Margaret Newcombe @MNewcs

mum of three, grandma (best job) and recently retired head teacher Nottingham, England Joined July 2014

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Simon Smith @smithsmm

3 weeks ago

Well done Ofsted for that utter pigs-ear of a new framework. The Big Listen was obviously a Big Ignore. It takes some doing to take something bad and make it worse.

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Alastair Morgan @AlastairMorgan

4 weeks ago

One of my biggest disappointments with @keirstarmer and this government is it's total timidity in dealing with press ownership in this country. In my view, this single factor is the greatest threat to our country's future.

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Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas

4 weeks ago

Right wing media has had it in for @AngelaRayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake & has paid heavily for it. Hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics needs more voices like hers

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Jennifer 💙💚🇺🇦 🌈Stand up for what is right. @Jennyfurfuls

4 weeks ago

👇👇👇 I'm going to keep posting this. The BBC should be screening this!!!!!!

Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz

4 weeks ago

👇👇👇 I'm going to keep posting this. The BBC should be screening this!!!!!!

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Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth

a month ago

On your watch the system was instrumental in the death of a much loved head, according to the coroner. We haven’t forgotten, and we haven’t forgotten your hubris in the aftermath, even if you would like to re write history.

Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman

a month ago

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Blake Burge @blakeaburge

3 months ago

Underrated life skill: Listening without waiting to talk. You’ll be shocked how much people tell you—if you actually let them finish. What folks want isn’t advice. It’s your attention. You don’t win people over with your story. You win them over by letting them finish theirs.

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Edmund Barnett-Ward @Edmund_B_W

5 months ago

If you lead a party and align with someone who led an institution blind to the harm it caused, deaf to every warning, and unmoved by a preventable death, what does that say of your fitness to lead? What do you value, if not accountability? Who won’t you step on, along the way?

Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch

5 months ago

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John Dabell @John_Dabell

8 months ago

My jaw breaking down is frightening as I lost another tooth yesterday. I have just 2 teeth left on my left mandible and they are also loose. I cannot let jaw necrosis rob me of my smile! Please consider sharing my GoFundMe and thank you so much to all those that have done so and…

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National Autistic Society @Autism

10 months ago

90% of children excluded from primary schools in the last five years are children with SEND. But what’s not talked about enough is that exclusions often happen because children are not getting the right support that would give them the chance to thrive at school.…

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Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher

11 months ago

I was talking to a grandmother last week about schooling. ‘I can see the difference’ she said. ‘When my children were young, primary school was relaxed. If the weather was good, they went outside and ran around. If they were sick, they stayed at home. Now with my grandchildren…

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Beth 💙 @Beth_Tastic

11 months ago

Please do not ever minimise a child’s voice in any situation. Parents ARE the experts in their own children and young people - respect that & work with them to keep the best interests of the child / young person at the centre always. #SEND #Autism #ParentCarer

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Christopher Such @Suchmo83

a year ago

It amazes me just how common it is for primary schools to have countless reading for pleasure initiatives while at the same time teaching reading lessons that are little more than years and years of tedious SATs preparation. 🪡🧵

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Steve B @75ThunderRoad

a year ago

School Attendance and Illness 🧵 The biggest cause of pupil absence from UK schools is illness. (It's the biggest cause of staff absence too.) The biggest cause of persistent absenteeism is illness. The biggest cause of school absence internationally is also illness. 1/

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Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt

a year ago

Why has there been a tendency to privilege writing over speaking, listening, and reading? 🤔 While oracy is gaining attention, high-quality talk in classrooms is often viewed as optional rather than an essential entitlement for all pupils. Why do we believe that written…

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Sam Strickland @Strickomaster

a year ago

Really applaud the government’s stance on the right to be free from work outside working hours. Emails are a huge issue here. Lines like we are all adults or we can choose when we read our emails are part of the problem & toxic. We aren’t a 24/7 industry nor should we be.

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Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall

a year ago

Read that again. ⬇️

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Debbie Clinton @DebbieClintonHM

a year ago

And this is why @Ofstednews has lost at least part of its way. As a former HMI, we would never inspect in the last week of a school term. Not good practice at all @FrankWNorris @Anfieldexile @Julespg

Mrs W @MrsWhiteLancs

a year ago

And this is why @Ofstednews has lost at least part of its way. As a former HMI, we would never inspect in the last week of a school term. Not good practice at all @FrankWNorris @Anfieldexile @Julespg

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Eric Partaker @Eric_Partaker

a year ago

12 Wake-up Calls That Every Leader Needs to Hear in 2024:

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Edmund Barnett-Ward @Edmund_B_W

a year ago

Mega-thread 1 of 5 I have discovered a lot of things wrong with this country over the past year, five months, three weeks, and four days since my daughter's head teacher, Ruth Perry, took her own life. In order to do this, I am going to have to talk about some difficult things…

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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts

a year ago

We owe it to them: all our female ancestors who were denied that democratic right. Patriarchal forces still attempt to hold us back by pushing apathy, telling us that “politicians are all the same”. They’re not - and you have the right to choose, to vote from the heart, for our…