Nick Giles

We are so immensely proud of you all – your resilience throughout the last school year has shone through. Throughout the hall, multiple students could be heard crying “I got a 9” alongside the cheers of the teachers who saw you through your exams. #WeAreMiltoncross 🎓🎉 (2/2)

A massive congratulations is in order for our Class of 2025. After five years of hard work, today they recieved their GCSE results and spent their final few hours in the Academy building celebrating with family, friends and staff. (1/2)

@Miss_Snuffy Private education is a business and has to live or die by business rules so that it can avoid state interference in areas such as admissions, curriculum and staff terms and conditions. Harsh but the reality of capitalism…

I met this man Tom today who set up a small private school in Staffordshire. They had 33 kids. Now they have 25. It is now hard for the school to survive. £6000 per year. Suddenly add on £1200 to fees cause of VAT and families have to drop out. Seems desperately unfair.😳

@DennyTWright @Miss_Snuffy £7500 hee hee… i wish.

@Headteacherchat Enjoy it!

Anon post: Deputy heads, have you ever had to step up and cover for the headteacher? What advice would you give to someone in this position? Any tips for making the most of those days?

@oldandrewuk With a glass of wine…

What's the best way to start a lesson?

@Beth_Tastic 100% agree! As we all know the LA are likely to be floundering too. As you say this is where children are failed but so often schools/teachers are blamed, often publicly, when they are working so darn hard in the best interests of all of the pupils.

@NickGiles17 Then as a school I would say you have a duty to flag the fact you cannot meet needs due to X/Y/Z to the child / young person & their family & the LA. The duty is on the LA to ensure a full time meaningful education to meet the needs of the individual. This is where systems fail

ALL behaviours are communication. This is still an area I see massively misunderstood in far too many schools😞sanctioning a child for unmet needs is never OK. It’s discriminatory at worst and cruel at best - not a good look. I also question how it fits with Teaching Standards🫤

@petergates3 Would love to have seen your recommendations rather than the ones you don’t value…

Heres a list of 10 books and people to avoid…. The canon of the traditionalists…..

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@oldandrewuk Not permitted to enter lesson unless note to explain lateness. Off to Reset room. Late for a train and you miss it… late for a football match and you don’t play blah blah…

What's the policy in your school for dealing with lateness to lessons?

@PrimaryCoHead Bonkers on so many levels…

Secondary pals, is this a thing? School has made a WhatsApp group for the new Year 7s, sent an invite to all. (Parents aware & their decision to allow their chn to join), then all school staff have left the group.

Happy #GCSEResultsDay! Congrats to our #ClassOf2024 - we truly hope you received the results you were hoping for (& judging by a lot of the happy faces in the hall, a lot of you did!). Thanks to Suzy Horton for popping in to celebrate alongside students. Good luck in the future!

@cerasmusteach @vicgoddard Like it!

I really like this @vicgoddard . @NickGiles17 what do you think? Some detail for the 80/20 we adopt? It gives the positive student role, meaning and structure

@RussInCheshire Will do.

@prodnose Aged well.,,

England will walk this game tonight. They will be everything they have not been so far. Expect 3-4 goals from us. They have been stung by remarks from home but will not acknowledge this. Goals aplenty ahoy.

@HKUT77 Brilliant Harry! Very well done to you all, and you in particular Harry. Well deserved!

@Samfr @Stuart_Wilson19 Same argument as for BSF but like BSF nothing replaced it… and here we are.

@Stuart_Wilson19 As I say there's a strong argument for a programme - I'm not sure it's for this programme though.

Had a quick read through and my main conclusion is that a much more tightly targeted programme would have been a lot more cost effective. The benefits are only marginally higher than the costs (though possibly underestimated).

@cerasmusteach @Google @GwilliamMiss @ViviennePorritt @rondelle10_b @WeAreComputing Great pic!

This young girl was once told she was no good at Maths or IT . Or, did she tell herself with no1 to challenge? Just had a FAB day with Tig Williams immersed in leading & teaching Comp Sci . Nxt @Google HQ to raise the bar on my Digital Lead Apprenticeship w @GwilliamMiss

Year 11 - don't forget the school is open to you from 10am tomorrow for GCSE revision. Make the most of this time!