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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 13h

Are your Year 8 students behaving more like your Year 9s? Are your Year 6s seeming more grown up than they used to be?

There is a scientific reason for that: puberty is starting earlier.

So why is it happening and how is it playing out in schools?
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How earlier puberty is affecting pupil behaviour

Children are going through puberty earlier than ever. What does this mean for education? David Robson investigates

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 23h

This quote from this interview with Nicole McCartney is getting a lot of attention today.

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 1d

As @jackworth.bsky.social says: this is "obviously bad news for schools".

Cuts also made to those wishing to run the IB, too. See here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

More 'savings' to come, I am sure.

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 1d

"When I got my first principalship, I bought a grey suit from Next. I was riddled with imposter syndrome. I remember a feeling of not being able to move my neck, not because it didn’t fit, but because of how it made me feel: stiff, inauthentic, not me."

www.tes.com/magazine/lea...

Nicole McCartney: ‘Good leaders don’t hold the stick over people’s heads’

In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Nicole McCartney, CEO of Creative Education Tru...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

How happy are teachers? With the world’s largest international survey of teaching staff out now, @emmaseith.bsky.social looks at its key findings on issues such as job satisfaction and flexible working

The global state of teaching: 8 insights from educators worldwide

The report from the world’s largest survey of teachers is out now - with findings on staff shortages and retention, as well as CPD needs and how well prepared teachers are to teach in multilingual…

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 2d

"We should be establishing compulsory school-based roles focused on literacy and numeracy, speech and language and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH)."

Fascinating piece from Simon Tanner

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We have the money to fix the SEND system, we just need to use it better

There is no reason why we need to spend more to improve SEND support, especially if the system stops wasting so much of its current budgets, says this trust SEND director

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Reported plans to introduce mandatory Year 8 reading tests are more popular with classroom teachers than heads, according to a new @teachertapp.bsky.social poll.

🔗 Read the full analysis: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

‘Hold on to your hats!’: after a Labour conference short on policy details, @ascl-uk.bsky.social leader @pepediiasio.bsky.social says the next few months will bring big decisions that will shape the future of education

The next few months will define Labour’s record on education

After a Labour conference short on policy details, we can soon expect big decisions that will shape the future of education – so hold on to your hats, says ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

🔍 Is Ofsted's new inspection system fit for purpose? In an exclusive Tes webinar, school leaders discuss what’s good, what’s bad and what implementation challenges await the sector.

Join us on 15 October – sign up for free here: www.tes.com/en-gb/campai...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Which are the biggest MATs? And which regions have the most academy trusts? Find out using Tes' MAT Tracker tool, featuring an interactive map of all the country’s trusts

MAT Tracker: mapping the country’s multi-academy trusts

Where are MATs located and how many schools do they run? Use our interactive map to find out

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 5d

▶️ Schools criticise support ‘vacuum’ as racial tensions rise

Important piece this morning on how the DfE has failed to offer help as schools face myriad repercussions of debates on immigration, race and St George’s flags

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Schools criticise support ‘vacuum’ as racial tensions rise

Concerned leaders tell Tes the government has not equipped them to deal with debates on immigration, race and St George’s flags

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 6d

Why do we need a Y8 reading test?

There could be a few things the DfE is trying to achieve, argues Jessie Ricketts, but what the DfE is proposing is unlikely to achieve any of them.

Superb, balanced piece from Jessie as always.

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Do schools need a Year 8 reading test?

The DfE plans to introduce a new reading assessment for Year 8, but how useful would this be for schools? Reading researcher Jessie Ricketts gives her view

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 6d

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 6d

“You have two Tudor women who are important and then we skip forward 300 years and we have two suffragettes who are important - and that’s women’s history for you, done and dusted”

Top piece on the absence of women in the history curriculum
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Why are women missing from school history?

The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 7d

A Labour conference review from @moremorrow.bsky.social - he sees hope and progress amid the challenges.

Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

‘For those of us working in education, the Labour conference offered something increasingly rare: reasons for cautious optimism.'

Trust leader @moremorrow.bsky.social says teachers should be heartened by the party's ambitious approach to education

Why Labour’s conference gives us real hope for education

After spending three days at the Labour conference, one trust leader says that – far from projecting doom and gloom – it highlighted a spirit of ambition that could transform our school system

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 7d

It turns out teachers are more likely to experience imposter syndrome and it hits retention, wellbeing and promotion choices hard.

So how do we counter it ,as individuals and schools?

See below from @mrenglishteach.bsky.social

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Why schools have an impostor syndrome problem

Evidence shows teachers are vulnerable to persistent feelings of inadequacy, and this can have wide-ranging negative effects for schools, finds Mark Roberts

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 8d

The education secretary wants conversations with parents by school leaders to be “meaningful, face-to-face, supportive and challenging if necessary, but doesn’t drift into judgement”...

I am sure school leaders would want the same back from parents...

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Phillipson: Heads need training to avoid ‘talking down’ to parents

The education secretary says school leaders should not ‘drift into judgement’ when engaging with parents

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 8d

Seems clear the DfE has decided to back @oaknational.bsky.social and feels sure it will win in legal action brought by BESA and Publishers Association - legal action now continues following a 'stay' after a DfE offer of reduced funding.
Story by @cerysturner.bsky.social
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Oak legal challenge set to go ahead

The judicial review was made against the formation of Oak National Academy as an arms-length body of the Department for Education

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Lucy Whiffin @lucyw1982.bsky.social · 8d

In total agreement with @michaelt1979.bsky.social here. Funding a "library space" is impractical and pointless, unless they are also going to fund a librarian, in which case bring it on! (*of course they are not).
I think people outside of schools think we have spare adults floating about to step in

Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 8d

Does the primary school library pledge make sense - financially or otherwise?

Not really. And neither the DfE nor the Treasury seemed to know anything about after it was announced, so that's no surprise.

@ellencph.bsky.social digs into what it actually is.

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Does the government primary school library promise add up?

Labour has announced that every primary school will have its own library by 2029, but questions about funding and implementation remain, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 8d

Does the primary school library pledge make sense - financially or otherwise?

Not really. And neither the DfE nor the Treasury seemed to know anything about after it was announced, so that's no surprise.

@ellencph.bsky.social digs into what it actually is.

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Does the government primary school library promise add up?

Labour has announced that every primary school will have its own library by 2029, but questions about funding and implementation remain, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

www.tes.com

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 8d

👉Why we don't offer attendance rewards

Attendance rewards don't boost attendance, argues this senior leader, and actually make some pupils attend less or feel discriminated against.

His school has taken a different approach - he explains it below.
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Why we don’t offer attendance rewards

Giving incentives for good attendance, like class pizza parties, might not have the positive effect schools want, finds Mark Leswell, who offers an alternative

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 9d

Hear from @mannybotwe.bsky.social @reach2trust.bsky.social Cathie Paine and @jonnyuttley.bsky.social in this free webinar on Ofsted's plans.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

🔍 Is Ofsted's new inspection system fit for purpose? In an exclusive Tes webinar, school leaders discuss what’s good, what’s bad and what implementation challenges await the sector.

Join us on 15 October – sign up for free here: www.tes.com/en-gb/campai...

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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 9d

1/3 Couldn’t agree more @jonsevers.bsky.social

“To what question is a reading test in Year 8 (proposals for which were leaked to the media last week) the answer? The more I think about it, the more unintended and counter-productive consequences come to mind.”

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 9d

The @tesmagazine.bsky.social leader on the tug of war on SEND and why that means reform plans will likely not be decided until the last minute.

Read here: email.tes.com/t/cr/AQiOjhA...

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

The education secretary has defended but not confirmed the idea of a reading test for Year 8s being introduced via the Schools White Paper

Story here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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