Anna Trethewey
@annatreth.bsky.social
Perennial edu nerd. Now exec director at AQA, previously a mixed bag of assorted items: policy wonk, strategy head, teacher.
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The Abu Dhabi-owned private provider of special schools and children’s homes boosted profits by nearly 30 per cent last year to over £44 million amid “strong demand” for places, financial records show
schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...
schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...
Abu Dhabi-owned SEND school firm profits soar to £45m
Rise in private special school pupils helped deliver 30 per cent profit boost, company says
schoolsweek.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The Abu Dhabi-owned private provider of special schools and children’s homes boosted profits by nearly 30 per cent last year to over £44 million amid “strong demand” for places, financial records show
schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...
schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...
Loved chairing this panel, hearing a youth, sector and system level perspective, although I don't think I realised how teacherly I look when I do my introductions 😂
In an ever-changing online landscape, AQA Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategy @annatreth.bsky.social discusses what schools can do for online safety with @nickymorgan.bsky.social, @tomrees.bsky.social and Clara Akingbade #EducationFest
July 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Loved chairing this panel, hearing a youth, sector and system level perspective, although I don't think I realised how teacherly I look when I do my introductions 😂
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How can teachers use stories to encourage curiosity, empathy and engagement in the classroom? A thought-provoking discussion with AQA's @annatreth.bsky.social, writer Joseph Coelho, and children's author Manjeet Mann. #EducationFest
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How can teachers use stories to encourage curiosity, empathy and engagement in the classroom? A thought-provoking discussion with AQA's @annatreth.bsky.social, writer Joseph Coelho, and children's author Manjeet Mann. #EducationFest
Loved being on this panel geeking out about all things curriculum and assessment 🤓
Lively discussion, despite the relative consensus, about curriculum & assessment at the Festival of Education with @annatreth.bsky.social @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @lizrobinson.bsky.social @thewayofkueh.bsky.social & @johndickenssw.bsky.social.
July 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Loved being on this panel geeking out about all things curriculum and assessment 🤓
A Sunday morning read on possessions, loss and memory - made me smile more than you'd think from the title! www.thisverymoment.com/p/the-things...
The Things We Lose
On becoming unattached
www.thisverymoment.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A Sunday morning read on possessions, loss and memory - made me smile more than you'd think from the title! www.thisverymoment.com/p/the-things...
Yikes. Some slightly depressing stats for a Sunday morning from @samfr.bsky.social 😭
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yikes. Some slightly depressing stats for a Sunday morning from @samfr.bsky.social 😭
Crikey, the views from the Manchester train home are particularly gorgeous today 😍
November 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Crikey, the views from the Manchester train home are particularly gorgeous today 😍
This is hugely important 👌
Some good news: action to stop profiteering in children's care
"...there are now over 1,500 children in placements each costing the equivalent of over £0.5 million every year, while the largest 15 private providers make an average of 23 per cent profit"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"...there are now over 1,500 children in placements each costing the equivalent of over £0.5 million every year, while the largest 15 private providers make an average of 23 per cent profit"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Biggest overhaul in a generation to children’s social care
New powers handed to Ofsted to crack down on exploitative children's care providers and transparency to be increased around their finances.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
This is hugely important 👌
Finally getting to the brilliant Superhead series on @bbcradio4.bsky.social by @johndickenssw.bsky.social. Definitely worth a listen to get an overview of the rise and fall of one of the early Superheads www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Superhead - Episode 1 - A Delight in Class - BBC Sounds
The rise and fall of the original 'Superhead'.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Finally getting to the brilliant Superhead series on @bbcradio4.bsky.social by @johndickenssw.bsky.social. Definitely worth a listen to get an overview of the rise and fall of one of the early Superheads www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sunday morning reading: Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes. A brilliant if brutal read about adolescence. Would highly recommend, though it will get you thinking about your teenage self!
November 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Sunday morning reading: Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes. A brilliant if brutal read about adolescence. Would highly recommend, though it will get you thinking about your teenage self!
Finally sitting down to some half term reading - Exam Nation by @sammywright.bsky.social - with my cat ensconced on my lap 👌
October 29, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Finally sitting down to some half term reading - Exam Nation by @sammywright.bsky.social - with my cat ensconced on my lap 👌
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“We can’t wait for a digital big bang,” says AQA CEO Colin Hughes in @schoolsweek.bsky.social. “We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for better, fairer assessment.” bit.ly/3YgsSqX
Why the assessment review must usher in the digital age
Everything the government wants to achieve educationally can be better enabled by clever use of technology
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 23, 2024 at 10:43 AM
“We can’t wait for a digital big bang,” says AQA CEO Colin Hughes in @schoolsweek.bsky.social. “We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for better, fairer assessment.” bit.ly/3YgsSqX
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Temporary price cut alerts for researchED Milton Keynes!
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September 26, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Temporary price cut alerts for researchED Milton Keynes!
Get your tickets now!
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Get your tickets now!
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I see Helen Hayes has been appointed to Chair the Education Select Committee, which bodes well. Was slightly staggered to see this - though I don't know why as I've been following education policy for a good long while!
September 12, 2024 at 8:41 AM
I see Helen Hayes has been appointed to Chair the Education Select Committee, which bodes well. Was slightly staggered to see this - though I don't know why as I've been following education policy for a good long while!
