It took three months for the inspection to materialise into a final published report. Many inaccuracies of the draft report were changed but the tone of the report had become damning and cruel. I kept my chin up, you know, for the kids. But deep down I still felt it. I mean, how many RIs have I got left? I went to a conference.

With not even a hint of cohesion between posts. 10 words on the foundation subjects. 10 things you might not have realised about the new Primary English. 10 things you might not have realised about the new Primary Maths.

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TT follows around 600 people and has the best part of 93,000 followers. Wow! He is clearly a very successful leader. Previously he shared his top 101 Great Teachers to Follow on Twitter.

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Originally posted on Differentiation Is Easy. Last year, the unit was a sea of paper. Giving out books is risky. For many of our students, their first reaction upon seeing a challenging piece of work or making a mistake is to rip up whatever they are doing. They work so hard and make so much progress that losing the history of that always seems too much of a risk. My students are masters of perfection and can be guaranteed to spot the evils of the dreaded machine if.

Unpicking education and society, one blog post at a time. I heard this assertion over two years ago from less savoury quarters and was moved to comment on it at length.