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TF04. NPQEL. Director of Secondary Education for a MAT in the East Midlands. All views my own. www.threads.net/https://bsky.app/pr…

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
News! From September I'm going to be the Director of @knowledge-hub.bsky.social, a network of teachers and leaders sharing evidence-informed solutions for persistent problems faced by schools. We run two courses - the Exemplary Leadership and Exemplary Teaching Programmes. www.knowledgehub.org.uk
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The Knowledge Hub
A network of schools and teachers supporting each other to deliver a ​Knowledge-rich curriculum, ensuring that all pupils, whatever background or ability, have access to 'the best that has been though...
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
And here we all are at the beginning of WWIII. Interesting how much a distraction it is from Trump's involvement in the biggest sex trafficking ring in the history of the world 🌎 EVER. Release the fully unredacted Trump/Epstein files. NOW.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Newspapers that told their readers austerity, Brexit, Johnson & Truss would be brilliant are attacking the British Prime Minister for not unquestioningly following a lunatic President into an illegal attack. And on social media, he gets attacked from the other 'side' for doing the precise opposite!
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
4. Except we're building this on an assumption that's highly suspect at least. The @schoolsweek.bsky.social investigation into what was on EHCPs was hair raising. So much dubious practice. schoolsweek.co.uk/send-provisi...
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Too many of our SEND interventions make provision worse
We must call out unevidenced practices and debunked ideas pervading EHCPs
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Developing this great sense of foreboding that we may soon end up with huge numbers of children with legally enforceable ISPs with things like fiddle toys on them.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Senior Leadership Vacancies | The Long Eaton School We are recruiting for two senior leadership roles at The Long Eaton School, part of Archway Learning Trust: Vice Principal – Inclusion Assistant Principal – Pastoral Care Find out more and apply: lnkd.in/eEe2cr3F
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Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window… It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I love Sunday baking to clear my mind and relax before the week begins… today - orange meringue pie…
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Had a go at coming up with a no knead tear and share today. Cheesy jalapeño bread… need to write this one down!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This is what GB News considers news. Actual news: @greenparty.org.uk announced we have more members than the Conservatives, double the Lib Dems, making us the third largest party in Britain. Now I wonder why GB News wouldn't want to report on that? join.greenparty.org.uk
Jeremy Clarkson annihilates Zack Polanski about his teeth on gb news.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Love an Autumnal weekend… time to rest, recharge and get my bake on! 😋
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/10/2025
Congratulations Dame Sarah Mullally on your appointment as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. A truly historic moment for our church, our faith and our country.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I'm getting really really fed up at constant reassertion that welfare spending is "out of control" when it is the same as the average for the past few decades. One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
All of this and more! We are so much stronger when we stand up to the racists together!
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Reform's plans to end indefinite leave to remain go to the post I wrote last week on their slide towards chaotic authoritarianism. The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
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The route to chaotic authoritarianism
Why Reform’s deportation plan would have consequences well beyond asylum
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Gutted that I couldn’t make it down to researchEd this weekend - all of the #rED25 posts are making me very envious!!!
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
1. The Flags have arrived in my area. They make me uneasy. It isn't I have a problem with them when we're celebrating something. Football. Olympics. Even a royal wedding. But right now they don't *feel* like a positive affirmation of stuff we like but more a protest against things people don't..
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Can’t quite get over how lucky I am right now…!
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Love a long summer’s evening 😊
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/06/2025
No-one takes the decision to flee their home from persecution, with little more than the clothes on their back, unless their life depends on it. That’s why our approach to refugees must be rooted in compassion, empathy and humanity. Not division, prejudice or scaremongering.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 26/05/2025
Shocked by the scenes in Liverpool today. I want to thank the emergency services who have responded so quickly. My thoughts are with all those who have been injured or affected.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📚✨ Wishing all the incredible teachers, support staff, and everyone working in education a very happy half term! You’ve earned every moment of rest and relaxation. Thank you for your dedication, passion, and the difference you make every single day. Enjoy the break — you deserve it! 🌟🍎 #HalfTerm
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
When life gets busy, I turn to the kitchen. There’s something calming about measuring, mixing, and letting everything else fade away. Now to eat 😊 #BakingTherapy #MindfulMoments #MentalReset
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Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Mind you, the local Tory candidate in last year’s general election, & current candidate in tomorrow’s county elections, recently endorsed the Great Replacement conspiracy theory on Facebook. So he’s not much better.
