@Aizenay95

MAT Chair of Trustees & a Chair of Govs |EYFS through to Sixth Form | MAT Member | Governance Professional | All views my own. Lost my son, 19 to #SUDEP 2025

 U.K.
Joined October 2017
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Mr Firth@mister_firthOct 8
How parents want teachers to react to a missing jumper:
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Mariela threatened: “If you don’t pay, you’ll regret playing good sister.” Surgery went well. Tumor gone. We reported the forgery a felony. My Parents saw everything. Mariela lost the apartment. Foreclosure. Moved home in shame.
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On #SchoolGovDay the #BigQuestions team would like to thank all those wonderful people who govern our schools. Sherry Anderson said it best! “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.” @IGovS1 @WirralGov @9000lives_org @melaniemay04 @neilayates @Aizenay95 @BullerSamantha @UKGovChat @BarkerLeadershp @jmrodden @SchoolGovDay @NGAMedia
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Aizenay retweeted
Anon Opin.
@anon_opinJan 9
Society lost something when carparks starting asking for your car registration. Yes it was technically fraud, but passing on your non expired ticket to a grateful stranger as you left the car park was one of life's simple joys.
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Expecting a governance professional to be paid just £65 per meeting is appalling, and does not show this Trust in a good light if they value people so poorly. mynewterm.com/jobs/16165/EDV… Care to comment, @NGAMedia?
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"No-one should be unable to pursue their ambitions because they have been afforded different opportunities in life" - Lee Elliot Major. What is your board's long-term strategy for ensuring that every student can identify, develop, and work toward their career ambitions?
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt What governance structures or policies are needed to ensure that student voices and aspirations meaningfully influence school decisions? #BigQuestions
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Struggling with wellbeing is more common than many people admit. The strongest first step is to talk to someone you trust. Connection reduces pressure and helps you see the situation more clearly. You are not meant to carry everything alone.
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The gov says schools can ‘find savings’ but funding’s still below 2010 levels and the UK spends less on education than most advanced nations. Making schools fund pay rises from squeezed budgets isn’t efficiency, it’s neglect.
Schools Week@SchoolsWeek31 Oct 2025
The government believes schools can find savings through adjusting the make-up of leadership teams and deployment of support staff, as it prepares to leave them to foot the bill for future teacher pay rises schoolsweek.co.uk/10-things-…

10 things we learned from DfE teacher pay evidence

Department believes schools can make savings from leadership teams and deployment of support staff

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Sometimes it’s exhausting being a Chair. The weight of responsibility, the invisible hours, the emotional labour. That’s why every Chair needs a network. Here’s to those who give their all and to those who support them. You hold more than anyone will ever know. #governors
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Current mood: irritable and feeling greatly undervalued. Have you check in on your CoG? Maybe they are having a week like mine, where the looming term of office end date is looking tempting to take my skills and expertise elsewhere. Anyone else feeling the same?
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#BigQuestions: If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle Are our schools building doors to opportunity? How do we know? @9000lives_org @jmrodden @melaniemay04 @HoyleRosemary
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Replying to @melaniemay04 @9000lives_org @5Naureen @Aizenay95 @BullerSamantha @HoyleRosemary @Vickisticks @janeedminson @lisajaneSmith1
Absolutely @melaniemay04 without the responses we'd be talking to ourselves! Hearing different experiences from a wide range of people enhances our own understanding and practise of governance.
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"being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results" - R Downey, Jr. How might this apply to governance, & skills professionals bring to the table?
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"Lean on me. I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on" - Bill Withers. Governance is rewarding, but we all have difficult days. Who looks after the Chair and board members' wellbeing? How do we lean on each other? #bigquestions
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“Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.” – William J. Clinton How does governance help change the odds? #BigQuestions @HoyleRosemary @melaniemay04 @neilayates @jmrodden
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller How often, in governance, do you pause to appreciate the moment? What are the benefits of stopping to look around? @neilayates @5Naureen @jmrodden @melaniemay04
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It’s Day 35 of #4for40 40 days until the end of August-40 chances to share 4 photos each day from the summer. Post your 4 photos below-use the hashtag #4for40 so we can all see & enjoy them! Please share/repost!
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Exams results, whatever they may be, might be more difficult for bereaved children. Please consider sharing this with your network: childbereavementuk.org/manag…

Managing exam results day

Guidance on managing exam results day when someone important to you has died.

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