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We are recruiting for HOD #English - April or Sept 2025 start. For more details and to apply careers.twyfordacademies.org.uk/vacancies/vaca…

25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish English Association English & Media Ctr

eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-space-f… Tickets are here! January 25th 10am-1pm Lunch included in ticket price. All welcome!

Myfanwy Edwards year five riffing on Shakespeare.

Happy New Year 🎉 If you started your maternity leave in the second half of 2024, it's not too late to take Shared Parental Leave! teachersspl.co.uk #sharedparentalleave #teacher #teacherlife #education #teacherworklifebalance #teachertwitter

This account and the attached website are the most powerful things I found out about when pregnant and ensured I got 12 weeks full pay across a year. Take a look and see how they can help you- amazing stuff

“Out of a clear sky you send broken heart emojis” Zaffar Kunial’s brilliant, confronting poem is scored into the scarred, “jagged blooded” heart of this ongoing moment. First written in May, but—as Israeli strikes kill 12 more in Gaza today, mostly women & children—it bears

On quality v enjoyability...a long time ago, I wrote 'The Poetry Pack' for EMC. One of the most popular activities was a 'Reading Trail' with 'I wandered lonely', an extract from Dorothy's journal, a poem by Gillian Clarke, another modern comic one & the Heinneken ad...1/

There has been an alarming rise in the number of children needing specialist treatment for severe mental health crises, despite attempts to provide more mental health support in schools tes.com/magazine/news/…

Alex Richardson There's quite a consensus that English urgently *needs* reform & that the texts on offer need to be part of this - Awarding Bodies, academic English communities, English teachers, ITT. See this report of a recent big meeting on this: englishassociation.ac.uk/summit-on-the-…

The outraged binary responses to this are incredibly unhelpful. Of course flaws in the current curriculum aren’t responsible for *all* behaviour problems in school! But are they a part of the problem? Yes. There is a long list of reasons & a list of things that can be done…1/

Sam Strickland Too. Much. ‘Consistency’… Or perscriptivism. Too many meetings. Behaviour being poor. Total lack of trust. Total lack of freedom. Consistency and control freaks and admin and meetings are killing education.

If you’ve been interested in conversations surrounding the English curriculum, the political aspects of change, the future of English and what’s really going on in schools do get your tickets to this: all our workshops are led by English teachers in London schools! #TeamEnglish

Tom Bennett OBE In fact drilling in English can risk ironing out complexities, lead to stale thinking rather than ongoing fresh insights, reduce the subject to a single right answer rather than multiple ones, over-play the use of learning multiple quotations, take time away from dialogue.

Damian Hinds How much evidence do you need Damian? Average teacher salaries acc. to DfE workforce census (2016). Maintained vs. Academy pay. Happy to send more as clearly know MP was willing to intervene… discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1007…

These would be great for any and all people interested in Shakespeare but think if if The MTPT Project people on mat/pat leave who fancy some free brilliant CPD this could be lovely. I loved a webinar on mat leave

Leaving this place, am on the other one but quickly becoming unsure if they’re worth it. Also on goodreads! Come to LATE and meet me in person (pinned info) Bye!