Some primary schools had both SATs and Ofsted this week, and then found out this morning that they'd been selected for writing moderation.

On another subject, does anyone have any thoughts about why there's a retention crisis in teaching?

Brilliant!

There’s a lot of negativity and stirring on twitter. There’s also a lot of joy. I choose to mute and block the stirrers and look for the #brightspots . Anonymous trolls can do one. Unless you have the courage to tweet under your own name, don’t try to take the moral high ground.

Cocktails with StraightCurves

Cheers !

An excellent article - deserves to be widely read.

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This is how you get “success” at 6 years of age- with a well-funded & staffed kindergarten system, like much of the rest of the western world.

predicting a kind of convergence point some time in the 2040s when you can drive a train before you’re allowed to know what sex is

Exclusive: Ofsted’ subject-focused curriculum unit has been ‘completely scrapped’ and its subject leads are now mostly working on routine inspection, according to sources at the watchdog
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Left: Gillian Keegan in Parliament saying that gender identity should not be taught at any age

Right: Gillian Keegan on BBC News saying she's seen slides that teach 72 different gender identities

I'd love to see that slide, partly because I've never seen 72 different items

The pasta puns are making my day. I’m so glad people refusilli to believe the nonsense. I cannelloni contain myself

Someone has stolen the brass medallions with the miners’ names from the “walking together” monument to those killed at Markham. Really sad and shocking. My uncle is represented here, it’s upsetting to think that someone could do this.

Alan Lane's excellent blog seamlessly blends a tale of artistic triumph and inspectorate neglect. We need to do school accountability better. OFSTED, Failure, Dame Archer and what we choose to measure. alanlaneblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/ofs…

Yes, we need to focus on our children and the best outcomes for all of them. This should underpin policy and funding decisions rather than 'free' childcare for working parents.

Ruth Swailes Thank you Ruth. The sentiment is very mutual. We’ll get through this very low period by standing up for #Childhood whatever slings& arrows are thrown at us. I have always believed the future has to be better than this. 🙋🏼‍♀️[Redacted] theguardian.com/education/2023…