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Jack Deasley

@jldeasley.bsky.social
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23. He/him. Doing a PhD in notions of success in ‘left behind’ areas at UCL. Wycombe Wanderers enthusiast. Governor at Banovallum School, Horncastle.

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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 2h
Happy Lincolnshire Day to all who celebrate... 💚 youtu.be/LyNjoNEWVNo?...
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The Lincolnshire Poacher
YouTube video by Mat Williams - Topic
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've been reading lots of the local press from the opening of UoL recently and it's remarkably optimistic (only the odd comment about neglecting the rest of the county). Pleasantly surprised to see a positive story about it now, it really has brought a lot of opportunity, jobs, and life to Lincs.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Started today commentating on Danny Ings’ last-minute equaliser in his debut for Wycombe, ended it at Wembley watching England and the World Champions. Some day of football.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m on co-commentary for the biggest domestic game of football in the UK today, Wycombe vs Reading. 🎙️ Join Geoff Doyle and me here: wwfc.com/live
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm back on BBC3CR and Wanderers TV co-commentary for Wycombe's EFL Trophy clash with Chelsea under-21's tonight, live from 6.55pm: www.wwfc.com/live
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Stop expecting education to fix society willd10.substack.com/p/make-educa...
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Leave them teachers alone
Make education boring again
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On Stockport: jackdeasley.substack.com/p/rough-with...
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Rough with the Smooth
Hatters cruise past Wycombe in North West
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Last week, on Results Day, I wrote a short and hopefully digestible history of GCSEs, based on bits of my master's dissertation. It tries to tease out how education policy responds to demographic/labour market demands and how this has changed since the 1960s: jldeasley.substack.com/p/why-gcses-...
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Why GCSEs? A Short(ish) History of English Education
Let’s dig deeper than yesterday’s attainment data
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Michael Woods @woodszzp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Could rural Wisconsin turn against the Republicans? My new long-read on our @ruralspatialj.bsky.social Substack discusses political history, the role of rural consciousness & the 'politics of resentment', and the issues that might make a difference. ruralspatialjustice.substack.com/p/winning-in...
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Winning in Wisconsin: Rural Consciousness, Radical Republicans and Progressive Democrats in America’s Dairyland
Could rural Wisconsin turn against the Republicans? Some thoughts on political history and current issues
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Can't believe it's been 5 years to the day since Wycombe let an 18-year-old me write this match report at the start of the 21/22 season. I could do with learning to be as concise as I was that afternoon... www.wwfc.com/news/2021/au...
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Report: Wycombe 1-0 Lincoln
Sam Vokes’ early header secured three points for the Chairboys, complementing their best ever start to a League One season in a 1-0 victory over Lincoln City.
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Interesting public letter from three Oxbridge-bound former students at 2ndary run by soon-to-dissolve Athena trust, in which they highlight staff departures, curriculum choices and call for end to "zero tolerance" behaviour policies. Trust response also interesting.. cornishstuff.com/latest-news/...
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Oxbridge-bound Launceston College leavers write to the Trust - CornishStuff
Three Launceston College leavers with Oxbridge places wrote to the college and Athena Learning Trust on results day, setting out six changes they want. The trust's interim leader replied next morning,...
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Lincolnshire as a microcosm of the clash between anti migrant politics and socio economic realities: clamping down on visa routes & international students with no alternative plans for care or HE is ‘Britain’s real migration crisis, and the full impact has yet to be seen’ inews.co.uk/news/reform-...
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The Reform-led county that exposes Britain's hidden migration crisis
Lincolnshire is dominated by Reform’s anti-migrant politics – but the county's care system runs on the foreign labour the majority of its voters want to reduce
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Death, taxes, and Blackpool drawing with Wycombe at Bloomfield Road. Thoughts on the start of the League One season! substack.com/@jldeasley/n...
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Seaside Spoils: Blackpool 1-1 Wycombe
In other news, water is wet
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Heartbreakingly scandalous and utterly unforgivable.
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Lynton Lees @lyntonlees.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As the govt pushes forward with plans for technical education routes for even younger pupils, the 'record high' numbers of students taking T levels at post-16 is still just... 1.4% of overall entries? Not exactly conclusive proof of massive employer and learner demand, is it
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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'Following the closure of Modern Languages programmes at Leicester from September 2026, if Modern Languages were to disappear from Nottingham, the greater East Midlands would become one of the largest language cold spots in the country.'
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Friday night was pretty enjoyable, despite the result. Some thoughts on the return of the EFL: jackdeasley.substack.com/p/the-season...
