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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

What is the difference between performance and learning? Check out this Substack and let me know your thoughts: learningchronicles.substack.com/p/performanc...

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This means a lot. We set our IT team a challenge to bring our response time to tickets down to below fifteen minutes by the end of the year. They have consistently beaten that target. Under 6 minutes today. Very proud of their work. Service improvement is school improvement.

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Eluned Mansell @e-sings.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Great day at #rED25 - sessions from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, @daisychristo.bsky.social, @chrisfountain.bsky.social and @dougobrien.bsky.social. It is always a delight seeing educators sharing their knowledge (on a Saturday no less) - brings such energy to the start of term.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Great start to the ResearchED National conference from Tom Bennett. A reminder that we should always strive to be evidence informed.

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Cornwall Education Learning Trust @celtacademies.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Special moments from our ECT and ITT graduation - celebrating not just the end of a training journey, but the beginning of a lifelong impact on the lives of learners across Cornwall #ExceptionalEducationalExperience

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Inspiring the South West conference @inspiringsw.bsky.social being kicked off by Hayley Bissenden introducing the incredible Chris Lubbe @chrislubbe.bsky.social Inspiration on a rainy Saturday @celtacademies.bsky.social bringing great speakers to the heart of the South West

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Congratulations to Cohort #1 of our Deputy Headteacher Development Programme. A fantastic year of collaboration, six inspiring school visits and clear actions to improve education for young people. Awesome work! @celtacademies.bsky.social @westcountryst.bsky.social @blackdownep.bsky.social

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Our amazing Head of Maths @ljohns6.bsky.social presented at Maths Conference today. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @celtacademies.bsky.social

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

What an awesome INSET day! Over 800 staff from our 16 schools came together to hear about our vision for @CeltAcademies.bsky.social and our Learning Chronicles launch. A real moment in our Trust story. Awesome team effort!

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Super Sunday Booster Done! Awesome work from Year 11 this evening at their online Booster for Biology Paper 2! The eye, blood glucose, evolution, genetic inheritance, peat bogs and loads more. What a fun evening!

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Fantastic day speaking and learning at ResearchED Bournemouth. Great organisation and such a warm welcome, a pleasure. Proud to represent @celtacademies.bsky.social talking about our Learning Chronicles and solution focused leadership. #rEDBmth

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Simon @simonpollard72.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Great start to the weekend @inspiringsw.bsky.social AI in education conference. Perfectly pitched introduction by @moremorrow.bsky.social

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inspiringsw.bsky.social @inspiringsw.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

A wonderful start to our AI in Education conference in Cornwall #InspiringSW

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

What an awesome day! Grappling with Learning and Teaching framework ideas. The future of learning in @celtacademies.bsky.social is very exciting. We are privileged to have such open and humble leaders.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

One of my favourite activities of the year…timetable blocking. A rainy day so 100% blocked, now to optimise and schedule. My gamification of the process definitely helps. Progress bars and split class scores.

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inspiringsw.bsky.social @inspiringsw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This is exciting! Join us for an inspiring day at the AI in Education conference, designed for educators, leaders, and innovators from across Cornwall and the South West to come together and explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the classroom 🤩

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Improving attendance is one of top priorities @celtacademies.bsky.social Sign up to the We’re in Beta Pastoral Champions week to hear all about our seven key strategies to remove barriers. Link to sign up: www.weareinbeta.community/share/go9Ico... A sneak peak! ⬇️ Strategy 1 of 7 - Routines

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Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Explaining the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report - from my visit to Starbank School, Birmingham

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Have you signed up to the We’re in Beta Pastoral Champions week? We’ve put together a session from Penrice Academy @celtacademies.bsky.social to share our approaches to ‘Closing the Attendance Gap’. The video is edited! 🎥 Sign up here: www.weareinbeta.community/share/go9Ico...

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Anna Iliffe @ariliffe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Absolutely delighted to be taking on a new challenge in a trust whose direction I couldn't be more excited about. It's important to acknowledge that I've had setbacks along the way but they just make the journey more valuable and the lessons learned more long-lasting #jobofmydreams

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Today we launched Edition 1 of CELT Connected - a leadership bulletin with thinking, research and news for all our senior leaders. @celtacademies.bsky.social Check it out here: www.canva.com/design/DAGhz...

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Hayley Bissenden @hbissenden.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

ECTs on Tour: This time, it’s all about Primary! After an incredible response from our Secondary ECTs, it was fantastic to see so many curious educators eager to explore the primary curriculum and classroom. A great opportunity to bridge the phases and deepen our understanding of our schools.

