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Lincoln Bishop Grosseteste Secondary PGCE course
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Based in Lincoln UK we train around 130 secondary teachers every year.
Donald Trump may not approve but our secondary PGCE trainees have been doing an ITaP this week on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. A wide range of topics on so many aspects of this important area for both teachers and pupils.
February 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨New blog🚨

It's changing placement time of year for #ITT #ITE beginning #teachers. This blog seeks to support anyone experiencing the challenge of moving to a new school context.

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#TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring #EduBlogUk #EduSky
Moving Schools: Finding Your Footing in a New School
Photo by Victoria Strelka_ph on Pexels.com One of the first blogs I wrote for the mentors of beginning teachers explored why mentees find changing teaching placements so hard.  This blog conte…
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January 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Criticisms in the national media of the government’s schools bill ‘do not speak for the vast majority of school leaders’, says @headsroundtable.bsky.social
Headteachers voice support for ‘imperfect’ schools bill
The Headteachers’ Roundtable ‘strongly refutes’ several criticisms of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill published in the national press
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January 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Why moonbases, rockets and railway stations are part of our careers lessons: careers lead Catherine Young explains her school's creative approach to developing skills for the world of work
3 ways we’re teaching students skills linked to careers
A careers lead outlines some practical steps to give students an insight into how skills learned in schools have an impact in the real world
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January 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Very relevant and timely letter in The Times today from @headsroundtable.bsky.social that all ‘moderate and ethical school leaders’ will agree with. @keziah70.bsky.social @carolinebarlow.bsky.social 👏🏻
January 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In a few years' time, it will become entirely normal to have to shut down the entire country, several times a year, to avoid actual carnage from weather events that used to happen once a century. And people will still pretend nothing has changed.
Storm Éowyn: Red weather warning as storm poses danger to life
Eowyn could be the storm of the century for Ireland, with strong winds of up to 100mph forecast.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Two groups of expert advisers have been appointed by the government to help to promote inclusion in mainstream schools – find out who they are here ⬇️
DfE names 19 inclusion advisers
The experts will work across two groups on plans to make mainstream schools more inclusive
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January 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Academies haven’t raised pupil achievement – there’s no need for them to have privileges that other schools do not theconversation.com/academies-ha...
Academies haven’t raised pupil achievement – there’s no need for them to have privileges that other schools do not
Academy schools are no better at raising attainment than the schools they replaced.
theconversation.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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AI teacher tools set to break down barriers to opportunity www.gov.uk/government/n... 🎓 interesting announcement. I am an AI sceptic and wish this money had been spent on SEND. Interested to hear what #HistoryTeachers think in particular.
AI teacher tools set to break down barriers to opportunity
£1 million of funding awarded to 16 ed tech companies to build teacher AI tools for feedback and marking, driving high and rising education standards.
www.gov.uk
January 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Very interesting data showing the Initial Teacher Training in England by ethnicity.

Also, compared 2021 census data of ethnicity by local authority to see if the provider was under or above representation of BAME-UK ethnicities.

#ITT #BAME
#representationmatters

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Education England data analysis - ITT-Ethnicity
ITT Census comparing 2023-24 to 2020-21 to allow regional UK Census Ethnicity comparison %. England Workforce BAME-UK teachers = 10% (2023) BAME-UK poulation = 19% (2021) BAME-UK pupils school popula...
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November 25, 2024 at 4:47 AM
We have left Twitter. You’ll find us here. Training teachers since the 19th century in the historic city of Lincoln.
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM