Likely to express opinions about education or equality. Head of Public Affairs @ArkSchools. Formerly @TheKeySL #KeyVoices podcast https://teapawt.org/t.co/3H7hj9PPFs
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Have you heard #KeyVoices the podcast from @TheKeySL ?thekeysupport.com/podcasts We have had cracking guests this year and super excited for next year. Please tell me what you think of what we have done so far DMs open...
Calling anyone with an interest in maths and what we can learn from looking at other education systems. This is going to be a fascinating event. Join us online or in person details below.
1EdCity event📢
Over a quarter of UK students leave school without a maths GCSE. What can we learn from other education systems?
Hear from Professor @PoShenLoh on his research, insights and work to teach maths digitally, with online maths classes.⬇️
Caroline Doherty retweeted
"The £2.3-billion rise in the schools budget will quickly get swallowed up by ongoing cost pressures."
Find all of our IFS analysis of the Autumn Budget so far here: ifs.org.uk/collections/autum…
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ALT Quote from IFS Research Economist Luke Sibieta; "The £2.3-billion rise in the schools budget will quickly get swallowed up by ongoing cost pressures. About £1bn is going on special needs where numbers and costs have been spiralling for nearly a decade. A further £450m will be needed to cover the full cost of this year’s teacher pay rise. That leaves about £850m for other pressures, as well as the cost of pay rises for next year."
Caroline Doherty retweeted
But schools also face big & rising costs. Special needs funding will rise by £1bn next year (or 6%) but numbers have been rising faster than that. The 5.5% pay rise for teachers agreed from Sept 2024 will cost ~£450m.
That leaves about £850m for other costs & priorities.
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ALT Chart shows core school spending per pupil in England (2009-10 = 100). Title states: "The extra £2.3 billion for schools will be mostly taken up by ongoing cost pressures."
Caroline Doherty retweeted
A £2.3-billion boost to the core schools budget in 2025-26 will see per-pupil spending in England rise by 1.6%, putting resources above their 2010 level for the first time.
That follows a similar rise in per-pupil spending last year.
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ALT Chart shows core school spending per pupil in England (2009-10 = 100). Title states: "£2.3 billion increase in core school spending in 2025-26 represents a 1.6% real-terms rise in spending per pupil."
Resolving this situation really matters. Have the government created the conditions to do this effectively and will the sector have enough time to respond to the outcome?
'Most teachers, politicians and journalists take A levels, and therein lies the challenge. BTECs happen to somebody else'
⚙️ @_C_J_B
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Caroline Doherty retweeted
Big structural change at DfE. Story 👇
Breaking: The government’s education funding agency will be closed down, with its financial oversight for schools rolled into the regions groups
schoolsweek.co.uk/esfa-to-cl…
Caroline Doherty retweeted
This is the only misstep I’ve seen Phillipson make so far.
There is no way colleges can wait until Jan to find out if they can offer BTECs next September.
Open evenings are this term! Ads need designing, staff sorting!
And crucially: this would never happen to A-Levels.
🗣️ More than 450 school and college leaders have made a last-ditch plea with the education secretary to stop the 'madness' and pause the planned cull of BTECs for at least one year
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A powerful vision beautifully expressed by @MuftiPatel on the difference education can make to our society in these troubled times.
"Our schools are also drivers for change, the pioneers of a better future, and the hope of a more peaceful, more caring world."
'When they return to school, we will need to remind our children of all the love they saw this summer and the light that came through the darkness'
❤️🩹 @MuftiPatel
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Great to hear this important research on the talented teachers we are missing from our classrooms on @BBCr4today plus some practical ways you can offer teachers who are also parents flexibility.
Listen in to @BBCBreakfast tomorrow morning at 7:20am for some breaking #MTPTproject news!
@AnnaCMcShane @HelenaMarsh81 representing and giving voice to the parent-teacher community!
Well placed post- it notes are my love language to my family, so particularly enjoyed spotting this in the wild on the tube on the way home.
Caroline Doherty retweeted
🚨 New report! 🚨
'Beyond the Headlines' examines the trends in violence affecting children in England and Wales over the past 10 years. Serious violence affecting children has risen over the past decade, with a spike in the mid-2010s.
Visit: buff.ly/4dgaYKJ
These discussions sound fascinating. Lots to think about in this: "The shift from transactional engagement to relational engagement... I believe it is the basis of a new social contract not just with our colleagues in the organisations we lead, but also with pupils & parents"
Summary of the brilliant conversations we had @CSTvoice #CEOSummit - a new style of event in which we posed a system level problem and then curated a conversation with members. We started with a provocation from @McBreartySinead and then looked at the evidence with @BeckyFrancis7
I now feeling like every (summer) weekend should end flat on my back outside Walthamstow Town Hall… having done brilliant yoga session with @eastofeden17 Feeling invigorated for the week ahead.
According to this research only 5% of girls and young women in the UK feel completely safe in public spaces, while almost half believe they do not have the same educational and employment opportunities as boys and young men of the same age.
WE. MUST. DO. BETTER.
From Lincolnshire to London, girls across the UK are angry and frustrated about the state of equality and girls’ rights.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Together with girls, we can achieve gender equality for this generation.
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3Wt9G9U
Plenty of useful insights in this PLMR conversation with @LordJimKnight brilliantly chaired by @gatortiff.
Fascinating and important work on the future of the teaching workforce by @TheNFER
New NFER research out today by @dawsonbmclean on trends in young people's career intentions
Gen Z fit the motivational profile of becoming future teachers better than Millennials. So let's get the pay and conditions right, and go out & recruit them!
nfer.ac.uk/blogs/shifting-ca…
Sadly not surprised at devastating @EduPolicyInst stats today. The gap was already widening before the pandemic + levels of child poverty continue to rise. Reversing this trend is possible, schools have done it before, but we must also have action on the root causes of poverty.
🚨EPI ANNUAL REPORT 2024🚨
📝Today we publish EPI’s 2024 Annual Report, looking at the state of education in England, with a focus on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers..
📖Read the report in full on our website: epi.org.uk/publications-and-…
Caroline Doherty retweeted
The constraints facing the Labour government provide an unmissable opportunity to change how government works.
Our report w/@PublicDigitalHQ outlines how to build a mission-oriented government that delivers better outcomes, reduces risk & rebuilds trust.
bit.ly/45R90hA
Caroline Doherty retweeted
'Palliative care doctors, crisis communicators and hostage negotiators are all trained to ask great questions'
🕊️ @RachelPiXL
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