Sarah Hibbert

@Headteacherchat I feel it’s so much more than a scheme. Every staff member needs to understand how to form letters correctly and be on pupils when it’s not neat enough or formed correctly. This needs to be picked up on all lessons - not just in handwriting lessons.

Still my favourite mug ever 😂

@richardtutt Thank you SO much Richard. That's really kind. Marc

During the academic year we have created a FOMO week leading up to the end of each half term to boost attendance. 12 days of Christmas ✅ The great Easter hunt ✅ For the end of the summer term we will be launching the summer sprint. We have seen an uplift of 6-8% in attendance throughout the themed weeks compared with previous academic years. #TheLongdendaleLegacy

Anyone who has ever led transition or attendance will understand what a gloriously wonderful piece of news this is 🙌🙌🙌

🧵1/ Supporting transition to secondary school just got a boost. Secondary school leaders can now download absence data for Year 6 pupils offered a Year 7 place in their school this September. A game-changer for supporting attendance early. 👇

4/ Even better: All mainstream schools now have access to an AI-powered Similar Schools report. It compares your school’s attendance with 20 statistically similar schools.

@m_chiles Great job Mike. Well done ✅✅✅

I’m super proud of the hard work from our school community towards our mission of excellence and ambition for all which has been recognised in our recent Ofsted inspection 😊 ‘Since the last inspection, pupils are benefiting from considerable improvements to the quality of education that they receive’ ‘Strong and determined leadership has driven positive change’ ‘Pupils said that they benefit from the new rewards system. It encourages them to come to school and motivates them to do well.’ ‘The school is on a rapid improvement journey and remains ambitious for pupils’ success.’ longdendalehighschool.org.uk/who-we-are/ofs… @mel_mwicks #TheLongdendaleLegacy

Which savage put the cheese twists next to the custard twists? 🧐 Morning ruined 🤦‍♀️

There have been times when the pushbacks have been difficult but consistency is key to school improvement. Every time a student challenged our new routines we went back to our ‘why’ and held firm. Every time a parent challenged our new routines we went back to our ‘why’ and held firm. This doesn’t have to be done in a confrontational way. It’s important to listen to why there is pushback and apply reasonable adjustments where necessary. Often the reason for pushback is because people don’t know the why. /5

@m_chiles Six Simple Rules. Easy to remember, easy to understand 😊 It's great to see a school be explicit in their expectations. First question I ask students on a school visit "what are your school rules?' Their response can reveal so much about the culture of the school

We have 6️⃣ school rules that we expect all students to follow. We over communicate them and explain why each one is important. It’s our Legacy building approach 😊 #TheLongdendaleLegacy

***TEACHING AND LEARNING*** Thread 🧵 To improve the use of teaching and learning techniques in the classroom we need to define them “this is how we do it here” and make it common practice across the school. When implementing T&L techniques their success relies on this clarity and creating opportunities for teachers to deliberately practice. What have we done @LHS_HighSchool? STEP 1 We have identified 10 core T&L techniques. /1

Lots of resources we designed for the behaviour Hubs program are now available online for free to anyone who could get the benefit of using them. Nothing can replace working with people, but you might find these materials useful. #behaviourhubs gov.uk/government/col…

💡 Help parents and pupils get ready for their move to secondary school with this short guide. Even better, use it in transition workshops. 🔗 drive.google.com/uc?export=down… #safeguarding #OnlineSafety @LGfL @LGfLIncludED @johnjackson

@SeanHarris_NE @marcrowland73 Thank you for sharing this, it's really insightful. 🙂 I'm planning to use it in a training session I think. We will use it to identify @marcrowland73 drivers of absence 🙏🏻 and the next steps academy's could take to overcome them.

@marcrowland73 @hibbert_s I agree. I tried to capture some of this here. open.substack.com/pub/thatpovert…

But absences are a symptom of complex underlying causes that differ family by family, classroom by classroom, school by school, community by community.

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Belle Vue is incredibly special💜I’m thrilled you recognised how important celebration and the Friday assemblies are! Work hard, play hard 👏👏👏. Also very relieved that @SFL2326 didn’t show you our first-ever video… let’s just say my fitness levels weren’t exactly shining🙈