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Thought I’d follow the suggestion of my friend @Mjogalvin1 and try out BlueSky! Hopefully less toxic on the other side 😆 Anyway, give me a follow! victoriahall.bsky.social 🩷🩷

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In 2023, a coroner found the distress caused by an Ofsted inspection contributed to the death of Ruth Perry, a head teacher who took her own life. Ofsted promised to reform its processes. But instead of removing high-stakes, graded judgements from its reports - as has been successfully achieved in Wales and Northern Ireland - it has proposed to give *even more* graded judgements. Schools want accountability, but not at the cost of staff mental health. There is another way. Help us help schools by telling Ofsted what you think: bit.ly/42m3zG0

Children love being successful and hate being scared. Don’t we all. Don’t bark at them; teach them how to do it. @tombennett71 @researchED_US

Super useful! Thankyou!

Lowering behavioural standards leads to worse outcomes for students, higher absence, and increased staff turnover. As night follows day.

Gentle reminder: if a school has a suspension or exclusion rate higher than the national/area average, it's ridiculous to get self-righteous about it because: 1. Some schools deal with larger, more challenging cohorts than others, and consequences are more frequently required 2. Lot of schools still don't suspend when they probably *should*. 3. Unless you can point to a suspension/ exclusion where the law and the school policy wasn't followed, then you should probably park your moral outrage and let people leaders do their job and manage school culture. Because these are perfectly legitimate tools to create safe environments.

And in case you missed it this summary of the BRILLIANT Teach Like A Champion 3.0 by @Doug_Lemov, here it is! tinyurl.com/2s4d9xbh

Reposting for all of the fab links in the replies! Some I’ll take back to school on Monday too!

This 36-page summary of Direct Instruction (DI) is excellent. And free, from: nifdi.org/research/journ… Thanks @Kris_Boulton for the recommendation, in the equally excellent podcast (Progressively Incorrect) by @MrZachG recently.

Teenage sensation Luke Littler has won the World Darts Championship after comfortably beating Michael van Gerwen in the final at Alexandra Palace. 🔗 Read more trib.al/NWCFm6B

Some news: Alongside my (amazing) co-authors @EricaWoolway & @ColleenDriggs I've just finished a new book, "The TLAC Guide to the Science of Reading." Here's a bit more about it:

There are no words.

@dylanwiliam It looks like it is - I can check when I’m home though! Brilliant book.

Trying to sort out the 1600 or so items in my downloads folder, I found this. Does anyone know where it's from? Is it "Understanding How We Learn" by Weinstein et al (Routledge 2018)?

A reminder our offices are currently closed and will reopen from 2 January 2025. We hope you are enjoying a well-earned rest, however if you do need to get in touch with us, our Hotline service for #ASCLmembers is still available - details at ascl.org.uk/hotline

Popped down to my parents today for a wander from home to Ilam Hall and back. Miss living here! #derbyshiredales #peakdistrict #ilam @TheOrchardsIlam

Well, I gave myself two proper days off - so up to school today to catch up! #headteacher

Love this image!

I'm super interested in shouting discourse I don't advocate shouting, and never shout personally. But I do use my diaphragm voice a lot, to make a sound which is very loud, but deep. There's no throat sound in it, and it (hopefully) sounds commanding rather than angry. I imagine some would call that shouting