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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 15/07/2026

It wasn't to be… but if you are a victim of domestic abuse tonight, call the following number: 0808 2000 247

Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Important literary and mathematical analysis to lead into Christmas - is the Grinch extremely big or very small? open.substack.com/pub/lookinga...

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How big is the Grinch?

A Looking at Picture Books investigation.

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Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thanks so much again to the expert panel, including @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @jo-annebaird.bsky.social and the others for their wisdom

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today the curriculum and assessment review is published. Please do read the executive summary and recommendations. Thank you to everyone who gave evidence and who came and spoke to us. I really appreciated you all giving your time and expertise. 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report

The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications system in England.

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I think I am getting too old for Eurovision - watching Malta’s entry and just exhausting. #eurovision

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Dr Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Top motivation for engaging with PD? Improving children’s outcomes (88%)—a clear signal of the sector’s commitment to developing quality in early education and care Potential to do more: Only 11% of settings reported using Early Years Pupil Premium funding for Professional Development. 4/5

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

My self-nomination for parent of the year 🏆 - filming my teenager for the ‘Ice bucket challenge’ (yes, that seems to be doing the rounds again) And … forgetting to press record 📹🥶🤦🏻‍♀️

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

For those of you who love (or rely on) the genius that is Bluey & who love design and wonder how it shapes the shows our children (we) watch.. A Venn diagram I hope doesn’t only include me in the centre 😬 A very cool Substack.. 💙 open.substack.com/pub/goodsnif...

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Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 2

Let's dive into the nuts and bolts of how Bluey is designed

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London South EYSPH @londonsoutheysph.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Find out what London South EYSPH are up to over April and May- click on the link to see our range of fully funded training👇🏾 mailchi.mp/845853ca5f20... @ncb.org.uk @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social @londonsouthtsh.bsky.social

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

When I was 7 (it was a long time ago) I used to disappear on my bike for hours - I would cycle to Littleover Community School & peer through the windows into the ‘grown up’ classrooms - I was desperate to go. Anyway, it’s still a very lovely proper comprehensive and you could teach there 👇

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The new interim report from the curriculum review highlights concerns about key stage 2 writing assessments, the volume of GCSE exams and “indefensible” outcomes for some GCSE students resitting English and maths. The full @tesmagazine.bsky.social write up here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Curriculum review interim report: all you need to know

The curriculum and assessment review’s interim report highlights concerns with KS2 writing assessment, the Spag test and ‘indefensible’ outcomes for some GCSE resit students

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The interim curriculum review report has landed. From an EBacc review, to less content in primary school lessons and fewer GCSE exams - here's the 14 key things school leaders need to know ...

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Curriculum review interim report: The 14 reforms

Here's what you need to know about the first report from the Francis review

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Writing exclusively for Tes, curriculum review lead @beckyfrancis.bsky.social lays out why she will be resisting ‘non-educationalists’ calling for revolution, and keeping what works in England’s curriculum and assessment

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Becky Francis: We’ll resist ‘non-educationalists’ who want revolution

Writing exclusively for Tes, Professor Becky Francis details why the curriculum and assessment review does not support calls for ‘revolution not evolution’

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London South EYSPH @londonsoutheysph.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Second part of our webinar series beginning tomorrow-book below! 19/3-12.30pm: forms.gle/3gGEcQa7Wv3C... 19/3-7pm: forms.gle/zMsVvuUtkehZ... 20/3-3.45pm: forms.gle/BrsDjwQ2u6vm... @ncb.org.uk @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social @londonsouthtsh.bsky.social

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Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Following the appointment of Tom Wood to the post of Principal at Bedford Free School, we are looking for a Deputy Principal from September 2025. This is a brilliant school we want to take to even greater heights. Please share: mynewterm.com/jobs/138228/...

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Deputy Principal - Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Closing date: 8:00am, Mon 31st Mar, 2025. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I have just discovered I have carefully overwintered a load of ‘weeds’ ready for the spring (well done me) - after all that effort, torn about whether to chuck them on the compost! Am sure there is an analogy to leadership in there 🤨

Red dead nettle, not the Yarrow I thought I was growing.

Bitter cress plant and not queen Anne’s lace!

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London South EYSPH @londonsoutheysph.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Book to attend Champions Training with BBC Tiny Happy People: forms.gle/w1dMrMc3NBy3..., 31/3/25 at 7pm. @ncb.org.uk @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social #strongerpracticehubs #bbctinyhappypeople

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London South EYSPH @londonsoutheysph.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

March is here!🌷 This week's training starts on Wednesday. Scan the code to book or follow these links: 5/2-12.30pm: forms.gle/iiAyWmf3UkHY... 5/2-7pm: forms.gle/ukBNVspn7f41... 6/2-3.45pm: forms.gle/pPaMziGDtghi... @ncb.org.uk @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

‘Our ambition is ‘high standards for all’. We must aim high, drive up standards for all our young people, and ensure that none are left behind’ @beckyfrancis.bsky.social with an update from the curriculum & assessment review - our challenge and our opportunity schoolsweek.co.uk/what-do-we-m...

