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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 12h

Whenever I read an article like this about reducing exclusions, I want a chance to hear from teachers in the school. The ones actually dealing with the behaviours in the classroom.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

How ‘true’ inclusion cuts exclusions

A new approach to inclusion has helped one school to reduce exclusions to zero and significantly cut suspensions. Phil Humphreys and Kiran Gill explain how

www.tes.com

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 22h

There are so few all-through schools that really live the all-through approach. Usually they're just co-located primary and secondary schools, which is not quite the same.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 1d

Notable that NAHT heads are majority primary

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David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 2d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 1d

I think "systems" is such a key thing.
So much of what confuses Y7s - and frustrates teachers of Y7 - is the shift in what is and isn't consistent. Kids panic and teachers curse their inability to do things, when in fact they're just dealing with a systems shift!

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 1d

I think I broadly agree, but I'm interested in your rationale.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure it's interesting enough to be scaremongering.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 1d

All this time, money and effort to produce data which everyone knows is junk.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

🤖 Exclusive: Standardisation tests for SATs moderators will include questions written by artificial intelligence under a new government trial to cut costs and school workload

AI questions to be trialled in SATs moderator tests

Government launches trial in bid to cut costs and school workload, amid push to 'harness the power of AI'

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 4d

And yet it'll be repeatedly listed in EHCPs as if some revelatory new idea.

Of course it's quite hard to make a non-visual timetable...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it's not like fudging the details has caused any problems before...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 4d

You mean it's not just full of these...?

Image of a large tin of Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies, featuring images of the common biscuit shapes on top of the tin, and a pendant stating "celebrating 50 years"

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 4d

Tories to continue their approach of claiming that everything would just be fine if we could just leave one more thing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says

The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 4d

Surely it can be either?
I'd prefer 1S and be done with it

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 5d

Have you read anything about it already?
Just imagine that, but read in a very slow, clear voice.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

It did have a slide that acknowledged that and said they'd account for it...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

Possibly in my downloads at work. I can look. But they did say they're putting the recording on YouTube

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

To be honest, I wasn't paying close enough attention to say

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

I still don't understand this "nominee" thing.
In what context would it not be the headteacher doing these things?

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

I've skipped ahead to just reading the slides myself. These seems to be new...
Does this mean that as a junior head I can just tell them to skip the first morning?
(Also, are they still just doing Tuesday/Wednesday for routine inspections? What is the SENCo isn't available on Tuesday?)

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

😂 It's rather soporific, so I'm not sure...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

Crikey... listening to the Ofsted webinar about the new framework is hard-going. It appears to be aimed at an audience who have hardly heard of Ofsted.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed.
We're locked in a doom-loop.

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 6d

It's a depressing read but a sound summary of the mess we're in.
I'm just not sure how we get out of it

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oldprimaryhead.bsky.social @oldprimaryhead.bsky.social · 7d

A blog- reflecting on Ofsted’s Inclusion criteria and the realities around SEND provision.

oldprimaryhead.com/2025/09/30/c...

Challenges in SEND: Accountability vs Actual Needs

After three decades in education, 22 of those as a headteacher I’ve seen trends rise, fall, and occasionally come back with a new hat. But SEND has morphed from a challenge into a full-blown daily …

oldprimaryhead.com

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