Amanda Spielman

Shadow Minister for Work & Pensions; Director and Chair of Academic Council, GEMS Education; formerly HMCI, Ofsted

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

3.20 am and I just looked out of our front window on hearing loud revving outside. I saw 3 men on 2 motorbikes stop to lift the cover on a parked motorbike. Clearly it wasn’t appealing enough for them to steal and they roared off. Couldn’t read the number plates.

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

@LucyHunterB This combo would work for the wonderful Russian Easter dessert, pashka

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

@mpershan ALCS is completely legitimate. Most of my mother’s royalties (for books on Roman law and European legal history) arrive that way.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Another reminder that learning needs friction. One of the things we risk losing with AI automation of intellectual work is the kind of 'hard yards' needed to build expertise. Novice work doesn't just produce work, it produces future expertise. https://t.co/cuCfIOhsG8

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

https://t.co/h4DPTt9Rlh

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

Clarity from @edwest who is always worth reading

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

On why early tracking in schools neither kind nor necessary https://t.co/7vy0bI3W2g

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

So @lambeth_council, are councillors personally indemnifying council taxpayers against all the legal costs that could follow from your absurd refusal to apply equality law correctly? We should not pay for councillors to posture and protest against the law.

[spiked @spikedonline]

Why has the number of pupils with special educational needs exploded? Schools now treat children’s struggles to learn as diagnosable illnesses rather than challenges to overcome. Therapy culture has taken over, says Neil Davenport
https://t.co/yGE8Kn1LFa

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

@danielmgmoylan Alas not - her account has been hacked - this was posted by the hacker

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

Unfortunately Thérèse has had her account hacked - don’t interact with it

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

Unfortunately Thérèse has had her account hacked . . . don’t interact

[Lord Moylan @danielmgmoylan]

A glorious sight. What a combo!

[CapX @CapX]

When a household pays £450,000 for a new home in England, a striking share of that price is not paying for bricks, mortar or even land.

It is paying for planning obligations, biodiversity rules, regulatory overhead and delay-driven finance costs – none of which is itemised for the family that ultimately bears the cost.

Stamp duty adds to the burden, although that at least is visible on the completion statement; the rest is simply buried in the price.

This opacity is a core feature of modern British government, where disguising the true tax take has become a political art form.

Britain needs legislated transparency for every new-build sale, so households can finally see where their money is going.

✍️Alan Hibben

Read more: https://t.co/6ZcIo5amiQ

[Andrew Old @oldandrewuk]

Here's what teachers responded yesterday on https://t.co/GDPJcyQza5

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

BREAKING: SCHOOL THAT INTRODUCED RULES IMPROVED MASSIVELY. More as we get it. (Although if any other school tries to do the same we’ll also give it a kicking in the media) https://t.co/wyDSmFQRGg

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

@niallsmith1970 @miss_mcinerney Yup

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

Spot on from @miss_mcinerney

[Kyle Graham @KTG_1990]

Stop school shaming @bbcnews

All schools restrict toilet visits.
Learning can't happen if children are talking in lessons.
Punishments are needed for breaking rules and not following expectations.

Start going after parents who don't step up.
https://t.co/9mgkgN88bl

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

https://t.co/25qB4wUQph

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

On that very dispiriting Lucy Powell interview. . . https://t.co/qtJhiSlEUB