Walsh’s The Score Takes Care of Itself involves encapsulating a philosophy that prioritises process over outcome, discipline over shortcuts, and team culture over individual stardom. 🧵 The Foundation of a Philosophy "The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked

***TEACHING AND LEARNING*** Thread 🧵 To improve the use of teaching and learning techniques in the classroom we need to define them “this is how we do it here” and make it common practice across the school. When implementing T&L techniques their success relies on this

Two core ideas underpin effective inclusive teaching: 1. Cognitive similarity 2. Instructional sensitivity Let’s dig into both… ↓

New Blog: Be more pirate | time for good trouble… dannicholls1.com/2025/03/21/be-… toward a new pirate code, venturing for greater coherence and collaboration and connection to better serve those children adrift and under-served by our places. Marc Rowland Matt Stevenson Lucy Livings

Inclusion is not a bolt-on. It’s the measure of whether our education system is working at all. #education #inclusion #teaching #send #sen

📚 Last week we asked about your summer reads – and most of you voted: fiction only! But if you fancy stacking your shelves with brilliant CPD books by our expert team, we’ve got a giveaway for you! 1⃣ Follow us 2⃣ Like the giveaway post 3⃣ Share it First book drops tomorrow!

What can we learn from Siegfried Engelmann? joe-kirby.com/2013/02/02/dir…

“Everyone is always going to fail. If you’re not trying or if you’re not failing, then you’re not pushing yourself hard enough. When you put in the work and you’re the hardest worker, sometimes it’s ugly. You just have to stack the days,” Sophie Cunningham

After 7 amazing years at Hanham Woods Academy 🏳️‍🌈 I've made the difficult decision to step down as Principal to regain some balance. I'm really sad to be leaving, and I'll be taking many fond memories with me. I wish everyone connected to the school the very best for the future.

How do we build joyful classrooms, on purpose? In our short mini-series on joy, we explore how deep relationships and deliberate routines make joy part of the fabric of learning. Joy isn’t accidental. It’s designed. Catch up below 👇

⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️ "What we attend to, we amplify." Attention is an element of school leadership. Are we considering the attention of school leaders? How often is this spread across multiple areas? Read by thoughts below: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/lea…

Nine months ago I quit my job with no plan. I hit 108kg, felt broken, and could barely shuffle through Couch to 5k. Today I weigh 90kg, run parkrun in 26 mins, have a book coming out, two novels drafted, and a half marathon ahead. Rock bottom was the launchpad. Link in reply

📈 Disadvantaged pupils perform better at schools with where they account for higher proportions of the cohort, researchers have said buff.ly/yUUdgxr

Good luck to all those GCSE students getting theire results. Remember success can look different and be proud of wht you have achieved. This is just a step towards the next destination. Enjoy the day and being with your friends.

📉 English and maths passes have fallen, the gender gap has narrowed and top grades in London have dipped slightly Here’s your handy Schools Week round up of all the key GCSE trends ⬇️ schoolsweek.co.uk/gcse-results-2…

ICYMI: ⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️ "What we attend to, we amplify." Attention is an element of school leadership. Are we considering the attention of school leaders? How often is this spread across multiple areas? Read by thoughts below: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/lea…

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼It goes so fast so book the holiday, attend the school play, be there as much as you can. It will matter more than any meeting on your death bed.

Why are some schools reporting a Progress 8 figure for this summer. These Year 11s didn’t sit SATs. These P8 figures are made up nonsense.

Teaching, it turns out, is a team sport, where teachers make each other better fastest by building culture & sharing insights. Doug Lemov

Really enjoying this from Verity Lush 👇🏼