Liz Worthen
@lizworthen.bsky.social
Content creator, writer, educator. Inspired by learning and what enables people to flourish. Owner and editor, createvalueschools.com
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Liz Worthen
@lizworthen.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Podcasts now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean 😀Just search for Creating Value in Schools. Thanks again to all our contributors so far 🥰
Reposted by Liz Worthen
🎙️Honoured to have been invited to appear on a range of podcasts this year:
🙏🏻 Thank you @edupulseco.bsky.social @headteacherupdate.bsky.social @shaneleaning.com @frankwnorris.bsky.social @drchriswb.bsky.social @lizworthen.bsky.social
🎧 To listen: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/podcasts/
🙏🏻 Thank you @edupulseco.bsky.social @headteacherupdate.bsky.social @shaneleaning.com @frankwnorris.bsky.social @drchriswb.bsky.social @lizworthen.bsky.social
🎧 To listen: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/podcasts/
July 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🎙️Honoured to have been invited to appear on a range of podcasts this year:
🙏🏻 Thank you @edupulseco.bsky.social @headteacherupdate.bsky.social @shaneleaning.com @frankwnorris.bsky.social @drchriswb.bsky.social @lizworthen.bsky.social
🎧 To listen: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/podcasts/
🙏🏻 Thank you @edupulseco.bsky.social @headteacherupdate.bsky.social @shaneleaning.com @frankwnorris.bsky.social @drchriswb.bsky.social @lizworthen.bsky.social
🎧 To listen: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/podcasts/
Podcasts now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean 😀Just search for Creating Value in Schools. Thanks again to all our contributors so far 🥰
June 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Podcasts now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean 😀Just search for Creating Value in Schools. Thanks again to all our contributors so far 🥰
Reposted by Liz Worthen
🔊Comment: EPI's CEO @natalieperera.bsky.social
responds to the 2025/26 teachers' pay award.
responds to the 2025/26 teachers' pay award.
May 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🔊Comment: EPI's CEO @natalieperera.bsky.social
responds to the 2025/26 teachers' pay award.
responds to the 2025/26 teachers' pay award.
Great opportunity for learning more about #schoolgardening and getting going on growing this term - free webinar with @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social
#sustainableschools
#sustainableschools
🌱 Teachers, want to start a school garden but feeling stuck?
We’re running a free webinar to give school staff the essential knowledge, resources, and confidence they need to get #growing. #SchoolGardening #FoodEducation
📅 Wednesday 30 April (4pm)
💻 Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1302836592...
We’re running a free webinar to give school staff the essential knowledge, resources, and confidence they need to get #growing. #SchoolGardening #FoodEducation
📅 Wednesday 30 April (4pm)
💻 Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1302836592...
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great opportunity for learning more about #schoolgardening and getting going on growing this term - free webinar with @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social
#sustainableschools
#sustainableschools
NPQs have been a popular choice for teachers - what's happening with the DfE review and call for evidence?
What next for NPQs? | Need To Know
Every week the ‘Need to Know’ feed is updated with at least three one-minute reads based on a Department for Education (DfE) policy update, a piece of education news or a research report.
createvalueschools.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NPQs have been a popular choice for teachers - what's happening with the DfE review and call for evidence?
How do you ensure diversity and inclusion strategies create meaningful change? What can you do to bring people on the journey? 'Listening to the community: diversity and inclusion strategies for lasting impact' - read or listen at createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
April 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How do you ensure diversity and inclusion strategies create meaningful change? What can you do to bring people on the journey? 'Listening to the community: diversity and inclusion strategies for lasting impact' - read or listen at createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
Love this Greener Schools Index Report from @zenergi.bsky.social - beautifully presented and great to see how schools are getting going on sustainability and climate action journeys, with plenty more potential for impact! zenergi.co.uk/resources/ne...
