Kathryn Morgan
@kathrynmorgan.bsky.social
Education Workforce Development | Policy Implementation
Former TSHC | Trust Leader for Professional Development
MA in Educational Leadership
MAT Trustee @GreenshawTrust
Advisory Board Member @Transform International
Views my own (typos too!)
Former TSHC | Trust Leader for Professional Development
MA in Educational Leadership
MAT Trustee @GreenshawTrust
Advisory Board Member @Transform International
Views my own (typos too!)
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What’s incredible is that men have hardly smashed this leadership thing for the last six years…
March 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What’s incredible is that men have hardly smashed this leadership thing for the last six years…
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Exclusive: £300 a pop for training in an Ofsted inspection framework that’s still subject to consultation.
@cerysturner.bsky.social reports on concern over consultants pre-emptively selling services that will “fuel the accountability fire” for headteachers.
@cerysturner.bsky.social reports on concern over consultants pre-emptively selling services that will “fuel the accountability fire” for headteachers.
Consultants selling training on new Ofsted system before it’s finalised
School leaders are warned not to pay for courses that promise preparation for Ofsted changes that are still under consultation
www.tes.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Exclusive: £300 a pop for training in an Ofsted inspection framework that’s still subject to consultation.
@cerysturner.bsky.social reports on concern over consultants pre-emptively selling services that will “fuel the accountability fire” for headteachers.
@cerysturner.bsky.social reports on concern over consultants pre-emptively selling services that will “fuel the accountability fire” for headteachers.
Hello folks, it’s my dad’s 10 year anniversary this year and - in April - I’ll be running the London Marathon for the BHF, 10 years after I first did it. I only got my place in Jan so I’m up against it - I’d be so grateful for your support 🙏🏻
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On the 25th of February 2015, my beloved dad finally lost his long battle with heart disease. After several years of deteriorating health, his final years were spent at home, lovingly nursed by our wo
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March 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hello folks, it’s my dad’s 10 year anniversary this year and - in April - I’ll be running the London Marathon for the BHF, 10 years after I first did it. I only got my place in Jan so I’m up against it - I’d be so grateful for your support 🙏🏻
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It was a real honour to be amongst this group of incredible, thoughtful educators. Looking forward to the work ahead!
We were privileged today to convene such a knowledgeable, committed and insightful expert working party to start to explore and define the unique characteristics of "teaching teachers" as a distinct discipline.
We’’ll be sharing a blog based on these discussions shortly!
We’’ll be sharing a blog based on these discussions shortly!
February 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It was a real honour to be amongst this group of incredible, thoughtful educators. Looking forward to the work ahead!
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Literally the last thing the sector needs is more external ‘expertise’ for £££. We need to reduce our reliance on it, not increase it.
The new Ofsted framework could lead to an “army of expensive consultants” and “how-to guides” as schools try to adapt to the new expectations, @headsroundtable.bsky.social has warned the inspectorate.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Ofsted framework will lead to 'army of expensive consultants'
The Headteachers' Roundtable has also expressed concerns that inclusion and SEND are 'afterthoughts' in Ofsted's proposed inspection framework
www.tes.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Literally the last thing the sector needs is more external ‘expertise’ for £££. We need to reduce our reliance on it, not increase it.
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Getting every last second of sunshine at the beach this evening 🌊
February 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Getting every last second of sunshine at the beach this evening 🌊
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Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.
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These are the examples that Ofsted need to be bombarded with over the consultation. Anyone with half an ounce of sense will see that it is a nonsense that one of these is better than the other.
Which is better?
"Teachers have the expertise and knowledge to make well-judged adaptations to overcome barriers to learning"
OR
"Appropriate and well-judged adaptations help pupils to overcome the most significant barriers to learning"
"Teachers have the expertise and knowledge to make well-judged adaptations to overcome barriers to learning"
OR
"Appropriate and well-judged adaptations help pupils to overcome the most significant barriers to learning"
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
These are the examples that Ofsted need to be bombarded with over the consultation. Anyone with half an ounce of sense will see that it is a nonsense that one of these is better than the other.
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Loved this interview with @jonnyuttley.bsky.social.
✅ Happy, strong communities so people have better lives
✅ If you only ever talk to your direct reports, you get disconnected
✅ How can we help young people - long term?
✅ Small Trusts ARE the system
#TeamTEAL
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8y...
✅ Happy, strong communities so people have better lives
✅ If you only ever talk to your direct reports, you get disconnected
✅ How can we help young people - long term?
✅ Small Trusts ARE the system
#TeamTEAL
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8y...
Authentic Leadership Matters - Jonny Uttley
YouTube video by Behind The Chalkboard
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February 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Loved this interview with @jonnyuttley.bsky.social.
✅ Happy, strong communities so people have better lives
✅ If you only ever talk to your direct reports, you get disconnected
✅ How can we help young people - long term?
✅ Small Trusts ARE the system
#TeamTEAL
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8y...
