Primary teacher & leader. Dad & husband. Seeking clarity, calm & honest scholarship in education. Wanting space for teachers to deepen as thinkers in our craft.
North East, England
Joined July 2025
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And this one from Australia journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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I think it’s even worse in early years. Male student teachers often have their motives questioned.
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US Reading decline is dramatic over the last 20 years, but no decline among teens...because they never read much in the first place, a point I've been harping on for years, as people often focus on social media & teens re: ⬇️in reading.
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Teaching is a profoundly creative act. It is not a mere delivery system for information. A good teacher doesn’t just pass on what is known, they awaken curiosity, spark imagination, and help students to discover meaning for themselves.
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Prediction: A new professional field will emerge in education of specialist “prompt engineers” who design and refine custom GPTs, curating knowledge bases and writing instructions so that AI tools deliver feedback and guidance aligned with local curricula, assessment rubrics etc. You might not like it but it's inevitable.
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When people hear adaptive expertise, they might picture a maverick teacher throwing out the plan, improvising wildly, chasing novelty.
But that’s not what it is... 🧵
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A large proportion of our MPs went to a narrow set of elite universities 🎓
We found that 20% attended Oxford and Cambridge, compared to just 1% of the UK population.
55% of MPs went to Russell Group universities, versus 19% of the population.
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Five Ways: Components of Building Schema teacherhead.com/2025/04/26/f… via @teacherhead
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Just had another read through our Year 11 intended destinations data with all the courses they want to do. Made me quite emotional. All those future artists and carpenters and doctors and plumbers and, yes, teachers. Please let this week go well for them 🙏
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The Schools North East Podcast is a platform for real conversations about education in our region.
Our goal is to amplify voices & share insights, best practice, & the realities of working in education in the North East.
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Also, why do we continue to abide infantilization in our field? Treat people like serious professionals. Don’t condescend to them with cartoons and treacle.
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Luck doesn’t just happen, it’s created. You can do things to increase the odds of serendipity.
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Meeting more people makes you lucky. Learning more skills makes you lucky. Being willing to fail makes you lucky. Offering to help others more often makes you lucky.
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Why do this when there’s gorgeous stuff available?
We just need to know where it is!
To be clear, this isn’t about aesthetics, it’s about learning.
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Too often poor-quality resources with sketchy images and low level text are given to pupils to learn from.
Many offer too little challenge for pupils. Poor quality visuals, cloze exercises, filling in the blanks, colouring in, are unlikely to make pupils think deeply
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It’s not about taste, it’s about value.
I think it’s important to think about beauty when we are evaluating resources we use for teaching.
Our pupils deserve the best.
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It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it.
If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.
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Sensory wellbeing isn’t an add-on, it’s the foundation for learning, emotional regulation and social connection.
In our latest edition of #nasenConnect, wellbeing education consultant, Alice Hoyle explains why a whole-school approach to sensory wellbeing benefits every student, not just those with identified sensory processing differences. From quiet zones to flexible seating and lighting changes, practical steps can transform classrooms into calmer, more inclusive spaces where everyone thrives.
🔗 Read the full article - ow.ly/KPlX50WBSmo
#SensoryWellbeing #Inclusion #Neurodiversity #WholeSchoolApproach #Education
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I think the shared aspect should definitely be the dominant component- for a few reasons. I’ll come to the prescriptive bit in a sec…
1 teacher workload. The advantages afforded by groups of schools is that a well designed curriculum can be life changing in terms of workload.