Secret Headteacher

A little bit about why I’ve been away. It’s been a tough year, but I’ve made it through. secretheadteacher.org/2025/08/01/men…

@zoesutherland Can you see me now?

@secretHT1 Love it!! 😍😍 ‘I’m on the buz!’😬😬

Diving back into Phoenix Nights for a rewatch. Pull off into paradise. It’s just brilliant.

@janieshawney Maybe…it’s not quite at the same level though.

@secretHT1 Comedy gold! Max and paddy next?

@_MissieBee @slbsamantha Perhaps the Sunday dreads are just that?

@slbsamantha @secretHT1 LOL

If you’ve got a case of the Sunday dreads… 1) it’s normal, it’s not just you. Everyone feels it sometimes. 2) it’ll be OK, fear of the wolf is almost always worse than the wolf itself 3) the kids will be thrilled to see you Now, do something to enjoy your evening!

@NorthernTeacha Maybe dread is too strong a word. I reckon it is widespread outside teaching too.

@secretHT1 We shouldn’t normalise “dread”. A professional adult shouldn’t have to tolerate “dread” as if it’s a normal part of working life. It isn’t. Most professionals do not “dread” their job, and if “everyone” in a sector dreads their work sometimes, something is very wrong sector wide.

@Dawnf1 A mock inspection of a new framework that no one has experience of being inspected in yet? Brilliant.

@secretHT1 Indeed. And we're having a 'mock inspection' tomorrow to make it even better.

There’s no way it’s only been two and half weeks.

Lunch dinner duty on Friday. Delightful little Year 1 girl approaches. ‘You’ve got a fat tummy, just like my daddy!’ Brilliant. Diet it is then.

@mandypops101 Go for it.

@secretHT1 I have a school related question and I wondered, could I message you? #Primary #schoolLife

If you want to live dangerously, laminate without using the cardboard pouch. You’ll never feel more alive.

Man, if only communication, presentation skills, public speaking, forward planning, adaptive and dynamic thinking, flexibility, project planning, teamwork, resilience and relationship building were transferable skills. I was sold the myth big time.

@prattyx8 Sounds like being a teacher is an easy life…why not be one?

@secretHT1 Teachers dont leave teaching because they've never been in a situation where somebody isnt being taught in controlled circumstances, teachers have never lived a day in the real world!

Teachers almost never leave teaching because of the teaching bit.

@secretHT1 Oh dear…

New phrase in teaching: Urinary Martyrdom When teachers talk about ‘not weeing for X amount of hrs’ as if it’s something to be celebrated. #edutwitter

Promised Transparency Needs attention 🟠 @SchoolsWeek

It’s about now the new reception children realise they have to keep coming every day.

7 out of 10 parents said they preferred the new Ofsted framework.

@MoreMorrow It’s like when Ofsted ring.

I know we were warned. I know it was expected. I still jumped completely out my skin