Kimberley WT

Principal-Sheffield, English teacher. Mum x3. Interests: behaviour, culture, shopping for dresses. All views my own. Re-posts not always endorsement.

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

My visualiser, a thread:

1. I’ve been a teacher of English for 18 years. Yesterday, I taught my last year 11 lesson of this academic year. I can honestly say I think my teaching is better now than it’s ever been, thanks to my visualiser.

[Yewlands Academy @YewlandsAcademy]

Reminder!

We have an exciting new vacancy available!

We are hiring for a Reach Internal Alternative Provision Deputy Centre Manager. This is for our newly established REACH cohort.

Find out more and apply: https://t.co/4lvAD4kpp4

Applications close April 16th 2026.

[Mike Westerdale @BLT_CEO]

Great to have such an inspirational leader @YewlandsAcademy working in partnership with the whole @brigantialearn1 Principal team at @hindehouseacad @LongleyParkSF & @BrigantiaHFA

[Learners First Schools Partnership @Learners_First]

'Warm Strict' and the Culture Curriculum @YewlandsAcademy. Great to hear of the transformational work of Principal Kimberley Willmott and her team @brigantialearn1 and the reflections of the talented current and aspirational headteachers in the locality!

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

@RealAliBarlow @DixonMFL Thank you! Drop me a DM of some dates- more than welcome to visit us anytime :)

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

We ate cake all day today & staff made some absolute showstoppers, inc a Yewlands Way cake 🤩 What a truly wonderful team we have @YewlandsAcademy!

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Another consequence of allowing disruptive students to stay in the classroom is that it sends the message to everyone in the room that education isn’t that important.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

OPEN CHALLENGE

Show me a successful turnaround school that didn't massively improve behaviour standards via centralised behaviour policies, including substantial consequences for repeated poor behaviour.

I'm happy to wait

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

Eeeekkkk

[Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher]

The guns have fallen silent.
The stars have aligned.
The great wait is over.
Come see.
It will not be televised.

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

@Clive_Hill @Mallrat_uk Good luck! Accidental leaders are the best kind I think!

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

Happy Bank Holiday Monday from Venice 🇮🇹

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

This is us today- 140 year 7 violinists smashing it at TMA! Tuesday is “ MISST day” and we love it!

[MiSST @misst_music]

Access to music education in UK schools is not a given. We’ve now supported over 20,000 students across the UK! 🥳 We work with 29 secondary schools who serve disadvantaged and sometimes challenging communities providing enhanced staffing, funding for instruments and also regular support and opportunities to perform.
#RPSAwards #MusicEducation #MusicChangesLives #YoungMusicians #ImpactAward

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

5.Don’t do this.

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

I spoke to a teacher this week who was asked by the school’s senior leadership team to be more “innovative” in her teaching. All staff were allocated £1 and told to go to a pound shop to purchase a “prop” to use to create a “buzz” in the classroom. Here was my response: 🧵

[Kimberley WT @EducatingStamio]

4.Students want to learn, make progress, feel clever and successful- just as we all do. They won’t thank you for a shoehorning wooden spoons into your Macbeth lesson, however much fun it might be at the time.

[Joe Kirby @joe__kirby]

“In schools where behaviour standards are high, disadvantaged children do disproportionately well.

In schools where behaviour standards are weak, disadvantaged children do disproportionately badly.”