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Department of Educational Survival StudiesBy: A Tired Teacher, PhD (Partially Half-Dead) Abstract This week, our long-term observational study into teacher behaviour during the Christmas term has yielded critical new data. Findings indicate a direct correlation between (a) how far we are into the term, and (b) the speed, size, and frequency of family multipack biscuit…
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So, the new curriculum reform guidance has finally been published this week — and, to be fair, there’s a lot to like.There’s talk of citizenship education, AI literacy, even understanding mortgages (which, frankly, would’ve been handy before I recently signed up for one). Finally, it feels like someone in the Department for Education has realised…
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🧑🎨 The Unsung Artists of Education There’s a certain type of hero in every school.Not the caped kind. Not even the “I’ve got a stapler that actually works” kind. I’m talking about the SENDCO. You know — the person who somehow juggles inclusion plans, legal paperwork, staff training, broken printers, and seventeen half-written emails that…
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By The Disgruntled Teacher It’s Sunday night. Your stomach has begun its weekly interpretive dance routine. The mysterious rock you swallowed sometime around 4pm has now settled just under your ribcage. Your bowels are whispering, “Monday is coming…” Tomorrow… school. But breathe. You’re not alone. And more importantly — you’ve survived every other Sunday before…
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Are we asleep at the wheel? Right, colleagues. Gather round the metaphorical staffroom table. Because I’ve just read something that makes me wonder if we’ve all gone completely numb. The Department for Education has announced a recommended 6.5% pay increase over the next three years for teachers. Lovely headline. Almost warm and fuzzy. Except —…
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It’s half term. We’ve made it. Just about. Eight long weeks of teaching, marking, data drops, detentions, and detangling headphone wires from confiscated phones. We’ve crawled to the finish line, our souls held together by caffeine and passive aggression, and now… here we are. Half term. The calm between storms. The briefest of respites before…
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CPD: The Endless Cycle of “Learning to Learn” I’ve lost count of how many CPD articles I’ve seen lately.Apparently, teachers must now learn how to learn, learn what to learn, and occasionally learn why we’re learning what we’re learning — all while learning to reflect on the learning we’ve just learned. Don’t get me wrong…
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No Surprises, Really? This week, TES ran with Ofsted’s latest claim that their new inspection model will mean schools face “no surprises.” “No surprises.”From Ofsted. That’s like Greggs announcing a fine-dining restaurant — technically true, but it still feels like a practical joke.(Although, to be fair, there is one in Newcastle — the Greggs Champagne…
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Really slowly… then all at once! Every few months something happens that makes you think. Something that opens your eyes to something you perhaps knew was there but didn’t really pay attention to. Perhaps there was a little wet patch above the lounge “It’ll be alright, we’re coming up to winter, perhaps its just condensation”.…
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“It’s Not a SEND Crisis – It’s an Everything Crisis” At this point, I think we can all agree that “crisis” has lost its meaning in education.We’ve had funding crises, recruitment crises, behaviour crises, and now, the big one — the SEND crisis. Except it’s not really a SEND crisis, is it?It’s an everything crisis.…
