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Sam Gibbs @samgibbs.bsky.social · 32m

Ready (sort of 😂) Running for my Dad and all who are affected by Parkinson’s. Last minute plug for sponsorship here: events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 10h

Or a maintained school where the LA wouldn't normally have the same level of involvement as with a trust.

Yeah, totally

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 10h

I'm fine with someone in a trust central role being a nominee or equivalent if that takes the pressure off and eases things along.

One person specialises across a trust to minimise the spread of the nonsense.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 11h

I thought that article, and the whole nominee concept, pretty egregious. Very clearly steering us to perform better for this increasingly bizarre ritual rather than improve our schools or, heaven forfend, actually teach children something.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 13h

Sorry to hear that's what she's going through. I hope it gets better for her.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 23h

Oh wow. I'm insanely jealous.

Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 1d

I love that album so much

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought as ever - I'd add, it is so, so easy for additional and different to mean worse.

Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 1d

New post.
Has additional become the point?
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/h...

Has additional become the point?

Saying the SEND system is in crisis is no great reveal; it is proving ruinously expensive while failing to deliver either improved experiences or outcomes. One consequence of its long-term failure …

bennewmark.wordpress.com

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 1d

#1, excellent choice

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 1d

#FridayFive is saying its prayers.
1. Let it Be. The Beatles.
2. Fishing for Religion. Arrested Development.
3. Ghost. Ella Henderson.
4. Grandfather please stand on the shoulders.. Lana del Rey.
5. Living on a Prayer. Bon Jovi.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 1d

1. Running up that hill. Kate Bush.
2. Like a prayer. Madonna.
3. Together again. Janet Jackson.
4. Mercedes Benz. Janis Joplin.
5. Living on a prayer. Bon Jovi.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 1d

This is super interesting. I am a big nerd for the historiography of early Islam but I actually don't think it should be taught as RE, as

- if we're studying Islam, that includes the Islamic tradition rather than history
- the state of the field is pretty poor, especially much revisionist work

Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see Wes, well done team

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 2d

Back in the glory days the video of Starmer and Modi awkwardly listening to Ed Sheeran would've given us an evening of hilarity on twitter.

Alas no more.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 3d

As you say, I hope they reflected.

I wonder if it would make a difference if venues advertised as ND/LD friendly or similar.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry that happened Ben. I think it matters if she was a member of the public or acting in some sort of official capacity, as each throws up slightly different issues. But respect if you don't want to be that specific.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POST: A new report shows teachers fear education policy reforms will make things worse, not better, for children with SEND. @catrionamoore.bsky.social has explored the new survey from Bett www.specialneedsjungle.com/t...

image shows children gathered around colourised in pink and shots of two graphs from the post (alt for the graphs is in the article)

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 3d

Mississippi basically followed the same route as England - phonics, training, accountability, plus held back kids who needed extra support.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 3d

The coverage and debate over the Mississippi reading miracle is essential reading. This one is paywalled but it links to other articles that aren't.

www.theargumentmag.com/p/is-mississ...

Is Mississippi cooking the books?

No. The skeptics are wrong. The Southern Surge is real.

www.theargumentmag.com

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 4d

My great hope is it eventually ushers in an era of joined up data in the public sector. So much time and money is wasted at present. But that seems far off, except for a few pockets.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 4d

Milestone contribution to the discourse right here. Can see this sticking.

madison! @madepn.bsky.social · 4d

here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 4d

A lot more 'see it, say it, sorted' announcements on the trains this week. Grim.

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 5d

Last month, the government published a new Pride in Place Strategy. I was really struck by the graph below.

There is a very clear and worrying link between incomes and social trust in an area.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 5d

Institutionalising segregation is unlikely to produce better outcomes no matter how good the guidance is.

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 5d

Here's my best practice guidance:

- are minoritised groups overrepresented?
- are kids shunted in to avoid accountability?
- is the curriculum the same?
- are leaders held to account for high expectations?
- is it staffed by the best trained and paid person?

schoolsweek.co.uk/best-practic...

SEND: Guidance on mainstream school units to be published

The government will publish 'best practice' guidance for mainstream schools to open and run SEN units, resourced provision and pupil support units in February.

schoolsweek.co.uk

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