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stephen @sputniksteve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Doctor Who Do You Think You Are

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#Edurunners 5km recovery run this morning How's your exercise?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#Edurunners 10 mile long run today. How's your exercise?

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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW EPISODE AND IT IS 🔥🔥🔥 We are joined by Nidhi Sachdeva and @paulkirschner.bsky.social to discuss their AMAZING new book about expert teaching (link and 🎁 in the show notes). There's loads we agree about, but not everything... Tune in and share 🙏🙏🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/6CYG...

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What is an expert teacher? With Paul Kirschner and Nidhi Sachdeva

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well, there goes lifelong learning. Absolute bastardry.

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Edurunners 5km tonight Quicker than Mrs Wood driving in rush hour Gloucester traffic! How's your exercise?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It means she has neither read the books nor watched the films.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just put the text of Badenoch and Burnham's speech alongside each other to compare. Burnham's is, from a technical speechwriting POV, so much better. It's a proper structured argument whereas Badenoch's is just a list of stuff, randomly strung together.

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RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Great blog on SATs marking debacle. Important to note too that a score of 99 is below expected standard: that’s another child leaving primary school “illiterate” according to data widely used in media. The line between expected and illiterate is very fine indeed.

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New Willingham Substack When Everyone Makes Sense and Nobody Learns: A friendly challenge to the education commentariat. dtwuva.substack.com/p/when-every...

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have this conversation with children I teach a lot. "This essay is supposed to change you. The answer isn't the point. The work is."

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Edurunners Post SLT 5k How's your exercise?

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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

2/3 Behaviour is safeguarding, agreed. My worry with pass/fail is schools that take the kids others won't - and that's a real thing. More need can mean more visible incidents even when the response is really good. If we judge the incidents not the response, we risk rewarding the door being shut...

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AR @psalisbury.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Things that don’t improve well-being: Restricting emails Work free weekends Free eye tests Not allowing marking at home Thing that does improve well being: Reducing workload by getting rid of any stupid initiative that doesn’t directly improve quality of provision

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Edurunners Aberystwyth park run Hows your exercise?

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

13/n so the answer isn't to make it easier. It's to make sure that the staff doing the work get the help they need to do it.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today is #StomaAwarenessDay - here’s what I’ve learnt in the past nine weeks: - mine is called Sven (when he’s good). Getting him quite literally saved my life. - I have to wear a small bag almost all the time, as I have no control over my output.

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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Despite the best efforts of schools, people don't seem so smart. Perhaps it is because we have been stuck between flawed models of education. I take a look at what has been tried, and where things have fallen flat. enserm.substack.com/p/the-curric...

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The Curriculum Nobody’s Built

Part Four: What is the point of school if everyone is so dumb?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Edurunners Early 5km this morning How's your exercise?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Edurunners Another 100k this month How's your exercise?

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is my favourite of the DfE Inclusion training slides so far. I'd like to add my own reflection question for older staff: Which previous model of DfE training materials encouraged the now frowned-upon approach? (Maximum of three responses)

DfE training slide, entitled "Reflection" features two cases:
Teacher A: The teacher prepares the lesson by developing three different sets of lesson objectives and different sets of learning materials. Each set of objectives/materials gets progressively more challenging. The teacher determines in advance which set each pupil will get. The intention is that by giving pupils different work, based on their SEN status and whether they have lower or higher prior attainment, all pupils will make progress in the lesson.
Teacher B: The teacher starts by thinking hard about what pupils may find challenging about the new topic and how they can best scaffold learning for all pupils. They pick ‘worked examples’ which they intend to model initially and then provide as a scaffold when pupils start to practise the task. They plan a single set of lesson objectives and learning materials for all pupils, recognising that some pupils may initially need small group support to use the scaffold effectively.

Beneath is a reflection question: Which of these examples represents the planning of ‘adaptations’ more in-line with the principles of inclusive teaching, and why?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just introduce a new Top Gear Presenter to Farming Diversification guru pipeline for non-academic kids.

