Ben Damien Blyth

Deputy Headteacher - Secondary & Post-16

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Exit Tickets are firmly on my list of "well intentioned but generally bad ideas"

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

England’s school's have achieved competitive advantage over those in the US by stressing knowledge-rich curriculum, more rigorous assessment & teaching informed by principles of cognitive psychology.

Now they’re phone free too. And good for them. English kids deserve that.

The question is: Will US schools keep pace or let themselves fall even further behind?

[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

***STUDY BUDDY***

Introducing Lenny our Longdendale study buddy 😊

A guide for students to support their revision.

How to use past papers ✅
How to revise for specific subjects ✅
The Pomodoro technique ✅
Exam day tips ✅
Key revision websites ✅
How we learn ✅
How to create a revision timetable ✅
How to manage exam stress ✅

#TheLongdendaleLegacy

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Number of science teachers in the country = 40000ish

Number of science teachers writing the new national curriculum for science = 0

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@WestEndCovers @myleshart @moulinmusicaluk Phenomenal!

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@alistairbrammer Legend - cheers!!

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@alistairbrammer But where’s the link!?

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@alistairbrammer We’ve been lucky enough to see you three times over the past week - bloody incredible, blown away performances! Vote banked! 👏🏻🙌🏻💪🏻

[Musical Theatre Review @MusicalTheatreR]

.@SonyPictures has announced that the live filmed version of the 4-time Tony Award-winning Merrily We Roll Along, dir by Maria Friedman, will premiere worldwide from 5 Dec (4 Dec in many UK cinemas!)

Starring Tony Award-winners Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez

[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

School culture is taught, not caught.

At Longdendale we intentionally model and explicitly teach our core values of respect, resilience and aspiration.

Our operation reset at the beginning of each half term is an important landmark during the academy year to remind students of our values and routines.

It’s about building their Longdendale Legacy step by step.

#TheLongdendaleLegacy #schoolculture #valuesmatter

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

We should all be grateful to @tombennett71 for rebutting the study about "isolation spaces" in schools.

It's frankly unacceptable that stuff like this is still getting through the peer-review process.

https://t.co/cs5biJSLIB

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@DickieDover I had the pleasure of working with Julian when he transitioned into teaching! He was a kind man with a huge personality! He was always happy to go above and beyond to support his students!

[Rachel Cliffe @MrsRCliffe]

Introduced Year 7 and Year 8 to one of my favourite recall starters- find and fix! A mixture of literacy and historical errors. A resource shared on Twitter a few years ago (apologies I cannot remember the original tweeter) that is one of my go tos 🙌🙌🙌

[Hadestown UK @HadestownUK]

#HadestownUK takes DIY 🌹

[EnglishGCSE.co.uk @EnglishGCSEcouk]

Our AQA English Language walkthroughs have all been updated for 2026. Previously downloaded? Get the updates free:
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#teamenglish #edutwitter #teachertwitter #gcses #gcses2026 #backtoschool #aqa #aqa2026 #backtoschool2025 #teaching

[CInduFecn @CInduFecn]

This is a wealth of knowledge. So many specific ideas to use, laid out so clearly. I've not had this many strategies to try out since 'Teach to the Top'. A great summer read before starting a new job next week. @lamb_heart_tea @MrsBallAP

[Pritesh Raichura @Mr_Raichura]

This September, if you are looking to improve your classroom practice, one of the highest-leverage but underused strategies to try is HIGH-FREQUENCY questioning. Not note-taking, not copying definitions, not retrieval starters. What do I mean? 1/

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@Headteacherchat It doesn’t! It’s all very vague!

[Hadestown UK @HadestownUK]

Drop a reply ⬇️ Where is he going?

[Ben Damien Blyth @BenBlyth]

@bookofmormonuk Honestly, hands down the best casting I’ve ever seen in this show! 👏🏻💪🏻👏🏻💪🏻