Congratulations to all in their GCSE results 🥳 Wishing them luck 🍀 and success in their next steps. Huge applause 👏🏽👏🏽to all teachers 💫and support staff 💫without whom …
Elizabeth Draper @draperel
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30+ yrs English teacher,post-16-SFC & FE. #JoyFE 💛📖📚📙✍️🗣️🎧Campaigner for bringing creative & critical thinking back into ❤️of education.Deputy Chair, trustee, Fellow of @englishassociation.bsky.social The English Association #EnglishTeaching / North West
It's #GCSEresults day! And our analysis of the main trends is out. - Grades remain broadly stable - The gender gap in grading has fallen again - Entries are up in statistics, business studies and media studies - Retake entries are up but grades remain low ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2026/08/gcse...
GCSE and Level 1/2 results 2026: The main trends in grades and entries - FFT Education Datalab
Our round up of everything you need to know about the 2026 results.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
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Christabel Scaife@christabelscaife.bsky.social · 4d agoDelighted to hear from Chris Joby today that he's received advance copies of his new book. Multilingualism and the Early Modern City is in our English at the Interface series published with @englishassociation.bsky.social and comes out on 11 Sep! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
broligarchy.substack.com
I think it is challenging for sec school teachers- they are charged with “teaching reading” yet are not trained to do so. In fact, most teachers could easily adapt their teaching to easily support reading development… But they would probably have to let the daily ppts go
www.theguardian.com/education/20... Correlation is not causation. Also, it is fascinating that most of the people quoted have been involved in promoting the use of tech in schools in different ways. Secondary schools are run on tech- students spend their days looking at ppts.
‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop
theguardian.com
When I work with student teachers on placement at our school, I ask what they've learnt so far about teaching reading. Quite often, they haven't covered anything (unless English trainees) and can't explain to me how they would use a disciplinary text to support reading. I find this surprising.
Reducing use of ppt and reading more authentic disciplinary text would support reading and writing development and help students to actively process the academic content. It should complement teacher explanation and modelling in most subjects. Teaching by ppt can oppose good literacy practice.
Have a listen ! Response to latest A-level data, including from our v own Lead for Cross-Sector Educational Policy: @bobeaglestone.bsky.social Have a listen to this ! ⬇️⬇️
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 7d agoYou can hear @bobeaglestone.bsky.social and I chatting to @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on Front Row about the latest A level data for arts and humanities including English literature. Around the last 10 mins (although the whole programme is worth listening to) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Our analysis of the 2026 Level 3 results is live now. Stable headline figures conceal a widening divide. Almost a third of entries in London were awarded an A or A*, compared with under a quarter in the North East and the East Midlands epi.org.uk/publications...
Level 3 Results Day 2026 - Education Policy Institute
Young people across England have today received their A level, vocational and other applied Level 3 qualification results, and should be applauded for their hard work and commitment. While A levels a...
epi.org.uk
✅ T Level and other vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results are out today – here’s your FE Week rundown of key findings… feweek.co.uk/vtq-and-t-le...
VTQ and T Level results 2026: 8 key trends
T Level and other vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results are out today – here’s your FE Week rundown of key findings
feweek.co.uk
Nationalise the water companies without a penny of our money. Here's how with Feargal Sharkey youtu.be/MPo3_0DjgyU?...
The Water Industry Scandal
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Some of the headlines on #Alevelresults day are focused on the increase in top grades... but in England the increase in the proportion achieving an A*-A is just 0.1 percentage points compared to last year. vist.ly/5epe7
A-Level, T-Level and other Level 3 results 2026: The main trends in grades and entries - FFT Education Datalab
Our round up of everything you need to know about the 2026 results.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
Restoring peatlands, planting trees, recovering wetlands and creating more resilient landscapes helps store carbon, reduce both drought and flood risk, and give wildlife the best chance of adapting to a changing world.
🧵 Wildfires have burned across the UK, drought has been declared across the whole of Wales and two-thirds of England, while rivers continue to run low...
The Prime Minister led an emergency Cobra meeting this week as the UK experiences more high temperatures, but the Government must put intentions into action before it’s too late.
🥳Congratulations!🥳 to all receiving their A-level results today! We wish them well, luck and happiness ahead 🤗 Big thanks and congratulations to all 💫teachers 💫out there, central as you all are to making this day happen - with all its successes and your continued support, as needed. 👏
Interesting results analysis from Wales. Especially those interested in English Literature A-level uptake … www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Top grades at A level rise in Wales in 2026 - the results in full
Results have a returned to a more consistent pattern following the end of the pandemic
walesonline.co.uk
A superb ‘provocation’ by Katherine Rundell on the impact of #AI on developing young minds. Have a read … www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
theguardian.com
In the Cairngorms by Kathleen Jamie The heartbreaking Sunday Poem printed in today’s Observer newspaper. #Poetry ❤️ ..’the mountain thyme is in flames, / and our bonny purple heather.’
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
vist.ly
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
We can give you a sneak peek into the next phase of this project, which will be an English Skills Translation Lab, in partnership with Jo Bowser-Angermann @angliaruskinuni.bsky.social englishassociation.ac.uk/the-ea-x-aru...
The EA x ARU English Skills Translation Lab | 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.
englishassociation.ac.uk
With the summer now upon us, we’d like to look back at the campaigning we’ve done for our subject this year, and celebrate the community that has made this work possible. Follow our thread 🧵🥳