@monklucy.bsky.social
DHT but primarily a teacher at heart, book lover, cake eater, English lead
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My teaching daughter is Head of Y10 in an inadequate school. She is passionate and brilliant at it. Today she told me she is thinking of leaving teaching. She wants a life - evenings/weekends. The teacher part of me is so sad - she should be the future. As a mum I can see burn out is a risk at 27.
January 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My teaching daughter is Head of Y10 in an inadequate school. She is passionate and brilliant at it. Today she told me she is thinking of leaving teaching. She wants a life - evenings/weekends. The teacher part of me is so sad - she should be the future. As a mum I can see burn out is a risk at 27.
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Teachers are overwhelmed by the guilt of not meeting needs.
“Staff know what children need, but they cannot provide it.
They carry the emotional fallout of systemic failure daily. Participants in my research described feeling responsible for needs that no single teacher or school could meet.”
“Staff know what children need, but they cannot provide it.
They carry the emotional fallout of systemic failure daily. Participants in my research described feeling responsible for needs that no single teacher or school could meet.”
If you demand that people perform miracles, then vilify them when they can't, ignoring the huge amount of excellent work they actually do, it turns out they tend to walk away.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
The real reason teachers are leaving? Systemic failure
Teachers are victims of wider system failure that means they have the impossible task of meeting pupils’ increasingly complex needs without the proper support, says this researcher
www.tes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Teachers are overwhelmed by the guilt of not meeting needs.
“Staff know what children need, but they cannot provide it.
They carry the emotional fallout of systemic failure daily. Participants in my research described feeling responsible for needs that no single teacher or school could meet.”
“Staff know what children need, but they cannot provide it.
They carry the emotional fallout of systemic failure daily. Participants in my research described feeling responsible for needs that no single teacher or school could meet.”
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Don't wait for a crisis to happen. Whatever you're facing, let's face it together 💙
Call our free and confidential helpline, available to all teachers and education staff.
📞We're here for you - 08000 562 561
Call our free and confidential helpline, available to all teachers and education staff.
📞We're here for you - 08000 562 561
January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Don't wait for a crisis to happen. Whatever you're facing, let's face it together 💙
Call our free and confidential helpline, available to all teachers and education staff.
📞We're here for you - 08000 562 561
Call our free and confidential helpline, available to all teachers and education staff.
📞We're here for you - 08000 562 561
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I am writing - here is my first blog of 2026. This year will be the year where I write all those things I promised myself I would write, when I had the time.
Now I have the time.
meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/p...
Now I have the time.
meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/p...
Pivoting
In November 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A nasty, sneaky, fast growing type of breast cancer: stage 3, grade 3, locally invasive triple negative breast cancer for those who know about …
meganjanedixon.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I am writing - here is my first blog of 2026. This year will be the year where I write all those things I promised myself I would write, when I had the time.
Now I have the time.
meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/p...
Now I have the time.
meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/p...
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Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
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Take a look at moderation as professional development, and consider the curriculum impact of effective moderation with our guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble:
What’s behind the data? The importance of writing moderation - Insight Inform
A guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble, looking at moderation as professional development, and considering the curriculum impact of effective moderation.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Take a look at moderation as professional development, and consider the curriculum impact of effective moderation with our guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble:
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Insightful thread.
Alarming how little understanding of how schools operate this dfe advice shows.
Spat tea at "the SENCO on site and contactable" as if busiest people in school calmly sitting in their offices browsing clothes on the internet just waiting to come and resolve the odd little issue.
Alarming how little understanding of how schools operate this dfe advice shows.
Spat tea at "the SENCO on site and contactable" as if busiest people in school calmly sitting in their offices browsing clothes on the internet just waiting to come and resolve the odd little issue.
This has been my worry all along with the breakfast club nonsense. You can talk about funding all you like, the long and the short of it is that school leaders end up with another job on the list, another extension to their working day, and the job becomes ever harder...
And this is from DfE advice!
And this is from DfE advice!
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Insightful thread.
Alarming how little understanding of how schools operate this dfe advice shows.
Spat tea at "the SENCO on site and contactable" as if busiest people in school calmly sitting in their offices browsing clothes on the internet just waiting to come and resolve the odd little issue.
Alarming how little understanding of how schools operate this dfe advice shows.
Spat tea at "the SENCO on site and contactable" as if busiest people in school calmly sitting in their offices browsing clothes on the internet just waiting to come and resolve the odd little issue.
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Do join us at this free research and practice seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... @jonnybid.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @firststory.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Do join us at this free research and practice seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... @jonnybid.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @firststory.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
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Out now: Early Years High 5
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
Early Years High 5
Early years research evidence in 5 quick reads Hello and welcome to issue 16 of my monthly newsletter - your shortcut to the latest insights from early years research. Each edition brings you five key...
www.linkedin.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Out now: Early Years High 5
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
1️⃣ Screentime & socioemotional difficulties in childhood
2️⃣ Motor skills in infancy predict child behavioural health
3️⃣ Baby rooms in nurseries
4️⃣ 290,000 disadvantaged young children miss free meals
5️⃣ Benefits of e-storybook reading
www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-...