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We want high standards for all young people, not some

Delivering that vision will mean having a shared understanding of what we mean when we talk about standards

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Let this be a warning to all of us who pore over seed catalogues and see the endless possibilities 💐🌸🌺🌼 I might* have overstretched myself with my second (eek) delivery of seeds 😬 *have

30 packets of very nice seeds from Chiltern Seeds - all to be planted in a very tight planting window

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Good News! The funding for DFE Early Years Stronger practice hubs has been extended to support the Govt’s early years plan. If you’re a setting in South London looking for support, training or community, get in touch and say hello 👇👇👇

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East London Research School @elresearchsch.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

With keynotes from @benniekara.bsky.social & Jeffrey Boakye, this conference is being hosted by the five Research Schools across London & the South-East. 🤩 Find out more about the conference, browse the workshops on offer & BOOK TICKETS HERE ⬇️ www.unlock-ed.org @theeef.bsky.social

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Take a look at all the 🤩 free training, networking and resources you can access via our DFE Early Years stronger practice hub 👇

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Dr Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New resource from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood: 'Shaping Us'. - straightfowardly describes the social and emotional skills we need to thrive. - includes a short guide about what the skills look like in early childhood centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...

Graphic showing different layers of social emotional development: know ourselves, manage our emotions, focus our thoughts, communicate with others, nurture our relationships and explore the world

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

NEW: One in four children in England need social care services by the age of 18, either for health-related services or child protection The findings of a new study have sparked warnings over the impact of poverty and austerity on children By me, for the Observer www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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One in four children in England need social care services by 18, study reveals

New research shows scale of crisis, sparking fears over impact of poverty and funding cuts on young people

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Most of my reading life is now on Substack, swapped short tweets for long reads (much better) 👇Here’s a good one on the rise of the ‘classics’ - reminder that Gen Z want books that challenge & demand thinking. Trying to decide if I should re-read Middlemarch? open.substack.com/pub/petya/p/...

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Issue 105: Why is everybody reading Middlemarch right now?

A hyper-networked, algo-forward world accidentally nurtures something meaningful. Dare I call it a vibeshift?

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Ruth Marx @mzmarxre.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#teamre very exicting day for those of us working on the #oaknational resources- the first batch have been put up onto the site- lots to explore here - I was working on the psychology of religion unit - www.thenational.academy/teachers/pro...

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Free KS3 Religious education teaching resources | Oak National Academy

Get fully sequenced teaching resources and lesson plans in KS3 Religious education

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Evening, so we have stumbled across this strange flint stone on our dog walk recently - what is it? Internet says Neolithic tool but surely not? If it is indeed V V old, what do I do with it?!? Currently a paperweight on my desk 😬 (stone modelling by my 8 year old’s hands)

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The @theeef.bsky.social surveyed teachers about how they engaged with evidence via @teachertapp.bsky.social. It shows teachers 'often' engage with research evidence in England (mostly via social media), but it still proves hard to apply. Read more: d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/d...

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Dr Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Recent analysis by @nestauk.bsky.social shows that there is unequal access to high quality early education and childcare in England. Disadvantaged areas much less likely to have a setting or childminder rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Featured in my free newsletter ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 9 minutes of joy and love for a windy dark Sunday! Babies and children are wonderful at reminding us there is beauty in the world and to notice the simple things 😍

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A Point of View - A baby's-eye view of the world - BBC Sounds

Zoe Strimpel on the joys of seeing the world through the eyes of a nine-month-old.

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I don’t know why every year I am surprised by my Spotify Unwrapped? in my head, I think I had a cooler and more edgy music year than I clearly did! Hello Taylor Swift … (again) 👋

List of Spotify favourite artists including Taylor Swift at 1.

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Norfolk Research School @norfolkrs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The @educendowfoundn have launched two new post-16 projects relating to GSCE resits. Colleges can find further details and register interest to take part, here -

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Two new post-16 projects to support maths and English resit… | EEF

Colleges can sign-up to receive low-cost support.

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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I will be discussing the results of our first oracy assessment in more detail with @claresealy.bsky.social on Tuesday at 4pm. All NMM subscribers can register for the webinar for free here. hub2.nomoremarking.com/trainingVideos

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Useful starter pack! go.bsky.app/E7SUj17

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

Word Crunching

I
wrote
a poem
on a page
but then each line grew
to the word sum of the previous two
until I began to worry about all these words coming with such frequency
because as you can see, it can be easy to run out of space when a poem gets all Fibonacci sequency

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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Publications that advocates for PLAY in the EYFS #PlayMatters #EarlyYearsSky #EarlyYears #EYFS I have made a video but I can’t share on here so here is a list of books to advocate Play.

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Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I love Dan’s posts. Gorgeous descriptions of how parents and caregivers build attachment and language in young children and babies. Lovely micro-training notes for those of us working in early years too 😍

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

CLOSES TOMORROW Last chance to submit your evidence, views and experiences to the curriculum and assessment call for evidence. Specific examples are particularly helpful, as well as specific justifications for adding, changing or removing. All submissions welcome!

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Sinéad Mc Brearty @sineadmc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My take on what we can learn about education workforce retention from this year’s Teacher Wellbeing Index. Hope the bicycle analogy passes muster with the cycling community!

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Those who live and breathe curriculum and assessment by teaching every day have a deep and unique understanding of what’s going well and what needs to improve. If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence. consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Last chance to submit your views on curriculum and assessment. We’ve already heard a wonderfully rich and diverse range of views from professionals, pupils, parents, employers and wider stakeholders. It’s a conversation that everyone’s invited to. 👇🏽 consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...

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Curriculum and Assessment Review - Department for Education - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

New post just out: "Dropping Out" Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...

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Dropping Out

Why improvements in school standards are at serious risk

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

There are so many new people here that I thought it would be a good idea to repost this starter back of global majority people working in education and towards diversity, equity and inclusion - and allies too! go.bsky.app/QwW744Z

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