Mark Enser
@ensermark.bsky.social
Yorkshire based freelance writer, TES columnist, author of books and school support person.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Ex-HMI and national geography lead
Once a teacher
Wanderer of hills, wonderer of everything else.
Posting on Education, Folklore, Dungeons & Dragons and music.
Pinned
Mark Enser
@ensermark.bsky.social
· Jan 6
a cat is sitting on a couch using a laptop .
ALT: a cat is sitting on a couch using a laptop .
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I'm looking forward to my first term as a freelance writer and supporting schools.
If you think I could be of any help, do get in touch.
If you think I could be of any help, do get in touch.
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We sold out our first edition of A Year in Willerby.
Thank you to everyone who bought a copy.
Sorry if you missed out this time. Will reprint when there's demand.
Waiting list here:
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk/blank
If you bought a copy we'd appreciate reviews - we want to grow and this helps.
Thank you to everyone who bought a copy.
Sorry if you missed out this time. Will reprint when there's demand.
Waiting list here:
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk/blank
If you bought a copy we'd appreciate reviews - we want to grow and this helps.
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We sold out our first edition of A Year in Willerby.
Thank you to everyone who bought a copy.
Sorry if you missed out this time. Will reprint when there's demand.
Waiting list here:
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk/blank
If you bought a copy we'd appreciate reviews - we want to grow and this helps.
Thank you to everyone who bought a copy.
Sorry if you missed out this time. Will reprint when there's demand.
Waiting list here:
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk/blank
If you bought a copy we'd appreciate reviews - we want to grow and this helps.
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All our reviews so far have been lovely. If you have ordered, read and liked our book and can find the time we'd appreciate more. If you haven't ordered yet there's 9 left and we'll send out any orders we get today tomorrow.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
All our reviews so far have been lovely. If you have ordered, read and liked our book and can find the time we'd appreciate more. If you haven't ordered yet there's 9 left and we'll send out any orders we get today tomorrow.
Love this - like a lost Tale of the Unexpected
January 31, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Love this - like a lost Tale of the Unexpected
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9 left of the original 100 run. Come find us..
So excited that this arrived today, and the adorable little pin was a pleasant surprise!
Thanks @welcometowillerby.bsky.social
Thanks @welcometowillerby.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
9 left of the original 100 run. Come find us..
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Discover Geography for the Changing World 🌍
Join @ensermark.bsky.social and the panel of leading geography educators, as they provide practical insights and tools that educators can adapt to their own classrooms.
Have you booked your place?: buff.ly/PbAlPJi
#PowerfulGeography
Join @ensermark.bsky.social and the panel of leading geography educators, as they provide practical insights and tools that educators can adapt to their own classrooms.
Have you booked your place?: buff.ly/PbAlPJi
#PowerfulGeography
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Discover Geography for the Changing World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join our panel of leading geography educators, as we explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges. From discussing the shifts in pedagogy…
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Discover Geography for the Changing World 🌍
Join @ensermark.bsky.social and the panel of leading geography educators, as they provide practical insights and tools that educators can adapt to their own classrooms.
Have you booked your place?: buff.ly/PbAlPJi
#PowerfulGeography
Join @ensermark.bsky.social and the panel of leading geography educators, as they provide practical insights and tools that educators can adapt to their own classrooms.
Have you booked your place?: buff.ly/PbAlPJi
#PowerfulGeography
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"Local context is powerful when it is used as a bridge, not a boundary. Its value lies in helping pupils to make sense of ideas that extend beyond their immediate experience." @ensermark.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum
Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Local context is powerful when it is used as a bridge, not a boundary. Its value lies in helping pupils to make sense of ideas that extend beyond their immediate experience." @ensermark.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Discover Geography for the Changing World 🌍
Join @ensermark.bsky.social & the panel of leading geography educators, as they explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges.
A webinar not to be missed: buff.ly/RXct0qX
#PowerfulGeography
Join @ensermark.bsky.social & the panel of leading geography educators, as they explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges.
A webinar not to be missed: buff.ly/RXct0qX
#PowerfulGeography
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Discover Geography for the Changing World 🌍
Join @ensermark.bsky.social & the panel of leading geography educators, as they explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges.
A webinar not to be missed: buff.ly/RXct0qX
#PowerfulGeography
Join @ensermark.bsky.social & the panel of leading geography educators, as they explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges.
A webinar not to be missed: buff.ly/RXct0qX
#PowerfulGeography
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A new post from me.
Why curriculum is more important than ever.
Why curriculum is more important than ever.
*** NEW POST ***
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Should we still care about curriculum?
Should we still care about curriculum? This is a question I am hearing more and more over the last few months. And it concerns me. Prior to the Ofsted focus on curriculum very few conversations wer…
teachreal.wordpress.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A new post from me.
