Lyndsay Bawden (she/her) FCCT MEd 🏳️🌈
@lyndsaybawden.bsky.social
English Specialist • Visiting Lecturer • Author • Senior Examiner • WomenEd East Mids Regional Lead • SLE • MA Ed • mum & wife ⚤ Views my own
Glorious few family days - what a beautiful spring we’re having! ☀️ 🌷 🌳
The OUP team are at the @litdrive.bsky.social conference today! Come and say hi to Katie & Alex to check out #Rollercoasters plus #OxfordRevise English Language & NEW English Literature revision guides! 👋📚 #TeamEnglish #LitdriveCPD25 @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @lyndsaybawden.bsky.social
English teachers and Y11 parents! I have two copies of my Power and Conflict #OxfordRevise to give away. Follow and repost for a chance to win one 📚 #TeamEnglish #EduSky
Meet #AQATeamEnglish – experts shaping the future of English assessment. Made up of former teachers, examiners, and assessment writers, they’re here to support you and build a community where every voice matters. Find out more. 👇 bit.ly/4i3Iwic
Is literary theory ‘a thing’ in GCSE and A Level English Literature? (13 March 2025, 16:45 – 17:30) Exploring the literary theoretical coordinates of GCSE and A Level English Literature to support your teaching. Free, online! Join us! Sign up ! englishassociation.ac.uk/is-literary-...
Is literary theory ‘a thing’ in GCSE and A Level English Literature? (13 March 2025, 16:45 - 17:30) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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We're so excited to announce the release of Learn Anything's Key Stage Two platform for English, in collaboration with @thequotationbank.bsky.social. Visit learnanything.com to explore what we hope helps Primary teachers around the UK. #PrimaryTeachers @litdrive.bsky.social @teamenglish1.bsky.social
Join us on 8th March for a day of empowering discussions and actions for women's rights, equality, and empowerment for all women and girls! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womened-ri... @womened.bsky.social
#WomenEd: Rights, Equality and Empowerment for all Women and Girls.
Join us for a day of empowering discussions and actions for women's rights, equality, and empowerment for all women and girls!
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Brand new #WomenEd global online event to celebrate #IWD25. Join us to discuss how women’s voices and rights can be safeguarded www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womened-ri...
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Have you seen the changes to AQA GCSE English Language questions for 2026? The sample papers are live now - do make sure your teams have seen these: www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/eng...
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Breaking: The government has said a 2.8 per cent teacher pay rise 'would be appropriate' for 2025-26
Teacher pay: 2.8% rise 'appropriate' for 2025-26 says DfE
STRB told such an award 'would maintain the competitiveness of teachers’ pay'
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Christmas-ready! 😍🎄 And no I’m not sure why we have three trees, either.
"Through this chapter I share my personal journey with miscarriage & offer advice on how to help & support colleagues, employees & friends who may be going through the loss of a baby." A terrific chapter in @womened.bsky.social's 'Disruptive Women' Esther Mustamu-Daniels. Thanks for sharing, Esther.
Very excited that #EduDrinks is back this month on 29th November from 7:30pm. It’s always a great evening and a chance to see old friends and make new ones from the education world. DM either @deputypaul.bsky.social or me for the Zoom link.
Forgot about BlueSky for a bit. Came back and found it thriving! So good to see all the positivity #EduSky
Went on a guided mushroom forage this morning; what a lovely way to start the day!
One page overview of sentence structures from The Writing Revolution www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing... ✍️
🚨 NEW 🚨 ‘Writing and the 'final mile' problem’ “Effectively, we ask pupils to do think hard about making improvements when they have fewest mental resources to do the job.” alexquigley.co.uk/writing-and-...
Writing and the 'final mile' problem
Do your pupils have a problem with 'writing stamina'? The teachers and leaders I work with routinely describe the problem of pupils lacking writing stamina as a vital issue they want to address. But...
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Let the Heartstopper marathon commence! 🌈
Could I ask a favour? If you could all share this I’d be really grateful! The Boy Who Cried Ghost is 99p today on the Kindle or available from all good indie bookshops! 👻🎃🖤 #KidLit #BookSky #EduSky #PrimaryEduSky
We are thrilled! This article for @schoolsweek.bsky.social by @vivienneporritt.bsky.social gives us hope the issues #WomenEd campaigns on will be tackled to achieve more equitable, fair treatment of women in education. 💜💜 Amazing! 💥💥💥💥 schoolsweek.co.uk/three-reason... #womensupportingwomen
Equity is at the heart of Phillipson's STRB remit letter
Long-running campaigns have been ackowledged and action will surely follow on fair pay and conditions
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Keep an eye out for this exciting series on WomenEd’s YouTube channel featuring three of our wonderful authors 💜 WomenEd Book Club will host conversations with @hugheshaili.bsky.social , @gemmaclark.bsky.social and Rachel Macfarlane about their books – coming this October! 📚
➡️ Speech and language is in crisis - what can schools do next? The S&L crisis is not a Covid blip, it is a long-term problem that is damaging the outcomes of too many children and schools are being left to cope alone. A critical long read this morning www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Speech and language is in crisis - what can schools do next?
Speech and language challenges in schools are at a critical point, but causation and solutions are complex, finds Zofia Niemtus. So, what should schools be doing?
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