Chris Read
@chrisjread.bsky.social
Schools, teacher education, and governance.
Chair of Vantage Academy Trust. Manager at Teach First. Governor of a primary. Dad.
Was MAT Head of CPD, Manager at Ambition Institute. Secondary English teacher.
Chair of Vantage Academy Trust. Manager at Teach First. Governor of a primary. Dad.
Was MAT Head of CPD, Manager at Ambition Institute. Secondary English teacher.
Chairing a board meeting. Turn up at the venue 30 minutes beforehand. Nice and organised, even got an earlier train to make sure.
"Hello, here for the board meeting".
Blank faces at reception.
Check emails. Oh right, its another venue, a 35 minute cab ride away.
"Hello, here for the board meeting".
Blank faces at reception.
Check emails. Oh right, its another venue, a 35 minute cab ride away.
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Chairing a board meeting. Turn up at the venue 30 minutes beforehand. Nice and organised, even got an earlier train to make sure.
"Hello, here for the board meeting".
Blank faces at reception.
Check emails. Oh right, its another venue, a 35 minute cab ride away.
"Hello, here for the board meeting".
Blank faces at reception.
Check emails. Oh right, its another venue, a 35 minute cab ride away.
On a zoom call with ~100 people. Listening away, because in my mind I'm not one of the presenters today.
".....and so now, to tell us a lot more about that for the next 20 minutes or so, is Chris."
".....and so now, to tell us a lot more about that for the next 20 minutes or so, is Chris."
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On a zoom call with ~100 people. Listening away, because in my mind I'm not one of the presenters today.
".....and so now, to tell us a lot more about that for the next 20 minutes or so, is Chris."
".....and so now, to tell us a lot more about that for the next 20 minutes or so, is Chris."
Techbros just miss the point of life. "Hey AI can write and produce a movie / novel / song with no human input! Cool, huh?" Missing the fact that I don't just want to see some images and hear sounds, I want to connect to another human's creative process and be part of the conversation of humanity.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Techbros just miss the point of life. "Hey AI can write and produce a movie / novel / song with no human input! Cool, huh?" Missing the fact that I don't just want to see some images and hear sounds, I want to connect to another human's creative process and be part of the conversation of humanity.
My *younger* brother has an adult daughter. Something has gone badly wrong with the spacetime continuum.
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My *younger* brother has an adult daughter. Something has gone badly wrong with the spacetime continuum.
If I have to know who Curtis Sliwa is, people in the Wisconsin should have to know who Susan Hall is
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If I have to know who Curtis Sliwa is, people in the Wisconsin should have to know who Susan Hall is
I get that NYC is an important global city, but wonder how much people in the US see stuff on their feeds about London mayoral elections when they happen...
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I get that NYC is an important global city, but wonder how much people in the US see stuff on their feeds about London mayoral elections when they happen...
My ex wife (who had lived in France and spoke French) asked for a Chenin Blanc in a pub in England (and pronounced it correctly, but in an English accent). The English barman "what are you after? Oooh, right, you mean chennon blaan"
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My ex wife (who had lived in France and spoke French) asked for a Chenin Blanc in a pub in England (and pronounced it correctly, but in an English accent). The English barman "what are you after? Oooh, right, you mean chennon blaan"
1. Red Right Hand. Nick Cave
2. Stan. Eminem
3. Valerie. Amy Winehouse version
4. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Richard Thompson
5. Space Oddity. David Bowie
#FridayFive
2. Stan. Eminem
3. Valerie. Amy Winehouse version
4. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Richard Thompson
5. Space Oddity. David Bowie
#FridayFive
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
1. Red Right Hand. Nick Cave
2. Stan. Eminem
3. Valerie. Amy Winehouse version
4. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Richard Thompson
5. Space Oddity. David Bowie
#FridayFive
2. Stan. Eminem
3. Valerie. Amy Winehouse version
4. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Richard Thompson
5. Space Oddity. David Bowie
#FridayFive
1. Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb Live at Pomeii
2. Nirvana - Breed live at the Paramount
3. John Martyn - May you Never live at the Roundhouse
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets live in Manchester
5. White Stripes - Death Letter live under Blackpool Lights
#FridayFive
Videos of all in reply....
2. Nirvana - Breed live at the Paramount
3. John Martyn - May you Never live at the Roundhouse
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets live in Manchester
5. White Stripes - Death Letter live under Blackpool Lights
#FridayFive
Videos of all in reply....
July 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
1. Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb Live at Pomeii
2. Nirvana - Breed live at the Paramount
3. John Martyn - May you Never live at the Roundhouse
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets live in Manchester
5. White Stripes - Death Letter live under Blackpool Lights
#FridayFive
Videos of all in reply....
