Rob Butler

I’m at the ASCL conference today. Great talking to school leaders about their staff development - encouraging to hear leaders wanting to support their technicians on #TECHOGNITION day! #ASCL2026

@mrsjmasters @TECHOGNITIONUK It’s great to see schools who value their technicians. I contact a lot of heads for professional registration and you can always tell which ones understand what their technician does! 👏🏻👏🏻 #TECHOGNITION

All set up ready for @TECHOGNITIONUK tomorrow. We 💙 our technicians #Techognition

#TECHOGNITION! Kat Stear, Senior Science Technician: 'I have just been awarded Registered Scientist! I'm so chuffed! I would highly recommend applying for professional registration, the process was a lot less stressful than I thought it would be.' 👉 ow.ly/aqJ350Youmx

Today is #TECHOGNITION day!! Celebrating the amazing work Technical staff do in schools & college's Here is our video 🙂 Thanks Tony for his work on the laser cutter. Superbly filmed & edited by @Katiathetech lnkd.in/edfF9i5n @ArkSchools @ArkBDA @TECHOGNITIONUK

Northern lights and elephants toothpaste prepped for P5 #TECHOGNITION @TECHOGNITIONUK @Philip_HarrisUK @Preproom @SLSSelectEd @unisontheunion @BrecklandSci

Trialling elephants toothpaste @TECHOGNITIONUK @Preproom @Philip_HarrisUK @SLSSelectEd @unisontheunion #curiecientific #thisiswhatwedo #welltech

I got a flat tyre yesterday on a 70mph dual carriageway. I had the police come to me and @TheAA_UK arrived 90 minutes later. I dread to think how long it would have taken if I was somewhere safe. Strangely enough their followup survey didn't ask about response time...

@CodeClub You need to sort out your SPF records - I had to rescue your email from my school's spam filter... 😀

Listening to one of my heroes Ed Walsh talking about using hinge questions to improve the effectiveness of practical science #aseconf2026

For those of you worrying about the weather for #aseconf2026, it is chilly and frosty but no snow. Here's the view just a few miles away - I'll be rejoining the conference set up later this morning...

Looking forward to seeing some of you there! #ASEconf2026

Are EHCPs driving the SEND crisis or a symptom of it? Is SEND demand in 2025 any larger than it was in 2010? Will scrapping EHCPs actually achieve anything productive? One of the best analyses of the SEND crisis I have read from @MargaretMulhol2 tes.com/magazine/analy…

@juliet_turner6 @OxfordBiology @NewCollegeOx Ignore the haters, and use your title with pride. I've always known that a PhD wasn't for me and I admire those who can see one through! Congratulations! 👏🏻

🎊 I passed my viva exam! After ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my thesis. You can call me Doctor 😎

Erm no, I don't think so!

@LittlestoryCo The Lighthouse keeper's lunch was a firm favourite at my last school 👍🏻👏🏻😀

A quick tour of my "pulleys" workshop and story session for my Home Ed group in Marlpit. It was a lovely session, can't wait to repeat it all with my group at Watlington! Do message me if you are interested in any of my sessions.

@NewbieSlt Get on to Dragons' Den - could fund the SLT meeting refreshment for years! 🤣

Hi all, To ease the queues and hopefully, make lunchtimes run more smoothly, we are starting a new system. From Monday, we are having troughs installed so that pupils can eat their lunches while they are queueing, without having to wash their hands or even sit down. Thanks x

I felt very honoured to be invited to give a talk about my "DNA Detective" books at the AGM for ASE Scotland. Thank you so much for inviting me ASE Scotland. I loved speaking with you all and best wishes to Susie Burr on her retirement. xxx

@borderlands4HQ What's worse is when you start following the golden thread, check the map and it's now pointing in the opposite direction back the way you came. I must have wasted hours following those stupid directions 🤣

A "little" off (again)

@leysbiotutor @MossSafari @MichaelRosenYes Why do I think of pigs in blankets when I look at that image? Reading too many supermarket Christmas brochures? 😂

Happy #MichaelRosenDay Good day for a Water #BearHunt? @MossSafari #MossSafari

With news that the Curriculum Review may be requiring schools to offer triple science, here are the current arrangements from @TeacherTapp. Science timetabling is incredibly complex… teachertapp.com/articles/tripl…