Why curriculum is more important than ever.
Why curriculum is more important than ever.
Reposted by Mark Enser
*** NEW POST ***
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum
Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM
*** NEW POST ***
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
*** NEW POST ***
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum
Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM
*** NEW POST ***
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
There are often calls to make a school's or subject's curriculum local and familiar but this can have its problems. I take a look for @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Reposted by Mark Enser
‘Make it local’ is a common theme in curriculum planning right now, with the aim of introducing local context to make learning feel more relevant for pupils – but there are dangers in taking this too far, writes @ensermark.bsky.social
The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum
Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
‘Make it local’ is a common theme in curriculum planning right now, with the aim of introducing local context to make learning feel more relevant for pupils – but there are dangers in taking this too far, writes @ensermark.bsky.social
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*** NEW POST ***
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
The problem of quality assurance and how to solve it
Quality assurance remains one of the most persistent sources of frustration in schools.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
*** NEW POST ***
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Reposted by Mark Enser
*** NEW POST ***
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Should we still care about curriculum?
Should we still care about curriculum? This is a question I am hearing more and more over the last few months. And it concerns me. Prior to the Ofsted focus on curriculum very few conversations wer…
teachreal.wordpress.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
*** NEW POST ***
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
The problem of quality assurance and how to solve it
Quality assurance remains one of the most persistent sources of frustration in schools.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
*** NEW POST ***
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Quality assurance often creates workload without clarity. In my latest Substack, I explore why common QA approaches fall short and how schools can design QA that is purposeful, subject-led and genuinely improves teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
*** NEW POST ***
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Should we still care about curriculum?
Should we still care about curriculum? This is a question I am hearing more and more over the last few months. And it concerns me. Prior to the Ofsted focus on curriculum very few conversations wer…
teachreal.wordpress.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
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I'm looking forward to joining Becky Kitchen, Alan Parkinson and Daryl Sinclair for a panel discussion on the Future of Geography.
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Discover Geography for the Changing World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join our panel of leading geography educators, as we explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges. From discussing the shifts in pedagogy t...
harpercollins.zoom.us
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'm looking forward to joining Becky Kitchen, Alan Parkinson and Daryl Sinclair for a panel discussion on the Future of Geography.
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I'm looking forward to joining Becky Kitchen, Alan Parkinson and Daryl Sinclair for a panel discussion on the Future of Geography.
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Discover Geography for the Changing World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join our panel of leading geography educators, as we explore the evolving landscape of teaching geography and its role in addressing today’s global challenges. From discussing the shifts in pedagogy t...
harpercollins.zoom.us
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'm looking forward to joining Becky Kitchen, Alan Parkinson and Daryl Sinclair for a panel discussion on the Future of Geography.
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come and join us on the 28th of January at either 10am or 4pm. Hosted by @harpercollins.bsky.social
harpercollins.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Reposted by Mark Enser
*** CALLING ALL PRIMARY LEADERS ***
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
Virtual Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) meeting
Why not come and join us for the second virtual Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) meeting of 2025-2026?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
*** CALLING ALL PRIMARY LEADERS ***
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
*** CALLING ALL PRIMARY LEADERS ***
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
Virtual Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) meeting
Why not come and join us for the second virtual Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) meeting of 2025-2026?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
*** CALLING ALL PRIMARY LEADERS ***
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
If you would like to provide more support to your Geography Subject Lead then please do point them in the direction of the Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) run by the excellent Emma Espley with input in recent sessions from me.
👇
Winter walk on the hills with @greeborunner.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Winter walk on the hills with @greeborunner.bsky.social
The kittens are melting by the fire
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The kittens are melting by the fire
Don't often see the river freeze
January 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Don't often see the river freeze
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On curriculum priorities: "The next 12 months will not be about rewriting everything, but making sensible choices while we wait for clarity." @ensermark.bsky.social suggests 5 areas it would be wise to consider in the coming year, in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
5 curriculum priorities for 2026
As schools wait for clarity on the coming curriculum reforms, there are some key areas that it makes sense to focus on, says Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
On curriculum priorities: "The next 12 months will not be about rewriting everything, but making sensible choices while we wait for clarity." @ensermark.bsky.social suggests 5 areas it would be wise to consider in the coming year, in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Reposted by Mark Enser
As schools wait for clarity on the coming curriculum reforms, there are some key areas that it makes sense to focus on, says @ensermark.bsky.social
5 curriculum priorities for 2026
As schools wait for clarity on the coming curriculum reforms, there are some key areas that it makes sense to focus on, says Mark Enser
www.tes.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
As schools wait for clarity on the coming curriculum reforms, there are some key areas that it makes sense to focus on, says @ensermark.bsky.social