Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialCat Rushton @catrushton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026#rEDEastAnglia 📅 Saturday 13th June 🏫 Mildenhall College Academy 🎟️ Last few days to buy tickets 💫 Don't miss out! ⬇️ More info and to buy tickets: lnkd.in/e8Wv9MvR 145
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialATT Institute @attinstitute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026An ✨epic✨ group of voices coming to #rEDEastAnglia in Suffolk on 13 June! ✈️ This amount of INCREDIBLE expertise under one roof... don't miss it! 🤩 📍 Book now: tinyurl.com/mryr325c #UKEduChat #EduSky #EducationConference @tombennett71.bsky.social @hgaldinoshea.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social 2712
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialATT Institute @attinstitute.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We're ready for some BIG #curriculum conversations at #rEDEastAnglia! ✈️ Take a look at Kat Howard, Katherine Lewis-Ward & @summerturner.bsky.social & @benarscott.bsky.social's incredible session sneak peek & book your place now 👀👇 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mryr325c #TransformingPD #TransformingLives #EduSky 043
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Really looking forward to this. We'll be talking about how, despite a changing focus from government and the inspectorate, putting energy into improving curriculum is still the best bet for school improvement. #ResearchED 001
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialATT Institute @attinstitute.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Depth, challenge & practical takeaways—that’s what #rEDEastAnglia is all about! ✈️ We’re incredibly excited to welcome @summerturner.bsky.social & @benarscott.bsky.social, Lorraine Prince & Shelley Luddington in June. 🎟️ Book now: tinyurl.com/mryr325c #TransformingPD #EduSky @academytrust.bsky.social 011
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Just arrived at #arksoane26 history conference. Looking forward to a day of great CPD and presenting on how I've wrestled with enquiry wording when teaching the age of revolutions. 000
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialSchools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 19/01/2026English lessons can fire imaginations and open minds, but the DfE should consider five points when implementing recommendations of the curriculum review, writes Summer Turner schoolsweek.co.uk/teachers-can...schoolsweek.co.ukHow teachers can make English singDespite some concerns about the curriculum review, there is room for hopeful interpretation 065
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialJon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 29/12/2025I really have no idea how I missed Wild East by Ashley Hickson-Lovence when it first came out. It's one of the finest verse novels I've ever read. A love-letter to the power of poetry, and a storyline that secondary school pupils will definitely relate to. Track down a copy! 094
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Thanks to @egcarr.bsky.social, @counsellc.bsky.social and all the other editors of Teaching History who put in so many hours to put together this amazing journal. For this edition, I really enjoyed writing up my thinking process for an enquiry on Toussaint L'Ouverture. 123
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialMike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🚨 History teachers, we’re back! 🚨 Join us on 7 Feb 2026 for a day of workshops and a nice curry – all for £25. Ten years after the ‘knowledge turn’, we’re exploring what knowledge-rich history teaching looks like today. Presenters & link below 👇 11610
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialAlex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Just finished Ben Arscott’s piece on unpacking the enquiry puzzle in TH198. Found myself nodding at a few bits: the difficulty on setting a good EQ and the need to focus carefully on the pupil experience. However I would like to raise some points in the spirit of critical debate /1 182
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialSummer Turner @summerturner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Do you remember when we stopped using levels and for a while lots of schools went mad creating even worse versions of levels but with colours and bizarre labels, and measuring things that shouldn’t be measured? Seems a fitting time to mention that happened. 1122
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Such an important point made so pithily: "Resist common headings across subjects". So much unnecessary confusion is caused across the sector by a desire for neat and consistent ways to capture and present curricula. 151
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 02/10/2024This list of chapter titles looks brilliant. So exciting that pupils around the country can be immersed in these stories. 153
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 15/09/2024A brilliant blog which really hits the nail on the head of the pitfalls of using assessment materials to teach. [Effective teaching] "needs the space created by not imitating the assessment over and over" 121
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Really enjoyed @stulock.bsky.social 's session on best bets. He suggests trying to separate the decision from the results: can you think of a good decision you've made which didn't lead to a good outcome? 100
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Great session from @priteshraichura.bsky.social at #rED24 on getting 100% attention. "There's always a vacuum when creating a classroom culture. Either the teacher fills the vacuum or the pupils do." 041
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2024In session 2 at #rED24, @summerturner.bsky.social challenges some of the questionable uses of CPD time and identifies some solutions. 132
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2024On the train for #rED24. In session 1, we'll be talking all things KS2 writing, subject communities and thorny questions about assessing writing. Plus we'll be sharing our draft anthology of annotated Y3 writing. 010
Reposted by @benarscott.bsky.socialAdam Smith @mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social · 05/09/2024We are going to be at #REd24 #ResearchEd National Conference. Session 1, M23 Come along and find out how we’ve improved the work of English leads and quality of KS2 writing across a whole city and the research base for our work. 11411
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Excited to be attending this. @mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social , Hannah Milton and I will be discussing the work we've been doing on trying to improve KS2 writing outcomes across Norwich. We've been doing this by trying to build communities of practice across the city. We'll be in M27 during session 1. 011
benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 02/09/2024I'm very saddened by this news. I never met Helen in person but her work has been a huge influence on me. Particularly poignant as this summer I have been reworking an enquiry on the seventeenth century inspired by her brilliant EQ: What mattered to people during the seventeenth century? 220
