Michael Earnshaw

@smithsmm Would you do any curriculum 'tweak' work in the next 6 months? We are 2 months post-ofsted and doing so would seem a waste of time unless it was obviously needing fixing. In the last 5 years it's been standard practice for us to tweak but seems to wrong focus atm

Curriculum is the most political aspect of school policy. If the party in government changes curriculum will change, it is as inevitable as the seasons. No point getting in a stew about it

Salford Basketball 3v3 Finals today. Hosted by @thedeansprimary . Great spirit on show. Thanks to our volunteer refs, especially Mr Salas from @FriarsPrimary @YourSchoolGames

@greg_jenner This could go badly

@EasjetHoliday It's totally unacceptable to raise prices during a booking. We had flights to Rovaniemi in the basket at £300 return. During the booking process (flights chosen and due to pay!) this went up to £650! That's disgraceful! I hope you will be putting new flights soon

Nowhere says 'Bunny vs Monkey' like @TheJohnRylands @jamiesmart

Y5 students are enjoying their Transition afternoon. Session 1, an introduction to trampoline with Mr Walton #StepUp #thealbionacademy

Written by the amazing students of @FriarsPrimary, Kindness is Key is a song about the power of friendship and the inspirational people that can guide you through life. What a great message! youtube.com/watch?v=F8Nbyw… Performed by @FriarsPrimary @StMarysMossSide @SJTW_Irlam 🧡

Sorry everyone for the shameless charity request but it would be great to raise as much as possible for this great cause. X fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/michaels-…

@NPortnell Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel. Awesome

@noookophile @MichaelRosenYes @davidnichol521 I honestly couldn't tell you

@MJEarnshaw @MichaelRosenYes @davidnichol521 Is it the DfE? Or Ofqual? Legally, Ofqual is a non-ministerial department, accountable directly to parliament. How does this work in reality? What is 'parliament'? Who is Ofqual's boss? This accountability conundrum is not limited to Ofqual: it applies to Ofsted, and others, too.

If you set an exam that is 'too hard' for a third of the students to pass, the problem is with the system not the students or the exam. It's the fault of the system that thinks setting such a test is useful. It isn't. It's a waste of time, energy, money and people

@davidnichol521 @MichaelRosenYes It would be great if the test was like this. However, the test is sat, the scores found out and then the pass mark is set by the DfE. Basically, they can decide what percentage have passed based on what number they want to see. 80% pass, set the mark at 19, 65% pass, set it as 25

@MichaelRosenYes If pupils are taught well at an appropriate level then almost all of them should pass and be able to demonstrate what they have learned. If a third fail they have either been poorly taught or the content is inappropriate for them.

Did you know? A new £100 million private hospital will be opening next year on the grounds of an NHS trust. The new hospital will belong to a US-owned private healthcare company, HCA UK. RT if you think everyone should be aware.

@FourFourTwo Down to earth players

What's one thing that you never see in football anymore and would like to see return?

We’ve had an amazing time celebrating different cultures and creating music with local schools in our Harmonise project! Our performance at @BridgewaterHall was such a special (and loud!) event. Watch some here➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=43Mhs-…

@GillianKeegan I guess when you set the pass mark after the actual results...

Congratulations to everyone receiving SATs results today 👏 % hitting the expected standards 👇 📕 73% in reading ➕ 73% in Maths ✏️ 71% in writing 🔡 72% in grammar, punctuation & spelling 🧪 80% in science 1/2

@Jon_M_Bailey @shakerstu @IronmanABC @andreajenkyns They'd go to the same schools. But those schools would just pay tax and contribute like the businesses that they are. They charge for a service, they are not charities.

@shakerstu @IronmanABC @andreajenkyns If private schools were taxed (which inevitably led to closures) where would these Students go in an already over crowded education system?

Children suffered enough with their education during lockdown, teachers should put children first and not strike. Why dont they strike during summer holidays when kids wont have to miss lessons! #LabourBackedStrikes

@TomfortablyNumb @Smithdsd11 @AliKatMay @timsykes3 @andreajenkyns I'm on your side btw, but if 3000 people earn £25k and 3 people earn £75k, isn't the median £25k as the 1552nd number in the order is £25k? But, as a headteacher, I fully back the strikes as our children deserve better!!!

@Smithdsd11 @AliKatMay @timsykes3 @andreajenkyns If 3000 people earn 25k and 3 people earn 75k, the median is 50k. Those are your facts. The median is the middle figure and does not into account the amounts at the extremes. It's a distorted figure that is not suitable for purpose.

@FriarsPrimary What an amazing community we have!

Logged on 60 days in advance at 12am (11pm) UK time to book @LaTourEiffel tickets. All sold out within a minute and up for resale straight away for 3x the price. Anyone has any success with this? 60 days before our last day in Paris tomorrow so need to book tonight!