Rob Williams
@robw40.bsky.social
Former Primary Teacher / Headteacher, now Senior Education Policy Advisor.
❤️ Family, friends, travel, food, drink, music, sport.
Cardiff Rugby 🔵🌑
Embrace the chaos!
❤️ Family, friends, travel, food, drink, music, sport.
Cardiff Rugby 🔵🌑
Embrace the chaos!
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Back on pod duty tonight so let us know any questions.
If you haven’t already it’s well worth catching up with last weeks pod with Josh McNally. It’s a superb listen and cements him as probably the quickest player ever to legend status🤣
#YmlaenCaerdydd
If you haven’t already it’s well worth catching up with last weeks pod with Josh McNally. It’s a superb listen and cements him as probably the quickest player ever to legend status🤣
#YmlaenCaerdydd
New pod! 🔵⚫️
A pleasure to have Josh McNally on to discuss his career, the RAF, the progress Cardiff have made, playing under the current uncertainty and the reasons for positivity at the Arms Park.
youtu.be/IetNc1DXhqg?...
open.spotify.com/episode/5AYs...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
A pleasure to have Josh McNally on to discuss his career, the RAF, the progress Cardiff have made, playing under the current uncertainty and the reasons for positivity at the Arms Park.
youtu.be/IetNc1DXhqg?...
open.spotify.com/episode/5AYs...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Back on pod duty tonight so let us know any questions.
If you haven’t already it’s well worth catching up with last weeks pod with Josh McNally. It’s a superb listen and cements him as probably the quickest player ever to legend status🤣
#YmlaenCaerdydd
If you haven’t already it’s well worth catching up with last weeks pod with Josh McNally. It’s a superb listen and cements him as probably the quickest player ever to legend status🤣
#YmlaenCaerdydd
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Autonomy sounds like liberation, but the Greeks had a clearer view: freedom wasn’t being unwatched it was upholding the law for your self. Now, in classrooms and staffrooms alike, that’s the promise and the price.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The promise and the price of autonomy
Why guidance, not premature independence, is the real foundation of freedom
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Autonomy sounds like liberation, but the Greeks had a clearer view: freedom wasn’t being unwatched it was upholding the law for your self. Now, in classrooms and staffrooms alike, that’s the promise and the price.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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#FridayFive is the feeling a sort of maudlin pre Christmas mood.
1. Goodbye England. Laura Marling.
2. A Long December. Counting Crows
3. Winter Valley Song. Fountain of Wayne.
4. Flume. Bon Iver.
5. Pocahontas. Neil Young.
1. Goodbye England. Laura Marling.
2. A Long December. Counting Crows
3. Winter Valley Song. Fountain of Wayne.
4. Flume. Bon Iver.
5. Pocahontas. Neil Young.
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#FridayFive is the feeling a sort of maudlin pre Christmas mood.
1. Goodbye England. Laura Marling.
2. A Long December. Counting Crows
3. Winter Valley Song. Fountain of Wayne.
4. Flume. Bon Iver.
5. Pocahontas. Neil Young.
1. Goodbye England. Laura Marling.
2. A Long December. Counting Crows
3. Winter Valley Song. Fountain of Wayne.
4. Flume. Bon Iver.
5. Pocahontas. Neil Young.
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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For those of you who aren't members (shame on you) here is the official CF10 response below:
cf10rugbytrust.org/2025/11/20/c...
cf10rugbytrust.org/2025/11/20/c...
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For those of you who aren't members (shame on you) here is the official CF10 response below:
cf10rugbytrust.org/2025/11/20/c...
cf10rugbytrust.org/2025/11/20/c...
If the state wants to show it’s serious about protecting ALL children & young people, there should be no question about undertaking a public inquiry into Medomsley.
Little consequence for perpetrators.
Sickening - leaving indelible marks on so many victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Little consequence for perpetrators.
Sickening - leaving indelible marks on so many victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
At a youth detention centre in north-east England, the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys. Why was his reign of terror allowed to go on – and why hasn’t there been a public ...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If the state wants to show it’s serious about protecting ALL children & young people, there should be no question about undertaking a public inquiry into Medomsley.
Little consequence for perpetrators.
Sickening - leaving indelible marks on so many victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Little consequence for perpetrators.
Sickening - leaving indelible marks on so many victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Teacher wellbeing rates have dropped to a new low, with more than three quarters of staff experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to work, a survey has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Teacher wellbeing rates have dropped to a new low, with more than three quarters of staff experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to work, a survey has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-well...
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❌ Exclusive: AI-driven reports that government said would help bring attendance 'back to – and beyond – pre-pandemic levels' have been suspended just days after they were launched
This comes after leaders noticed inaccuracies in the data provided...
schoolsweek.co.uk/embarrassing...
This comes after leaders noticed inaccuracies in the data provided...
schoolsweek.co.uk/embarrassing...
