Mark McCourt

On 2 June, we hosted our first annual ATT Staff Excellence Awards! What an inspiration to see 200+ colleagues come together to celebrate the extraordinary people who make our Trust what it is✨ Congratulations to the finalists!🎉 Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/mwb887n5 #ATTAwards

NEW BLOG: Are We Sure We Are Not the Bad Guys? emaths.co.uk/blog/personal/…

@teacherhead 😂

New report is out - let's AI the S**t out of it... Don't thank me.. I did nothing.

This is the best blog I have read in 2026. Mark dismantles the narratives we espouse about the purpose of education, and reminds us of the true purpose of schools for our children. This should be read by everyone.

We are not doing anything about inclusion at @advschools A blog from Sallie Stanton, Chief Education Officer: thedustytsundoku.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/wer…

@VVMinkov @lionel_mora 😂

@lionel_mora Time for @EmathsUK to have a field day 🔥

Following the amazing reaction to the Marble Curriculum yesterday, we've decided to make it open source 🛰️👇 Everything a child learns in primary school. 1,590 concepts. 3,221 connections across 8 subjects, from Math and Science to Computing and Life Skills. Anchored in the US and UK curriculums, standard by standard (NGSS, Common Core, DfE). What you will find in the repo: every concept as structured JSON with its age band and the evidence a child must show to master it. Every prerequisite link marked hard or soft, with a written rationale. It's a true DAG you can compute learning paths on. Open license, you can build whatever you want with it. Now is a unique time in history to be building in education. Getting AI and kids education right is likely one of the hardest and most important problems to crack over the next decade and we need as many smart and creative minds behind it. We think a common solid basis, accessible to all and that can be built upon, is critical to move fast. That's why we're making this curriculum open source. It's not perfect but we know it's a robust basis, and we believe that sharing it openly is the fastest way to progress in this field. If you're building in education, share this around you and tell us in comments if you find this useful and if you want to contribute. We'll keep working and investing on it @withmarbleapp. Credit goes to @guillaume_boni for building this. I just made it look pretty. Links below 👇

This is so sad.

Pupils missed nearly one in five school sessions in England at the height of last month’s heatwave, when temperatures peaked at 37.7C, new figures suggest tes.com/magazine/news/…

Our July Policy Insights is out now 👇 bit.ly/4foJyGn 💷 Including an objective breakdown of the Teacher Pay Award 2026 ✍️ Featuring blog posts from @joel120193 @EmathsUK @exheadteacher

More and more often now I'm realizing the importance of thinking about the purpose of education. It shapes one's reaction to everything. I read this with interest, thanks @EmathsUK. I'm in the 'ascent of humanity' camp; all else is secondary. emaths.co.uk/blog/general-e…

@supernova2gold Thank you. Is there a particular aspect of the essay that resonates with you?

As education once again hurtles toward the point on the 30-year cycle of fads and fashions that will see it focused on a utilitarian purpose, it seems a timely moment to post this old blog… BLOG: What is an education for? emaths.co.uk/blog/general-e…

We are thrilled to be the new Latin Excellence Hub for schools in the Midlands. By building a network of schools, we will help to ensure that Latin continues to be offered to state school pupils. Huge thanks to @futureacademies, @LawrenceEFoley & @classicsforall for their support

I highly recommend that people read this excellent essay by @EmathsUK

Sallie Stanton writes about how we at @advschools slowed down on our implementation of an aligned secondary curriculum, and why that was (we hope) a good thing: thedustytsundoku.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/lea…

Despite decades of rising investment, Australia's school systems still lag behind the world’s best. In our @FinancialReview piece, @hunter_jordana and I argue this needs a structural solution: multi-school organisations (MSOs).

Great teachers change lives and their hard work should be recognised. That's why schoolteachers will see their pay boosted over the next two years, as part of a 17% increase since @bphillipsonMP became Secretary of State. Find out more: gov.uk/government/new…

Then for heaven's sake ditch the ideology and teach children with lower starting points from where they are rather than pretending you can impose equality. Literacy and numeracy are the key skills, and they reflect structures in the brain, which need to be built up and reinforced. Not scaffolding.