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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 1d

Absurd & extremely stressful.
Why is nothing changing?
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/absurd-...

Education Uncovered | News| “Absurd” demands being placed on Ofsted inspectors by new inspection framework, new analysis suggests

Former senior inspectors calculate that inspection teams are being asked to make more than 300 judgements on each primary school during their short visits, based on content of Ofsted’s guidance for in...

educationuncovered.co.uk

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Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social · 18h

Can confirm that @neunion.bsky.social is also involved in talks about joining legal action.

@nasuwt-official.bsky.social is not considering legal action at this time.

Almost all four main edu unions unified in this - not a great look for the report card rollout next month.

Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social · 20h

🚨ASCL is considering legal action against Ofsted over concerns for school leader wellbeing in light of incoming report cards.

The union will also be speaking to NAHT, who has already taken out a judicial review against the school watchdog.

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

ASCL considers legal action over Ofsted report card plans

The Association of School and College Leaders has confirmed it will explore legal action against Ofsted over the impact of report cards on school leader wellbeing

www.tes.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 8d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 3d

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Today it’s time for R n R and a gig with one of my favourite artists, John Bramwell.

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been a busy week- it started off with international training on self- regulation, then training for Wigan heads on early writing, some training for teachers across 7 diocese, launching our big Wirral writing project, the NEU conference and I’ve been writing too. ruthswailes.com/handwriting-...

Handwriting, Readiness and Rhythm: Finding Balance Between Policy and Practice. - Ruth Swailes

When the DfE Writing Framework (2025) landed, many of us read the line about children in Reception being taught to “form lower-case and capital letters correctly” and felt that familiar flicker of ten...

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 3d

And now I’m off to meet friends for afternoon tea !

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 3d

What a fabulous conference! Thank you @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social for your words of wisdom this morning, and thank you for inviting me to be your keynote, it was an honour and a privilege .

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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 4d

Hi #EduSky - it's my #Saturday3 of blogs / articles that have made me think this week. First up, @ruthswailes.bsky.social on the DofE Writing Framework. Although framework has been welcomed, there has been criticism from EYFS practitioners. A good balance from Ruth.
ruthswailes.com/handwriting-...

Handwriting, Readiness and Rhythm: Finding Balance Between Policy and Practice. - Ruth Swailes

When the DfE Writing Framework (2025) landed, many of us read the line about children in Reception being taught to “form lower-case and capital letters correctly” and felt that familiar flicker of ten...

ruthswailes.com

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 4d

Please come and say hello!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 4d

On my way to London, where I’ll be giving the keynote speech at NEU conference tomorrow.

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 5d

You'd be surprised!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 5d

I've had the privilege of working with Heads, SLEs, EY leaders and teachers, and English leads today, on day one of our six-day Wirral Early Writing course. It's been a thought-provoking day.
ruthswailes.com/in-the-style-of-rethinking-imitation-and-authenticity-in-early-writing/

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 6d

Teach first (for 2 years) work for a think tank, get a gong, write the curriculum .

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 6d

Yup. Writing a curriculum is not easy, it takes a lot of knowledge, time and thought .

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 6d

I did wonder the same. My diary is too packed to find time to tender (not that I’d want to), I suspect most decent consultants would say the same.

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 6d

The timescales on this are interesting. Not being funny, any decent consultant is likely to have little or no availability between now and the deadline. I have 3 days left available in 2026, I know I’m not the only one.

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 7d

Exclusive, I think: DfE seeks consultants for £500-a-day work to rewrite England’s national curriculum
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/dfe-see...
But would-be drafters of detailed programmes of study warned: you must not use AI.

Education Uncovered | News| DfE seeks consultants for £500-a-day work to rewrite England’s national curriculum

Invitation to tender document also reveals that ministers expect much of the detailed programmes of study work on the curriculum to be completed by next summer. But the instruction to consultants is: ...

educationuncovered.co.uk

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 8d

It will do- it’s a work in progress!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a work in progress!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Sue!

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 8d

New blog
ruthswailes.com/handwriting-readiness-and-rhythm-finding-balance-between-policy-and-practice/

Handwriting, Readiness and Rhythm: Finding Balance Between Policy and Practice. - Ruth Swailes

When the DfE Writing Framework (2025) landed, many of us read the line about children in Reception being taught to “form lower-case and capital letters correctly” and felt that familiar flicker of ten...

ruthswailes.com

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 8d

The project is coming together !

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 16d

Working with teachers across Wirral, schools in Ealing, and leaders from multiple diocese across the country this week. Whatever your week has in store, I hope it’s a good one.

happy monday have a great week is written in colorful letters

ALT: happy monday have a great week is written in colorful letters

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 16d

Disaster for education & #MentalHealth

"Average spent on materials for a primary school child is £1.80 a year. In some schools it’s 14p... Only 12% of primary school teachers are able to provide more than an hour of art each week"

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Children starved of art lose their creative spark – and t...

You can’t buy a crayon with the amount spent on arts education in some schools – leaving pupils without the skills for tomorrow’s jobs

observer.co.uk

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