We’re looking for a leader who could work anywhere - but chooses to work at Birch Wood.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join our thriving, inclusive school as an Assistant Headteacher.

This isn’t a role about titles or ticking boxes. It’s about impact.

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I'm off to Spain tomorrow and I've got my holiday reading sorted.

A collection of book chapters and articles ready to inform the literature review for my CoRS paper.

It might be hard for others to comprehend, but it is a real treat to have time to read!

📖 + 🌞

#AcademicSky #InclusiveEd #EduSky

Pupils might not be in, but work still continues in school during half term.

We took delivery of a 2nd pod this morning. I am very pleased with how it looks and can't wait to start using it.

#EduSky #UKEd

A morning 5k past Black Brook reservoir and then up to the monastery (Mount St Bernard Abbey).

#Edurunner #EduWell

Running is a social endeavour.

An excuse for connection.

Last night, I ran a midnight mile with friends and family. No pressure on time or speed, just an excuse to have a bit of fun.

#EduRunner

The 2nd building to be craned into school this summer.

An air-conditioned pod for therapies and interventions.

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Inspiring day with the Birch Wood team at Discovery Trust’s first special school conference at King Power Stadium! Proud to see our colleagues leading workshops and sharing their expertise alongside colleagues from the 3 other special schools.

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A fantastic 15 miles from Leics to Lufbra along the canal.

A lovely route with great people.

I hit the deck at mile 11. In my head, I styled it out to look like a pre-planned commando roll. 😎

I'm reliably informed that this was, very much, not the case. 🤦

#EduRunners

I think this starts with what do you want your pupil to learn?

What are the barriers and can a LLM remove these barriers?

You want a scaffold that supports learning and not something that replaces it.

@pepsmccrea.bsky.social visual below is useful here.

The price of sensory equipment is a joke!

We weren’t happy. So we made our own.

Our site team have made 15 water/sand trays for the price it would have cost us to buy 2.

These are high quality and will last for years. We go through tuff trays like you wouldn’t believe.

#InclusiveEd #EduSky

Brill, thanks Aaron.

Building work is on schedule and running smoothly.

I know, I know - I shouldn't have said that out loud...

Every summer, without fail, I bite off more than I can chew.

I have finished 4.
Part way through 3.

1 week until the start of the new academic year...

#EduSky #InclusiveEd #BookSky

50 portions of fish and chips 👀

A day trip with pupils to Hunstanton for a trip to the seaside.

Summer is a long time if you're socially isolated.

Our provision over summer provides respite for parents and carers but importantly, the opportunity for pupils to have fun with their friends!

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On top of all the usual work going on over summer, we're hoping to take delivery of a new building next week.

Ready for pupils by January, we'll be increasing our number of pupils on roll by 20.

The space below will miraculously turn into 2 modern classrooms.

EdD Summer School - Day 3

A lot of today was focused on looking ahead.

The next year will be spent creating a paper outlining my research proposal in order to acquire Confirmation of Research Status (CoRS) before applying for Ethics approval.

#EdD #AcademicSky #InclusiveEducation

EdD Summer School - Day 2

A workshop led by Professor Anastasia Samaras who, through her field defining work on self study, reminds us that we cannot separate ourselves from the research process

Researchers must be cognizant of not just their positionality, but who they are as practitioners.

#EdD

First day of a three day summer school at @uonsoe.bsky.social

A session on ethics in the morning followed by a workshop on survey design in the afternoon.