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Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social
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🧵Thread worth reading…
There are lessons about unintended consequences that are not being learnt by government here.
I am worried about how these new targets all align with an inclusion agenda.
I hope the DFE are aware of the population prevalence of identified SEND.
bsky.app/profile/psal...
There are lessons about unintended consequences that are not being learnt by government here.
I am worried about how these new targets all align with an inclusion agenda.
I hope the DFE are aware of the population prevalence of identified SEND.
bsky.app/profile/psal...
All the Heads I know are on their knees, seeing children presenting with more complex needs than ever before, extreme behaviour and limited funding.
The majority of this is in EYFS and Year 1. So instead of announcing something to help this, we'll raise a target to add pressure.
The majority of this is in EYFS and Year 1. So instead of announcing something to help this, we'll raise a target to add pressure.
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🧵Thread worth reading…
There are lessons about unintended consequences that are not being learnt by government here.
I am worried about how these new targets all align with an inclusion agenda.
I hope the DFE are aware of the population prevalence of identified SEND.
bsky.app/profile/psal...
There are lessons about unintended consequences that are not being learnt by government here.
I am worried about how these new targets all align with an inclusion agenda.
I hope the DFE are aware of the population prevalence of identified SEND.
bsky.app/profile/psal...
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Latest on our Substack - I attempt to prove mathematically that education can never be fun, with reference to The Flowerpot Men, Jock Stein & the Galapagos tortoise.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...
Why education can never be fun
Proven with maths
substack.nomoremarking.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Latest on our Substack - I attempt to prove mathematically that education can never be fun, with reference to The Flowerpot Men, Jock Stein & the Galapagos tortoise.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...
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📣📚Back to school book giveaway!📚📣
To win a copy of these two fantastic new books for primary subject leads, simply repost & like.
Winner announced Friday 5th at 5pm. Uk only.
How to Lead it: English by @missis-scs.bsky.social and @triciamoss.bsky.social & Science by @kirstysimkin.bsky.social
To win a copy of these two fantastic new books for primary subject leads, simply repost & like.
Winner announced Friday 5th at 5pm. Uk only.
How to Lead it: English by @missis-scs.bsky.social and @triciamoss.bsky.social & Science by @kirstysimkin.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📣📚Back to school book giveaway!📚📣
To win a copy of these two fantastic new books for primary subject leads, simply repost & like.
Winner announced Friday 5th at 5pm. Uk only.
How to Lead it: English by @missis-scs.bsky.social and @triciamoss.bsky.social & Science by @kirstysimkin.bsky.social
To win a copy of these two fantastic new books for primary subject leads, simply repost & like.
Winner announced Friday 5th at 5pm. Uk only.
How to Lead it: English by @missis-scs.bsky.social and @triciamoss.bsky.social & Science by @kirstysimkin.bsky.social
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This is such a welcome, life-affirming & diverse edition of BBCRadio4 The Verb. Top form delivery from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @lenniesaurus.bsky.social, Alex Wharton, @natholborow.bsky.social & Ian McMillan
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, The Adverb at the Hay Festival 2025
Ian McMillan presents poets in performance for The Verb's performance wing, The Adverb.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is such a welcome, life-affirming & diverse edition of BBCRadio4 The Verb. Top form delivery from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @lenniesaurus.bsky.social, Alex Wharton, @natholborow.bsky.social & Ian McMillan
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
www.lemonde.fr
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
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“Sometimes You Find A Dragon” by @vivschwarz.bsky.social
is a perfect #Assemblybook . It’s about spotting, thinking creatively and finding your voice and your art
It’s a joyful celebration of expressing yourself and exploring the world around you. #PicturebookPage @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
is a perfect #Assemblybook . It’s about spotting, thinking creatively and finding your voice and your art
It’s a joyful celebration of expressing yourself and exploring the world around you. #PicturebookPage @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“Sometimes You Find A Dragon” by @vivschwarz.bsky.social
is a perfect #Assemblybook . It’s about spotting, thinking creatively and finding your voice and your art
It’s a joyful celebration of expressing yourself and exploring the world around you. #PicturebookPage @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
is a perfect #Assemblybook . It’s about spotting, thinking creatively and finding your voice and your art
It’s a joyful celebration of expressing yourself and exploring the world around you. #PicturebookPage @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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I am so happy to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival this year, on Saturday 18th October 3-4pm, where we will have a book group session on The List of Suspicious Things.
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
August 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I am so happy to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival this year, on Saturday 18th October 3-4pm, where we will have a book group session on The List of Suspicious Things.