#SustainableSchools #EduSkyUK
#SustainableSchools #EduSkyUK
NEW! Greener Schools Index Report - Zenergi
Providing a go-to report on school sustainability strategies, the latest trends, and best practices for March 2025.
zenergi.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Love this Greener Schools Index Report from @zenergi.bsky.social - beautifully presented and great to see how schools are getting going on sustainability and climate action journeys, with plenty more potential for impact! zenergi.co.uk/resources/ne...
#SustainableSchools #EduSkyUK
#SustainableSchools #EduSkyUK
One of things I love about my work on Creating Value in Schools is that I get to research and learn about lots of different topics. This week it was recycling! #SimplerRecycling #SustainableSchools
Ready for simpler recycling? | Need To Know
Every week the ‘Need to Know’ feed is updated with at least three one-minute reads based on a Department for Education (DfE) policy update, a piece of education news or a research report.
createvalueschools.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One of things I love about my work on Creating Value in Schools is that I get to research and learn about lots of different topics. This week it was recycling! #SimplerRecycling #SustainableSchools
Latest Creating Value in Schools newsletter. Listening, honest conversations and finding your why 😀
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April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Latest Creating Value in Schools newsletter. Listening, honest conversations and finding your why 😀
Buds and blossom 😍 Spring vibes on afternoon walks 😊
April 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Buds and blossom 😍 Spring vibes on afternoon walks 😊
Current N2K topics include the teacher labour market, challenges boys are facing and how governors can take care of their headteacher. Recycling rules and TA deployment coming up in the next week. It's a varied life! #edusky createvalueschools.com/need-to-know/
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Current N2K topics include the teacher labour market, challenges boys are facing and how governors can take care of their headteacher. Recycling rules and TA deployment coming up in the next week. It's a varied life! #edusky createvalueschools.com/need-to-know/
New blog post out... it was great to talk with Aldaine about the power of listening and embedding #DEI strategies for lasting impact #inclusion #edusky
createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
Listening to the community: diversity and inclusion strategies for lasting impact | Creating Value in Schools
How do you drive real change in schools through DEI? Aldaine Wynter shares his journey, strategies, and the impact of meaningful community engagement.
createvalueschools.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New blog post out... it was great to talk with Aldaine about the power of listening and embedding #DEI strategies for lasting impact #inclusion #edusky
createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
The latest teacher labour market report from @thenfer.bsky.social highlights the positive role of flexible working in supporting retention - yet teachers can be reluctant to ask for such arrangements. Can they just be offered instead? www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...
#EduSky
#EduSky
Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2025
NFER's annual Teacher Labour Market report shows that June’s Spending Review is the Government’s last chance to enact the policy changes needed to hit its 6,500 new teacher manifesto pledge.
www.nfer.ac.uk
April 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The latest teacher labour market report from @thenfer.bsky.social highlights the positive role of flexible working in supporting retention - yet teachers can be reluctant to ask for such arrangements. Can they just be offered instead? www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...
#EduSky
#EduSky
'Lost Boys' is such an interesting report and raises lots of questions for education and other aspects of life. Why is it that boys are falling behind in school, right from the start? Or are we measuring the wrong things? 🤔
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
📹WATCH: We visited charities supporting boys across Britain for Lost Boys.
Researcher Luke Taylor met Wade at New Beginnings in Stockport. Wade struggled at school and home, but now aspires to be a mechanical engineer🧑🏭
Other boys have fallen behind: centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
Researcher Luke Taylor met Wade at New Beginnings in Stockport. Wade struggled at school and home, but now aspires to be a mechanical engineer🧑🏭
Other boys have fallen behind: centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'Lost Boys' is such an interesting report and raises lots of questions for education and other aspects of life. Why is it that boys are falling behind in school, right from the start? Or are we measuring the wrong things? 🤔
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost...
