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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I’m not surprised. This is a must read.

Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I am adoring @drmjwarren.bsky.social A Cuckoo’s Lea. It is poetic, eloquent and magical in equal measure. There is nothing like being blessed by a ‘benediction of owls’.

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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’m pretty sure every woman leader has had a cry at work. We are human. When our work matters, and we care about it, we feel it. #imwithrachel

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"the average female secondary head could end up as much as £40,355 worse off than a man across the course of her headship" Excellent and important analysis here from @ellencph.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

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Why are female secondary heads £6K worse off than men?

The gender pay gap for secondary headteachers is widening. Ten years ago there wasn’t a gap at all. What’s going on? Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses the data

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Rachel Mills @docrmills.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The increased pay award and increase in funding to schools is welcome. The requirement that schools make further ‘efficiencies’ AKA cuts, to cover shortfall is not. And as for exhortation to increase productivity - pretty tricky when you are already maxed out and exhausted….

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Name?" "Mark Carney." "Full name?"

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I have been a school leader for 19 years and even I am losing sleep over budgets this year. A big virtual hug of support to all those grappling with the impossible gap between funding and costs this year. I feel your pain.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Defender of free speech Vance is going to give Trump such a telling off when he reads this!

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Caroline Barlow @carolinebarlow.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is an important issue to raise,@schoolsweek.bsky.social - thank you, it’s utterly draining and demoralising. Much harder to hold the umbrella for staff when under attack in aggressive, personal and abusive ways with little recourse. Some of it utterly vile. 😞 schoolsweek.co.uk/calls-for-sc...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

“In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.” The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

The chilly scene near a pond or small lake as a wind blows the surface of the water to ripples and makes the catkins dance

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Ellie C @philosophicellie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

NEU surveyed schools and found 92% of secondaries in Essex will be unable to make budget that is balanced next year. That's not going to include those who may be able to but need to make drastic cuts to staffing and the offer to students.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I would like to see how the ESFA/DfE have modelled a balanced budget in 2025/6 in a large 11-18 rural school on minimum per pupil funding without damaging core provision and high standards.

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Far too many schools. Particularly those on minimum per pupil funding👇

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

After last night’s terrible spectacle there are no words but only this image: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

All these men sitting around carving up the world is very tiresome. Where's the other 50% of the population? 😒

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is a really useful article on dealing with and preventing complaints.

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A statement from one of the Von Trapp family. I adore this musical but we mustn’t forget the darker message. There is a danger history will repeat itself. #trump #musk #democracy

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Brilliant commentary on the failings of the Ofsted proposals with practical solutions on how to make it better.

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

“The DfE and Ofsted should provide reassurance about how they will look at outcomes as a lot of people are really worried. They should be really clear that this is not a return to the days of A* to C.” www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Tell schools how they’re being judged on progress, DfE warned

Exclusive findings reveal huge variety in schools’ approaches to tracking progress, with most leaders saying they will struggle without P8

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher - SENCO to join our 4-18, all-through school. With a brand new DfE building on the way, now is an exciting time to join us. #Helenaromanes #Saffron Academy Trust www.helena-romanes.essex.sch.uk/_site/data/f...

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

helena-romanes.essex.sch.uk

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 29/11/2024

With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.

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EnCeeMaths @enceemaths.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Deleting posts from the Bad place gives me the opportunity to rediscover some of the things that amazed me there. Like this photo of Whitby from 1959 by Edwin Smith. I always find something new in it. I saw it in this article flashbak.com/edwin-smith-... #photography

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Clear skies & in a high latitude? Don't forget to look out of the window tonight. Hot tip: if you have a newish smartphone, turn off the lights, open a north-facing window & hold it up to the sky - they are pretty good at picking them up these days. Saves you having to go outside to check first!

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Patrick Cozier @calmleadership.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Calm Leadership Lesson: When going through a tricky period I sat with my coach and talked. The weight of all that I faced was evident and it was heavy! My coach said... 'What can you control?' A weight lifted! Focus on the things that you can control. Everything else is just noise. Lead Calmy! ❤️

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Dr Emma Kell @thosethatcan.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Remembering Kevin McKellar, headteacher, ten years since his death. Here's a blog I published a decade ago today. Kevin is the reason I do what I do now - he was a natural empath, a champion, a motivator, a force of nature... thosethatcanteach.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/l...

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Losing Your Head

A tribute to my friend, colleague and Headteacher of Hendon School, who died on Sunday There are cards and flowers and a very small glass angel outside Hendon School today. Amongst them, there's a mes...

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 14/08/2024

Oh hello Britain 😳 That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now. Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download

A chart showing activity from various countries on Bluesky. The UK, in blue, is experiencing a huge spike.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

So I am currently still using Twitter on the grounds that where the far right operate you have to take them on on their own turf. But at @leightonandrews.bsky.social suggestion am also part migrating here. I may need help! I’m not as tech savvy as my Twitter following might suggest!!

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

To make up for the sadness of Twitter’s rapid decline maybe this platform will be a happier place. I’m an Iceland-obsessed photographer from London. If you like my photos, please follow me and share! This is an oldie from Jökulsárlón - one of the coolest places on the planet.

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Catherine Davis @catherinedavis.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

So glad to be on a fresh platform! Does anyone else feel liberated?

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