on them regardless. And then weve sent in inspectors to pick them apart" Today's @tes briefing https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ofsted-has-failed-headteachers-system-has-too"
X Link 2023-12-11T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 153.8K engagements
"The growth in Andrew Tate-related issues in schools has been really worrying to see and some of the detail in this @mr_englishteach piece is so sad to read. Some really practical advice from Mark and those interviewed to try and tackle the issue. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/andrew-tate-how-schools-tackle-misogyny https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/andrew-tate-how-schools-tackle-misogyny"
X Link 2023-01-09T16:13Z 12.4K followers, 150.6K engagements
"I guess schools are used to being largely ignored when it comes to covid but it has gone to another level being silent on them altogether in light of the other measures and the scientific findings announced in this press conference"
X Link 2021-12-08T18:49Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The tone from the DfE is definitely shifting as the unions reject the offer in turn. One DfE source quoted as saying: "You expect this sort of rhetoric from the NEU not NAHT" NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table and that to do otherwise would be to stick two fingers up to teachers https://t.co/Jsp1pmO8uP NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table"
X Link 2023-04-05T06:51Z 12.4K followers, 349.1K engagements
"NEW: A third education union has REJECTED the govt pay offer & indicated strong support for industrial action. @NAHTnews said that govt must come back to the table and that to do otherwise would be to stick two fingers up to teachers https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/headteachers-vote-reject-pay-offer https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/headteachers-vote-reject-pay-offer"
X Link 2023-04-05T04:30Z [----] followers, 267.8K engagements
""Ive accepted the fact Ive not made anybody happy over the past [--] months. Whatever decision I had to take somebody was going to disagree. And it has been traumatic." Outstandingly honest piece from @vicgoddard in our special issue of @tes this week https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/covid-theres-been-no-switch-school-leaders https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/covid-theres-been-no-switch-school-leaders"
X Link 2021-03-19T13:59Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"So two huge pieces of news this morning: @NEUnion to advise members to refuse face-to-face teaching on H&S grounds And @NAHTnews begins a legal challenge against the government https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-heads-covid-school-safety-legal-challenge https://www.tes.com/news/national-teacher-walk-out-over-covid-safety-expected https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-heads-covid-school-safety-legal-challenge https://www.tes.com/news/national-teacher-walk-out-over-covid-safety-expected"
X Link 2021-01-02T11:58Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Do people still play rounders in primary school Not at the moment obviously it's bloody awful out. But in general"
X Link 2020-03-05T20:25Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"I have been thinking a lot recently about the fact certain names always pop up when people cite research in education and - as lovely as these people are - it always seems odd because they are usually not the leading person in their field and they are almost always. men. So"
X Link 2020-04-14T10:39Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
""To put it bluntly the sector is knackered. Yet all the talk is of ramping things up so pupils can catch up. Those in schools would be forgiven for looking at each other and wondering: how much more can we give" My leader this week. https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/pressure-catch-too-much-burned-out-staff https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/pressure-catch-too-much-burned-out-staff"
X Link 2021-02-15T20:21Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Increasingly hearing parents say they are going to pull kids out of school in last weeks of term to avoid them being pinged by Test and Trace and missing holidays that have been booked. What is already a chaotic situation may become even more chaotic"
X Link 2021-07-13T12:27Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Here's a question: considering the amount of time Year R kids will have missed being in Year R will we need to see a more Year R style approach in Year [--] at least for the first few months (I know many schools do play-based Y1 already but not all.)"
X Link 2020-04-20T08:17Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
""Schools characteristically scramble to deliver content. However in this scramble to serve our students academically were in danger of forgetting them socially. Its not so much content thats required now its connection companionship and conversation." - in @tes Friday"
X Link 2020-04-27T08:51Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Hugely important investigation by the @tes news team today. School safeguarding referrals are at their highest since [----] but @tes has discovered the majority result in 'no further action' labels leaving schools unsupported and pupils at risk https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/investigation-children-at-risk-safeguarding-referrals-school-no-action https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/investigation-children-at-risk-safeguarding-referrals-school-no-action"
X Link 2023-01-06T06:35Z 12.4K followers, 183.2K engagements
"Congratulations to @UKLabour and the new education team who will now run the DfE. Most in education are hopeful for change but it is likely the profession will need to be patient and expectations may need to be managed. We need the right solutions not the quickest"
X Link 2024-07-05T05:30Z 12.4K followers, 16.9K engagements
"Got a back-to-school cold It does not mean your Covid precautions are not working. Excellent piece from @DrShetalAO https://www.tes.com/news/why-your-cold-tells-you-little-about-covid-transmission https://www.tes.com/news/why-your-cold-tells-you-little-about-covid-transmission"
X Link 2020-09-27T07:07Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Potty training our two-year old twins: tried direct instruction child-led discovery rewards (not punishments) play-based approaches lecture style teacher talk (that's right I explained biology to two year olds because i was tired) - and still there is wee on the floor"
X Link 2019-04-23T13:19Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"What even is a knowledge-rich powerful curriculum Professor Michael Young's work has been widely cited as a key reference for it but he's not so sure it should be - and he is sure the current curric focus is wrong-headed. Fascinating interview. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/michael-young-powerful-knowledge-curriculum https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/michael-young-powerful-knowledge-curriculum"
X Link 2022-09-21T05:45Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"On [--] September [----] @tes launched a new podcast to connect research to teaching practice. We had no long-term plan no guests lined up beyond the first two and as host I had no experience with podcasts. What could go wrong"