2. Nirvana - Breed live at the Paramount
3. John Martyn - May you Never live at the Roundhouse
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets live in Manchester
5. White Stripes - Death Letter live under Blackpool Lights
#FridayFive
Videos of all in reply....
Polo and shorts in summer or polo and chinos year-round... equally as smart - in fact more smart - than a shirt and tie and branded blazer that are rumpled from the floor-drobe, and more practical & comfortable. I do think secondary uniforms could stand being more like primary ones
June 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Polo and shorts in summer or polo and chinos year-round... equally as smart - in fact more smart - than a shirt and tie and branded blazer that are rumpled from the floor-drobe, and more practical & comfortable. I do think secondary uniforms could stand being more like primary ones
1. Island in the Sun - Weezer (there are two videos, this is the animals one)
2. Here it goes again - OK Go
3. Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
4. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
5. Still D.R.E - Dr Dre
...these are the first that come to mind anyway!
#FridayFive
2. Here it goes again - OK Go
3. Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
4. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
5. Still D.R.E - Dr Dre
...these are the first that come to mind anyway!
#FridayFive
June 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
1. Island in the Sun - Weezer (there are two videos, this is the animals one)
2. Here it goes again - OK Go
3. Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
4. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
5. Still D.R.E - Dr Dre
...these are the first that come to mind anyway!
#FridayFive
2. Here it goes again - OK Go
3. Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
4. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
5. Still D.R.E - Dr Dre
...these are the first that come to mind anyway!
#FridayFive
Other than some party in the park type thing in 2000 (can't remember who played), Leeds Fest 2001 (Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down were who I was there for). First time I bought a beer (I was not 18..)
First non-festival gig I went to was The Datsuns at the Cockpit in Leeds 2002
First non-festival gig I went to was The Datsuns at the Cockpit in Leeds 2002
May 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Other than some party in the park type thing in 2000 (can't remember who played), Leeds Fest 2001 (Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down were who I was there for). First time I bought a beer (I was not 18..)
First non-festival gig I went to was The Datsuns at the Cockpit in Leeds 2002
First non-festival gig I went to was The Datsuns at the Cockpit in Leeds 2002
1. Landslide. Fleetwood Mac
2. Wish you were here. Pink Floyd
3. Oh My Sweet Carolina. Ryan Adams
4. May you Never, John Martyn
5. Fireworks. First Aid Kit
#FridayFive
2. Wish you were here. Pink Floyd
3. Oh My Sweet Carolina. Ryan Adams
4. May you Never, John Martyn
5. Fireworks. First Aid Kit
#FridayFive
May 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1. Landslide. Fleetwood Mac
2. Wish you were here. Pink Floyd
3. Oh My Sweet Carolina. Ryan Adams
4. May you Never, John Martyn
5. Fireworks. First Aid Kit
#FridayFive
2. Wish you were here. Pink Floyd
3. Oh My Sweet Carolina. Ryan Adams
4. May you Never, John Martyn
5. Fireworks. First Aid Kit
#FridayFive
1. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
2. Hurt - Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails (old rather than middle?)
3. The Boxer - Paul Simon
4. Disco 2000 - Pulp
5. Seventeen- Frank Sinatra
#FridayFive from youthful 38 yr old (but 2 daughters nearly in high school, mortgage & the rest so maybe I half-count...)
2. Hurt - Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails (old rather than middle?)
3. The Boxer - Paul Simon
4. Disco 2000 - Pulp
5. Seventeen- Frank Sinatra
#FridayFive from youthful 38 yr old (but 2 daughters nearly in high school, mortgage & the rest so maybe I half-count...)
May 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
1. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
2. Hurt - Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails (old rather than middle?)
3. The Boxer - Paul Simon
4. Disco 2000 - Pulp
5. Seventeen- Frank Sinatra
#FridayFive from youthful 38 yr old (but 2 daughters nearly in high school, mortgage & the rest so maybe I half-count...)
2. Hurt - Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails (old rather than middle?)
3. The Boxer - Paul Simon
4. Disco 2000 - Pulp
5. Seventeen- Frank Sinatra
#FridayFive from youthful 38 yr old (but 2 daughters nearly in high school, mortgage & the rest so maybe I half-count...)
Wearing his Juve top in Florence is a powerful move. I'm inspired to wear my Leeds top next time I'm out in Manc city centre 😉
April 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wearing his Juve top in Florence is a powerful move. I'm inspired to wear my Leeds top next time I'm out in Manc city centre 😉
Actually on re-checking I put it second to last, haha. But not dead last!
April 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Actually on re-checking I put it second to last, haha. But not dead last!