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A UN expert says in a new report that Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale "that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent"
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thehighcliffeguy
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thehighcliffeguy
@AdamHighcliffe
Personal views on life, Britain, SEND, local politics, the Independent Republic of Highcliffe, and whatever else I get dragged into.
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The irony, the sheer bloody-minded tin-eared tone-deaf nose-thumbing irony, of Ofsted using these words to describe its ethos:
Ofsted@Ofstednews
Today our Chief Inspector, @martyneoliver, spoke at Voice 21's #SpeakingSummit2026 in London 🗣️ The event brings together educators, leaders and academics working to promote oracy in education. Read his full speech here 👇 gov.uk/government/spe…
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“Mossbourne is not rebuilding trust - it is still closing ranks.”
Months on from the damning safeguarding report, Mossbourne leaders continue to pay lip service to change, while children at their schools continue to experience harm.
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Andy Leary-May@learymay
Finally, Mossbourne has responded to the damning safeguarding review from 3 months ago. The review author, Sir Alan Wood, outlined two ways in which they could do this - acknowledge the findings and make real change, or dismiss, dig-in, and continue the harm…
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@AdamHighcliffe @FifiDeLyonBliss Maybe. By the way, nearly all European countries require children who do not reach a minimum standard to repeat the year. Even at primary school. Should the UK adopt that system too?
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On school uniform...
Even among Teacher Tapp users, 46% of secondary school respondents say they don't want smart uniform.
For primaries, 77% of staff don't want smart uniform.
Parents don't want it.
Kids don't want it.
This is the 21st century, not the 19th.
Let's move on.
Tes magazine@tes
While most secondary schools require students to wear blazers, nearly half of teachers would prefer young people to wear ‘joggers and a polo’ or no uniform, exclusive polling reveals tes.com/magazine/news/…
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@thefish64 @FifiDeLyonBliss It's not a big reach - as a European nation, we have more in common with continental neighbours (Brexit notwithstanding).
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@AdamHighcliffe @FifiDeLyonBliss "Culturally similar". Please explain.
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@thefish64 @FifiDeLyonBliss The key point, which you've most helpfully illustrated, is that culturally almost all the nations most similar to us don't commonly have uniform.
Let alone ties & blazers.
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@thefish64 @FifiDeLyonBliss Been to the US or Europe recently?
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@FifiDeLyonBliss @AdamHighcliffe Most of the worlds countries have some sort of uniform. In Japan, the uniform rules in most schools were just as strict as UK.
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Excluding journalists from education events, alongside controversial SEND reforms that will weaken disabled children’s rights, raises serious concerns about transparency. #SEND
schoolsweek.co.uk/journalists-sh…
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“I don't think it's the children's fault.
The children are the same as they’ve always been… but as a society we’ve changed what childhood is, & it’s not for the better.”
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Time to stop demonising kids & start listening to them. What's being demanded of them needs to change.
Mr P MBE@ICT_MrP
asked teachers who’ve been in the classroom longer than 15 years what the biggest change has been. Thousands replied, I’ve collated them with a little help from Al 😉 Here’s a run down of what came out... If you’ve been teaching 15+ years... does this reflect your experience?
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@AdamHighcliffe Don't. I took on a secondary school with pants, polos and sweatshirts as uniform. Awful, shapeless, faded things, kids had no pride. We surveyed them and they chose a shirt and jumper with the school logo. Smart and practical, they loved it. 1/2
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🚨A pastoral, relational approach to behaviour reduced exclusions, reduced absences, & improved wellbeing for both kids & teachers.
The 2-year independent evaluation covered 2,600 schools participating in the Thrive programme, which uses a trauma-informed approach.
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Exclusive: Schools with the highest proportion of disadvantaged pupils are more likely to be marked down by Ofsted in the achievement category, Tes can reveal
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"Children's human needs were neglected."
One year since I wrote this thread, and every word still applies.
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thehighcliffeguy@AdamHighcliffe
March 20th is exactly 5 years since I picked my son up from school ahead of UK lockdown. It would be his last day there for 6 months. What happened next was a betrayal of all our children. No, I'm not debating Covid, or protesting lockdown. I'm talking about what came after. 🧵
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@vicgoddard @kennygfrederick No idea what your terms of reference or choices were Vic, but nationally parents have a pretty clear view...
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@AdamHighcliffe @kennygfrederick I thought the the same. However, we have consulted on this and got a push back against changing from the traditional in our consultation with the community
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Eduardo Reyes@edreyesjourno
Government admits key final decisions on the SEND Tribunal have already been made, despite consultation on its SEND reforms being open till 18 May. It's at odds with ministers' statements on the consultation engaging people 'before any final decision'. lawgazette.co.uk/news/key-final…
📢 Parents. Carers. Teachers.
You’ve been telling us that the SEND system isn't working. We listened, and now we're acting.
Watch as @bphillipsonMP gets to the bottom of your white paper questions.
Let us know your thoughts in the consultation 👇
gov.uk/government/con…
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