X Link 2020-09-02T19:23Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Here it is Your comprehensive guide to what the research says works for revision courtesy of Prof John Dunlosky and the latest Tes Podagogy podcast: rereading highlighters retrieval practice spaced practice motivation all covered https://www.tes.com/news/gcse-revision-guide-what-works-best https://www.tes.com/news/gcse-revision-guide-what-works-best"
X Link 2019-02-13T15:11Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"We need more primary teacher writers for @tes - keen to hear from anyone with an interest in research but also anyone keen to write on other topics too. #PrimaryRocks"
X Link 2018-09-19T13:28Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"➡Sir Kevan Collins: "We did nothing. We gave up. It was pathetic" In [----] Collins was hired to fix education post-Covid. For the first time he details what happened in those [--] months why Sunak/Johnson dumped his plan and the legacy of that decision https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/sir-kevan-collins-interview-catch-up-tsar https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/sir-kevan-collins-interview-catch-up-tsar"
X Link 2024-03-08T06:30Z 12.4K followers, 115.4K engagements
"Exciting news time - the next three issues of @tes will form a special curriculum series: the [--] May looks at curriculum theory; [--] May looks at turning theory into practice; [--] May showcases schools that are doing interesting things with their curriculum (1/4)"
X Link 2019-05-13T19:27Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"As schools empty of increasing numbers of children (and teachers) for self-isolation the topic of focus from the DfE swings as it frequently has done during the pandemic to mobile phones"
X Link 2021-06-29T07:51Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"I know of a head who has resigned today from a challenging school because the stress of filling in for the disappearance of support services has got too much. Unanswered calls removed interventions failed kids teachers left in dangerous situations unsupported"
X Link 2019-01-09T15:29Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"If Labour wins the election having Sir Kevan Collins advising - as was leaked yesterday (story below) - is a v shrewd appointment. He knows how gov works he knows how local authorities work and he knows how schools work. Any Labour plan.(1/2) https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/sir-kevan-collins-to-advise-on-schools-if-labour-wins-election https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/sir-kevan-collins-to-advise-on-schools-if-labour-wins-election"
X Link 2024-06-24T15:02Z 12.4K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Today in @tes - @johncmorgan3 has done a huge piece of work looking at the science behind school closures and reopenings. It's such an important piece for our readership and wider public that we have decided to put it in front of the paywall. Here it is: https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/coronavirus-science-behind-schools-reopening https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/coronavirus-science-behind-schools-reopening"
X Link 2020-05-15T06:00Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Here's a big list of all the tech and resources that has been made free in the past few weeks - excellent work @heymrshallahan https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-free-resources-home-learning https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-free-resources-home-learning"
X Link 2020-03-28T07:26Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
""schools are sticking with children working with families building strong relationships and being a central part of their local community. But too often such support happens despite central government not because of it." @annelongfield for @tes https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-has-forgotten-about-children-and-families-pursuit-standards https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/dfe-has-forgotten-about-children-and-families-pursuit-standards"
X Link 2023-06-01T05:38Z 12.4K followers, 52.2K engagements
"Any primary schools mandating parents wear masks at drop off and pick up"
X Link 2020-11-02T19:23Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"This is a very very interesting piece for UK teachers: what's life like in Denmark's reopened schools https://www.tes.com/news/what-it-denmarks-reopened-schools https://www.tes.com/news/what-it-denmarks-reopened-schools"
X Link 2020-04-23T10:03Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"This one will prompt some debate: guided play found in a new study to be better for teaching early maths and as good at teaching most other things compared with traditional teaching methods. New analysis from @Cambridge_Uni https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/guided-play-sometimes-better-direct-instruction https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/guided-play-sometimes-better-direct-instruction"
X Link 2022-01-12T06:05Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"That's quite a claim considering there is no robust evidence for methodology of teaching during a pandemic-related lockdown lasting for months at a time. Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this and that "were seeing substantial gains #eduQs Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this"
X Link 2021-01-18T14:48Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Live teaching is the best way of delivering remote teaching says Gavin Williamson adding We encourage schools to put as much live provision on as possible and says DfE is supporting schools in this and that "were seeing substantial gains #eduQs"
X Link 2021-01-18T14:43Z 339.2K followers, [---] engagements
"If masks are required in classrooms from [--] March why weren't they required at any other time in the past [--] months The science on masks has not changed markedly in that period. Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://t.co/V9kdIRwNvc Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://t.co/V9kdIRwNvc"
X Link 2021-02-22T16:16Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Secondary students will be required to wear masks in classrooms as well as in the corridor and communal spaces when they return @educationgovuk has announced https://www.tes.com/news/back-school-masks-required-secondary-classrooms https://www.tes.com/news/back-school-masks-required-secondary-classrooms"
X Link 2021-02-22T16:12Z 339.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Really interesting piece from principal Jennie Divine whose school has been in lockdown in Milan for three weeks - useful points to prep for in UK schools if they end up being closed. https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-5-lessons-school-lockdown https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-5-lessons-school-lockdown"
X Link 2020-03-10T13:44Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
"One of the greatest achievements of my son's school is that he absolutely loves being there. That's actually not the easiest thing to achieve yet it is so crucial to underpinning everything else that happens in the classroom"
X Link 2019-03-22T11:55Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements
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