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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Dec 10

Breaking: The government has announced a 45% uplift to the early years pupil premium and £75 million to expand early education

Early years pupil premium rising by 45%

Government also announces a £75 million expansion fund for extra early education places and staff

www.tes.com

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Edmund Barnett-Ward @edmund-b-w.bsky.social · Feb 3

Recently I called Sir Martyn Oliver, the chief inspector of Ofsted, a liar on 'X'. Despite this, Ofsted very kindly walked me through their proposals for the new inspection system. I am sorry to say that my feelings are probably even more entrenched than they were before…

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Jane Perryman @janeeperryman.bsky.social · May 7

In the fourth open access paper from our Beyond Ofsted Inquiry Graham Calvert asks the question 'what it is about the inspection process that produces toxicity?' @ioe.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Turning school inspections toxic: insights from an inquiry into Ofsted in England

Research has long suggested that the policy of school inspection, implemented through the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) in England, has psychological and physical effects on teachers t...

www.tandfonline.com

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Mar 17

Five years on from the start of the COVID pandemic, BBC More or Less discuss impacts on young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Among other research, they showcase CEPEO, @suttontrust.bsky.social & @clscohorts.bsky.social's COSMO study, with @beckymontacute.bsky.social discussing our findings.

More or Less - How did lockdown impact children? - BBC Sounds

Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨 Just published! A new article on why primary schools have found Ofsted so difficult.

Article by @alicebradbury.bsky.social, @janeeperryman.bsky.social, Graham Calvert & Kate Killian (@ioe.bsky.social)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Primary teachers’ experiences of Ofsted inspections: ‘driving the joy out of education’

Research has long suggested that Ofsted, the school inspection service in England, has a negative impact on teachers and school leaders. Concern over this issue intensified following media reports ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Mar 9

New article on why primary schools have found Ofsted so difficult:

@janeeperryman.bsky.social
@hhcp-ucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Primary teachers’ experiences of Ofsted inspections: ‘driving the joy out of education’

Research has long suggested that Ofsted, the school inspection service in England, has a negative impact on teachers and school leaders. Concern over this issue intensified following media reports ...

www.tandfonline.com

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Mar 5

Professor Alice Bradbury (@hhcp-ucl.bsky.social), originally a teacher herself, now researches the relationship between schools, and policy, and reproduction of inequality. #IOELectures

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you. Book launch on 25 Feb at 4.30. Register here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-banks...

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries

The authors will present their research findings. We will also discuss how the education sector is supporting vulnerable communities.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Feb 3

A detailed analysis of the new #ofsted proposals:

Edmund Barnett-Ward @edmund-b-w.bsky.social · Feb 3

Recently I called Sir Martyn Oliver, the chief inspector of Ofsted, a liar on 'X'. Despite this, Ofsted very kindly walked me through their proposals for the new inspection system. I am sorry to say that my feelings are probably even more entrenched than they were before…

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Jan 29

Great to see wider recognition of this - BBC News - 'We don't just teach - we clothe the kids, feed them and brush their teeth'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just published a book on the topic policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/food-banks-i...

Nearly half of schools give families financial help, teachers say

A survey of teachers in England suggests lots of schools are having to provide extra help for families.

www.bbc.com

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Jan 28

📚 Check out the 'Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries' #OpenAccess book publication, co-authored by @alicebradbury.bsky.social and Sharon Vince! #foodbanks #foodinsecurity #primary #earlyyears

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/food-banks-i...

@policypress.bsky.social

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries - The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis; Drawing on case studies of 12 primary schools and early years settings across England, this book ex...

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Jan 17

We will have a book launch event on 25 February to celebrate this publication. For more info and to register:

www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Food banks in schools and nurseries: The education sector’s responses to the cost-of-living crisis | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society

How is the education sector supporting vulnerable communities? Hear from Alice Bradbury and Sharon Vince.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Jan 13

Book launch event on 25 Feb - all welcome!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-banks...

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries

The authors will present their research findings. We will also discuss how the education sector is supporting vulnerable communities.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Jan 13

My latest book co-authored with @SharonMarie80 is out today!

