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Mr B
@mrblakeley.bsky.social
Headteacher, chair of local educational improvement partnerships East Sussex and father of 4.
Looking forward to welcoming @ruthswailes.bsky.social to Sussex on 07/03/2025 at the East Sussex National Golf Club near Uckfield. Ruth will be talking about the importance of talk in the early years. More info docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
January 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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‘Making a judgement on individual teacher quality has come to be known as a bit of a fool’s errand’

@greeborunner.bsky.social issues a warning to Ofsted about its proposal to inspect teaching as a standalone category
Ofsted judging teachers? Here we go again...
The news that Ofsted is proposing inspecting teaching as a standalone category is unwelcome in the sector, and for very good reason, argues Zoe Enser
www.tes.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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Ofsted must implement an independent complaints process with the authority to change judgments, rather than merely rerun inspections (currently the best outcome a school can hope for). School intervention should be driven by support and improvement, not academization…
November 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Can we ditch ‘greater depth’ in writing at end of key stage 2 as a standard? Who is with me?
September 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Let the adventure begin…
September 2, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Save the Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux - Sign the Petition! chng.it/76DxMcZxsd via @UKChange
Sign the Petition
The Observatory Science Centre is an educational charity which has called the Grade II listed, former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux, East Sussex, home for the last 30 years. ...
chng.it
August 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Lets say it louder again for the people at he back....

📢 There is absolutely 0 reason for primary-aged children to have smartphones 📢

#edusky #primarysky
August 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Maybe rather than trying to put a system and a curriculum onto everyone we need to start by asking what the actual children in front of us need? That's kind of how it works in #EYFS. Difficult to do at scale though so I'm not sure what the wider answer is.
August 25, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Quietly working away on this today!

#letstalk
August 22, 2024 at 10:55 AM
August 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM