How to Dismantle State Education in 10 Easy Steps

@rob_kelsall @antiacademies Don’t they know/ feel that the end is nigh for the chaotic academy system. Nearly half of all schools are la maintained or vol aided/controlled

This email was sent to all schools on Thursday of this week. The audacity to tell schools that they’ve been ‘chosen’ to join a super MAT and to sign on the dotted line.

@antiacademies Many reasons to reverse academisation. It’s only got halfway there, so now’s the time to re-establish that WE OWN OUR SCHOOLS. Try YouTube Carl and Terry talk sh*t about academies

@antiacademies You Tube for Carl and Terry talk sh*t about academies

@antiacademies Go to Carl and Terry talk shit about academies on YouTube. You might laugh. Or smile.

@tombennett71 Have you not better things to draw to our attention, Tom?

Really appreciate LNER providing this handy layout to the bogs, like they’re selling it on Zoopla or the SAS plan on storming it or something.

@PaulGarvey4 Minister for common sense

The Tories have a ‘Minister for Common Sense’ Let that sink in. 😂😂😂

@antiacademies Yeah, right. Academies, don’t yer just love ‘em.

@JohnGRoberts @SCHOOLSNE How could she? How dare she?

Labour’s shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell is giving the final keynote speech at the @SchoolsNE Academies Conference today.

@antiacademies Try YouTube and search Carl and Terry talk sh*t about academies. It’s not just for fun!

@MelAinscow @SchoolsWeek @bphillipsonMP @EduFabians Dismantling gone too far. What would you expect?

@SchoolsWeek Further evidence that the system needs reform. Time to create some new form of local coordination and accountability that protects the interests of children and families. @bphillipsonMP @EduFabians

Exclusive: A 15-school academy trust will shut after the government decided to strip it of its only secondary, further revealing the 'vulnerability' of primary schools amid the double whammy of rising costs and falling rolls schoolsweek.co.uk/closing-academ…

@lokiscottishrap I’m on my way to Brixton to talk about my chapter in R . Race’s book on multicultural education. My mum’ knitting group seemed fascinated by my title, Is Multicultural Education Deep Enough or Wide Enough. I couldn’t get away. Hope gathering I’m to talk to will be as fascinated.

@tombennett71 Tom Bennett is not the answer in the free-for-all tough on misbehaviour direction in our chaotic education system.

Another day, another crazy behaviour policy. Seen a school that, when a student misbehaves, has a script for the teachers to use, asking questions to the student like ‘how do you feel?’ Etc. As the default response, instead of boundaries, mild sanctions etc. This is a charter for mayhem.

@tombennett71 Tom, why knock restorative justice? Why not keep them IN school where they stand a chance of learning and improving? Do you want to be part of that group that doesn’t care about sustaining a criminal class? You are a hard man and not a helpful one

I wish I could unhear some of the stories I’m told every week about Scottish schools and crazy behaviour policies. One school had a boy put another in hospital…but school won’t suspend or exclude. Instead, restorative chats are the strategy. Another is caught bringing in class A drugs with intent to supply. Also: no exclusion. Why? Because the LA insists that the school does this. And insists no sanctions to be used. This is the reality facing many teachers and leaders. Enough. This cannot be allowed to carry on.

@antiacademies Told you so!!

@antiacademies We told you so

See stroppy pair at the Birmingham Exhibition Centre where the SAAS opens tomorrow. See who runs education and in whose interest.

@Julespg The end must be nigh for a cheating and pilfering Multi AcademyTrustbusiness system. Competition, chaos and graft. Government and public must see it has to go.

Friend works for a large well-known MAT - school is pretty chaotic & behaviour not good. Ofsted were in recently and a whole crowd of additional staff from elsewhere in the MAT were imported for two days! Why are they getting away with this?

@Julespg @hharniess @1974JCS @karen_Horler18 Name these academies and their MATs

@hharniess @1974JCS @karen_Horler18 Indeed they should!

@frankcottrell_b @burstofbeaden We fight to stop academies. We fight to get education back into public control. Labour, are you listening?

Little thread of unravelling This morning I went to a community special school which I often go to. I wasn't very prepared so I read them The Skull by @burstofbeaden

@CPFC @wilfriedzaha Local, loyal hero

27.03.10. Wilfried Zaha's first-team debut. There's only one. #CPFC | @wilfriedzaha