Amanda Harrison

If you want to create a positive school culture where your pupils belong and thrive put staff first. If your staff don’t feel happy at work, are overloaded and unsupported then they won’t do their job to the best of their ability.

@MrAllington Absolutely incredible news

I can’t quite believe that I’m saying these words, but this is the face of a very tired, slightly delirious, but utterly elated, Deputy Headteacher who had just been appointed the substantive Headteacher of my lovely, lovely school. 1/7

@Headteacherchat We have too many ! Would prefer just one board.

Can anyone help Anon? I'm always fascinated by other people's staffrooms. What displays and ideas do you have?

Thank you @HughesHaili for an amazing CPD session today!

Victory at Arthur Terry Learning Partnership. After 9 days of strike action, with strong pickets across 20 schools, mass parent support and sustained public pressure, NEU reps and members have won. - Redundancies stopped. - TLRs protected. - Regradings blocked. - Term-time only changes scrapped. - EHCP and pupil premium funding protected. But most importantly accountability secured as the senior leadership has gone. This is the power of organised workers standing together with their communities. Congratulations to ATLP members and reps, and thank you to everyone who stood in solidarity. ✊

Ofsted evidence is telling a clear story. Culture, belonging and consistency aren’t “soft” issues — they show up everywhere inspectors look. We’ve pulled together the key themes leaders can control, plus the risks to watch. Inside the HeadteacherChat community. You don’t have to work this out alone. 👉 Join us and read the full analysis. headteacher-chat.link/ofsted-risk

@robertkaplinsky This looks incredible thank you

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I’m devastated. A good friend and dormmate of mine, Amin Pourfarhang, has been sentenced to death after protesting in Iran 😭 He’s one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. Please share. Visibility raises the cost for the Islamic Republic and may stop this execution!

@NABurkinshaw @cerysturner7 Teacher, my children have significant blood disorders and I need to have my phone incase of an accident, a nosebleed or a fall. There are circumstances where a phone is needed.

@cerysturner7 The staff thing is crucial. As is ensuring that exceptions are not made for eg students to take photos of the board, use a particular app for an activity, etc. There is a whole culture that needs to be undone.

NEW: Schools are now expected to be fully phone-free, the govt has announced. + Pupils should not have access to phones during lessons, break times, or between lessons + Staff also expected to not use phones in front of pupils + Ofsted will check schools are following phone-ban

To anyone interested in math and AI: Ken Ono, a renowned number theorist, has recently started posting here. He's definitely someone worth following.

@HughesHaili Sadly not in person.

@harrisonmaths Ah yes! Online

You open an email about CPD and @HughesHaili is presenting! Very excited about the training day now.

@HughesHaili Friday 13th

@harrisonmaths Which one??

I’m actually so devastated right now. I matched with this guy on hinge yesterday and we were having the best conversation I’ve probably ever had on that app. This morning was going to reply to his message from last night and in my half awake stupor I accidentally unmatched him and I cannot for the life of me find him anywhere!! Antony please, if you’re reading this I’m Sorry!!!! Imy

My name is Claire.. I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his degree on the wall, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall , handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school some 25-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then? Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the same school as mine.. "Yes. yes, I did.' he gleamed with pride. "When did you graduate?" I asked. He answered, "1987. Why do you ask?" "You were in my class!" I exclaimed. He looked at me closely. Then that ugly old bald wrinkled gray-haired decrepit SOB asked, "What subject did you teach?”

@Mr_Husky1 I would love one!!! Just gorgeous

I made forty-three blankets for my wedding in six days and my fiancé just told me none of the guests will probably keep them because they already have blankets at home. Eight months of planning, ordering yarn in bulk online to save money, every single evening after work crocheting until my fingers went numb, and he drops this bomb during our final walkthrough. “People might just leave them on the chairs, babe.” I wanted to scream. These aren’t just blankets. They’re proof I care. They’re hours of my life I’ll never get back. They’re me trying to make our wedding memorable and meaningful. Now I’m staring at this mountain of teal and navy and green and wondering if I wasted nine months on something people will abandon. Already looking at storage bins online to haul them all back home after the reception. Maybe I’ll sell them in the online store I decided to open after I got a lot of support from other crafters. Maybe I’ll keep them as a reminder that sometimes loving someone means making forty-three blankets they think are pointless. We’re still getting married. I think. Credit - mjcmatthew

Instead of feeling the Christmas cheer last night at our pub - I had to walk away and cry. I simply can’t be sure anymore that we will still be operating next Christmas. I love our pub, our punters, our staff. It just feels so bleak. 😢 Thanks @RachelReevesMP Merry Christmas.

@zatzi The faraway tree! My favourite

I wasn’t into Enid Blyton as a child but my daughter has read a couple and has put “more Enid Blyton books” on her Christmas list. I was thinking one of the series (Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers etc) would be great but any recommendations as to which series a primary aged girl might enjoy most? 📕 🙏 👧 🌲

@Jenny_1884 Yes absolutely

If someone in front of you in the supermarket didn’t have quite enough money to pay for their groceries, would you offer to pay the rest if it wasn’t too much extra?

@teacherhead @mrbartonmaths How do we get these!

Look wot I got @mrbartonmaths