Some lunchtime plant repotting: always a satisfying experience! 🪴
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some lunchtime plant repotting: always a satisfying experience! 🪴
Taking care of your headteacher: a guide for governors. Headteachers need support! This two-page leaflet includes 10 questions for reflection, and 10 ways to care. Download from createvalueschools.com/media/91-Tak... Please share with others if you find it helpful 🙏
April 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Taking care of your headteacher: a guide for governors. Headteachers need support! This two-page leaflet includes 10 questions for reflection, and 10 ways to care. Download from createvalueschools.com/media/91-Tak... Please share with others if you find it helpful 🙏
Good to hear that #oracy hasn't been forgotten in the curriculum review. Such a vital tool for a cohesive society and much else! schoolsweek.co.uk/oracy-chair-...
Oracy Commission chair 'reassured' about curriculum review
Geoff Barton speaks of need to get oracy into 'bloodstream of the profession' before final report
schoolsweek.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Good to hear that #oracy hasn't been forgotten in the curriculum review. Such a vital tool for a cohesive society and much else! schoolsweek.co.uk/oracy-chair-...
💫'One of the things that has taken me through life is thinking if someone else can do it, I can do it too.'💫 Encouraging advice from @nickiimesser.bsky.social in our chat about honest conversations.
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💫'One of the things that has taken me through life is thinking if someone else can do it, I can do it too.'💫 Encouraging advice from @nickiimesser.bsky.social in our chat about honest conversations.
Like many others, I've been reading and digesting the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review group this week 🤓 Check out this Need to Know for a summary and some reflections: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #Curriculum
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Like many others, I've been reading and digesting the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review group this week 🤓 Check out this Need to Know for a summary and some reflections: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #Curriculum
'When people ask, why paddleboarding, I say: You can't answer emails on a paddleboard.' Headteacher Jo Smith on her strategies for surviving and thriving.
The art of balance: survival skills for school leaders | Creating Value in Schools
How do you stay sane in the intensity of school leadership? In the second part of our conversation, Josephine Smith talks about knowing your priorities, knowing yourself and fostering balance. Tips…
worthenliz.podbean.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
'When people ask, why paddleboarding, I say: You can't answer emails on a paddleboard.' Headteacher Jo Smith on her strategies for surviving and thriving.
Do you dread the conflict associated with 'difficult' conversations? Instead, try these tips from @nickiimesser.bsky.social and have an 'honest' conversation, listening to understand and seek resolution: createvalueschools.com/media/79-Hon...
March 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Do you dread the conflict associated with 'difficult' conversations? Instead, try these tips from @nickiimesser.bsky.social and have an 'honest' conversation, listening to understand and seek resolution: createvalueschools.com/media/79-Hon...
Did you know that know that it's now possible to train as a teacher in England even if you don't have a degree? Find out more about the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #GetIntoTeaching
Non-graduate routes into teaching | Need To Know
Every week the ‘Need to Know’ feed is updated with at least three one-minute reads based on a Department for Education (DfE) policy update, a piece of education news or a research report.
createvalueschools.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Did you know that know that it's now possible to train as a teacher in England even if you don't have a degree? Find out more about the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #GetIntoTeaching
7 sustainability (and money-saving) questions for schools, drawn from createvalueschools.com/blog/seeking... #SustainableSchools
March 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
7 sustainability (and money-saving) questions for schools, drawn from createvalueschools.com/blog/seeking... #SustainableSchools
Good news for #SustainableSchools 💚
🟢 Two-hundred schools will be equipped with solar panels as part of government-owned Great British Energy’s first major project
Full story 👇
Full story 👇
200 schools to get solar panels in £80m green project
Rollout to be completed in 12 months as government predicts savings of £25k per school
buff.ly
March 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Good news for #SustainableSchools 💚
The Education Committee have recommended that auto-enrolment for #FreeSchoolMeals in England should be brought in 'without delay'. What's the rationale?
The case for auto-enrolment | Need To Know
Every week the ‘Need to Know’ feed is updated with at least three one-minute reads based on a Department for Education (DfE) policy update, a piece of education news or a research report.
createvalueschools.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Education Committee have recommended that auto-enrolment for #FreeSchoolMeals in England should be brought in 'without delay'. What's the rationale?