✅ Happy, strong communities so people have better lives
✅ If you only ever talk to your direct reports, you get disconnected
✅ How can we help young people - long term?
✅ Small Trusts ARE the system
#TeamTEAL
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8y...
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What do Kelly Clarkson, The Commitments, Pink Floyd & networks all have in common? They all have a dark side. Read more in my open access editorial for @alm30.bsky.social journal Slam. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @danetteparsley.bsky.social @pmdewitt.bsky.social @stevemunby.bsky.social
The dark side of networks: and the implications for school leadership
Published in School Leadership & Management: Formerly School Organisation (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What do Kelly Clarkson, The Commitments, Pink Floyd & networks all have in common? They all have a dark side. Read more in my open access editorial for @alm30.bsky.social journal Slam. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @danetteparsley.bsky.social @pmdewitt.bsky.social @stevemunby.bsky.social
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A must-read.
Don’t let them demoralise you and convince you it’s all inevitable. Nothing is inevitable.
Don’t let them demoralise you and convince you it’s all inevitable. Nothing is inevitable.
February 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A must-read.
Don’t let them demoralise you and convince you it’s all inevitable. Nothing is inevitable.
Don’t let them demoralise you and convince you it’s all inevitable. Nothing is inevitable.
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I wrote a blog. It’s been a while! Inspired by @head-teach.bsky.social’s blog ‘Lighthouses & Sirens’ educontrarianblog.com/2025/02/02/l...
It’s full of dangerous opinions & ideas that may well run amok as soon as you click the link. Caution advised 😊
watermanlearning.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/w...
It’s full of dangerous opinions & ideas that may well run amok as soon as you click the link. Caution advised 😊
watermanlearning.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/w...
Who tells your story?
It’s a good idea to be cautious about ideas and opinions in education: those that are given on a whim, with no foundation, with little time or forethought given to their basis or their impact…
watermanlearning.wordpress.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I wrote a blog. It’s been a while! Inspired by @head-teach.bsky.social’s blog ‘Lighthouses & Sirens’ educontrarianblog.com/2025/02/02/l...
It’s full of dangerous opinions & ideas that may well run amok as soon as you click the link. Caution advised 😊
watermanlearning.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/w...
It’s full of dangerous opinions & ideas that may well run amok as soon as you click the link. Caution advised 😊
watermanlearning.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/w...
Delighted to be doing some dissemination and impact work - in the next few months - for the Sustainable School Leadership research project: sustainableschoolleadership.uk
Survey closes Monday 3rd. Please complete here: 👇🏻
And please share: sustainableschoolleadership.uk/leadership-s...
Survey closes Monday 3rd. Please complete here: 👇🏻
And please share: sustainableschoolleadership.uk/leadership-s...
Sustainable School Leadership
Visit the post for more.
sustainableschoolleadership.uk
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Delighted to be doing some dissemination and impact work - in the next few months - for the Sustainable School Leadership research project: sustainableschoolleadership.uk
Survey closes Monday 3rd. Please complete here: 👇🏻
And please share: sustainableschoolleadership.uk/leadership-s...
Survey closes Monday 3rd. Please complete here: 👇🏻
And please share: sustainableschoolleadership.uk/leadership-s...
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'We must tackle excesses in the pay of MAT senior executives. My preference would be for trusts to abide by a mandatory pay ratio for new appointees [so] the highest-paid cannot receive more than a set multiple of the lowest-paid working in their schools'
Vandalism? This schools bill should go much further still
Two important provisions are missing that I will be pushing to include in the House of Lords
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January 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
'We must tackle excesses in the pay of MAT senior executives. My preference would be for trusts to abide by a mandatory pay ratio for new appointees [so] the highest-paid cannot receive more than a set multiple of the lowest-paid working in their schools'
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Writing in TES today to share the vision for our new Flourishing Leaders/Flourishing Teachers Programmes launching at our national conference today 🙌
All part of re-imagining education as a career in which adults could expect to flourish. 👍 🌳 🙏
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
All part of re-imagining education as a career in which adults could expect to flourish. 👍 🌳 🙏
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Tackling teacher retention is about more than just money
The executive director of education for the Church of England explains why it has launched two courses aimed at helping teachers and leaders to flourish
www.tes.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Writing in TES today to share the vision for our new Flourishing Leaders/Flourishing Teachers Programmes launching at our national conference today 🙌
All part of re-imagining education as a career in which adults could expect to flourish. 👍 🌳 🙏
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
All part of re-imagining education as a career in which adults could expect to flourish. 👍 🌳 🙏
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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The two biggest problems with the system in stats from @tesmagazine.bsky.social. Ofsted cannot and will not self-reform and, until reform happens, no other meaningful change can. And we need to reduce our reliance on outsourced expertise and develop capacity within and across schools.
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The two biggest problems with the system in stats from @tesmagazine.bsky.social. Ofsted cannot and will not self-reform and, until reform happens, no other meaningful change can. And we need to reduce our reliance on outsourced expertise and develop capacity within and across schools.
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Really happy to endorse this important piece of leadership research.
