Toby Greany

@RoryStewartUK I left twitter a while back due to its vile owner and his views, but I've come back on specially to say 'well done @RoryStewartUK ' !!

An honour to have my IQ questioned by you Mr VP. But your attempts to speak for Christ are false and dangerous. Nowhere does Jesus suggest that love is to be prioritized in concentric circles. His love is universal. 🧵

Podcast discussing issues explored in our sustainable school leadership research with @TobyGreany and @NAHTnews James Bowen. naht.org.uk/News/Latest-co…

Great opportunity to input into this important school leadership study with @TobyGreany and the team. School leaders - please feed in if you can! 👇👇👇 sustainableschoolleadership.uk/leadership-sur…

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@Tom_Richmond @EDSKthinktank Tom - you've done a fantastic job these past 6 years, with some really important reports. Many of them have focused on important but less sexy issues in ed policy - and always with balance and depth. You should feel proud - good luck with the next phase!

SOME PERSONAL / JOB NEWS…. Creating a new ‘think tank’ was always a little dream of mine. As expected, running a small non-profit organisation like the @EDSKthinktank has been hard work - really hard. Payroll, pensions, VAT, expenses, recruitment, marketing, fundraising, events, the website, company accounts, tax returns – the list of my responsibilities goes on and on, and that’s before I even get to the day job of writing and research. On top of that, I’ve had to steer EDSK through a pandemic, cost of living crisis and a fairly chaotic time in politics. The only other job I’ve done that matches the hours, demands and intensity of owning a small business is full-time teaching, only now I get 1-2 weeks holiday a year rather than 13 weeks. Then throw in the fact that since setting up EDSK I’ve become a husband and a dad, meaning that my priorities in life have changed and the endless stresses and strains of running a very small business feel rather different now to how they did when it all started. That is why I decided a little while ago that after the General Election it would be the right time to close down EDSK after almost six years – although I freely admit that I didn’t expect the Election to come so early! I’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who has been part of EDSK’s journey, particularly my long-time researcher Eleanor Regan and our amazing advisory board @BeckyFrancis7, @jonathansimons, @AndyWWestwood, @sarahjwaite, @SteveBesley and Ewart Keep who have expertly guided us along the way. A big thanks also to everyone who has taken the time to read our reports, attend our events, salute the puns in our report titles or share their insights and expertise with us – it’s all been enormously appreciated. I obviously never expected everyone to agree with all our recommendations for change, but hopefully our research, analysis and investigations into how to improve the lives of learners of all ages have been valuable. With any luck, our work will prove useful for years to come even when EDSK is no longer around. We have one final report coming out very soon, and I’ve got plenty of final admin to sort out in the coming weeks (what am I going to do with EDSK’s website? Or our podcast?!), but after that EDSK is all done. This should give me some time to think about what I will be doing next in my career, so if you have any suggestions then feel free to get in touch!

Hooray for Carolyn Roberts - such an inspirational leader (and fantastic research advisory group member) @ThomsonPat @TWPerry1 schoolsweek.co.uk/celebrating-a-…

Have it on good authority that this is going to shape Labour’s education policy teachfirst.org.uk/sites/default/…

Exciting News! We are launching Becoming the CEO - Accelerating Your Growth Programme. Led by @johnmurphyed and @MandyCoalter, this dynamic programme is designed for current and aspiring Multi Academy Trust CEOs. Featuring masterclasses, virtual content, coaching, and more.

Eleanor Bernardes @Nor_edu presenting her (ongoing) PhD research on MAT Founder succession - comparing w literature on non-profit founders @BelmasOffice in Glasgow @nott

New open access article in Journal of Ed Change! Local Learning Landscapes: conceptualising place-based professional learning by teachers & schools in decentralised systems w @snaconnect @andynoyes7 @CathGripton @georginalhudson @Samfr link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Labour GAIN Rushcliffe from the Conservatives 🌹

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Liz Truss achieved quite a lot in 50 days!

Also might be of interest @Equity2030 @FraPeruzzo @JPennacchia @TobyGreany - would be great if you could come, but please feel free to promote to your #school networks :)

@LizzieRobinson3 Great thread great week! #we-dership

It's been a huge week! A thread... I have connected with so many brilliant people and my brain is just buzzing and full of ideas and reflections. A few of them,,,

Thanks for kind words - it was a scary priviledge & pleasure to join Inspiring Leadership panel today w @steve_munby @LizzieRobinson3 @marieclaire78 & @janeinpenn - lots of overlaps in our messages re leadership, place, care & sustainability & helpful debates on Ofsted, NPQs etc

@Kathrinedavies @SwintonFitz @Nor_edu @neilbutler411 Not at all Kate - it was a fantastic day, thanks so much to you Neil & everyone for hosting & fascinating conversations! Our 5th case study visit exploring how MATs organise themselves to offer a 'whole ed'. Brilliant day yesterday w @WholeEducation #lawet network too

Completely in my happy place today! Thank you to @SwintonFitz @TobyGreany @Nor_edu for allowing us time to share and reflect 😊 Hope I didn't bang on too much! 🤣🤣🤣 @neilbutler411

Here's the full 'Belonging Schools' research report - we give details on the six schools & how we sampled them. We give them pseudonyms (in line with ethics) @JPennacchia @Nor_edu teachfirst.org.uk/belonging-scho…

@PhilippaCcuree @paulcrisp I'm so sorry Philippa - Paul was a lovely, thoughtful & impressive man. I always enjoyed our dinners in Cumbria - full of lively debate always balanced by his gentle, grounded presence. My heart goes out to you. Love & best wishes Toby

V v sad to say that my wonderful husband @paulcrisp died yesterday. He approached death& illness as everything else, pragmatically, rationally, and with dignity, style & a good deal of physics (for managing disability). I am truly blessed to have had his love 40+ years.

Education-wise struck by the massive investment in schools, continued focus on innovation (despite greater government control in recent years) & realising they have 'education groups' that operate very like multi academy trusts!

I lived in China 30 years ago (last there 10 years ago) - struck by how it is transformed in every way - quieter (electrics cars) & surveillance everywhere (at least driving feels safer!)

Travelling home after week in China - Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong. Gave some talks, visited schools & had many many fascinating conversations - thanks to @haiyan_qian & her team for arranging it all! Lovely to see @tch960 @PCampbell91