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Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

There is still time to answer this question! I’ve just started reading through the replies and it’s making me 🥹 And if you’re not on @teachertapp.bsky.social but want to join and answer - sign up here: onelink.to/teachertapp

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Teacher Tapp

We believe that the voices of those on the ground should be at the heart of positive change within education.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

FWIW for any teachers reticent to go to Japan in the heat of summer, particularly with little ones, know it is a wonderful time to go. You get matsuri celebrations, bon odori dances, lantern festivals, hanabi (fireworks) and its heaps quieter than Easter.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The last two weeks have again proven why Japan is my favourite place on the planet. Home now to diet and detox 🇯🇵

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A joyful start to the summer break watching my daughter fall in love with a place I love, Shimokitizawa in Tokyo ✌️

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My Head and fellow Deputy left today. As much as I am excited to a new era with an excellent new team I have lost my right arm. Brilliant, values-led, men the pair of them. But, I did survive. And so shall our wonderful school.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This week has so far brought sink holes in the school field and unanticipated x-ray for my daughter and a 999 call. Can Mrs Spalding survive until end of term tomorrow…? My fingers are very much crossed.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I am so proud of the journey our school has been on around reading over last 3yrs. We now have robust evidence-informed intervention that led to a celebration of achievement for 60 students who’ve made incredible gains this year. We’re indebted to Trinity Wakefield and @funkypedagogy.bsky.social.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

My daughter starts primary school in September and the school has completely nailed transition. - PE lessons weekly in school hall - Lunch in their canteen every Friday - A visit from her teacher at her preschool - 2 transition mornings - Today a handwritten letter from her personal ‘buddy’ ❤️❤️❤️

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This just came up on my Facebook memories - 7 years ago the Team English National Conference. Look at that programme though 😍😍😍

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

My best mate @jenowenteacher.bsky.social just finished her PGCE and she’s walking into a TLR in September. She’s an advert for career changers and I honestly couldn’t be more proud. The profession will be better for having her in it ❤️❤️❤️

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

You know how child development ‘leaps’ are close together when first born then become more spaced ou? Do you think it’s same for leadership development…? I feel like it’s taken 3yrs to fully make ‘leap’ to grasping deputy headship. Can only imagine how long it takes to feel fully effective as Head.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Shout out to the senior leaders who get home from work to making pirate costumes and packed lunches before they start work again… Not grumpy. Love her. Love my job. Lucky to get to have both!

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Reaching! That’s how knackered I am 😅

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I realised today I’m teaching half my life as a full time teacher. That feels fairly significant. Still exhausting. Still brilliant. Still learning myself every single day.

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Matilde Warden @matildewarden.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

After being a double RI school for several years, I am very pleased to say that our Ofsted report was published today and we are Good in all areas! What a relief. Happy Friday!

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

An enormous congratulations to Belper School and @matildewarden.bsky.social on a truly superb Ofsted report. I know from family and friends who have children there the impact you have had. Brilliant to see this reflected in print! I hope you’re celebrating 🥂

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Matilde Warden @matildewarden.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Our Head of Technology has made wooden name badges for all our Year 6’s who are coming up for induction day in a couple of weeks. They double up as keyrings for their locker keys too. So cute! I was very chuffed to have been given one this morning too!

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Can’t help but think my daughter’s going to be so disappointed by her primary school Technology lessons next year thanks to my ex-D&T teacher dad 😅

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

For his 40th I’ve flown my husband to Belfast to see his Derbyshire tattooist who inconveniently relocated. Love the folk stories behind his rather lovely inkings.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Spotted on Facebook: exam invigilator bingo. A seriously underrated and hard to recruit to role. Our lead invigilators are retired SLT and married. They are awesome. A quote from one this week: ‘You expect them to behave and they will.’ And of course the reverse is true.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

My incredible sister has written this blog about the challenges for women in her profession of Maritime Archaeology. I appreciate this is a niche field but it will resonate for so many in the myriad of ways women still face challenges in their professional lives. msdsmarine.com/diving-back-...