AI attendance reports suspended just days after launch
Government had said the reports would help bring attendance 'back to - and beyond - pre-pandemic levels'
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
❌ Exclusive: AI-driven reports that government said would help bring attendance 'back to – and beyond – pre-pandemic levels' have been suspended just days after they were launched
This comes after leaders noticed inaccuracies in the data provided...
schoolsweek.co.uk/embarrassing...
This comes after leaders noticed inaccuracies in the data provided...
schoolsweek.co.uk/embarrassing...
Fair play, brave of the WRU to advertise the NZ and SA games in the commercial break after that 1st half…
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Fair play, brave of the WRU to advertise the NZ and SA games in the commercial break after that 1st half…
Our basics are utter pants… 🏴
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our basics are utter pants… 🏴
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ICYMI: Council officers attempted to carry out an elective home education visit to Sara Sharif’s home the day before she was murdered, but went to the wrong address despite the school providing the correct one, a review has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/sara-sharif-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/sara-sharif-...
Sara Sharif: Home education check was made at wrong address
Review finds 'no doubt Sara's father and stepmother used home education to keep Sara hidden from view'
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ICYMI: Council officers attempted to carry out an elective home education visit to Sara Sharif’s home the day before she was murdered, but went to the wrong address despite the school providing the correct one, a review has found
schoolsweek.co.uk/sara-sharif-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/sara-sharif-...
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Dw i wrth fy modd i weld fy llyfr newydd yn un o Lyfrau’r Mis y Cyngor Llyfrau!
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dw i wrth fy modd i weld fy llyfr newydd yn un o Lyfrau’r Mis y Cyngor Llyfrau!
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
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Yup, screaming.
It was a bad edit and needed correction, but you’d have to be a wilful idiot to think it made the overall programme misleading. Trump really did encourage January 6, for months.
Nobody needed to resign over that and it doesn’t mean BBC News is untrustworthy.
It was a bad edit and needed correction, but you’d have to be a wilful idiot to think it made the overall programme misleading. Trump really did encourage January 6, for months.
Nobody needed to resign over that and it doesn’t mean BBC News is untrustworthy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yup, screaming.
It was a bad edit and needed correction, but you’d have to be a wilful idiot to think it made the overall programme misleading. Trump really did encourage January 6, for months.
Nobody needed to resign over that and it doesn’t mean BBC News is untrustworthy.
It was a bad edit and needed correction, but you’d have to be a wilful idiot to think it made the overall programme misleading. Trump really did encourage January 6, for months.
Nobody needed to resign over that and it doesn’t mean BBC News is untrustworthy.
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🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
What final grade does the Curriculum and Assessment Review deserve?
@marymyatt.bsky.social and Dale Bassett joined me to discuss the Review's main proposals in primary and secondary education and their potential impact on children and young people.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
What final grade does the Curriculum and Assessment Review deserve?
@marymyatt.bsky.social and Dale Bassett joined me to discuss the Review's main proposals in primary and secondary education and their potential impact on children and young people.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
What final grade does the Curriculum and Assessment Review deserve?
@marymyatt.bsky.social and Dale Bassett joined me to discuss the Review's main proposals in primary and secondary education and their potential impact on children and young people.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
What final grade does the Curriculum and Assessment Review deserve?
@marymyatt.bsky.social and Dale Bassett joined me to discuss the Review's main proposals in primary and secondary education and their potential impact on children and young people.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
Looking at the game objectively, how many of Argentina’s tries have been from massive errors from us, & how many from their own creativity? It feels about 50/50, but I’m not exactly objective…
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Looking at the game objectively, how many of Argentina’s tries have been from massive errors from us, & how many from their own creativity? It feels about 50/50, but I’m not exactly objective…
I know it’s seemingly irrelevant, but I’m liking how we fight at the breakdown much harder.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I know it’s seemingly irrelevant, but I’m liking how we fight at the breakdown much harder.
That was incredibly easy for Argentina.
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
That was incredibly easy for Argentina.
How was that a ruck? Neither knee on the floor?? Seemed to be held up.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How was that a ruck? Neither knee on the floor?? Seemed to be held up.
Brilliant try!
Please - more of that! 😎👍
Please - more of that! 😎👍
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Brilliant try!
Please - more of that! 😎👍
Please - more of that! 😎👍
It’s Wales’ inability to deliver basics & remain composed which is incredibly frustrating. Fixable things but consistently poor.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It’s Wales’ inability to deliver basics & remain composed which is incredibly frustrating. Fixable things but consistently poor.
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Utterly terrifying.
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Utterly terrifying.
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The government will struggle to solve the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities support or close the disadvantage-related attainment gap under its current spending plans, a new policy analysis warns www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Government ‘will struggle to fix SEND crisis by 2029’
The government’s approach to SEND reform is ‘disjointed’ and its ambitions will be restricted by the budget it has set for this parliament, new analysis warns
www.tes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The government will struggle to solve the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities support or close the disadvantage-related attainment gap under its current spending plans, a new policy analysis warns www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Utterly terrifying.
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Utterly terrifying.
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The companies’ responses that these are older versions of AI is equally appalling - so you’re admitting you’re experimenting in dangerous ways with our children, young people & vulnerable adults whilst you refine your product?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...