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Hayley Bissenden @hbissenden.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A great day with colleagues from CELT, West Country, and Ted Wragg. The Bridges by Tom Percival showed how books connect us, spark imagination, and give every child a voice. Just as Mia’s world changes through reading, we explored ways to ensure students feel seen, heard, and empowered.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Why might we not see impact in schools when leaders work tirelessly to improve them? Are they in a Doom Loop? Spot poor practice, leap to conclusions, launch a new initiative without build up and see poor results - then repeat. Leaders must build momentum towards clear goals.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Do we do enough for students starting secondary school, who had less than 90% attendance in Year 6? Only 18% of them achieve Grade 5 in English and Maths compared to 43%. Embedded attitudes towards engagement, knowledge gaps, underlying barriers… a whole host of factors.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Fascinating report about the link between attendance and attainment. Improving attendance from the 90-95% to the 95-100% bracket has the biggest impact on improving odds of achieving Grade 5 in English and Maths, with an odds ratio of x1.9. An extra 1 - 20 days in school.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

We have to be bold as a sector to do more about this. Students from the most deprived IDACI decile (28%) are half as likely to get a Grade 5 in English and Maths than those in the least deprived decile (60%). This is not ok.

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Cornwall Education Learning Trust @celtacademies.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Well done to all the stars of Mount Charles School ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ following an incredible Ofsted report! youtu.be/tpsdPBapQEQ

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Amy Daniels @amyldaniels.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

@celtacademies.bsky.social we prioritise our CPD. Taking dedicated DSLs to #NAASAConference with hundreds of dedicated Safeguarding Leads across the country. Inspiring conversations and networking, working together to learn, lead, & protect their school communities! #learningtogether

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Huge thanks to The Castle School @blackdownep.bsky.social for hosting our DHT programme today. A deep look into consistent whole school pedagogy and subject specificity. @celtacademies.bsky.social and @westcountryst.bsky.social collaboration! Delegates learned loads.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Excited for some deep conversations with our DHT development partnership delegates tomorrow about leading pedagogy. Should we change our T&L framework approach based on school context? How do you create a common framework but give space for subject specificity?

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is a pretty awesome feeling! I could not be more proud of Team Penrice and our community. The report reads like it’s our vision for the school. Our students, families and staff are incredible! Read our report and parent letter: tinyurl.com/mk3m2z24

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Rachel Lewin (scillyteacher) @scillyteacher.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Congratulations to all at Penrice! This is a huge achievement in our Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly setting - and the pride with which your students present the report is inspiring.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Our students are Outstanding at Penrice Academy! 🤩 This is how we want to share our Ofsted report, with students at the heart of what we do. They share the report. It’s about them! “Pupils are a credit to themselves, their school and their families” Take a look! ⬇️ youtu.be/PjXTZo6Zh2s?...

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Hayley Bissenden @hbissenden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Next stop, Mevagissey Primary School for Day 2 of the Primary Leaders Development Day, a cross-trust collaboration with Westcountry Schools Trust and Ted Wragg Trust. @lucygambier.bsky.social @celtacademies.bsky.social @simonpollard72.bsky.social

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Cornwall Education Learning Trust @celtacademies.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We can't believe Day 4 of the Deputy Headteacher Development Programme is almost upon us! CELT colleagues are looking forward to visiting The Castle School @blackdownep.bsky.social for a valuable day of learning and reflection with @westcountryst.bsky.social.

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Very excited with the schedule for the delegates on our Deputy Headteacher Development Programme. Conference Day 4 sees us spend the day at the amazing Castle School. Working together! @celtacademies.bsky.social @blackdownep.bsky.social @westcountryst.bsky.social

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Cornwall Education Learning Trust @celtacademies.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

We want to say a huge thanks to everyone who joined us for #InspiringSW today, to the amazing CELT team who organised the conference and to our inspirational speakers @jonhutchinson.bsky.social, @nickpointer.bsky.social, @moremorrow.bsky.social, @lucygambier.bsky.social & @dougobrien.bsky.social 🙏

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What do you do after you’ve ‘done’ Curriculum? Assessment! Great to share some ideas about the future of assessment at @celtacademies.bsky.social at the Inspire South West conference. Precision curriculum to meticulous assessment. BTW- Curriculum is never ‘done’ but it can be not done!

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The educational thinking and energy in the southwest is extraordinary. Thanks so much for inviting me. Huge collaborative spirit and optimism. Looking forward to seeing the next phase of curriculum coherence at CELT and beyond!

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Nick Pointer @nickpointer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Stunning day in Cornwall for Inspiring the South West curriculum conference! Thanks to @celtacademies.bsky.social and @moremorrow.bsky.social for having me - this is such an exciting time for schools in the SW - really pleased to be here to talk about the curriculum and CPD. #InspiringSW

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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Great work Hayley! It was genuinely inspiring to see so many people come together on a beautiful Saturday to talk curriculum.

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Lucy Gambier @lucygambier.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Brilliant morning listening to @jonhutchinson.bsky.social command the room so effortlessly. And a lovely group of colleagues engaging in thinking, laughter and ideas together. Thank you for organising @hbissenden.bsky.social and @celtacademies.bsky.social

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