News! From September I'm going to be the Director of @knowledge-hub.bsky.social, a network of teachers and leaders sharing evidence-informed solutions for persistent problems faced by schools. We run two courses - the Exemplary Leadership and Exemplary Teaching Programmes. www.knowledgehub.org.uk

The Knowledge Hub

A network of schools and teachers supporting each other to deliver a ​Knowledge-rich curriculum, ensuring that all pupils, whatever background or ability, have access to 'the best that has been though...

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And here we all are at the beginning of WWIII. Interesting how much a distraction it is from Trump's involvement in the biggest sex trafficking ring in the history of the world 🌎 EVER. Release the fully unredacted Trump/Epstein files. NOW.

Newspapers that told their readers austerity, Brexit, Johnson & Truss would be brilliant are attacking the British Prime Minister for not unquestioningly following a lunatic President into an illegal attack. And on social media, he gets attacked from the other 'side' for doing the precise opposite!

4. Except we're building this on an assumption that's highly suspect at least. The @schoolsweek.bsky.social investigation into what was on EHCPs was hair raising. So much dubious practice. schoolsweek.co.uk/send-provisi...

Too many of our SEND interventions make provision worse

We must call out unevidenced practices and debunked ideas pervading EHCPs

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Developing this great sense of foreboding that we may soon end up with huge numbers of children with legally enforceable ISPs with things like fiddle toys on them.

Senior Leadership Vacancies | The Long Eaton School We are recruiting for two senior leadership roles at The Long Eaton School, part of Archway Learning Trust: Vice Principal – Inclusion Assistant Principal – Pastoral Care Find out more and apply: lnkd.in/eEe2cr3F

At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window… It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍

I love Sunday baking to clear my mind and relax before the week begins… today - orange meringue pie…

Had a go at coming up with a no knead tear and share today. Cheesy jalapeño bread… need to write this one down!

This is what GB News considers news. Actual news: @greenparty.org.uk announced we have more members than the Conservatives, double the Lib Dems, making us the third largest party in Britain. Now I wonder why GB News wouldn't want to report on that? join.greenparty.org.uk

Love an Autumnal weekend… time to rest, recharge and get my bake on! 😋

fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th

Hughster@hughster.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Congratulations Dame Sarah Mullally on your appointment as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. A truly historic moment for our church, our faith and our country.

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

I'm getting really really fed up at constant reassertion that welfare spending is "out of control" when it is the same as the average for the past few decades. One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.

"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.

All of this and more! We are so much stronger when we stand up to the racists together!

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wow Starmer finally drawing a line! "If you say or imply that people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their skin, that mixed-heritage families owe you an explanation... If you say that they should now be deported, then mark my words - we will fight you with everything we have".

Reform's plans to end indefinite leave to remain go to the post I wrote last week on their slide towards chaotic authoritarianism. The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...

The route to chaotic authoritarianism

Why Reform’s deportation plan would have consequences well beyond asylum

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Gutted that I couldn’t make it down to researchEd this weekend - all of the #rED25 posts are making me very envious!!!

1. The Flags have arrived in my area. They make me uneasy. It isn't I have a problem with them when we're celebrating something. Football. Olympics. Even a royal wedding. But right now they don't *feel* like a positive affirmation of stuff we like but more a protest against things people don't..

Can’t quite get over how lucky I am right now…!

Love a long summer’s evening 😊

No-one takes the decision to flee their home from persecution, with little more than the clothes on their back, unless their life depends on it. That’s why our approach to refugees must be rooted in compassion, empathy and humanity. Not division, prejudice or scaremongering.

Shocked by the scenes in Liverpool today. I want to thank the emergency services who have responded so quickly. My thoughts are with all those who have been injured or affected.

📚✨ Wishing all the incredible teachers, support staff, and everyone working in education a very happy half term! You’ve earned every moment of rest and relaxation. Thank you for your dedication, passion, and the difference you make every single day. Enjoy the break — you deserve it! 🌟🍎 #HalfTerm

When life gets busy, I turn to the kitchen. There’s something calming about measuring, mixing, and letting everything else fade away. Now to eat 😊 #BakingTherapy #MindfulMoments #MentalReset

Mind you, the local Tory candidate in last year’s general election, & current candidate in tomorrow’s county elections, recently endorsed the Great Replacement conspiracy theory on Facebook. So he’s not much better.

Lee D@leedon1982.bsky.social · last yr.

The branch of Reform in my constituency is an absolute sewer of racism, misogyny, climate change denial & general far-right lunacy. What is it about a party led by Nigel Farage that attracts these scumbags? www.leicester.news/far-right-ra...