Matthew Setchell
@matthew.setchell.me.uk
Working in Education, focused on transforming IT in schools and trusts. Specialist in transformation to secure, cloud based networks. Podcast: @edtechpeople.co.uk | Blog: Mattian.co.uk
Tom Newton from @smoothwall.bsky.social joins EDIT Online tomorrow @ 2pm (9 June) to kick off week 3 with “Proof of Work – Insights from the Frontlines of Digital Safety.” Covering DfE filtering standards, IWF report & uncovering Underminr. A must‑watch for schools. 👉 edugeek.me/to/edit26onl...
📅 Schools will be 'expected' to secure management information system (MIS) suppliers through a new government framework from next year schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-expe...
Schools 'expected' to use government route to buy MIS
New framework should be used by all schools to purchase MIS from next year in bid to reduce 'legal risk'
schoolsweek.co.uk
“Opt-out or be charged” models have no place in school budgets. New @junipereducation.bsky.social feature appears to apply unless declined. Deadline approaching. Full Story & Opt-Out Here: anme.co.uk/blog/blog/it... @departmentforedu.bsky.social #ANME #EdTech
Juniper’s “Opt-Out” Upgrade: A Concern for Schools Under Pressure - ANME Blog
Juniper’s “Opt-Out” Upgrade: A Concern for Schools Under Pressure from the ANME Blog.
anme.co.uk
Shows just how useless DBS checks are - there must be better ways: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jailed Leeds nursery employee worked with children after arrest
Kristian Parry, 26, found work at another nursery despite being arrested for making indecent images.
bbc.co.uk
Exciting day out for Google IT Admin Summit - presenting myself this afternoon.
Huge scandals incoming
Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · 7mo agoExclusive: One of England’s first PFI schools struck a secret deal for taxpayers to cover a £1m 'bullet payment' to break free of its contract Analysis also suggests PFI owners of English schools could have made as much as £85.7m in profits in one year schoolsweek.co.uk/secret-1m-ba...
I’m in Budapest with everyone as my brother lives here and it’s his 40th. After a day going around, we split to go back to respective accommodation- and my dad was supposed to get in the opposite direction tram… Enjoy. Best with sound.
So all this noise about Greenland, as someone pointed out to me, means we are not hearing anything about Trump and Epstein 😳🤷♂️
This all feels very real now... I'm officially a speaker at #BettUK2026! 🎉 I would love to see you at 'Celebrating women in EdTech: A networking event' - Thurs 22nd Jan, 17:45-19:15, Tech In Action Theatre. 📆 #WomenInEdTech #EdTech
On one hand, in complete agreement that phones destroy many children’s youth. A world where they get a break is incredibly important. But not sure on the 6 week timeline. In this world, phones do so much more than communicate. But, of course, attendance at the school is a choice 🤔
Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · 8mo agoA headteacher whose school may have one of the strictest phone bans in the country has spoken about his reasons for the policy, abuse he's had from parents, and why he thinks government should legislate to ban phones in all schools
I know by posting about how much I’m not interested in something will just push it back out there. But an entitled son and parents falling out is not my idea of news. At any level.
Hmmm. Trump putting my tariffs on countries, including the UK, because they oppose him BUYING a country. If we don’t stand up to this lunatic now then we deserve all we get.
Parents believe underfunding is the biggest issue facing schools today, with two fifths reporting being asked to contribute to day-to-day running costs, the largest parent survey has found schoolsweek.co.uk/underfunding...
Parents believe underfunding is biggest issue for schools
Two fifths report being asked to contribute to day-to-day running costs.
schoolsweek.co.uk
Nice to see Hamilton getting to 8th as well. No surprise that Yuki playing dirty to support Verstappen. I like Yuki, not Red Bull mind. Surprised he listened given his treatment!
Very excited for the last race of the season today. I’m team #Lando.
Are you a Google School, or have you thought about how you can adopt Google? If so - I am presenting around strategy at an exclusive @concero.education event to be held at Google HQ in London - gain your free place: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/conce...
Concero x Google Discovery Day at Google HQ
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A busy summer moving schools to the cloud to be ready post Windows 10 - read my latest blog post about how we did it! www.mattian.co.uk/the-summer-o...
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com - these don’t make sense to me?! I’m not using all the credit, using over 50% and try to pay it down?!
