New SENCO. Assistant Head.
South West, England
Joined August 2011
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Miss D retweeted
'The best contribution Amanda Spielman could make to the debate on Ofsted reform would be to keep quiet'
@Edmund_B_W responds to the former HMCI's @SchoolsWeek interview
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Miss D retweeted
The disadvantage gap has grown to its widest point since 2012, according to ‘devastating’ new @EduPolicyInst findings
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Miss D retweeted
As you may know Ruth Perry’s sister, Julia Waters, does not ‘do’ X so, on this election day I bring to you an important message. I’ve been with Julia on practically every step of this journey and can testify to the truth of every word she writes:
Miss D retweeted
In other news: kids who tell their teachers to f*** off all the time ‘tend not to do as well as they could.’ Eye-watering stupid activism from this organisation. Grateful to @SkyNews for allowing me to provide a reality check. So many of these stories rely on one-sided self-reported accounts of the students who disrupt lessons or terrorise their peers. What about the victims of this behaviour?
Children excluded in primary school 'less likely to pass GCSEs'
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Miss D retweeted
Big worry. To what extent are normal things like slow development or "being young" becoming pathologised?
The graph below shows a worrying trend: The youngest kids in class are more likely to be treated for ADHD. This suggests that immaturity is sometimes being mistaken for mental illness, and that some kids are being unnecessarily medicated. stevestewartwilliams.com/p/y…
Miss D retweeted
- Unhappiest kids in Europe
- Fewer children than ever reading for pleasure
- School buildings crumbling
- less than half the target of teacher trainees
- Biggest retention crisis
- Morale in the profession the lowest ever
- Ofsted…
The list goes on.
They’re delusional
📈 89% of schools are rated good or outstanding, up from 68% under Labour.
📚 Our primary school children are now the best readers in the western world.
⬆️ Our secondary school children have risen from 27th to 11th in maths & 25th to 13th in reading.
Well said @RishiSunak 👏
Miss D retweeted
I’m not sure why there isn’t high profile coverage of this poor teacher who was stabbed by a group of students, some in uniform, just outside his school.
Thankfully he’s going to survive. But isn’t this the kind of thing that should be of genuine outrage? standard.co.uk/news/crime/te…
Miss D retweeted
3 steps* I think would make a huge difference to quality of life and retention in Secondaries.
1. Release some pressure on GCSEs and grades.
2. End data culture.
3. Encourage subjects to be subjects.
(*not a complete or perfect solution but it would go a long way)
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Miss D retweeted
Poor school attendance is the biggest problem facing Britain today, in terms of its long-run impact. It's good that everyone's talking about it this morning, but I'm not convinced we've got the right solutions.
(A bit of a 🧵)
Miss D retweeted
There are schools and teachers up and down the UK stepping in to do incredible things like this to tackle poverty.
Very simply: they shouldn’t have to. – at East Midlands, England
Miss D retweeted
OFSTED’s evidence is characterized by repeated use of the same organisationally popular phrases, idioms, and language. I would put money down on HMI Alan Derry having been heavily coached over night as there was a marked change in his responses to questions today…
Miss D retweeted
Ruth Perry Inquest Day One
The first day of witness evidence has produced some devastating testimony. I will do my best to give you a sense of the day. Apologies for the length of this thread. There is a lot to get through and honestly, too much for this platform…
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Ruth Perry Inquest Day 2
Today has already been so much harder. Quote of the day from OI Gareth Evans; during inspections "we more often see people crying than not", so somebody upset is just par for the course, in an OFSTED inspection, apparently. More later...
Miss D retweeted
If this isn’t a good reason to sack the individual supposedly in charge of behaviour, I really don’t know what is. #SackBennettNow
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Miss D retweeted
I have had a talk with Julia Waters, Ruth Perry's sister, this afternoon. Julia isn’t on X so isn’t in a position to put out a comment, but her thoughts on Amanda Spielman’s Radio4 interview with Emma Barnett are important and I am grateful that she has allowed me to share them…
Miss D retweeted
Why replacing orange street lights is an aesthetic downgrade — and bad for our health:
Miss D retweeted
Every time I see the stark figures of the pay disparity between teachers in NI & the rest of the UK my blood boils a little bit more.
This isn't teachers versus schools. This is teachers in NI wanting equal pay. 24k starting salary? It's laughable. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…
Miss D retweeted
Gill, babes, last year four of the classes in my dept only had a qualified teacher for three months. A teacher left last week and we can’t replace them. My A Level physics students have no teacher.
Us striking is not the problem. 8 days is not the problem.
Miss D retweeted
A minimum service level from you and @educationgovuk would be a start. You're totally ignoring the issues that schools are currently facing.