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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 18/06/2026

In my latest podcast, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social explained why a state school having a good 'reputation' for supporting children with SEND can sometimes be a cause for concern. Listen to the full episode here: insideyoured.com

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 02/06/2026

🚨NEW PODCAST🚨 Is school admissions the missing piece of the SEND puzzle? @charleyo.bsky.social and @jonnyuttley.bsky.social join me to discuss the findings from a new @suttontrust.bsky.social report on the difficulties some pupils face accessing top state schools. Listen here: insideyoured.com

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🔍 Is Ofsted's new inspection system fit for purpose? Join us for an exclusive free webinar on 15 October as @mannybotwe.bsky.social, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social and Cathie Paine of @reach2trust.bsky.social discuss the upcoming changes. ➡️ Sign up here: buff.ly/VFrIQw2

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 28/09/2025

Really interesting panel to kick off my Labour conference with Mission 44 and Centre for Young Lives, including @georgiagould.bsky.social, @helenhayes.bsky.social, @jonnyuttley.bsky.social, Jason Arthur and @annelongfield.bsky.social.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The only newsworthy aspect of the far-right anti-migrant protests currently is how pathetically small they are. Last summer 60,000 people came to the Restore Nature Now protest in London, and the BBC didn’t even report on it. bsky.app/profile/sund...

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Just watched Chappell Roan’s performance at Reading on iPlayer. Even more excited about being the oldest man in her crowd at Edinburgh next week! Taylor Swift, Sam Fender twice, Jamie Webster, Bruce Springsteen, The Lathums and Chappell Roan over the last 12 months. Best year of music!

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Sam Gibbs @samgibbs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Another controversial opinion: we should not have millionaires as a result of selling services to schools.

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This is a hugely significant moment and long overdue. Time for the truth about Orgreave & the actions of the South Yorkshire police before, during and after to be heard. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike

Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

“If we are serious about inclusion, we should be looking at who attends a school, how representative it is of its local community, how long pupils stay on roll for, who leaves & why, & who goes into elective home education.” @jonnyuttley.bsky.social cited in TES: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Is a drive to stop bad practice missing from the inclusion agenda?

Leaders call for scrutiny of admissions, pupil movement and the impact of sanctions on students with special educational needs and disabilities

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"Ofsted’s focus on inclusion is welcome, but @ascl-uk.bsky.social's @pepediiasio.bsky.social questions its ability to accurately assess this." @jonnyuttley.bsky.social is also sceptical that the Ofsted inclusion criteria will work. @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Is a drive to stop bad practice missing from the inclusion agenda?

Leaders call for scrutiny of admissions, pupil movement and the impact of sanctions on students with special educational needs and disabilities

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Really excellent article @johngroberts.bsky.social with dangerously sensible points from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @jarlathobrien.bsky.social @warrencarratt.bsky.social and others. The inclusion element of the new Ofsted toolkit is dangerously tokenistic and not looking at intake makes it pointless.

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Sam Gibbs @samgibbs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

‘We know, in our heads & our hearts, that early gaps widen into a lifelong gulf. It doesn’t have to be this way, and it damn well shouldn’t be.’ Love this from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social on why Best Start will tackle poverty & disadvantage - a Tory legacy & national shame. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

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Why ‘Best Start’ is a fresh start in tackling disadvantage

The government's updated Sure Start approach should be embraced by schools as the right way to address educational inequality, argues Jonny Uttley

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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Great article, great policy, 10/10 all round. More of this please. Thanks @jonnyuttley.bsky.social and @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social!

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

‘It doesn’t have to be this way, and it damn well shouldn’t be’: @jonnyuttley.bsky.social says the educational disadvantage gap that starts before children begin school can be tackled by the government’s updated Sure Start scheme

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Why ‘Best Start’ is a fresh start in tackling disadvantage

The government’s updated Sure Start approach should be embraced by schools as the right way to address educational inequality, argues Jonny Uttley

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Shane Leaning @shaneleaning.com · 04/07/2025

Watching a super vulnerable chat on when change crumbles with @efraimlerner.bsky.social and @jonnyuttley.bsky.social . Wow 🔥 @educationfest.bsky.social

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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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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is going to be a fantastic read. Showcasing some absolutely brilliant teachers.