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Exactly 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.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Five songs you were obsessed with from five different stages of your life. 1. Live Forever. Oasis. 2. Spinning Away. Sugar Ray. 3. The Boy with the Arab Strap. Belle and Sebastian. 4. Boys Boys Boys. Lady Gaga. 5. Under the Pressure. War on Drugs.. #FridayFive

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )

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AR @psalisbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Funny how every email I get from parents these days have exactly the same phrases in. It's almost like something else is writing them...

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Edurunners Hill repeats with mini sprints 🏃‍♀️ How's your exercise?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As I've written about often before NEET levels are much more to do with labour markets and employer training than education systems. I talk about some of this at the end of the post.

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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tickets are now on sale for #BrewEdBrum - Nov 28th Cherry Red Cafe Birmingham 11:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. Speakers, conversations, lunch, drinks, quiz, rucksack - proper job. eepurl.com/z-HWvZT1yK

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I really liked Syed, found his book fascinating, then listened to a podcast where he was being interviewed, and realised that he was essentially Ping Pong Tate.

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Edurunners 5k this morning with a cheeky sprint How's your exercise?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great episode of They Behave For Me here. Plenty to consider. Thanks @amymayforrester.bsky.social and cohost.

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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We all know that social media is bad for young people, and has been catastrophic for their mental health... ...or has it? In this episode, Professor Candice Odgers provides an alternative narrative that is fascinating and challenging. Tune in + share 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/25NS...

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Is social media causing the youth mental health crisis? With Professor Candice Odgers

They Behave For Me · Episode

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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

*** NEW POST *** Something has been troubling me - to put it bluntly, how do we defend education in a world where people seem so stupid? A comment on my last piece has sent me down a research rabbit hole that I am not yet out of. enserm.substack.com/p/where-is-k...

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Where is Kazakhstan?

Part One: What is the point of school if everyone is so dumb?

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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*** NEW POST *** What happens to a country when geography is devalued as a subject? A sobering look at the state of geography in American schools. enserm.substack.com/p/are-americ...

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Are Americans Lost?

What Happens When Geography Goes Missing

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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We've been planning the programme for #BrewEdBrum on November 28th. It's going to be a good one!! Well, to be fair, I've been playing guitar while Kate Smith got on with doing the planning but it's definitely going to be good... Speakers, lunch, laughs, rucksack- Ticket link going live very soon!

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@teachertapp.bsky.social The difference here is stark. Does it mean there's a significantly higher senior leader representation from schools that don't allow pupils to come in PE kit than teachers from those schools? Or is there another explanation?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#Edurunners Dodged the showers this morning: Easy run How's your exercise?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Edurunners 11km this morning Pushed the second half How's your exercise?

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AR @psalisbury.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Be there. I might be doing a talk about Jeff and Elaine ..

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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes, it's happening! Save the date and look out for the ticket link coming soon. #BrewEdBrum - Cherry Red Café, central Birmingham, November 28th.

Flyer for #BrewEdBrum - at Cherry Red Cafe near Birmingham New Street on November 28th. Tickets on sale soon.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I mean, she annoyed me from the Accept/Except error... Imagine being this cross about feeding CHILDREN.

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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

*** NEW POST - PART 2 *** Having explored what geographical concepts are, this next post looks at how a curriculum built around concepts looks different to one that was not - and why it matters. enserm.substack.com/p/concepts-i...

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Part Two: Concepts in the Geography Curriculum

How do we build a curriculum with concepts in mind?

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The RNLI are amazing. I'm hugely grateful them for all the work they do.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This story is a perfect example of how broken reporting of the mobs roaming Britain's streets now is - and the political response. What would have been the appropriate response if this hadn't been a sports team? Trash the hotel? Force them out into the street? What about other people staying there?

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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants

Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Edurunners Easy run for me this evening. How's your exercise?

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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Birmingham Educators assemble! I'm setting up a Birmingham #BrewEd in November. Who's in? Who do I need to reach out to? Anyone know of a great city centre venue that might do us a deal?

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Avengers Assemble with Thor

ALT: Avengers Assemble with Thor

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