Miss B

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Miss B

Miss B

@MissBHT21

C of E HT (still feeling like an imposter after 4 years) with a penchant for wild swimming, cycling and walking. Furbaby mum to Bailey the crazy cocker!

Katılım Haziran 2011
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@llewelyn20 @Emma_Turner75 We had no whiteboards for two weeks due to a delay in the installation of new ones after old had been removed - teachers who had never taught without literally couldn’t do it! Had no idea how to plan and deliver without a ppt - nightmare
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AR@llewelyn20·
@Emma_Turner75 I keep threatening it, but will probably never do it: to take away all smart boards and projectors for a week. I’d be hated (for a day or two), but I’m convinced it would be the best thing I could do for cpd for the teacher in our school.
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Emma Turner FCCT
Emma Turner FCCT@Emma_Turner75·
When I first started teaching there was no PowerPoint,no digital projection whatsoever & no laptops. Learning the craft ‘analogue’ was a brilliant experience & sharpened all aspects of teaching; I’d still always choose real pen and real board over digital almost 100% of the time.
Sam Strickland@Samstricko181

Teaching with just a pen is a hugely under-estimated art that can have a profound impact on pupil learning…. It relies on the teaching being the expert.

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Mr P MBE
Mr P MBE@ICT_MrP·
Which year group do you think are the most challenging to teach at the minute for low level disruption? And what do you think the reason is? I’m intrigued to know if there’s a bit of a pattern
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@PaulGarvey4 The only reason as a substantive head is it gives a huge advantage! Currently local trusts with inspecting heads are getting soooo much training and insight that the rest of us just aren’t
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Paul Garvey.
Paul Garvey.@PaulGarvey4·
We’ve had some posts about working for Ofsted recently, some against & a senior HMI advertising for new HMI. Setting aside salary or OI fees and just concentrating on reacting to this question, would you want to work for Ofsted? Do say why, or why not. Plz RT.
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@StarlightMcKenz @axladible @Goodbob888 What is your role and professional experience may I ask ? I’ve been a HT for ten yrs and never once has the full cost of provision been met for an EHCP - my school currently has 5 and not one is fully funded - we have applied for additional £ many times and been turned down.
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StarlightMcKenzie
StarlightMcKenzie@StarlightMcKenz·
@axladible @MissBHT21 @Goodbob888 They are very easy to secure as soon as you offer a salary that is market competitive. If you cannot do that as a school you are expected to inform the LA and hand over the responsibility to them so that they can. It’s really not as difficult as some make out.
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StarlightMcKenzie
StarlightMcKenzie@StarlightMcKenz·
And yet, us SEND parents hear these exact same words from teachers all the time ‘There are 29 other kids in the class you know!’ ‘There are kids who REALLY need the help you want for yours!’
Mr P MBE@ICT_MrP

If you ever wonder why there’s an anti-school narrative bubbling away... this is it. Paying parents to frame SEND support as “money taken from other children” isn’t balance. It’s bait. Children with additional needs aren’t the problem. Chronic underfunding is. Let’s stop pitting

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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@StarlightMcKenz @Goodbob888 You can ask and they can say no! Which they do and have! Don’t get me wrong we make it happen for the children in our care but it’s not true to say it doesn’t impact the overall budget or that the school and other pupils benefit as in my experience this is 100% not the case
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StarlightMcKenzie
StarlightMcKenzie@StarlightMcKenz·
@MissBHT21 @Goodbob888 Part of the DSG is for children with SEND including those with EHCPs. This is agreed by your local HT forum who set the funding formulas. However, if a child has 1:1 quantified and specified in their EHCP you can ask the LA to supply it if you cannot afford to. In law they must.
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@Goodbob888 @StarlightMcKenz Not true! In my la we get £8k for an EHCP plus the £6k notional - child with ehcp has full time 1:1 which costs but short of £40k with salary and on Costs - where does the £26k come from??
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Goodbob@Goodbob888·
@StarlightMcKenz The problem being with schools they “blend” the SEND funding into the whole. Send kids are more likely funding the other 29
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@PaulGarvey4 Such a worry - we will never meet average as we have such high levels of ch disapplied due to send needs - we have resigned ourselves to being orange for achievement but hopefully will be dark green for inclusion 🤷‍♀️
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Paul Garvey.
Paul Garvey.@PaulGarvey4·
Early indications from 175 schools show that Inspection is now being controlled by attainment, via comparisons to averages of all schools and thus league tables. It is horrible. Gove’s vision coming to fruition via a Govian ZT HMCI. This will damage children and will damage…
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AR@llewelyn20·
@Mr_AlmondED Funnily enough, that is something we decided to do just this last week or so. We’re getting rid of all tech unless it is in computing; each class teacher has one device for photos etc but the children do everything in and on books.
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Neil Almond
Neil Almond@Mr_AlmondED·
The future USPs of some primary schools will be that they will be completely tech free outside of Computing. I think they’ll do very well.
Massimo@Rainmaker1973

