Jo DHT
@meredithfox22.bsky.social
Proud Teessider serving my local community in an 11-16 setting. All views my own.
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There’s actually quite a complicated issue here about who does and should have access to information at the point where it is investigatory and nothing has been firmly evidenced/decided either way, and it’s not at all clear how this legislative proposal would actually work in practice.
Investigation: Dozens of councils do not hold data on how many home-educated children are subject to child protection enquiries – suggesting many are underprepared for new duties to protect vulnerable children
schoolsweek.co.uk/safeguarding...
schoolsweek.co.uk/safeguarding...
Safeguarding risk data missing from home education records
Dozens of LAs hold no data on at-home kids potentially at risk, spelling trouble for new duties
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
There’s actually quite a complicated issue here about who does and should have access to information at the point where it is investigatory and nothing has been firmly evidenced/decided either way, and it’s not at all clear how this legislative proposal would actually work in practice.
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Oh the irony of listening to this driving home with 90 books in the car and our teacher ‘marking and feedback’ matrix in the hope of getting moved from emerging to developing in Mondays book scrutiny… 🙄
Listen Back! Death by Marking - Who is it Really For?: The Morning Break with Liz Webb and Rachel Gilyeat
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Death by Marking - Who is it Really For?: The Morning Break with Liz Webb and Rachel Gilyeat | Teachers Talk Radio
Burdensome workload is the constant cry of teachers, and marking is so often front and centre of the tasks which weigh us down. Why are we still so obsessed with written feedback? Is it really for the students? Or is it about accountability and box ticking?
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November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh the irony of listening to this driving home with 90 books in the car and our teacher ‘marking and feedback’ matrix in the hope of getting moved from emerging to developing in Mondays book scrutiny… 🙄
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Interesting exploration of 'I do/we do/you do' and 'guided - independent practice' from Tom Sherrington. If things feel too linear and straight-forward, they probably need more thinking! All the details matter.
teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/e...
teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/e...
Exploring confusion around modelling: “I do, we do, you do” vs “Guided and Independent Practice”
In the last couple of days I’ve seen a couple of resources posted online that made me question my understanding of the idea of ‘I do, we do, you do’ and how this fits with ideas o…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Interesting exploration of 'I do/we do/you do' and 'guided - independent practice' from Tom Sherrington. If things feel too linear and straight-forward, they probably need more thinking! All the details matter.
teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/e...
teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/e...
My nephew is getting to the point where he is enjoying longer bedtime stories.
Does anyone have any recommendations rations by proper children's authors (not celebs) for a 5 year old? #children'sauthors
Does anyone have any recommendations rations by proper children's authors (not celebs) for a 5 year old? #children'sauthors
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My nephew is getting to the point where he is enjoying longer bedtime stories.
Does anyone have any recommendations rations by proper children's authors (not celebs) for a 5 year old? #children'sauthors
Does anyone have any recommendations rations by proper children's authors (not celebs) for a 5 year old? #children'sauthors
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At St James’ Church at Cooling in Kent are still to be seen the 13 children’s graves surrounding that of their parents that inspired Dickens to write the opening chapter of Great Expectations.
I guess even the folk memory of the huge mortality of childbirth and early life is now disappearing.
I guess even the folk memory of the huge mortality of childbirth and early life is now disappearing.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
At St James’ Church at Cooling in Kent are still to be seen the 13 children’s graves surrounding that of their parents that inspired Dickens to write the opening chapter of Great Expectations.
I guess even the folk memory of the huge mortality of childbirth and early life is now disappearing.
I guess even the folk memory of the huge mortality of childbirth and early life is now disappearing.
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Listen Back! Surviving the Complaints Crisis - Practical Strategies for Teachers and Leaders: The Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith
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Surviving the Complaints Crisis: Practical Strategies for Teachers and Leaders: The Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith | Teachers Talk Radio
Carl chats with expert on managing school complaints, Rachael Smith about what practical strategies schools can use when they feel overwhelmed by parental complaints. This show contains a number of fantastic practical strategies to help teachers and school leaders everywhere.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Listen Back! Surviving the Complaints Crisis - Practical Strategies for Teachers and Leaders: The Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith
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The BETT Show agenda is live and it's spectacular!
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The BETT Show agenda is live and it's spectacular!
Check out the incredible list of game-changing, CPD-accredited content sessions and world-class speakers.
Get your ticket now and explore the full agenda today! 👉 uk.bettshow.com/visitor-regi...
#BettUK2026 #AgendaLive @Bett_show
Check out the incredible list of game-changing, CPD-accredited content sessions and world-class speakers.
Get your ticket now and explore the full agenda today! 👉 uk.bettshow.com/visitor-regi...
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This month is not a good month...
Broken car, broken boiler and now I've woken to a leak in my bedroom ceiling.
Broken car, broken boiler and now I've woken to a leak in my bedroom ceiling.
a man is holding a cardboard box with a label that says business mix ltd.
ALT: a man is holding a cardboard box with a label that says business mix ltd.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This month is not a good month...
Broken car, broken boiler and now I've woken to a leak in my bedroom ceiling.
Broken car, broken boiler and now I've woken to a leak in my bedroom ceiling.
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Increasing numbers of university students are taking up school internships to get a taste for teaching, new figures show.
But are any of them going on to teacher training, and how much does it all cost? Schools Week investigates...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-rise-of-...
But are any of them going on to teacher training, and how much does it all cost? Schools Week investigates...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-rise-of-...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Increasing numbers of university students are taking up school internships to get a taste for teaching, new figures show.