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The Season Returns: Wycombe 1-2 Stevenage
Stevenage steal it at the death as Wycombe bow out of League Cup
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Good to be back at AP. We win that on another day: second-half too flat but some really good passages of play in the first. Love the way Ewan Henderson is starting the season.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I've written about Neets for the LRB. It is odd listening to recent debates about this completely ignore the overwhelming fact of this current crisis, that it is one of inactivity, disability, mental ill-health and neurodevelopmental disorders (as I discuss) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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William Davies · Young People Are Different: What do Neets need?
The majority of Neets are not looking for work, but living outside of the labour market and the education system,...
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Buzzing to be back on commentary for Wycombe this Saturday. Tune in to watch & listen for a fiver! 💙 www.wwfc.com/news/2026/ju...
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Pompey fixture to be streamed live on WanderersTV
Pompey fixture to be streamed live on WanderersTV
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Peter Sloman @pjsloman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fair play to John Healey, who managed to time his 5.5-week break from government to coincide exactly with the World Cup
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Obviously a tough watch but that won’t define our tournament. We had plenty of chances to win it, especially in that last 15: Kane puts that away 9 times out of 10, O’Reilly unlucky, Guehi too. Biggest worry was how much we got away with that Konsa challenge.
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Ofsted has branded every grammar school inspected so far under its new framework as inclusive, prompting a backlash from social mobility campaigners schoolsweek.co.uk/grammar-schools-a…
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Grammar schools are inclusive, says Ofsted
Analysis findings prompt backlash, but heads say they should be judged on what they achieve for their pupils
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'll be chairing a panel at this, which will include discussions of the 'new' 1960s institutions; the purpose of learning in universities; examples of further and technical education in the mid-twentieth century; and more. It's at 2pm on Thursday 18th - come along if you're around!
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My interview with Peter Mandler as a podcast - listen on the bus, tube, etc.!
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Enjoyed doing this. This history equips us with the tools to talk about our current education system, even in non-selective areas, about the relationship between schools and social mobility, exam stress, etc.
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Comprehensive Future @compfuture.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“If selection doesn’t improve social mobility, why are we doing it?” Professor Peter Mandler discusses the history — and consequences — of the 11+ and academic selection in Britain. New interview with Jack Deasley for Comprehensive Future. Watch:https://youtu.be/kfXmDse3yO8
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Selection, Meritocracy and the 11-plus: A History
YouTube video by Comprehensive Future
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Against League 3 @againstleague3.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The actual solution, btw, is to watch lower division football 😎
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A fun, albeit inconsequential, finale to the season last Saturday for Wycombe. Some light reflections, including how we remember this fragmented season (which will probably be defined by what happens by May 2027 as much as anything!). jackdeasley.substack.com/p/player-rat...
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Player Ratings: Wycombe 3-2 Rotherham
Academy graduate Micah Olabiyi scores injury-time winner to end Wycombe's 25/26 campaign with victory
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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My article on 1970s feminists, spycops, and if feminist historians can use materials extracted by undercover police officers is out in History Workshop Journal doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
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The Women’s Liberation Movement and the Gendering of Undercover Police Surveillance in 1970s Britain: the Public Inquiry as (Un)Ethical archive
Abstract. In the 1970s a female police officer went undercover in the feminist movement in Britain. Across two years, she shared plans, conversations, and
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Important and alarming reporting from top colleague @lexytopping.bsky.social about the increasing numbers of children in England temporarily placed in unregulated social care settings including caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Nearly fivefold increase in children in unregulated social care settings in England
Exclusive: Vulnerable children being placed in caravans and Airbnbs when Ofsted-inspected homes cannot be found
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
At half-time on Saturday, Wycombe were in the playoffs. Just 45 minutes later, they were five points adrift and needing a minor miracle for the season to amount to anything. An attempt to contextualise Monday's setback in terms of stability and optimism: open.substack.com/pub/jackdeas...
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Player Ratings: Wycombe 1-2 Bradford
Wycombe lose from a winning position at home for the first time in nearly a year as play-off hopes slip out of reach
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Why League One proves that English football’s finances are broken. Column. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Something frightening is happening in English football
Wrexham and Birmingham have taken League One finances to breaking point
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Surely Reform's 'net stupid zero' line won't be effective for very long when, in what is meant to be its heartlands, the tangible and obvious impacts of climate change are increasingly becoming part of their constituents' lives.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Reflections on Wycombe's financial accounts, the Independent Football Regulator, a fine evening in South Wales, and a tricky yet surmountable run-in... open.substack.com/pub/jackdeas...
