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We will be Bolder, Aspirational & Determined at the P.R.A.T. ©. All opinions are those of fictional people & mostly a bit of fun. Follow @johnesharp
United Kingdom Katılım Mayıs 2024
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Our Ofsted report has been published today. Whilst I am incredibly proud of Yew Tree, I am hugely disappointed with the process. Different framework but it’s the same issues as before!
Yew Tree Primary School@YewTreeSandwell
Further to our inspection in January, our report & an accompanying letter is available on our website: yewtreeprimary.co.uk/inspection-rep… As Ofsted has changed how they grade schools, which is not comparable to the previous framework, please watch this video: youtube.com/watch?v=kbl0Fv…
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‘Book looks’.
I remain highly skeptical of using student’s exercise books to assess progress with any real accuracy. It’s an indicator only.
You can teach a good lesson and hardly use books at all or an ineffective lesson where books make progress appear better than it is.
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What makes your toes curl in staff meetings?
Teachers talking over others.
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@johnesharp Agree on the latter.
On the former, doesn't make it right. Back to where we started, I just want politics and politicians out of the classroom.
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Completely unacceptable for teachers to set out to control kids' minds
Just turn up to school, teach the kids maths, go home.
With #vouchers4schools, parents hold all teachers accountable for leaving their ideology at the front gate. Every day.
Katharine Birbalsingh@Miss_Snuffy
Lots of teachers are outspoken leftists. Even if one doesn’t talk about which political party one supports, a teacher’s values influence who our children will be as adults. No one seems to realise how important schools are to the future of the country. 🥴
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This blog I wrote some time ago feels more relevant than ever…
samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/hea…
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Or just ditch the banners and stop making OFSTED the measure of our schools.
Tes magazine@tes
Ofsted tells schools to include a QR code linking to their full inspection report if they refer to any inspection findings in banners or promotional materials tes.com/magazine/news/…
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Leadership often looks like strength on the outside and quiet overwhelm on the inside.
No one really talks about that part.
If this resonates, you’re not the only one.
#ShineOn
#BurnBrighter
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We've succumbed to slide shows in a pretty terrible way in the classroom.
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Tens of thousands of schools are way past their shelf-life you say?
That’s all well and good, but the alloys on my Merc are being scratched in the carpark potholes!!
Mr Sharp, HT
Tes magazine@tes
Significant risks from the collapse-prone RAAC concrete remain across the UK’s ageing school buildings, @CommonsEd warns tes.com/magazine/news/…
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There are times in school leadership when it feels like you’re pleasing no one at all. That doesn’t always mean you’re getting it wrong. Often it means you’re making choices in messy conditions. You won’t be liked in those moments. Your job is to stay steady, human and intact.
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I am astounded at how some of my students speak to their parents.
How did we get here? 😔
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Teachers - NEVER forget this.
Jum@JesterJum
I don't know who needs to hear this but employee surveys are NEVER anonymous.
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@BarbaraBleiman I've been saying for years that my favourite subject at school was daydreaming. And you can't write something interesting or something you care about unless you give yourself time to daydream.
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Anyone else hear Joseph Jebelli on Radio 4 this am? So interesting! A brain science corrective to the 'every second counts' bombardment of young people's brains in some versions of 'science of learning' & current trends like SLANT. Staring out the window may help you learn more!
Waterstones@Waterstones
Joseph Jebelli dives into the science of how detrimental constant multitasking, screen time and hyperproductivity is on our brain health and how surprisingly beneficial doing nothing can be in THE BRAIN AT REST, our brilliant Non-fiction Book of the Month: waterstones.com/book/the-brain…
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@warwickmansell The pressure on schools to improve attendance is immense (wrongly), and they end up with a blunderbuss approach of doing everything that can be thought to appear to be doing something mostly out of their control.
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Of all the bad/stupid policies I’ve covered as an education journalist over the years, one that’s hit our family most blatantly is these automated letters which are issued by schools if a child’s attendance drops below a certain level.
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@dsprimed Spot on. I’m sure some of them are so they can go home and say ‘I told him straight that I’m not havin’ it!’ Kind of over-proving their love and/or parenting ability.
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A new post tonight (I've been daily since New Year's Day) - this one's about vexatious parents. linkedin.com/posts/david-s-…
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In a meeting tonight in which it was said if the school outcomes are ‘below national averages’ they cannot get expected.
Discuss.
Perhaps one for @Yorkshire_Steve who has been doing excellent work on this and other areas.
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@dsprimed Great analogy! Mine is lost in a desert with endless possibilities and not knowing where to go…Mr Sharp
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