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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 12/07/2026

www.mattian.co.uk/the-uncomfor...

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 22/06/2026

www.mattian.co.uk/balancing-af...

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EduGeek.net @edugeek.net · 08/06/2026

Tom Newton from @smoothwall.bsky.social joins EDIT Online tomorrow @ 2pm (9 June) to kick off week 3 with “Proof of Work – Insights from the Frontlines of Digital Safety.” Covering DfE filtering standards, IWF report & uncovering Underminr. A must‑watch for schools. 👉 edugeek.me/to/edit26onl...

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📅 Schools will be 'expected' to secure management information system (MIS) suppliers through a new government framework from next year schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-expe...

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Schools 'expected' to use government route to buy MIS

New framework should be used by all schools to purchase MIS from next year in bid to reduce 'legal risk'

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ANME - Association of Network Managers in Education @anme.co.uk · 07/04/2026

“Opt-out or be charged” models have no place in school budgets. New @junipereducation.bsky.social feature appears to apply unless declined. Deadline approaching. Full Story & Opt-Out Here: anme.co.uk/blog/blog/it... @departmentforedu.bsky.social #ANME #EdTech

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Juniper’s “Opt-Out” Upgrade: A Concern for Schools Under Pressure - ANME Blog

Juniper’s “Opt-Out” Upgrade: A Concern for Schools Under Pressure from the ANME Blog.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 14/03/2026

I want to like Bluesky - but it’s just … dead

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 14/03/2026

Oh, so now trump wants the UKs warships?

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 27/02/2026

Exciting day out for Google IT Admin Summit - presenting myself this afternoon.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 31/01/2026

I’m in Budapest with everyone as my brother lives here and it’s his 40th. After a day going around, we split to go back to respective accommodation- and my dad was supposed to get in the opposite direction tram… Enjoy. Best with sound.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 23/01/2026

So all this noise about Greenland, as someone pointed out to me, means we are not hearing anything about Trump and Epstein 😳🤷‍♂️

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Kat Cauchi 🌻🎃🐈🍰 @kcauchi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This all feels very real now... I'm officially a speaker at #BettUK2026! 🎉 I would love to see you at 'Celebrating women in EdTech: A networking event' - Thurs 22nd Jan, 17:45-19:15, Tech In Action Theatre. 📆 #WomenInEdTech #EdTech

Kat Cauchi (photo of Kat) - Community Engagement Manager, NetSupport.Kat is the community engagement manager at NetSupport and the editor of R.I.S.E. Magazine. She is a 2023 We Are Tech Women #TechWomen100 award winner and a Nexus Education 2022 Classroom and Curriculum Improvement award winner. As a woman working in the tech industry, she is particularly passionate about closing the gender gap in STEM which is why she is a member of the Global Equality Collective, an InnovateHer ambassador, a TechUpWomen mentor and a Technocamps Girls in STEM role model. Kat is passionate about creating inclusive communities where everyone can thrive, which is why she is proud to be the Chair of the BESA Women’s Educational Suppliers Network. Sessions:22-Jan-2026 , 17:45 – 19:15 Tech in Action Theatre - Celebrating women in EdTech: A networking event.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 20/01/2026

On one hand, in complete agreement that phones destroy many children’s youth. A world where they get a break is incredibly important. But not sure on the 6 week timeline. In this world, phones do so much more than communicate. But, of course, attendance at the school is a choice 🤔

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 20/01/2026

I know by posting about how much I’m not interested in something will just push it back out there. But an entitled son and parents falling out is not my idea of news. At any level.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 17/01/2026

Hmmm. Trump putting my tariffs on countries, including the UK, because they oppose him BUYING a country. If we don’t stand up to this lunatic now then we deserve all we get.

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Parents believe underfunding is the biggest issue facing schools today, with two fifths reporting being asked to contribute to day-to-day running costs, the largest parent survey has found schoolsweek.co.uk/underfunding...

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Parents believe underfunding is biggest issue for schools

Two fifths report being asked to contribute to day-to-day running costs.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 07/12/2025

Lando Norris. World Champion! Fuck Yeah!

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 07/12/2025

Nice to see Hamilton getting to 8th as well. No surprise that Yuki playing dirty to support Verstappen. I like Yuki, not Red Bull mind. Surprised he listened given his treatment!

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 07/12/2025

Very excited for the last race of the season today. I’m team #Lando.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 28/10/2025

Are you a Google School, or have you thought about how you can adopt Google? If so - I am presenting around strategy at an exclusive @concero.education event to be held at Google HQ in London - gain your free place: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/conce...

