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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · May 29

The privilege of being straight is that you never have to look for these symbols. You don’t have to wait for someone to clock you or your partner, and wait to see how they’ll react.
It is easy when you’ve had that privilege to eye-roll about symbolism and how unnecessary it feels…

Gjert Moldestad @gjertm.bsky.social · May 28

For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn»
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.

Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Apr 1

Fierce letter from Headrest & Headteachers Roundtable to the committee who will vet Spielman’s nomination for a peerage. Stark reminder that they had already warned the pressure would cause a death before the tragedy of Ruth Perry’s inspection and suicide. You can download and sign.

Ros McMullen @rosmcm.bsky.social · Mar 31

The HeadteachersRoundtable and Headrest are organisations who understand. Read their joint statement
@headsroudtable.bsky.social @headrestuk.bsky.social headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/o

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Headrest @headrestuk.bsky.social · Mar 31

We have written to the appointments commission jointly with @headsroundtable.bsky.social opposing the peerage nomination of Amanda Spielman.

We’ve also sent a copy to No 10.

You can download our letter and send it to your MP and the commission as well.

Statement opposing Amanda Spielman's peerage

Headrest and the Headteachers' Roundtable have written jointly to the Appointments Commission opposing the Conservative Party recommendation that former HMCI Amanda Spielman be awarded a peerage. We o...

www.headrestuk.co.uk

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Andrew Morrish @andrewdmorrish.bsky.social · Mar 29

Look out for the @headrestuk.bsky.social petition to put a stop to this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 29

‘An insult’: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief at time of Ruth Perry’s suicide, to be given a peerage

The nomination by Conservatives of the former chief inspector of schools has been met with outrage by the headteacher’s family, and called ‘obscene’ by school leaders Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after a bruising inspection, is poised to join the House of Lords after being nominated by the Conservatives, the Observer can reveal. Spielman, who earlier this month launched what was widely seen as an overtly political attack on Labour’s schools bill, is one of several names on former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s list, due to be put forward for King Charles’s approval as part of the annual birthday honours. Her nomination was met with outrage by Perry’s family, while school leaders described it as “obscene” and “an insult to every teacher in the country”. Continue reading...

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 29

“Obscene”. “A deliberate insult to every teacher in the country.” Fury as we reveal Tories have nominated Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s chief when Ruth Perry killed herself after a bruising inspection, for a peerage. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘An insult’: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief at time of Ruth Perry’s suicide, to be given a peerage

The nomination by Conservatives of the former chief inspector of schools has been met with outrage by the headteacher’s family, and called ‘obscene’ by school leaders

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 22

Big new research shows stark link between exclusion & violence. Traced 20,000 excluded kids & matched them with 20k kids of same background, same suspensions - but never kicked out. Excluded ones twice as likely to commit serious violence within a year. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence

Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 22

I’m still hearing awful reports of brutal inspections, broken heads, after which Ofsted dismisses complaints. Don’t let them mark their own homework again. Will the new inspection proposals sort the big problems? Respond to the alternative consultation here now - www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQ7KG25

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 8

Brave @alicejolly.bsky.social speaks out on Oxford Uni brushing her court win on “sham” contracts under carpet. “They compared our work to security guards & cleaners, I kept thinking: ‘Yes, those people have no chance of fighting the gig economy, but we do.’”
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‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Despite winning a landmark legal battle, academic Alice Jolly believes it won’t benefit others

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Mar 2

The tyrannical practices continue to be horrifying. @annafazack.bsky.social’s reporting continues to be unflinching and vital — what those pupils & parents mustn’t go through thinking they wouldn’t be heard and then have a journalist actually listen & show it is atrocious

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 2

Two thirds of kids at risk of exclusion have issues communicating. As do 60 per cent of young offenders. I loved visiting Rushey Green primary in Lewisham which is rewriting the story for half of their reception children who couldn’t talk when they got to school. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

A new initiative aims to improve communication, as as pupils lacking speech and language skills more likely to be excluded and caught up in violence

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Mar 2

‘Pupils are in fear every day’. Parents raise alarm at Essex schools taken over by Mossbourne before inquiry into allegations of emotional abuse launched. One secondary boy wet himself in front of class after toilet refused. Left in wet clothes all day. Disturbingly familiar allegations.

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Jan 27

Excellent piece. @jonnyuttley.bsky.social telling it how it is on the big questions being drowned out by all the ranting on the schools bill. (spoiler: the big stuff isn’t about why cheap trousers may end the world.) schoolsweek.co.uk/political-po...

Let's get a sense of proportion about the schools bill

Its provisions are as mild as they are necessary, and they don't even begin to challenge our underlying problem

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Jan 25

Last week I watched as a mum who’d just given birth appeared in court, in hospital,via a laptop, fighting to stop her baby being taken into care. 3,000 newborns were in similar care proceedings in 22-3. Mums go home alone with no support. A brutal system. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England

Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Jan 18

Rape Crisis says schools need better advice on how to handle sexual abuse between pupils - incl at primary school. A mum whose scared 8 yr old disclosed rape told by head it was “relationship difficulties”. “I said ‘That isn’t what this is. It’s sexual assault.’” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils

Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schools

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Jan 14

Lots of lovely tributes to the brilliant Tony Slattery. But I’d recommend revisiting this heartbreakingly human interview from 2019. Though I warn you it will make you cry messily. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Tony Slattery: ‘I had a very happy time until I went slightly barmy’

His appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? made him a major comedy and improv star in the 90s, but then his life fell apart. He talks about love, addiction, bipolar disorder and a long-buried secret

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 24

Love how casual he is about bathing in the midst of the sparkly stuff.

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 24

This made me laugh for a long time. Sound on. Just lovely.

Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · Dec 24

When you’re a parent, not every “Silent Night” is silent.

Cherish them anyway.

Wishing you peace and joy this Christmas.
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🎥 via thiyhauk.2018 on IG.

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 24

What shop could conjure up something so cute. I also predict you’ll still have it next year when the Christmas socks have holes in.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Dec 16

This would amount to a massive tax cut for the highest paid people in Britain, paid for by higher taxes for low earners and big cuts to public services

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 15

Oh I’m so glad. A very telling story and so pleased you had a happy ending.

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 15

To be fair a lot of parents had tried raising complaints. Calmly but persistently. The school banned some of them from the premises.

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 15

So sorry to hear this. Was this at MVPA or just a similar school?

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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 15

At this trust I’ve now read more than 15 accounts of secondary children wetting or soiling themselves or menstruating through their clothes as they weren’t allowed to go to the toilet or too scared to ask. Also accounts of kids who stopped eating & drinking as that scared them.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · Dec 15

So take this specific incident.
Do those defending the school think this is acceptable? That it didn't happen? That the person reporting it is misremembering? Lying? Just too sensitive?
I'd like to know. Not just bland "This school cares for its students & wants the best for them" (not direct quote)

Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · Dec 15

An MVPA student told me she hopes in future “children won’t be frightened as I was”. She recalled teacher screaming in line up in her 1st week: “The boy behind me passed out. I was concerned & turned round but was shouted at to turn back. It felt so awful.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Top English academy trust faces safeguarding review over ‘emotional abuse’ of pupils

Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of children

www.theguardian.com

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