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[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@_violinski @BeanHundred @demo_loversx That implies you need a bigger breakfast or lunch.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@anlrudhx @AuronMacintyre Plenty of countries have Good Friday and the day after Easter Sunday as public holidays.

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@_violinski @carlrmorrell Ah, fair enough you found it hell.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@_violinski @carlrmorrell Why was your KS3 hell?

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@adamboxer1 @RealGeoffBarton @vianclark I'll allow them a couple of optimistic hyperboles in a press release. I'll scoff and tut if they write like that in the intro section to the national curriculum doc.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@botzarelli @thefish64 There's absolutely a case for it. I loved most of it myself. It's not actually compulsory, just widespread.
Yeah Powell wants broader KS3 curriculum. Surprised drama isn't compulsory.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@helenrey @mark_wapples @Yorkshire_Steve Some schools are giving out Y10 target grades to parents based on Y6 SATs data. Maybe we reintroduce NC grades without compulsory KS3 SATs. But perhaps DfE helps HoDs by making a secure question bank w/ a grade associated w/ each Q for internal end of Y9 tests.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@botzarelli @thefish64 That you are thinking of 1 MFL, 1 hist/geog and 2 options on top alleviates my concern. Even 4 opts: Lang not Lit, maths and double sci makes 8. Some Ss not making nearly enough progress towards Grade 4 in Eng would benefit from us trying to drag them through Elizabethan English

[BlackfordCountyEAS995 @BlackfordEAS995]

holy FUCK

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@botzarelli @thefish64 Just curious, if these pupils you mentioned only get 2 option slots, you mean to say they do 7-8 GCSEs? I was under the impression that 9 L2 qualifications is the mean average if not the median.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@Cath_on_X Academies currently seem able to move topics in both directions anyway e.g. schools near me have construction and loci only at the end of Y11, none in KS3.

[Tim Leunig @timleunig]

In three year KS4 schools, kids drop a lot of subjects a year earlier and get a less broad and balanced curriculum. That is what I think is being ruled out, and rightly so, I think.

[Chris Passey FCCT @MrChrisPassey]

Tonight, I am the proudest Head in the country. After school today, a man collapsed at a train station. Adults stood by. Our students didn't. One rang 999 and, using first aid she'd learned in LIFE lessons, put him in the recovery position until paramedics took over. 🧵1/2

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@PollTracker2024 Kemp is trying to keep Warnock from a presidential run.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@bencsmoke School budgets are ringfenced anyways, so an increase for repairs can't be used for pouches and vice versa.

[Ramit Sethi @ramit]

This is so funny. Every few years, conservatives get complete control of a city/state and try their policies, only to end in complete and total disaster

In Kansas, Republicans launched one of the biggest state tax cuts ever, their signature and only actual policy (besides terrorizing immigrants and restricting women's reproductive rights). As a result, tax revenues dropped by $700 million in the first year, Kansas growth lagged neighbors, and they made such deep cuts to education that even Republicans admitted they severely screwed up and repealed their policies. This should have put supply-side economics in the dustbin of history but Republicans can't read so they fail to learn from history.

In Oklahoma, Republicans cut taxes, resulting in a hole so large -- nearly $900 million -- that 20% of school districts had to go to 4-day weeks to save money. Nothing like screwing children so wealthy Republicans get wealthier! Oklahoma ended with about 1,500 fewer teachers and were forced to assign a mileage cap to Highway Patrol because they couldn't afford gas. Great governance, guys. Republicans later admitted their policies were idiotic and repealed many of their policies, raising taxes.

Florida's coming disaster will be extremely entertaining to watch. When Republicans actually try to effect policy (rare -- usually they just demonize minorities), it almost always ends in disaster

This is why I will never be lectured to by a Republican about their views on taxes

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@annavanpraagh How do we achieve these things with a treasury unwilling to increase DfE budget by enough?

[Tony Harwood @sciantificnew]

Its not reasonable for a GCSE student to retain content they learnt at the start of year 9 until the summer of year 11. GCSE was always intended to be a 2 year course. Ofsted started saying this many years ago. Under a Tory government. They were right then. And Labour are now.

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@SilveryMane @NABurkinshaw And indeed, it would have been unfair for examiners to put hybridomas in the spec of your bio exams! It wasn't even a word until 1976/77!

[Sauron @Fishpark321]

@Friendly_Maths @ShakinthatChalk I agree. Put some GCSE content into Y9 as KS3 national curriculum in some cases.