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It’s refreshing to see the work of a truly inclusive school, with a truly child-centred curriculum being recognised. So pleased for Charlie and all her team @PrimaryGrove and so proud to have you in our @WirralCouncil SLE team. Well deserved!
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Oracy is neither a soft option nor a slogan. It is taught knowledge.
Chapter 1 of Speaking Truths: the five false choices holding back the debate, and what the new oracy framework should commit to.
Hard to assess is not the same as not worth teaching.
danmorrowedu.substack.com/p/…
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Goodness me, the tweet below: you really couldn't make this up. I say that having fact-checked the research reports Ofsted put out during AS's time there. (Research appeared not just to have been cherry-picked, but to have misrepresented sources, eg: schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-mat…)
England is forgetting that education policy should be based on evidence and informed by experience - my first Substack piece
amvspielman.substack.com/p/g…
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I am no expert on Oracy but do believe in its fundamental importance in curriculum and pedagogy. I have followed the various sides of the discussion with genuine interest and have summarised my thoughts
danmorrowedu.substack.com/p/…
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Over the years I've seen policies by Ed Secs & advisors - Kenneth Baker, Ken Clarke, Blunkett, Estelle Morris, Gavin Williamson, Michael Barber, Michael Gove, Nick Gibb, Bridget Phillipson, Lucy Powell. I've been cheered/impressed/troubled by policies from reps of all parties. 1/
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The consistency in our predictably & relationship is important in learning. Pupils need staff they can trust before they can learn,basic neuroscience. Jekyll & Hyde staff can display inconsistent enforcement of guidelines leads to resentment which may look like bad behaviour.
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I remember writing about a similar suggestion to the below about 20 years ago. Criticism of test-based accountability system persists, with profound change never seeming to come.
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@Education_NI @paulgivan @Ed_Authority who do parents send the bill too for the additional items of branded clothing that parents are being instructed to purchase if they want their children to have an extra layer on to keep warm whilst they are in school?
Schools are once again financially benefiting from poverty.
EA have stated children are to wear additional items to keep warm, both of my kids schools have emailed to highlight their rigid uniform policies and direct parents to purchase a branded 1/4 zip to be worn under blazer.
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There are a few people on here who seem to need a bit of help with their regulation at the moment- if you’re interested I lead training on this- do get in touch .
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They'll be fine - economic slump means it's the perfect time for the edu-contrepreneurs to pivot to selling courses & conferences on how to be a property guru, buy to lets, dropshipping or FX. youtu.be/vC5cmW8O3L8?is=YHSS…
I don’t know what I find more amusing tbh, the absolute outrage that the gravy train might end up in the sidings or the swift about turns …
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This is a shockingly, limited & partisan piece.
1. In 2026 40.5% of students failed to get a GCSE Grade 4. That's a terrrible stat - something we should be ashamed of, not proud of.
2. But the GCSE exam they sat was woefully poor as a test of Eng Lang - invalid & unreliable.. 1
Former head of Ofsted, @amanda_spielman, enters the Substack fray with an excellent piece on why former attempts to have graded 'speaking and listening' assessments were abandoned as unreliable and unfair.
Definitely one to follow: ⬇️
amvspielman.substack.com/p/g…
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The rain is absolutely pelting it down here in NI and the majority of kids attending secondary education settings cant even wear a coat or appropriate footwear to avoid getting soaked... let alone additional items to keep warm as asked by the EA due to rigid uniform policies 🫠🙃
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Andy retweeted
Children’s brains are shaped not only by what they experience,but also by what they may be missing in their relationships.
A smile,kind word, taking time to listen, noticing when something isn’t right, or reconnecting after a difficult interaction.
This shapes brain development.
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<5 years experience in the classroom but apparently those of us who have worked in schools for decades and still teach on a regular basis have only a thin layer of understanding.
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You know how frustrating it is when you ring the bank, a tech support line etc & you're stuck with someone reading a script & not really engaging? It's maddening on a 10 minute call. So now imagine having to put up with that all day, every day as a pupil with scripted lessons 🤦♂️
I can't imagine how maddening it would be for a kid to attend a school in which they listen to their teachers teaching to a script all day, every day.
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Stating the bleedin’ obvious here, but children are little human beings & “learning” - not listening to an “actor-teacher” fill their heads with the facts needed to be successful from a script. That model of teaching is reductive. Stems from a basic misunderstanding of our craft.
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ENGLAND - An autistic student who took his own life in the toilets of his sixth form college was failed by his school a coroners court has been told.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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I'm a musician and a teacher. That's a terrible analogy. And yes, after 4 years training, years of classroom experience and an MEd, being asked to read someone else's words out loud for a living is an affront to a teacher's professionalism.
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Oh what... apparently oracy is to blame for Wales having a declining PISA score. Seriously you couldn't make this shit up. The sorry state of evidence-informed folk grasping at graphs looking for dubious causality. It is just pathetic. Laughable. FFS. Grow up people.
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If you want to know more about spoken language & why it's helpful to know something about it in order to teach it, this by Prof Ron Carter is terrific. He's the GOAT in my books! Puts paid to the idea of children talking in full sentences! naldic.org.uk/Resources/NALD…
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