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@Headteacherchat Our la policy is 5 days per year compassionate in total paid with a clause about caring for sick relatives saying 2 days max to organise alternative arrangements- I tried to be more flexible but got bitten so now stick to policy always
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HeadteacherChat@Headteacherchat·
Anonymous Post: How do you handle time off work when staff need to care for sick children? My local authority policy and Department for Education guidance state it should be unpaid leave, but I’m interested in how other organisations approach this. Any advice or best practices?
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@Headteacherchat I don’t work weekends unless it’s an emergency. Work 8-6 every day. Plan weeks to make sure time is planned in for key jobs and close my door to get them done. Book WFH days for big tasks - sef sdp for example
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HeadteacherChat@Headteacherchat·
Anonymous post: I started my first headship in September, and I'm keen to hear how others manage their weekends. How do you strike a balance between work and personal time?
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@Thinkingschool2 We share.a catchment with two schools and sadly bums on seats = funding so like it or not we have to compete in our community to get the ch in!!
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The Thinking School
The Thinking School@Thinkingschool2·
Our education system should aim to encourage collaboration so that every child can go to their local school and every school is excellent. Instead we promote competition so that schools can prove they are better than others and attain an 'Exceptional' Ofsted rating.
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Ruth Swailes
Ruth Swailes@SwailesRuth·
One of the 4 overarching principles of the statutory EYFS is "children develop at different rates." This will mean that in term 1 when they've just started school their letter formation is unlikely to be perfect.
Heather Scott@MathsladyScott

Sounds like the type of report that is written by an inexpert😀😂Sounds like type of report that is not very useful to schools or parents 😀😂The sad thing is if something is not useful in this context it can be damaging (eg expecting all pupils to achieve at the same rate?) 😢😢

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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@adamboxer1 Rare and yet 3/5 cards I’ve seen so far have exceptional🤔
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Adam Boxer
Adam Boxer@adamboxer1·
The key question with the new Ofsted reports will be one of validity. We've been told that schools getting "exceptional" will be pretty rare. We would expect schools getting lots of exceptionals to therefore be, well, exceptional! But what does that word mean to us? Different people think of different things when they hear the word "exceptional." The inspection's "validity" is the extent to which its judgment aligns with what people generally think of when they hear the word "exceptional." One thing I imagine most will agree on is "outcomes." Take progress 8 for example. In the previous system, there were schools getting outstanding that had average or worse than average progress 8. In the new system, will that happen? Will we be comfortable with schools that have objectively poor academic outcomes being labelled as exceptional? Of course, results aren't everything. A school with great academic outcomes isn't necessarily a great school. In logical terms, academic outcomes are necessary but not sufficient conditions. They aren't enough, but they are required. For schools that are on a journey of improvement: fantastic - I love you and respect the work you are doing. But can we call you exceptional until those outcomes are genuinely exceptional? In many cases and in my opinion - not yet. Overall, whilst it's "just one metric", I think I'll be disappointed if we start to see schools being labelled as exceptional and worth emulating if the outcomes aren't genuinely exceptional.
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@rachroo29 @grahamchatterl2 Same here and we have SLT on the gate morning an night and a teacher at every classroom door so lots of opps for chat - only had 1 complaint go through the formal policy in the last 7 yrs and it was last year - will be interesting to see how this changes over time
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RachyRoo
RachyRoo@rachroo29·
@grahamchatterl2 Not here... we have a communication policy which puts face to face conversation front and centre. I much prefer to pick up the phone and have a conversation, both parties can then appreciate nuances. We are encouraging this over emails!
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graham chatterley@grahamchatterl2·
So every communication coming from the direction of school to home has become electronic. It's very rare to speak to an actual person and we've been happy to de-personalise communication Why are we surprised when it starts to go both ways?...
Schools Week@SchoolsWeek

Schools are experiencing an 'exponential rise' in AI-generated parental complaints warn experts, piling stress on headteachers. Leaders have had formal complaints over a school giving a child a cold lunch, and for taping a child’s verruca for PE schoolsweek.co.uk/huge-rise-in-p…

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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@Thinkingschool2 Then they say primary “missed” issues or didn’t provide adequate transition info or gave parents a false picture with too much “coddling” … heard it all over the years
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The Thinking School
The Thinking School@Thinkingschool2·
Why is it that a child with SEND can be in a mainstream primary school for 7 years and thrive. Yet when their parents go to secondary schools, they are openly told that they cannot meet their needs?
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@sharrond62 You know school isn’t childcare right ?
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@dave_mcpartlin Thanks for sharing!! This is the closest I’ve come to saying stuff it it’s too hard ! Literally has my notice written … then gave my head a wobble
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Dave McPartlin
Dave McPartlin@dave_mcpartlin·
I cried in our staff meeting tonight. Not for attention. Not to make a point (and I'm not doing that on here). But because I finally said out loud what so many of us are feeling - that this is the toughest time in education I’ve ever known and I need my colleagues’ help to get through it (so I can keep helping them too). I love my job, our community and the people I work with. I'm lucky because I really do. But the intense pressure and relentlessness… the growing SEN needs… the feisty world we live in... the funding cuts that force us to dismantle the very things we all know make a difference - it all takes its toll. It hurts. It keeps you awake at night. After 15 years as a head in two very different places, I’ve never felt pressure like this. I want to do more for our families, more for the children who need us most, more to support my brilliant colleagues who are running on empty. Their tears break me and I’m running out of wise words and clever solutions - and we’re not even in the Ofsted window yet. The daft thing? School is in a great place. We’re playing like we’re pushing for a Champions League spot while living in a relegation battle. It’s confusing and so bloody exhausting. So yes, I cried. And I’m glad I did. Because my colleagues were there for me - and vulnerability brought us closer and made me feel stronger, not weaker. If you’re feeling it too, please talk to someone at school. Make space for each other. Create safety. Create belonging. Make it deliberate. Things will improve. They have to. Until then, let’s be kind - to ourselves and to each other.
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Mr G
Mr G@DeputyGrocott·
I’ve made an Ofsted toolkit breakdown with evidence ideas for each section (although there’s no need to prepare evidence for them coming). If you’d like it, drop me a DM. Hopefully no one will!
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
@CF_Farrow How would the trip be accessible - Have you had this chat ? The only way we could do it was to take parents or extra staff and pay extra for an accessible room ? No staff wanted to go so parent was only option and who should pay? The other families ?we rarely exclude by choice
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Caroline Farrow
Caroline Farrow@CF_Farrow·
This is why “inclusion” so often isn’t real inclusion. My son has autism and is in mainstream. The only way he’s being “allowed” on next week’s PGL trip is if one of us goes with him and pays £300 extra for separate accommodation. He only gets 2 days, while his peers get 5. Then, because of the attendance law, he has to be back in school for the other 3 days so we don’t get fined - spending them alone with a TA, doing activities on his own and “helping” Year 2. He knows it’s unfair and feels excluded. This is how mainstream fails SEN kids. And parents like me get called “pushy” for wanting a special school where things like this wouldn’t happen.
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Miss B
Miss B@MissBHT21·
If you are preparing for the big O please drop @DeputyGrocott a message and treat him to a coffee in exchange for his Ofsted prep PPT! It has saved me hours
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