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David Phillips

David Phillips

@alackof.bsky.social

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Ex head teacher. School governor. Old school influencer. Trainer. Cyclist. Dad. Trying to do the right thing. #UKTeaching 🎓

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Alice Woolley @alicewoolley.bsky.social · 18d

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Nestor @nes-tor.bsky.social · 18d

New Spanish Royal Decree! Attention!Attention!

"British Citizens residing in Spain are required by His Majesty Felipe VI and the Constitutional Government to pass the DELE C2 Spanish language examination. Non-compliant citizens will face deportation."

The Independent @the-independent.com · 18d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · 29d

The extraordinary waste that has become ordinary in MATs
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David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · 29d

Seen too much corruption in the academised sector.
It gets worse on and the new government doesn't show any signs of tackling it.

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · 29d

And complicit through failure @cstvoice.bsky.social

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · 29d

When will DFE get a grip of this embedded exploitation by MAT CEOs?
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum share.google/nOiCxtixbd6a...

Trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum

Government probe finds trust breached rules over consultancy payments and £24k on training courses

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Oct 1

Spineless school leadership hangs out teacher to dry.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

School apologises to parents over teacher's remarks about St George's flag

Broadoak School in Partington has said it has launched an investigation following complaints by parents

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Sep 30

Rather patronising?

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Sep 14

Experience demonstrates something entirely different.....

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 31

Perhaps if he spent less time on social media....
@leedon1982.bsky.social

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 31

New chair of governors seems to have blocked me....
Not easy to ask where responsibility lies.

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 31

Yes. No change then....

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 31

Just found the OFSTED report for my old school in Ibstock.
Sad to see RI in all areas. But not on school website and no reference to it. Is this a new thing?

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 31

Behaviour declined under the previous tsar. Thank goodness we've got fresh blo....
Oh.
DfE appoints attendance and behaviour ambassadors | Tes share.google/5XJtooQZ8lYx...

Behaviour and attendance ambassadors appointed

Tom Bennett and Jayne Lowe have been announced as the government’s national attendance and behaviour ambassadors

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 28

When lovely people meet each other...😁😁😁

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 21

Dreadful organisation.
New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role' share.google/NedFX3a1uRVi...

New David Ross trust CEO 'no longer able to take role'

MAT reveals Julian Appleyard will not take over as CEO as planned after 'change in personal circumstances'

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Aug 7

@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social Any comment on the story in the i paper about your contribution to homelessness?

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 17

We funded our own appeals as a popular maintained school. It is about time there was a level playing field! @cstvoice.bsky.social
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-admi...

Academy admission appeals cash cut hits 'successful schools'

DfE won't fund academies to fight appeals heard after October 31 of this year, it confirms

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David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 13

BBC News - School suspensions rise to nearly a million in England
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David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 10

Let's hope this doesn't result in further carving up of the state sector.
20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group share.google/VlysTQEATra6...

20 academy CEOs appointed to DfE advisory group

United Learning, Lift Schools, Ark and Star bosses among those appointed to advise government

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 8

Dreadful response.

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 8

Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school | The Standard share.google/aOffvBL8Nyxl...

Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 4

"So, leaders running a school isn't enough. Let's add a whole range of expensive central teams and cream off money through top slicing."
Some MATs: "Hold my beer..."
Can MATs work with two CEOs? | Tes share.google/xSfHi7Q8ncqe...

Too many chiefs? The debate over MATs having joint CEOs

With two multi-academy trust mergers proposing a dual-CEO leadership model, Dan Worth investigates how common this approach is - and whether it can really work

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jul 4

He's completely lost it now.
BBC News - I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer
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I understand what Donald Trump cares about, says Keir Starmer

The prime minister says he found common ground with President Trump as both "really care about family".

David Phillips @alackof.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wise schools are already on top of the fake news / exam chancers influence.
schoolsweek.co.uk/exam-boards-...

Exam boards consider ‘action’ over social media predictions

A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called 'predicted' papers

schoolsweek.co.uk