Published #OpenAccess so free to all to download

#foodbanks #foodinsecurity
#primary #earlyyears

@policypress

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/food-banks-i...

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries

Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries - The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis; Drawing on case studies of 12 primary schools and early years settings across England, this book ex...

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Jan 3

🔔 New book launch event: Join @alicebradbury.bsky.social
and Sharon Vince to celebrate the publication of 'Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries: The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis'.

For more info and to register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Food banks in schools and nurseries: The education sector’s responses to the cost-of-living crisis | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society

How is the education sector supporting vulnerable communities? Hear from Alice Bradbury and Sharon Vince.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Dec 18

🔔 New book launch event: Join @alicebradbury.bsky.social and Sharon Vince to celebrate the publication of 'Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries: The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis'. For more info and to register:

www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Food banks in schools and nurseries: The education sector’s responses to the cost-of-living crisis | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society

How is the education sector supporting vulnerable communities? Hear from Alice Bradbury and Sharon Vince.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Dec 10

2. Critical Perspectives on Race, Gender and Representation in Higher Education (deadline 28 Feb)

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Critical Perspectives on Race, Gender and Representation in Higher Education

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Dec 10

Call for abstracts for a special issue of @bjse.bsky.social on #Bourdieu & #intersectionality

Deadline: 31 January

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Thinking Multiple and Complex Educational Inequalities with Bourdieu and Intersectionality

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Dec 10

A welcome development, but I'd be really grateful if everyone could stop announcing stuff and publishing reports as I have to keep updating a report I've just written!

Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Dec 10

Breaking: The government has announced a 45% uplift to the early years pupil premium and £75 million to expand early education

Early years pupil premium rising by 45%

Government also announces a £75 million expansion fund for extra early education places and staff

www.tes.com

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Dec 10

Thank you. I found the talks really interesting. I hope the government are listening!

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Dec 10

“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”

In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...

Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Mea...

Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Tuesday December 3rd) publishing a new report, ‘Too Skint for School’, examining the link between poverty and school...

www.centreforyounglives.org.uk

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Dec 9

Happening today! Join us at this @ERP_IOE 'What Matters in Education?' event . The panel will discuss the role of schools in supporting communities.

🗓️ 9 December
🕠 5:30-7 pm

www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...

Education in a broken welfare state – the role schools play in supporting their communities

Without easy access to other support services, families increasingly turn to schools for help. In this panel discussion, researchers, practitioners and policymakers will debate the role schools alread...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Dec 5

📎 The journal Education 3-13 invites submissions for a special issue about the future of national curricula. Check out the link below for more details:

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

The Future of the Curriculum

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Dec 5

When a measure becomes a target it ceases to be a good measure.

The PM's inclusion of #earlyyears in today's milestones is welcome, but the fact is the pressure to increase EYFS profile results will fall on schools, who do the assessment. And teacher asst is more sensitive to outside pressures.

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Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · Dec 5

🗣️Commenting on the government's Plan for Change, @natalieperera.bsky.social, Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute said👇

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Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social · Dec 5

Keir is right to point out the issues with school readiness, but what he didn't highlight was that, for children eligible for Free School Meals, the proportion achieving a good level of development is barely over *50%*. And the gap between poorer kids and their peers is on the rise...

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Dec 5

🔔 New book launch event: Join @alicebradbury.bsky.social and Sharon Vince to celebrate the publication of 'Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries: The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis'.

For more info and to register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Food banks in schools and nurseries: The education sector’s responses to the cost-of-living crisis | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society

How is the education sector is supporting vulnerable communities? Hear from Alice Bradbury and Sharon Vince.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social · Dec 5

📹 Watch below the video recording of the Lunch Hour Lecture ‘Beyond Ofsted’ – the future of school inspection' with Professors @alicebradbury.bsky.social and @janeeperryman.bsky.social:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSt...

Lunch Hour Lecture | Beyond ‘Beyond Ofsted’ – the future of school inspection

YouTube video by UCL Minds Lunch Hour Lectures

www.youtube.com

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Alice Bradbury @alicebradbury.bsky.social · Dec 1

It's great to hear early years being discussed on the news, but I wish they'd stop referring to EYFSP stats as showing how many children are 'ready for school'. They've already been at school for a year!

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