Please complete the survey in the link if you are a school leader. It’s part of a major 3-year research project exploring contemporary school leadership across the UK by researchers at the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick.
Please complete the survey in the link if you are a school leader. It’s part of a major 3-year research project exploring contemporary school leadership across the UK by researchers at the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick.
Introducing the UK Sustainable School Leadership Survey
In this post we introduce the UK Sustainable School Leadership Survey and why it’s important. What do school leaders in each UK nation spend most time on during their working weeks? What profession…
sustainableschoolleadership.uk
January 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Really happy to endorse this important piece of leadership research.
Please complete the survey in the link if you are a school leader. It’s part of a major 3-year research project exploring contemporary school leadership across the UK by researchers at the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick.
Please complete the survey in the link if you are a school leader. It’s part of a major 3-year research project exploring contemporary school leadership across the UK by researchers at the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick.
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Instead of arguing about trusts vs maintained schools, let’s focus on collaboration between all schools, ‘which happens organically when we are not pitted against each other through league tables, Progress 8 and Ofsted banners,’ writes @keziah70.bsky.social ⬇️
The trust versus LA debate is a damaging distraction
Rather than arguing about school structures, we should be focusing on removing accountability levers that are preventing schools of all types from collaborating, argues Keziah Featherstone
www.tes.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Instead of arguing about trusts vs maintained schools, let’s focus on collaboration between all schools, ‘which happens organically when we are not pitted against each other through league tables, Progress 8 and Ofsted banners,’ writes @keziah70.bsky.social ⬇️
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📢 Just published — A constant dance: a study of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts
Discover insights from five MATs in our network in this new report by @tobygreany.bsky.social & @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social
📥 Download here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4fYA1TN
#ValuesBasedLeadership
Discover insights from five MATs in our network in this new report by @tobygreany.bsky.social & @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social
📥 Download here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4fYA1TN
#ValuesBasedLeadership
A Constant Dance: A Study of Values-Based Leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts — Whole Education
Discover 'A Constant Dance,' a comprehensive study by Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes from the University of Nottingham of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts. Learn how five MATs…
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January 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 Just published — A constant dance: a study of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts
Discover insights from five MATs in our network in this new report by @tobygreany.bsky.social & @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social
📥 Download here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4fYA1TN
#ValuesBasedLeadership
Discover insights from five MATs in our network in this new report by @tobygreany.bsky.social & @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social
📥 Download here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4fYA1TN
#ValuesBasedLeadership
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This morning @tobygreany.bsky.social and I are launching a new report on values-based leadership and organisational development in MATs wholeeducation.org/a-constant-d...
A Constant Dance: A Study of Values-Based Leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts — Whole Education
Discover 'A Constant Dance,' a comprehensive study by Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes from the University of Nottingham of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts. Learn how five MATs balan...
wholeeducation.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This morning @tobygreany.bsky.social and I are launching a new report on values-based leadership and organisational development in MATs wholeeducation.org/a-constant-d...
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"Children flourish when they are offered inspiring and creative learning experiences within a supportive and engaging environment"
Great blog from Hannah Boag on the work two(small) schools did to embed Cog Sci principles in the curriculum
@norfolkrs.bsky.social
researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...
Great blog from Hannah Boag on the work two(small) schools did to embed Cog Sci principles in the curriculum
@norfolkrs.bsky.social
researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...
Applying cognitive science approaches to redesigning the curriculum
Applying cognitive science approaches to redesigning the curriculum
researchschool.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Children flourish when they are offered inspiring and creative learning experiences within a supportive and engaging environment"
Great blog from Hannah Boag on the work two(small) schools did to embed Cog Sci principles in the curriculum
@norfolkrs.bsky.social
researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...
Great blog from Hannah Boag on the work two(small) schools did to embed Cog Sci principles in the curriculum
@norfolkrs.bsky.social
researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...
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After last week’s announcement that NPQs and the ECF will be reviewed, @ellencph.bsky.social and @cerysturner.bsky.social ask a host of sector experts what these reviews should focus on…
The 5 key priorities for the NPQ and ECF reviews
Sector experts offer their views on what the two recently announced reviews need to focus on to truly help teachers and leaders - both now and in the future
www.tes.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
After last week’s announcement that NPQs and the ECF will be reviewed, @ellencph.bsky.social and @cerysturner.bsky.social ask a host of sector experts what these reviews should focus on…
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Such a pleasure to share once again with the brilliant @trustcpdleads.bsky.social yesterday 🙏
A fantastic session from @shaneleaning.com and @efraimlerner.bsky.social at @trustcpdleads.bsky.social today. Brilliant people giving so much to the sector - they exemplify our values of generosity, humility and curiosity. Their book is going to be a game-changer!
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Such a pleasure to share once again with the brilliant @trustcpdleads.bsky.social yesterday 🙏
Patches of light are breaking through the morning mist on my run - light is always up there!
January 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Patches of light are breaking through the morning mist on my run - light is always up there!