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
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If you're free for an hour on Monday morning, do come along. And, if you're not, please consider making a donation anyway.
I'm repeating my online 'Building a Classroom Reading Culture' session on Monday 11th August at 10:00am. There's no fixed price for tickets as all donations will go directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians (www.map.org.uk). Please share!
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...
August 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you're free for an hour on Monday morning, do come along. And, if you're not, please consider making a donation anyway.
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I'll be running a free CPD session to talk about the importance of gorgeous resources and to introduce the Primary Curriculum Accelerator.
Monday 8 Sep 3.30 – 4.30
Link to register here marymyatt.typeform.com/TTC019
Monday 8 Sep 3.30 – 4.30
Link to register here marymyatt.typeform.com/TTC019
TTC019 - Intro to The Primary Curriculum Accelerator - with Mary Myatt
marymyatt.typeform.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'll be running a free CPD session to talk about the importance of gorgeous resources and to introduce the Primary Curriculum Accelerator.
Monday 8 Sep 3.30 – 4.30
Link to register here marymyatt.typeform.com/TTC019
Monday 8 Sep 3.30 – 4.30
Link to register here marymyatt.typeform.com/TTC019
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It’s all in place. However, it’s dull to teach and while pupils have covered the content, we’re not convinced they’ve learnt it deeply.
The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
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The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
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August 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It’s all in place. However, it’s dull to teach and while pupils have covered the content, we’re not convinced they’ve learnt it deeply.
The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
/2
The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
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Latest in the DfE Sport Premium online form chaos:
1. We know the form's not really working, and we don't know when we'll fix it
2. But you still have to meet the deadline. Screw your work-life balance.
1. We know the form's not really working, and we don't know when we'll fix it
2. But you still have to meet the deadline. Screw your work-life balance.
July 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Latest in the DfE Sport Premium online form chaos:
1. We know the form's not really working, and we don't know when we'll fix it
2. But you still have to meet the deadline. Screw your work-life balance.
1. We know the form's not really working, and we don't know when we'll fix it
2. But you still have to meet the deadline. Screw your work-life balance.
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Leadership visibility is falling 📉
Only 15% of secondary and 22% of primary classroom teachers now strongly agree that leaders are visible in their school - the lowest we’ve seen.
Only 15% of secondary and 22% of primary classroom teachers now strongly agree that leaders are visible in their school - the lowest we’ve seen.
July 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Leadership visibility is falling 📉
Only 15% of secondary and 22% of primary classroom teachers now strongly agree that leaders are visible in their school - the lowest we’ve seen.
Only 15% of secondary and 22% of primary classroom teachers now strongly agree that leaders are visible in their school - the lowest we’ve seen.
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀?
The early years is not a strange, “other” world that is somehow less important than what comes after it in school.
My latest column for @tesmagazine.bsky.social ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
The early years is not a strange, “other” world that is somehow less important than what comes after it in school.
My latest column for @tesmagazine.bsky.social ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Why leaders need to spend more time in the early years
To truly understand the issues early years teachers are facing, school leaders need to engage more deeply with this stage of education, writes Julian Grenier
www.tes.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀?
The early years is not a strange, “other” world that is somehow less important than what comes after it in school.
My latest column for @tesmagazine.bsky.social ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
The early years is not a strange, “other” world that is somehow less important than what comes after it in school.
My latest column for @tesmagazine.bsky.social ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Attendance is the worst it’s been in schools yet rather than looking at support and understanding to solve the problem many seem to double down on an approach which demands attendance.
We’ve had real impact on our attendance by working with families and supporting the children.
We’ve had real impact on our attendance by working with families and supporting the children.
June 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Attendance is the worst it’s been in schools yet rather than looking at support and understanding to solve the problem many seem to double down on an approach which demands attendance.
We’ve had real impact on our attendance by working with families and supporting the children.
We’ve had real impact on our attendance by working with families and supporting the children.
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Disabled people aren’t “burdens”.
We aren’t “economically inactive”.
We aren’t “useless eaters”.
We’re people, the same as you. We deserve to be treated with the same dignity & care as everyone else.
When you use terms like those above, you’re spewing eugenics talking points which fuel fascism.
We aren’t “economically inactive”.
We aren’t “useless eaters”.
We’re people, the same as you. We deserve to be treated with the same dignity & care as everyone else.
When you use terms like those above, you’re spewing eugenics talking points which fuel fascism.
June 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Disabled people aren’t “burdens”.
We aren’t “economically inactive”.
We aren’t “useless eaters”.
We’re people, the same as you. We deserve to be treated with the same dignity & care as everyone else.
When you use terms like those above, you’re spewing eugenics talking points which fuel fascism.
We aren’t “economically inactive”.
We aren’t “useless eaters”.
We’re people, the same as you. We deserve to be treated with the same dignity & care as everyone else.
When you use terms like those above, you’re spewing eugenics talking points which fuel fascism.