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Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The branch of Reform in my constituency is an absolute sewer of racism, misogyny, climate change denial & general far-right lunacy. What is it about a party led by Nigel Farage that attracts these scumbags? www.leicester.news/far-right-ra...
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Far-right racism, conspiracy theorists and Andrew Tate fans
Reform UK's North West Leicestershire branch is a hotbed of 'hate' – here's the proof.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Organisers of the London marathon show more leadership than the government. And should be applauded for doing so. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
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London Marathon boycotts X after 'descent into gutter'
The London Marathon will no longer post on X after its
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Holiday chocolatier-ing. Having so much fun learning and playing with this 😊😜😋 Diet starts next week 😊
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If Carlsberg did school holidays… sun, great food and cooking 😊
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/04/2025
No Mr Trump. Russia started the war.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Happy holidays - taking some time away from reality to drink some Prosecco and enjoy the sun 🌞
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🎟️ Reminder: UK Festival of Education FREE ticket scheme Time is running out! Applications for the Festival of Education 2025 Free Ticket Scheme close at the end of Friday, 11 April. 👉 Apply now:
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Free tickets | UK Festival of Education
Our founders, Wellington College, have funded the release of 2,000 free tickets for the 2025 Festival of Education.
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redevilrach.bsky.social @redevilrach.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Wired wrote this a while back: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Can someone who isn't me do a feature on spending a week using non-US alternatives to Google, X, Meta, Amazon etc etc, and tell us what it's like? I just need to see one person successfully doing it to jump.
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
And breathe… happy end of term to all my edu friends & colleagues. Time to relax, recuperate and prepare for the final sprint…. Garden furniture almost built, wine open, the sun is shining & for the first time ever buds are blooming in my garden (I haven’t killed them all!!!!) 😊
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Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Policemen have been ‘diagnosing’ women with mental health disorders they don’t have and using their unqualified opinions about what this means to dismiss criminal allegations. Baroness Casey was clear this is misogyny yet it has been mansplained that this is not an ideological threat to security.
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Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s not terrorism when multiple women are slaughtered because there’s ‘no ideology’ behind killing them. No matter how many men decide to do the same thing, it doesn’t count.
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John Dickens @johndickenssw.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is super news! A reminder that our investigation first revealed the issues schoolsweek.co.uk/squid-give-u...
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Give us back our money, parents tell failed payment provider
Company shut up shop in the UK last Friday. Around 600 schools used it
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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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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Friends, I am trying to compile a list of regional education events. Headteachers conferences, county SEND events, MAT network events, union conferences and so forth. This is to make a calendar which I'll be happy to share. If you know of anything like this, can you help me? 👇
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a close up of a man 's face with the words `` i need help '' on it .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` i need help '' on it .
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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Calling all school leaders - I’m collating a wish list of the best books on leadership for Heads and those new to Headship. What would everyone’s top book on leadership be? Or the book they would most likely recommend to someone new to headship? I will share the collated list back here 😊
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
When women and girls rise, everyone thrives., 🧕🏼🙋🏽‍♀️🤰🏻🙆🏻‍♀️ #WomenEd #HeForShe It’s this simple so keep supporting and elevating women. 💜💜
When women and girls rise, everyone thrives
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Shocking & shameful from Trump. Is there not a single journalist in the White House with the courage to step up and point out Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous dictator?
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📈 Exclusive: School leaders have been confronted outside their homes, spat at and 'offered out' for fights as abuse from parents surges, a Schools Week investigation can reveal
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Heads open up about torrent of abuse from parents
Leaders confronted outside their homes, spat at and 'offered-out' for fights
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Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I want to take the time to read the entire investigation but this piece by @bennewmark.bsky.social is brilliant. And true. EG coloured overlays are nonsense & kids become dependent on them - ‘I can’t read that, I don’t have my overlay’.
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