But are any of them going on to teacher training, and how much does it all cost? Schools Week investigates...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-rise-of-...
But are any of them going on to teacher training, and how much does it all cost? Schools Week investigates...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-rise-of-...
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Teacher wellbeing rates have dropped to a new low, with more than three quarters of staff experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to work, a survey has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Teacher wellbeing rates have dropped to a new low, with more than three quarters of staff experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to work, a survey has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
Definitely going to give this a listen!
My conversation with Keziah Featherstone hit me right in my rebel heart. I cannot cope with the flat packed Ikea version of leadership. Real leadership takes courage, clarity, messiness, and a bit of rebellion.
If you feel the same, listen in.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5aqY...
If you feel the same, listen in.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5aqY...
How to Rebel With Purpose: Punk Leadership in Action
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November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Definitely going to give this a listen!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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“The range indicates that at least one pupil claimed to be in isolation all day, every day.”
Another reminder for this: Yesterday’s blog post.
Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 3
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Another reminder for this: Yesterday’s blog post.
Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 3
open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 3
What percentage of secondary school pupils give silly answers to surveys? More or less than 8.3%?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“The range indicates that at least one pupil claimed to be in isolation all day, every day.”
Another reminder for this: Yesterday’s blog post.
Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 3
open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Another reminder for this: Yesterday’s blog post.
Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 3
open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
I'm not sure what the difference between some of the terms used in this article is.
Isolation and seclusion just sound the same. And there is not clarity as to what 'removal' is.
Most schools i have worked in would 'remove' a pupil to another classroom for the remainder of a lesson for behaviour?
Isolation and seclusion just sound the same. And there is not clarity as to what 'removal' is.
Most schools i have worked in would 'remove' a pupil to another classroom for the remainder of a lesson for behaviour?
Exclusive: Schools will face a legal duty to record their use of non-disciplinary isolation and report it to parents under plans being developed by the government
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-to-f...
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-to-f...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm not sure what the difference between some of the terms used in this article is.
Isolation and seclusion just sound the same. And there is not clarity as to what 'removal' is.
Most schools i have worked in would 'remove' a pupil to another classroom for the remainder of a lesson for behaviour?
Isolation and seclusion just sound the same. And there is not clarity as to what 'removal' is.
Most schools i have worked in would 'remove' a pupil to another classroom for the remainder of a lesson for behaviour?
Another great thread...
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
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Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another great thread...
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A fill-in the gaps slide deck for Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 👑
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A fill-in the gaps slide deck for Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 👑
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£1.1bn promised for North East social housing, but limited local control risks headlines without the homes people need | Nick Kemp
Promise or paper house? £1.1bn for the North East
£1.1bn promised for North East social housing, but limited local control risks headlines without the homes people need
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
£1.1bn promised for North East social housing, but limited local control risks headlines without the homes people need | Nick Kemp
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Happy anniversary to my most popular Reddit post ever: PRESENT IDEAS FOR MEN:
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy anniversary to my most popular Reddit post ever: PRESENT IDEAS FOR MEN:
This will be brilliant!!
Announcing! Our first speaker in the English Strand at TTR Connect! It's Donal Hale talking about how Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment interconnect in English. Join us in Manchester on Saturday 14th march 2026 here (for free): www.ttradio.org/connect2026
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This will be brilliant!!
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Morning,
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Morning,
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
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"Nearly a decade ago I highlighted the farce of comparing groups when I discovered that pupils living in even-numbered houses achieved less well than those in odd numbers. Of course it was a nonsense, but the gap in the statistics was greater than for boys and girls"
‘No head should ever have to consider the impact on their attendance figures of accepting a pupil onto the school’s roll’: @michaelt1979.bsky.social warns that the DfE’s AI-powered attendance targets will jeopardise inclusion
Why AI attendance targets will make inclusion harder
There are multiple issues with the government’s new AI-powered attendance targets - but the most pressing is that they will deter schools from being inclusive, argues headteacher Michael Tidd
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November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Nearly a decade ago I highlighted the farce of comparing groups when I discovered that pupils living in even-numbered houses achieved less well than those in odd numbers. Of course it was a nonsense, but the gap in the statistics was greater than for boys and girls"
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Preparing for Senior Leadership - or know someone else who is? I'll be leading an online course on Thurs 27 Nov, 9.30am-12.30pm. The course is offered by HMC but is open to participants not in HMC schools. hmcpd.arlo.co/w/courses/10...
Please share with anyone you think may be interested? Thank you!
Please share with anyone you think may be interested? Thank you!
Preparing for Senior Leadership - Thursday 27 November 2025 (Online) - HMC Professional Development
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Preparing for Senior Leadership - or know someone else who is? I'll be leading an online course on Thurs 27 Nov, 9.30am-12.30pm. The course is offered by HMC but is open to participants not in HMC schools. hmcpd.arlo.co/w/courses/10...
Please share with anyone you think may be interested? Thank you!
Please share with anyone you think may be interested? Thank you!
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Senior leadership teams continue to shoulder significant pressure, and too many colleagues are reaching breaking point. Their work is demanding and often invisible. Prioritising their wellbeing is not optional; it is essential for the stability and direction of every school.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Senior leadership teams continue to shoulder significant pressure, and too many colleagues are reaching breaking point. Their work is demanding and often invisible. Prioritising their wellbeing is not optional; it is essential for the stability and direction of every school.
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*** NEW POST ***
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Creating a Forward Looking Geography Curriculum
This piece continues my exploration of what makes a curriculum genuinely ambitious, purposeful and hopeful. As schools rethink their geography provision in light of new expectations and a rapidly chan...
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat