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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 1d

Drink plenty of water each day! Simple as.

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 2d

This is a worry if the constitution in the US is changed to again allow a person to be more than a two term President. However, if this happens might Obama run against him?

BBC News - Trump does not rule out seeking third term - but says he will not use VP loophole
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Trump does not rule out seeking third term - but says he will not use VP loophole

Trump rules out running for vice-president, an idea floated by supporters to circumvent the US constitution which bars him from running again.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 3d

Is this term 'transformational' defined?

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 8d

Classic.

a couple of men are standing next to each other in a room .

ALT: a couple of men are standing next to each other in a room .

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 13d

They will have had to work incredibly hard to secure this. Perhaps more so than a school that gets to the soon to be required 90% pass but serves the most affluent families. Line in the sand metrics can be too blunt! Let's be more nuanced with accountability please!
schoolsweek.co.uk/national-amb...

Phillipson to reveal phonics check national 'ambition'

The government will set a new “ambition” for 90 per cent of pupils to reach the expected standard in phonics, Bridget Phillipson will reveal tomorrow. The education secretary will also officially unve...

schoolsweek.co.uk

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 13d

Nobody will deny getting pupils to be able to decode, encode and confidently manipulate phonemes is vital to early reading skills and sets them up well for later curriculum success, but please let's not demonise the school who achieves 80% and educates children from overwhelmingly low income area.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 13d

I cashed out a few days ago and am happy with my profit thanks.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 19d

I agree with most of this, but the role is quite specific and it would be odd if it was given to a DH or AH and IMO it's too much for those in a governance role. So it falls to the HT, which I suspect it will, on most occasions, or someone in a MAT leadership team?
schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-make-...

Don't waste time! Identify your Ofsted nominee now

The role can transform the inspection experience - but only if its holder is equipped for the challenge

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · 19d

Jamie Dimon's correction started?

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 19

A challenging read. If we are to fulfil the transition to an AI powerhouse set out this week so clearly by the UK PM and US President then we need to focus on this. Our secondary has some of the best rates of success in maths with its disadvantaged pupils.

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/09/why-...

Why does England lose so many promising young mathematicians from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds? - FFT Education Datalab

A look at the leaky pipeline for pupils who show potential in maths at age eleven but don't go on to pursue the subject.

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bit of a visionary this fella!
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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 13

One of the more sensible articles I've read about achievable tax reform by Dan Neidle.
www.ft.com/content/59f1...

Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead

Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 13

IMO, any feedback to a pupil simply should aim to achieve at least one of these - clarification, motivation or sophistication. I think you are spot on, even if your feedback achieve this but the recipient does nothing with it (potentially repeatedly) at the time then it is wasted. Great thread.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 13

WE ALL MUST BE WITH UKRAINE RIGHT NOW. MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE. LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN AND NEVER FORGET WHAT THOUSANDS, MAYBE MILLIONS, OF THEIR PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ENDURE. THIS IS WAR IN EUROPE AND WE COULD BE NEXT!
BBC News - Russian army inches closer
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As Russian forces advance, Ukrainians in Donbas must choose to stay or go

In Bilozerske, eastern Ukraine, people must make the agonising decision to flee or risk staying.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sorry, balance being strategic vs. operational?

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 11

Genuine question. How well do you balance on evening operational or strategic?

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 6

This still feels like a bid to engage in self-policing but trying to dress it up as some form of independent check on quality. As a person who works in a MAT, we are now very proactive about the benefits of proper external review of our different strands of work. Why is Ofsted so reluctant to do so?

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Sep 6

Let's make no bones about it, living in Russia or China (with its We Chat app) is a surveillance nightmare when it comes to the personal freedoms we enjoy. Let's be open about why autocracy and dictators are such a threat to the way we live.
BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Russia targets WhatsApp and pushes new 'super-app' as internet blackouts grow

Millions of Russians have faced restrictions on popular apps while a new app called Max is aggressively promoted.

www.bbc.co.uk

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 29

What about the small nuclear reactors that Rolls Royce want to produce? Are they as expensive relatively speaking?

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 25

So true. My water billed doubled overnight and most of it was not increased use but hidden and huge additional cost increases. Their representative on the phone didn't want to linger on these when I phoned them asking them to be reasonable.

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 18

Spineless EU leaders if this is the outcome (leaving US in two days without being berated by Trump) they achieve. Trump is an apologist for a ruthless Russian dictator. Should be military and economic force that brings Putin to the table. Not this pandering to his demands!

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 17

We shouldn't forget Trump has much more leverage over Zelensky and seems to be afraid of what the Russians have on him.

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 17

When Zelensky says he can't agree to Russia's terms for a peace deal, Trump can say Russia is for peace but not Ukraine, reversing the recent 'call for a ceasefire' position. This is what Russia wants as they get to carry on with the war whilst all the pressure from the US then falls on Zelensky!

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Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 16

If we are going to make this ONE planet a safer, more collegiate and sustainable place for our grandchildren to live in, then this sort of language in newspapers and the media helps no one.

Rob Hardcastle @robhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 13

Good!!
BBC News - Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced - BBC News
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Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

Data suggests leading adult site Pornhub lost more than one million visitors in two weeks.

www.bbc.co.uk