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Great piece from @moremorrow.bsky.social on FED futures report mapping a way forward for our fragmented education system. Moving past an outdated compliance model & building a system based on the principles of inclusion, workforce & partnership. schoolsweek.co.uk/mapping-the-...

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The Knowledge: A map out of eduction's poly-crisis

This report doesn't just call for a system based on professionalism - it models it, and shows us how to build it

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This is a hugely positive step forward. Something so many school leaders and organisations like @cfyounglives.bsky.social have been pushing for a long time now. It will make a real difference for children and families www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Over half a million more children to get free school meals

New entitlement to free school meals for all children in household on Universal Credit.

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

49 years as a United fan. The end of the worst season I have seen. But still, there’s nothing on earth like being a Red #ifihadntseensuchrichesicouldlivewithbeingpoor

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I made it! As predicted, it was slow and definitely not pretty, but I crossed the line at the London Landmarks Half Marathon. What an amazing day. Huge thank you to everyone who got me way past my fund raising target for @samaritans.bsky.social

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

All set for London Landmarks Half Marathon tomorrow. Running shirt ✅ Gels ✅ Knee support ✅ ✅ ✅ Delighted to be supporting the incredible @samaritans.bsky.social Thank you to my amazing friends who have helped smash my fundraising target. www.justgiving.com/page/jonatha...

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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

There's a desperate need for a refocus when it comes to Free School Meals We're in the ridiculous position where almost a million children living in poverty are going without FSM, yet we give free food to children from middle & high income families who never go hungry Who should we prioritise?

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Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

@jonnyuttley.bsky.social says as school leader, he wants a system which is fair, reliable and does no harm - there's a big question of reliability in the proposed system. "If we don't tackle system gaming, roll curation and perverse incentives, it is young people and staff who will suffer."

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Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We've partnered with @ascl-uk.bsky.social for a panel at #LibDem Spring conference looking at Ofsted's school report card plans. Highlights below👇

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Trump’s Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said this week if it wasn’t for America, the French would be speaking German. History lesson for the MAGA crowd - if it wasn’t for France, you’d still be British! Google “Treaty of Alliance 1778”, Karoline. Or watch Hamilton the Musical if you prefer!

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Nikki Sullivan @nikkisullivan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Excited to share that our book is now available to pre-order 🎉 amzn.eu/d/5KFqkpE This has been a real labour of love over the past couple of years for Kelly Heaton, Lucy Lowde, and I. Hugely grateful for the support from team @innerdrive.bsky.social We can't wait for you to read it!

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Dan Morrow @moremorrow.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This is a hugely positive step forward and is so welcomed; a wise and inclusive approach to managing a significant brief that gives some much-needed clarity and purpose and our work. Please do take the time to read and share.

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Really helpful thread from one of the Curriculum Review Group. Thank you @jonhutchinson.bsky.social

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Eminently sensible interim report from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review team. So refreshing to see a non-ideological approach, seeking to tackle problems, such as the forgotten third, without sweeping away what is good in the current curriculum.

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Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The government's prioritising inclusion in its education plans - but there isn't currently a good enough way to measure it, this report by @ippr.bsky.social and @thedifferenceed.bsky.social finds. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Monitor ‘invisible’ pupil moves, government told

It is ‘not possible to assess which schools are inclusive’ using official data, report warns

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Claire Heald @claireheald.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This is such an important report. It’s a privilege to support @thedifferenceed.bsky.social and see the impact of this work with @impetus.org.uk @mission44.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social on solutions to #LostLearning

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Absolutely brilliant to see the launch of this hugely important report from @thedifferenceed.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social The report provides 10 recommendations to improve our school system for all. Informed by input from a Solutions Council, the recommendations are based on real expertise.

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Who is losing learning? Finding solutions to the school engagement crisis | IPPR

A crisis of lost learning is sweeping across schools in England. Children cannot learn if they are not in school and not engaged. This means attainment can

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Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

There’s so much that resonates with EPI’s research. Our report yesterday on breaking down the gap highlighted the importance of absence as a mediator of #LostLearning for disadvantaged children with SEND, mental health difficulties, difficult home lives, etc. epi.org.uk/publications...

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Breaking down the gap - Education Policy Institute

The latest report by EPI investigates the drivers of the disadvantage gap and calls on the government to address the underlying causes of school absences, as it identifies higher levels of absence to ...

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