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Concero x Google Discovery Day at Google HQ

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 25/10/2025

A busy summer moving schools to the cloud to be ready post Windows 10 - read my latest blog post about how we did it! www.mattian.co.uk/the-summer-o...

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 05/10/2025

@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com - these don’t make sense to me?! I’m not using all the credit, using over 50% and try to pay it down?!

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 30/09/2025

I am getting to speak at the Google UK HQ in November about some of my favourite topics! If you work in education - you can come for free! @concero.education Details: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/conce...

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 27/09/2025

Excited to announce @edtechpeople.co.uk discussions! Find out more: www.edtechpeople.co.uk/discussions-...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Worth noting for schools or LAs who are looking at changing MIS. Bromcom have happily bullied schools in the past, but seem to struggle with providing a basic service schoolsweek.co.uk/mis-outage-l...

schoolsweek.co.uk

MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 11/09/2025

The team @secureschools.bsky.social are the best in the biz. This is a must read report.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 11/09/2025

So many schools duplicating software for no real reason other than piss poor planning or being scared to change fully. One of the key areas seems to be safeguarding/classroom management/filtering. Unfortunately because the word safeguarding is involved it’s easy to be scared into buying things

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 10/09/2025

Just shy of 13,000 students and teachers migrated into tenancies this summer, and 2,400 devices enrolled into Intune across 20 schools. Total includes those moving into a central tenant and those fully adopting Intune and 365 for data storage.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 10/09/2025

Wow, what a week or so for @bromcom.bsky.social with their issues. Feel for the team supporting, but it shouldn’t even be possible for an outage to go on that long without backup infrastructure or roll backs Schools should be actively encouraged to have continuity plans for these kind of things.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 08/09/2025

After migrating some 8,500 thousand users this summer across over 20 schools - the best part is still the training and seeing everyone understand why we helped them move.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 07/09/2025

This. And also, done correctly - you should only need to do it when you are doing something you wouldn’t normally do.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 07/09/2025

If you’ve gone back to a school this September and it’s still running Windows 10 - I’d have serious concerns, either they can’t afford to keep systems safe, or, they have someone telling them they are safe, when they clearly are not. Or they just don’t care 🤷‍♂️

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Tracey Pitts @traceypittsedu.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Big news for students and teachers! 🥳 Microsoft Word now defaults to saving to the cloud, meaning an end to lost work! What's your take on this update? More info here: buff.ly/vaI0zHl Microsoft Tech Community #Microsoft #EdTech

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🤝 a 3.2% pay rise for school support staff has been agreed between national employers and two out of three unions

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3.2% pay rise for school support staff agreed

But unions say workers 'will be disappointed' and 'far more' will be required in the future

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EduGeek.net @edugeek.net · 17/07/2025

The EduGeek EDIT conference returns on Fri 26th Sept! Join us at the National Space Centre, Leicester from 10am. Huge thanks to SalamanderSoft for sponsoring. Free tickets coming soon! Info: edugeek.me/to/edit25 #EDIT25 #SalamanderSoft #edtech #UKSchools #UKEducation #Education #EduTech

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

'Schools are not using poor technology because they want to.' Unions say more funding is needed if schools are to meet proposed government technology standards by 2030 schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-say-...

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Schools say they need more funding to hit 2030 tech target

Schools have said more funding is needed if they are to hit the government's six planned tech targets by 2030

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 09/07/2025

The news of Horner’s sacking was unexpected but I am afraid I just can’t have any respect for him after his lies. Sure, he has achieved some fantastic things - but at what cost to the team long term? Also, notice how he didn’t thank drivers in his post?

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 09/07/2025

On Tuesday I drove to @thorpepark.bsky.social - and was very pleased to just pull into a ev charging bay, and pay significantly less then I would at the services to charge - sure it took longer, but I didn’t care as I was on a roller coaster.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 07/07/2025

Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS. Nearly 4 years after its release, Windows 11 has hit a milestone ahead of Windows 10's end of support. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/699161/...

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Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS

Windows 10 will no longer be supported in October

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Matthew Wemyss @mwemyss.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

New from Ofsted: AI won't be inspected directly. But if students or staff are using it, leaders need to know how, why and what the impact is. The biggest risk? Doing nothing. Get to know the tools. Audit the risks. Take responsibility. 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/p... 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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How Ofsted looks at AI during inspection and regulation

How inspectors consider the use of AI by providers, children and learners during inspection and regulation.

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