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Player Ratings: Cardiff 0-2 Wycombe
Wycombe respond to Saturday's defeat against Luton with huge victory over title contenders Cardiff
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Melvyn Bragg’s class act Was his success “social mobility”, or just good luck? By Stefan Collini www.newstatesman.com/cultur...
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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UPDATED - Job cuts proposed at Horncastle Education Trust in bid to make savings
Cost-cutting measures by a cash-strapped group of schools could see up to 20 staff redundancies.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The Burnden Park disaster, a strong performance for 70 minutes, another goal for Luke Harris, diagnosing Wycombe's fragility, and a shoutout to @her-game-too.bsky.social all in my latest reflections: jackdeasley.substack.com/p/player-rat...
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Player Ratings: Bolton 3-2 Wycombe
Late heartbreak as Wycombe fall to historic comeback in Greater Manchester
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This is excellent & timely from Nick. It's a great example of academic work being highly relevant and it's great that it's reached the mainstream press too. Do give it a read if you can get around the paywall - there are some chilling quotes in here: www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
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Paul Bremer ran Iraq for Bush. His emails show what really happened
‘I am now officially the government of Iraq,’ Bremer wrote to his wife in private messages from 2003 unearthed by The Sunday Times. In frank detail, they show the dangers of waging war without the rig...
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Just remarkable. This isn't an anomaly, there are increasing reports of incredibly harsh discipline at schools up and down the country, and there's no form of meaningful accountability. www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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Crying parents lash out at meeting over 'authoritarian' Cornish schools
There were harrowing and heartbreaking accounts of children feeling suicidal and a pupil hospitalised with kidney scarring because they were terrified to use the toilet during school. 'Nobody cares. I...
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Private Education Policy Forum @pepforum.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our new report is out! State Expectations: The history and experiences of fee-paying independent schools converting into state schools. After VAT, will more private schools want to become state schools? The THREE recommendations are: www.pepf.co.uk/publication/
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
When you lay out everything against them, Bodo-Glimt's run is probably European football's greatest feat since Porto 2004 Like Leicester 2016, though, the fact it is so unlikely raises questions about the system - especially one with six PL teams www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The Champions League needed Bodo/Glimt’s success – but it highlights a big problem
The Norwegian minnows from the Arctic Circle stunned Inter Milan to reach the Champions League last 16 but footballing authorities must now heed a warning
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Wycombe are loving their home comforts lately, making it three wins from three in South Bucks. Here's a take on Saturday's game and our prospects for the rest of the season. Oh, and Nathan Lowe is indestructible. open.substack.com/pub/jackdeas...
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Player Ratings: Wycombe 3-1 Stevenage
Wycombe make it three home wins from three as they sweep aside playoff rivals Stevenage
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
👋 We'd like to welcome our new Fellows to the Society! 🙋‍♂️ Tom Cryer - @thomascryer.bsky.social - is our new Richard Aldrich Fellow; Jack Deasley - @jldeasley.bsky.social - is our new Peter Gosden Fellow. Learn more about their roles here: historyofeducation.org.uk/fellows/
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Fellows - History of Education Society
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨 EXCITING NEWS - SAVE THE DATE! The History of Education Society conference is back for 2026. 🇮🇪 13-15 November 2026. Maynooth University, Ireland. Find out more below 👇 historyofeducation.org.uk/conference/
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Conference - History of Education Society
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📻 Amazing to be back behind the mic for the best football club on the planet.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
An ultimately unsuccessful trip to Berkshire on Saturday, but with plenty of positives to take into the back-end of this season. Some pre-Exeter reading... open.substack.com/pub/jackdeas...
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Player Ratings: Reading 3-2 Wycombe
Wycombe's playoff push hit a wall as a Jack Marriott hat-trick proved decisive in Berkshire
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My favourite afternoon watching Wycombe in some time, and a real statement of intent as we go into the last few months of a turbulent season. Some thoughts... open.substack.com/pub/jackdeas...
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Player Ratings: Wycombe 4-0 Doncaster
Homecoming hero Aaron Morley scores on his second debut as Wycombe cruise past a hapless Doncaster at Adams Park
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Utter privilege and honour to be on the mic at Wycombe on Saturday. I spent a good ten years often having to listen on the radio from Lincolnshire, so it’s an amazing feeling to be on the other end of it. Thanks so much to Matt Cecil and Luke Ashmead for making it happen. youtu.be/Rimqw8UZZc8?...
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Matchday Rewind: Wycombe Wanderers vs Doncaster Rovers
YouTube video by Wycombe Wanderers
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