Kirsty Rogers

Proud of our Deputy Headteacher Ms Dasgupta, who represented our school at a cross-party roundtable at the House of Lords on removing smartphones from schools. Sad not to be there myself, but so glad to have such a great team! 📵 #Education #SmartphoneFree

What a privilege and an honour it has been to speak at the World Inclusion Congress in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Good morning, I’m here at Aureus School in Didcot to see how results day is going for @TheOxfordMail. Best of luck to the year 11s!

Big smiles in Didcot - best ever results year for the school! What an achievement

Three happy faces who have got the grades to head onto their sixth forms of choice 🥳

NEW POST Systematic inclusion: Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning? How much does it matter to you. teacherhead.com/2025/06/25/sys…

@GLFSchools Leadership Conference today, exploring “Lost Learning – Our Strategy for Change.” Great to connect with colleagues and reflect on inclusion, attendance, and student well-being. A real perk of being part of a large trust is working together to make a real difference.

@adamboxer1 Lots of takeaways in this episode as always, but as someone who is two years into my headship, loving your headteachers notion “first you have to get the right people on the bus and then you have to get them into the right seats”. Thank you both as always.

WE ARE BACK After a short break we're back with a bang: Is safeguarding training enough? Who's to blame for poor behaviour? How to do "instructional coaching" for teachers who already rock the classroom All this and more, tune in and share 🙏🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/2za7SI…

Sometimes our biggest job as teachers is just to light the path. Today, a student began compiling their own book of poetry—and I couldn’t be prouder. ✨ The best things in life are free: Write the poem. Draw the picture. Create the masterpiece. 💛📖 #StudentCreativity

When we talk about CPD needing to be concrete, what do we mean? Here's an example from our course on lesson starts 👇👇 In demos last week, school leaders told me they had seen ALL FOUR OPTIONS in recent lessons, but only one is optimal. READ ON

Encoding:  Possibly the most under-emphasised element in securing learning for all.   teacherhead.com/2025/06/01/enc… via @teacherhead

NEW BLOG: Why (& how) we banned smartphones. southgloshead.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/why… #smartphonefreechildhood @SmartphoneFreeC #educhat #sltchat

At @AureusSchool , we’re a smartphone-free school—there’s no need to buy a smartphone for your child to attend. We recommend simple phones until at least Year 9. You’re not alone in choosing to wait. Learn more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #SmartphoneFreeChildhood #AureusSchool

This is one of the great graphics of education policy, and is worthy of deep study. Phones are a scourge, and if you're running a school that allows them *in any way* you are increasing the chances of disruption massively. Control the controllables. @TeacherTapp

📵 We’re proud to be a smartphone-free school — and thrilled to be featured by the BBC for it! Less screen time, more focus, better connections. 💬📚 Watch the video 👇 #SmartphoneFree #BBCFeature #FocusAndThrive #AureusSchool #Didcot

📱 Great day at @AureusSchool as @BBCOxford visited to film a piece on the positive impact our smartphone policy is having on students. 🎥 More focus, better socialising, and a happier school environment! #StudentWellbeing #SmartphonePolicy #BBCOxford #PositiveChange

Just visited the @AureusSchool Year 10 Catering mock exam — the food looks amazing! Grabbed a few tasty samples and now eagerly waiting for my lucky delivery later today. Great job, all!

We are setting up an Aureus Fitness Studio in our school for students and would be grateful for any donations of fitness equipment.

@AureusSchool Year 11. I am so incredibly proud of you. First exams in the bag today and you were all amazing. The vibe in the dining hall this morning was wonderful, full of support for each other but also a sign you were all ready! #TeamAureus #Year11 #GCSEs2025