Ashley Esson

Working in a trauma informed way is not synonymous with working in a way where boundaries and consequences are non existent.

@Lee7dfzz @tes @TheNFER Thank you for your insight

@behaviourguy @tes @TheNFER Nope

Teachers should get a pay rise of at least 7% over 3 years to avoid school staff shortages, says @TheNFER in response to the DfE’s 6.5% proposal tes.com/magazine/news/…

@CatLHolt @tes @TheNFER Indeed. Teachers deserve their rise. But support staff shouldn’t be paying for it. They’ve already taken a bigger hit in real terms over the years. It shouldn’t be one benefiting at the expense of another. It needs to be properly funded not squeezed from existing budgets.

@behaviourguy @tes @TheNFER Exactly. Rather than just being let go or having hours cut to fund everything. I'm absolutely not saying teachers don't deserve it, just it cannot be internally funded.

@pete_citizen @BROKENBRITAIN0 *mark

🚨 A PAKISTAN FLAG HAS BEEN RAISED ABOVE WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON❗️ ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS NOW FLIES A FOREIGN FLAG, WHILST WE ARE TOLD OUR FLAG IS RACIST ⚠️

@BROKENBRITAIN0 Its been happening to mark Pakistans (a commonwealth member) for more than 50 years

@DGreenthum59583 @Victoria_Rixon @Kier_Starmer_PM But I think there are smart and loving ways to speak about such things. And you do have to think what is wise to be addressed in a public space

@DGreenthum59583 @Victoria_Rixon @Kier_Starmer_PM Tricky in the sense that certain things society now deems acceptable and if you disagree you are deemed hateful, yes.

I do not consent or give my permission for Digital ID. @Kier_Starmer_PM

@DGreenthum59583 @Victoria_Rixon @Kier_Starmer_PM Acts 4 by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, has become the cornerstone. [12] And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name by which we must be saved.

@DGreenthum59583 @Victoria_Rixon @Kier_Starmer_PM Yes all have sinned and fallen short. The wages of sin is death. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

@DaveAtherton20 @CamillaTominey @TRobinsonNewEra But... Tommy is a white supremacist

GB News presenter @CamillaTominey goes on national TV & calls Tommy @TRobinsonNewEra (TR) a "white supremacist". You need overwhelming evidence to make such a bold statement as that. That's libel. He responds by saying "Who wants me to find her with a camera?" Camilla then reports the matter to the police. Camilla, I hope I am not being indiscrete, but in an exchange of X DMs, I offered to come onto your show & have a discussion about TR. You declined, categorically. You also find the pile-ons distressing but if you are not, as a journalist willing to do a 360 degree job, you have little sympathy from me. As I said to you, you going to a private school blinds you from the day-to-day reality of what life is like for the working-classes.

@lennona34 @EssexPR So you'll be an immigrunt?! How ironic

@EssexPR If Reform don't win the next general election me and my whole immediate family are leaving the country.

I’m a father of two girls and I’m scared for them in Britain.

@NEUnion Let's hope gap between teachers' pay and the integral support staff doesn't just keep growing and growing under this government

The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has made its recommendation and the report is sitting on Bridget Phillipson’s desk. We ask the Education Secretary to publish the report now and fund fair pay for teachers and our schools. #NEU2025 #FundFairPay

@PragmaticPete @tombennett71 Reasonable consequences. Support where necessary, keeping the fact that are children in mind. Quality alternative provision which meets the needs of the children it serves. Multi agency work, family support etc. Etc.

@behaviourguy @tombennett71 Let me guess: you have a solution that involves zero consequences for bad behaviour and spending vast amounts of public money for things like private tuition and/or free taxis? Or perhaps a sensible alternative? Please enlighten the world.

This demonstrates neatly why so many LAs actively try to discourage head teachers from excluding even violent students- because then they have a duty to locate alternative provision. But exclusions are necessary in order to keep children safe, so councils have to do better, or be funded to do so. We need a national renewal in AP.

@PragmaticPete @tombennett71 Good grief 🤦🏿‍♂️

@tombennett71 It's a stupid requirement to put on LAs who are clearly unequipped to provide such a thing. Put persistently violent students in specialised prisons / residential boot camps so that can get an education plus proper discipline. Serious consequence with a chance of redemption.

@lewisesee @tombennett71 That's untrue. And it's not what is being said here. 'Trigger point' means that the exclusion happens, and from that moment if not already present, support is put in place.

@behaviourguy @tombennett71 ...but if the support is *not* in place, they should still be excluded. That's where we're failing. We are prioritising the needs of those who behave in such a way *because* over those who don't behave in such a way *despite*

The reasons why students are excluded are: 1. Persistently ruining the learning of others 2. Violence or abuse against staff and students They *absolutely* need specialist provision subsequent to that. But the priority of the exclusion is what the injured community needs. The reason for the exclusion is to protect other children first.

@suzannezeedyk @tombennett71 Some people prefer to preach in an echo chamber and block many posters with different views. Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely be looking into it, and I am grateful for your work.

@tombennett71 Fascinating the different purposes Twitter can be used for, eh?

As many have pointed out, babies are not school students, and it’s a fatuous comparison. The older children get, the greater the complexity of motives, desires, conscientiousness, empathy and capacity to understand consequences. This is why we issue parking tickets to car drivers but not toddlers on tricycles. Not all misbehaviour is because of an unmet need that we have any duty to meet. Many ‘needs’ are desires, and some of those are selfish, unkind, or disruptive. We don’t meet them; we challenge them. Sometimes that challenge is conversational and pastoral. Sometimes there needs to be a deterrent attached to it. If you rip up your behaviour policy, be aware that a small % of your cohort will dominate the safety, dignity and learning of everyone else, especially the most vulnerable. Please be careful when taking advice from people who have never had to run a challenging classroom.

Great keynote from @pauldixtweets at the Dudley Education Conference. @TheAdultsChange