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Andy Jolley

@andyjolley.bsky.social

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Evidence based school meals campaigner & former School Governor TBI survivor Interests include Education, Social Justice & Concussion in Rugby

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · Nov 20

On School Meals, my list of priorities

Increase the amount schools receive so they don’t have to subsidise FSM

Automatic FSM registration

Properly funded breakfast & holiday support

Better standards & independent monitoring

Community Eligibility

Review FSM eligibility to better target support

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Chris @seismicshed.bsky.social · 35m

A friend on FB just commented in a group called "The Lee Anderson appreciation society" and I went to have a look and THEY WERE BEING FUCKING SERIOUS.

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

For no particular reason…. Other than they’re Canadian and stuck it to the Yankees…. I now have a Baseball team

#GoBluejays

a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .

ALT: a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .

media.tenor.com

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 5h

Castles, as a business, has been for sale for years, but no buyers were interested

Seems to be a growing trend of blaming everything on the council and the current government to get headlines in the local paper

Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 5h

It’s a bit harsh to blame “roadworks”

As far as I’m aware Castles has been offered for sale for years, but no one wanted to take on the business

Blame changing retail markets, DIY superstores or Amazon, but it seems silly to put it on roadworks

bournemouthecho.bsky.social @bournemouthecho.bsky.social · 6h

Morning everyone. Here's Friday's front page and headlines #Dorset #LocalNews

Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 5h

Wtf…

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5h

All you need to do to turn everyone against Israel is let them speak.

Here is the Minister for Social Equality speaking about an elected member of Israel's Parliament who wants a peaceful Two State Solution.

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Alex Bellars 🇵🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱 @alexbellars.bsky.social · 20h

Well, it's a price I will just have to pay, I guess.

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of work to be done to help those children from underresourced backgrounds

Worth noting that free lunches don't seem to be helping with attainment

Something for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to ponder on

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

📝 The proportion of disadvantaged pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” phonics screening test has dropped this year, as overall progress to return to pre-pandemic levels has plateaued
schoolsweek.co.uk/disadvantage...

Disadvantaged pupils see drop in phonics results

And overall progress since the pandemic has plateaued

schoolsweek.co.uk

Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

For no particular reason…. Other than they’re Canadian and stuck it to the Yankees…. I now have a Baseball team

#GoBluejays

a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .

ALT: a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .

media.tenor.com

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

Just had a Quick Look at the abstract for @samuellado.bsky.social study

There are a few concerns about the mechanism & impact of other activities

But fortunately we can see if the hypothesis is correct because in 2018 England introduced Transitional Protections

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 1d

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 1d

Puberty is starting earlier - and schools will need to react. Story by David Robson today

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

@ayllonsara.bsky.social would love to discuss the UK evidence base on universal FSM

I am sceptical the research shows any causation for the tiny changes seen

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 1d

@hhsievertsen.bsky.social Would love to discuss some of the uk research into FSM

Seems to me the evidence of causation is very much not there

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 2d

Parents fined as daughter with SEND absent nearly 200 times from school. Basically, we tried to help, the parents tried hard, but we thought it best to fine them… It doesn’t say if she had a needs assessment or an EHCP www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...

Parents fined as daughter absent nearly 200 times from Stoke-on-Trent school

A mum and dad have been fined, despite spending up to £70 per week trying to get daughter to school, a court heard.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t help feel that some people are currently putting in a lot of time & effort into thinking up excuses as to why Sadiq Khans Free school meals haven’t improved attendance/attainment/obesity rates

All kind of reasons will be offered by campaigners

Few will face the fact UFSM isn’t impactful

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to win over younger voters, telling them they can't go to university is probably not going to help.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 4d

Around 1 in 4 children in Scotland are living in poverty.

Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians.

The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4

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Trussell Scotland @trussellscot.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Day 3 of #ChallengePoverty week & we’re calling for better investment in life’s essentials to ensure everyone has a warm homes and access to better public transport and public services. #WeDemandBetter

Read more here 👇
www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/u...

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Trussell Scotland @trussellscot.bsky.social · 2d

Two fifths of people referred to a @trusselluk.bsky.social food bank in Scotland have experienced some form of homelessness in the past year.

This isn’t right. Everyone in Scotland deserves a warm and secure home 🏠 #WeDemandBetter

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick is a potential case study for the hypothesis that quite a few Conservative MPs and Spads whose brains have been marinated in Right wing American social media are increasingly being sucked into a civil war mindset that has embedded itself among many leading MAGA Trump figures.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 3d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Micon Metcalfe @miconm.bsky.social · 2d

There was actually guidance to this effect (knives) pre 2010 under labour as I referenced it in an exclusion appeal. It disappeared under the coalition.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

The Conservatives would introduce a legal 'presumption' that pupils who bring knives to school or assault their classmates or staff be permanently excluded, the shadow education secretary has said

schoolsweek.co.uk/conservative...

Conservatives want exclusion presumption for violent pupils

Shadow education secretary also sets out plans to make alternative provision 'independent' of councils

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 2d

Closely linked, there is no hard and fast rule on school meals for those needing specialist menus

Schools must make “reasonable”adjustments, but many caterers will consider Gluten free every day a step too far (I must add some are fantastic)

It’s particularly impactful on low income FSM pupils

Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 3d

Tactical voting from the centre and the left will be key at the next election

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 3d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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