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Diving Back In: Starting a Conversation for Women in Maritime Archaeology

In this blog Alison James shares a brutally honest account of the issues surrounding diving for women in maritime archaeology. I don’t know if I will ever release this blog as its deeply personal (and...

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CobblesAnn @cobblesannd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📚✨ Wishing all the incredible teachers, support staff, and everyone working in education a very happy half term! You’ve earned every moment of rest and relaxation. Thank you for your dedication, passion, and the difference you make every single day. Enjoy the break — you deserve it! 🌟🍎 #HalfTerm

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Today I have: - been in a TikTok with Y11 leavers - talked to a colleague not currently in school - shared joy at a fair exam paper - worked out who threw the glue stick - summarised and shared a paper on SEND And a 100 other fun and/or cognitively and/or emotionally demanding tasks 😴 #EduSky

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I’m getting a bit fed up of the spam on here and am feeling increasingly disconnected from other school leaders. Where are the discussions / debates? #EduSky

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Meaningful May - Day 21: Look up at the sky. Remember we are all part of something bigger actionforhappiness.org/meaningful-may #MeaningfulMay

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I’m always totally inspired by the quality of the revision notes our students are clutching on the morning of an exam. Always feels like a sign of something going very right. ❤️

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Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Take a look at the results here 👇

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Simon Knight @simonknight100.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Wales doesn’t have EHCPs and the analysis her by David Thomas is really interesting. open.substack.com/pub/thingsda...

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The SEND crisis

Why children are getting worse care, more slowly, at greater cost

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

A surge in unregistered AP, better 'SEND system health' indicators and the 'overcrowded school' GCSE penalty Here are the key findings from Labour's 17,000-word response to the SEND inquiry buff.ly/m0qxpOf

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Tom Pattison @tpattison.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Well done! Know how hard it can be to carve out that time for yourself. So often when it feels almost selfish to do so is when it is most necessary and beneficial.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

In one of those work grooves where things feel fairly relentlessly full on. Felt even more important to get to smash out a few miles with the family today and then get to celebrate my dad’s 70th with him ❤️

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Kat Cauchi 🌻🎃🐈🍰 @kcauchi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Delighted that @nexuseduk.bsky.social l asked me to blog about how schools can get more female students interested in tech - the perceptions, barriers and ways to encourage with good examples from schools and resource links. ❤️

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

21 miles and 600m elevation of Edale skyline conquered today with my birthday twin @aviewaskew.bsky.social. Last year, Ibiza. This year, Sheffield. With views like this it’s a reasonable trade.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

She only went and bloody did it! @jenowenteacher.bsky.social bagged her first teaching job today and honestly I couldn’t be prouder. She’s been my best mate for 20 years and having her fall in love with the job I love had been an unexpected delight this year. DEAD PROUD. #EduSky

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Matilde Warden @matildewarden.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A few more days to apply for this. A lovely school in Derbyshire. Perfect for English teachers looking for a move or an ECT.

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Wednesday brings a cracking book, a brandy sour, and a view of the sea. Loving your work, holidays 😎😎

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Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Schools serving disadvantaged communities suffer the most from the recruitment and retention crisis this has driven, he adds

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Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

All of this impacts on ASCL members and NEU members - "squeezed resources and sky high expectations have acted like a pincer movement on the profession", he says

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Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

He highlights the "vital" relationship between ASCL and NEU

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Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

He highlights funding, recruitment and retention crisis and Ofsted as the crucial issues facing everyone working in education

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Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

ASCL general secretary @pepediiasio.bsky.social is about to speak at #NEU2025 - follow below for key points

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

"don't overload your lessons with text, 3 or 4 bulletpoints max, cognitive overload..." cpd for staff: wall of text if you don't believe it yourself... ...sometimes I literally shut my eyes or look away so I can try to concentrate on what is being said

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