James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 6hThe gap isn’t a gap of ability, motivation or even disability. It’s a gap in skills within the teaching profession. And therefore readily remediated - if we want. 000
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yes, and it helped to keep the viewers moving at a steady rate. 010
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Absolutely straightforward, normal thing to do with a museum exhibition. Are they afraid the English will revolt when they find out they were invaded on the basis of a technicality? 000
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So true - a fundamental inequity in the system. There has to be some way of recognising and rewarding schools for accepting the greatest challenges. 020
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s a distraction from the fact that they wound him up with misinformation in the first place. 010
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026All of this. ⬇️ So much of recent policy from this EdSec looks and sounds like it cares, but it’s the fruit of a mindset that we tried - and failed - twenty years ago. The answer, as Ben articulates so clearly, is not to have different standards but to give greater support where it’s needed. 151
Reposted by James MurphyIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14580541974
Reposted by James MurphyThinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In our podcast "Inside the Reading Gap" we hear from teachers like @vicgoddard who know reading problems in secondary schools can be solved - rather than accommodated. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts. 011
Reposted by James MurphyRedwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At the end of the table sat an appetizing loaf of wheat bread stuffed with cheese, mushrooms, carrots, and onions, alongside bowls of bilberries grown at the Abbey. 1112
Reposted by James MurphyHelen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A clarification: 👬People on Universal Credit 👬Workers 👬Taxpayers Are not distinct groups. c4/10 of those on UC work, many will pay NICs, some also income tax. Everyone pays VAT. Most people pay council tax. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 14817
Reposted by James MurphyLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802003
Reposted by James MurphyThinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Teaching struggling adolescent readers requires a complex repertoire of skills - simply doing ‘phonics’ or ‘vocabulary’ won’t cut it. Read more in our blog ‘Can’t Read, Won’t Read: Matthew Effects’ wp.me/p4hKgx-1u (4 min read) 021
Reposted by James MurphySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not saying the BBC News has lost focus but they currently have a live stream of the UK's biggest vegtable competition on their front page. 3628126
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’d have put Slow Horses a lot higher than 62. 000
Reposted by James MurphySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Has it occured to him that someone saying "school wasn't for me" went to a crap school? Or wasn't taught to read properly at primary? 2434325
Reposted by James MurphyKristian Shanks @historykss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s just terrible unevidenced uninformed nonsense from Burnham. Wrong on every level. 052
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Exactly this. The idea that working class kids need something ‘different’. The utter snobbery and patrician condescension. I’m mostly centre left but this drivel from Labour is so tired, lazy and inadequate. 1116
Reposted by James MurphyCasket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm making a documentary about the RLNI situation and I am contacting various organisations. However I thought I'd turn to bluesky as well, I'm looking to interview people either connected to the RNLI, to refugees/those working with refugees and also with counter-protestors. Please share. 599112
Reposted by James MurphyThinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Looking for a new podcast to listen to on your commute tomorrow? Our podcast series "Inside the Reading Gap" is a succinct 4 part series. A key theme is that there is hope and reading problems are solvable. We explain what it takes & we show that teaching can change lives. 011
Reposted by James MurphyOlena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worth reminding over and over again: if russia stops fighting, there will be no war; if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine. 413549
Reposted by James MurphySean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 21/09/2026Of course reparations for the slave trade is an utterly fanciful idea just so long as you ignore the fact that we paid reparations … to those who *invested* in the trade and not its victims. 411729
Reposted by James MurphyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381082332
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’ll be the Establishment sending in the secret services. 000
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Like kids in the playground shouting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” 000
Reposted by James MurphyThinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Why can't some children read after 11 yrs of education? Some will say deprivation, lack of intelligence, poor motivation, presumed disabilities or parents. We show how those beliefs don’t hold water & that teaching is the solution: @daisychristo shares her expertise on "Inside the Reading Gap" 011
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you care about public health, prisons, public spending, mental health services or education, this podcast will be helpful. 001
Reposted by James MurphyAdam Lechmere @adamlechmere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The toxic potency of Farage, that he can inspire people to attack lifeboat volunteers, the man dragging his slimy belly over England leaving a trail of hate and fear. This is the way evil appears, not with hooves but a blazer 0192
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Honestly. He loves everyone. Me I”m well disposed to people but . . . I like solitude too 😂 000
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sigh. Why is every Reform headline them saying ‘I’ve done nothing wrong’? 000
Reposted by James MurphyOlena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Speak about Sumy. Speak about Kherson. Speak about Zaporizhzhia. Speak about Kharkiv. Speak about Dnipro. Speak about Kyiv. Speak about all towns and villages that russians are terrorizing daily, killing people, destroying businesses, wiping out homes and infrastructure. 210751
Reposted by James MurphySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Middle-class kids already do genuinely good vocational courses like degree apprenticeships. I just don't know what problem they're trying to solve. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...thetimes.comLucy Powell: Middle-class children should take vocational subjectsThe education secretary says that curriculums tailored to the needs of the local economy should not be rejected because of snobbery 2920225
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026They didn’t seem to have these hesitations when they were jailing frail elderly women . . . 011
Reposted by James MurphyBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh wait, someone has thought of this before! 922421705
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s a qualified success. The lower levels aren’t shifting and that suggests (along with many things) that we are neglecting solutions for those children. But it’s certainly a vindication of a lot of dedicated work by a lot of people! 020
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026First Sunday of September, the Feast of St Ignoranus, which we celebrate by the traditional reposting of researchED slides with no context, by people who weren’t there, and don’t know what was said about the slide. 021
Reposted by James MurphyCaroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Finding it really telling right now we CAN arrest people holding signs peacefully about their political views. But we CAN'T arrest men beating women with literal sticks at Reform UK for expressing their views. So freedom of speech includes violence now for certain groups? 11502479
Reposted by James MurphyLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My first cartoon for adults for a while, on the Dover business 14961279
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When protests like these are tolerated, it can be because there is sympathy within the police higher ranks. Eg see the prolonged protests at Parliament in NZ 020
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Your endurance is astounding, your sorrow unimaginable. Praying you will all sleep safely. 020
Reposted by James MurphyPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It rained all day yesterday so we went to Barnstaple - never again. We also got our T.V. working. Someone has to sit with the aerial on their head. 930836
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026He has also openly shared his strategy for ‘destroying’ fellow academics, which is not free speech, but is a breach of his employment contract. Ridiculous what people will claim ‘free speech’. 110
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It’s as if he’s trying to put The Onion out of business 000