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Headrest

@headrest_uk

A free wellbeing support service for headteachers. Co-founders @RosMcM and @AndrewDMorrish. No longer active on here. Join us on Bluesky.

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Andy Case (@andycaseneu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“OK, we’ve heard you, inspections are too blunt & high stakes. To reduce the stakes we’ll increase 4 cats. to 5, increase the judgement areas from 4 to 11 & increase monitoring if you’re in difficult circumstances” 🤦‍♂️ Worse than not fit for purpose, a danger to educator health

Edmund Barnett-Ward (@edmund_b_w) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An excellent blog by Ros McMullen and Julie Price Grimshaw deep-diving the dreadful Ofsted proposals. Ros and Julie are part of a charity created to support the mental health of school leaders. In a civilised society, such an organisation should never have had to exist. headrestuk.co.uk/blog/missed-op…

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Part Two of our response to what we heard on Monday. Report cards: an opportunity spurned headrestuk.co.uk/blog/headteach…

Dr Jill Berry (@jillberry102) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"There is more than enough expert capacity across the system for us to be able to hold ourselves & each other to account when it comes to improving our schools. Be it teaching or leading, we do not need those who are not doing the job to tell us how to improve." Headrest 1/2

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Very important that all colleagues respond to this. The Alternative Big Consultation (ABC) Survey surveymonkey.com/r/LQ7KG25

Frank Norris (@frankwnorris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you, Headrest. It only takes a few minutes to complete, and we will report without fear or favour. Closes on 4 April.

Julie Price Grimshaw (@julespg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Edmund Barnett-Ward Also, it was just after inspections started up again after lockdown that, through Headrest I started to get an increased volume of calls from broken headteachers. Some quit their jobs. This was all on Spielman’s watch!

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A reminder that as we rarely post on here now, you can find us instead on Bluesky. You’ll then be able to read later today our joint statement with Heads' Roundtable opposing the peerage of former HMCI Amanda Spielman. There’s a letter for you to download and send as well.

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The reported nomination of ex-Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman for the House of Lords is ‘inappropriate’ and ‘insensitive’, Heads' Roundtable and Headrest tell the appointments commission tes.com/magazine/news/…

Frank Norris (@frankwnorris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A perceptive review of where we are up to with Ofsted’s current inspection proposals from a former HMI with a stack of experience. linkedin.com/posts/adrian-l…