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Calling all MAT CEOs, Directors of Education, and Directors of Mathematics with primaries.
I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics.
I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...
I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics.
I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...
Elevate Your Maths Teaching With LaSalle Education and DEMAT
completemaths.com
September 4, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Calling all MAT CEOs, Directors of Education, and Directors of Mathematics with primaries.
I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics.
I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...
I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics.
I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...
Well this got me all misty eyed on a Monday evening. Well worth a read.
This was one of my very favourite blogs to write. It’s a proper love letter to Birmingham and a cross response to the sneering framing of working class families in the media.
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/o...
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/o...
On cultural capital
This weekend the Guardian has churned out a clickbaity article citing research which apparently shows that museum visits or other ‘outings often regarded as “middle class” had no correlation with impr...
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com
August 26, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Well this got me all misty eyed on a Monday evening. Well worth a read.
This poem about parenthood - mothers specifically - has stopped me in my tracks. From this excellent reflection on love and giving from Elizabeth Oldfield open.substack.com/pub/morefull...
August 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This poem about parenthood - mothers specifically - has stopped me in my tracks. From this excellent reflection on love and giving from Elizabeth Oldfield open.substack.com/pub/morefull...
What can this year's exam entries tell us to look out for on results days tomorrow? That's the question my new colleague, Dr Chinwe Njoku, poses in this blog. Well worth a read if you have a few minutes! bit.ly/46XAFxD
What can this year’s GCSE entries tell us to look for in tomorrow’s results?
With GCSE Results published on 22nd August, Dr Chinwe Njoku looks into the underlying data on what subjects this year's cohort took and how this has changed from previous years.
bit.ly
August 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
What can this year's exam entries tell us to look out for on results days tomorrow? That's the question my new colleague, Dr Chinwe Njoku, poses in this blog. Well worth a read if you have a few minutes! bit.ly/46XAFxD
Right, as much as I'm enjoying the basic early twitter feel that Blue Sky is bringing, is an edit button too much to ask for?! Apparently so 😭
August 20, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Right, as much as I'm enjoying the basic early twitter feel that Blue Sky is bringing, is an edit button too much to ask for?! Apparently so 😭
Uh-oh. I'm clearly giving out those 'I need to be redeemed' vibes as I get out of the station again. I suspect it's a bit late for me to be saved, but top marks for perseverance 😂🔥
August 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Uh-oh. I'm clearly giving out those 'I need to be redeemed' vibes as I get out of the station again. I suspect it's a bit late for me to be saved, but top marks for perseverance 😂🔥
August 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
@lizboulton.bsky.social hello! How are you doing? Nice to see you here 😊👋
August 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
@lizboulton.bsky.social hello! How are you doing? Nice to see you here 😊👋
📢 Exciting role alert: please spread the news 📣
We're after a Community Engagement Manager in mine and @schwitzer.bsky.social's team at AQA.
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We're after as diverse a pool as possible, so please share widely. And if anyone wants a chat, just shout!
We're after a Community Engagement Manager in mine and @schwitzer.bsky.social's team at AQA.
aqa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AQA/de...
We're after as diverse a pool as possible, so please share widely. And if anyone wants a chat, just shout!
Community Engagement Manager
At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s o...
aqa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM
📢 Exciting role alert: please spread the news 📣
We're after a Community Engagement Manager in mine and @schwitzer.bsky.social's team at AQA.
aqa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AQA/de...
We're after as diverse a pool as possible, so please share widely. And if anyone wants a chat, just shout!
We're after a Community Engagement Manager in mine and @schwitzer.bsky.social's team at AQA.
aqa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AQA/de...
We're after as diverse a pool as possible, so please share widely. And if anyone wants a chat, just shout!
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I have been saying this to anyone willing to listen. England's recruitment and retention problem
a) is a problem across many developed economies
b) is a problem shared by front line grad careers nursing and social care (I.e. careers which have only become grad careers in the last 30 years)
a) is a problem across many developed economies
b) is a problem shared by front line grad careers nursing and social care (I.e. careers which have only become grad careers in the last 30 years)
The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose
Hanging on to the best of them is getting harder
www.economist.com
August 16, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I have been saying this to anyone willing to listen. England's recruitment and retention problem
a) is a problem across many developed economies
b) is a problem shared by front line grad careers nursing and social care (I.e. careers which have only become grad careers in the last 30 years)
a) is a problem across many developed economies
b) is a problem shared by front line grad careers nursing and social care (I.e. careers which have only become grad careers in the last 30 years)
Okay, something that I've already clocked having only been on here one whole morning is Blue Sky's ability to be an absolute distraction and procrastination tool in the same way that Twitter was but with much less toxic bullshit. Amen to that 🙌😂
a woman in a yellow shirt is laughing with her hands in the air and the words hallelujah written on the bottom .
ALT: a woman in a yellow shirt is laughing with her hands in the air and the words hallelujah written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
August 16, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Okay, something that I've already clocked having only been on here one whole morning is Blue Sky's ability to be an absolute distraction and procrastination tool in the same way that Twitter was but with much less toxic bullshit. Amen to that 🙌😂