Simon Baddeley

As you may know, I was hacked last week and lost access to the @SimBadd64 account. Can I ask you to please block that account and follow me here instead? Reposts appreciated.

Senior leaders must be closely aligned with subject heads when it comes to inspections, explains Zoe Enser, as she sets out how best to support your team ahead of an Ofsted visit tes.com/magazine/teach…

This says more about the success of the government in fixing the economic and societal disadvantage that many children have to cope with on top of learning than it does about the success of schools. We need more investment in the resources needed to overcome disadvantage.

Data like this risk telling a worryingly simple story. Schools serving the highest proportions of disadvantaged pupils face deeper structural challenges every day. Reducing the work of school leaders to comparative Ofsted outcomes ignores the extraordinary effort, leadership and resilience required to support the communities. Accountability must recognise context, not erase it.

Really excited to get my hands on a copy of Fail Better. Publication day on Wednesday!

Only 5 more weeks until researchEd Warrington 2026! We've got an incredible line up of speakers from a wide range of expertise and we're so excited to see what leanings this year will bring. Full speaker schedule will be shared very soon 👀 📍Kings Leadership Academy Warrington 📅 Saturday 25th April 🎫 Get your tickets here: bit.ly/3JN9fUi

My council tax is going up 6% this year. My mobile phone is going up by 7.5%. My pay will rise by 2%. And it will be unfunded. Explain to me how this is not a pay and school funding cut. #SaveEducation

No. Absolutely not. My bills are rising by more than that per year, not over 3 years. My mobile phone bill has risen by 7.5% this year alone. A below inflation pay rise is a pay CUT. Worse than that though, an unfunded payrise is a school funding cut. #SaveEducation

High text; low tech. In reading, that's the first step.

The replies to this perform acrobatics to avoid saying "Have all assessments hand written using pen and paper in timed and supervised conditions". The solution to a tech problem in education is rarely to use more tech.

📚 The vast majority of teachers believe screen time is a major obstacle in getting children to read, and that parents don’t support their children’s reading enough, survey reveals tes.com/magazine/news/…

So the answer is not to equip kids with screens in schools nor shift exams to devices….

Tell me anything you did today that would be completely bizarre if it weren't for the fact that you were a teacher.

@Headteacherchat I did work before work today so that I'll have work to do when work starts which I'll then have more work to do with after work.

At @LiteracyEngine we are unashamedly analogue. Our resources are designed to be printed, hands on, and visualiser modelled. Getting reading back into, and screen time out of, lessons should be the next revolution in education.

@Ofstednews @martyneoliver Same old 💩.. schools in highest deprivation areas with most fsm get worst grading low exp line used. No incentive and no understanding of work done. Postcode lottery of education which this quango just exacerbates further. Not fit for purpose. Absolute joke of an organisation.

Imagine working in this school. It's an all girls' school and their manners and politeness are impeccable. Those working in disadvantaged areas work so incredibly hard to build a rapport and trust through blood, sweat and tears before they even begin to teach. I had burn out.

@adamboxer1 @MrARobbins ~I use this 2 star book from an author that doesn't understand cognitive science to train my staff.~ Wow. That's quite a review.

@MrARobbins my favourite review

Got my first 3 star review for Unlocking Teacher Development. No feedback obvious 🤣 If only there was a book that outlined how feedback without context is ineffective at driving improvement! Seriously though thanks to the 10 people that took time to review. Even Mr 3star

The Why and How of Research and the Science of Reading shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/the-why-a…

Exactly the take again and again here in reading for pleasure, alongside aggressively attacking anyone who dares to disagree

Whoever approved these 2 kit colours needs sacking. This is ridiculous. #FraVsEng #6Nations