Jonathon Wakefield

Musician and music teacher. Area Manager for @oxmusicservice

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

Such a treat to visit Cherry Fields Primary School and watch their choir’s wonderful performance of Wizard of Oz. @CherryFieldsSch @GLFSchools must be so proud of them! The school’s commitment to giving children the best possible music and arts opportunities shines through!

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Vicw1 @ODSTschools @Julie_Sargent1 What a lovely way to bring persuasive writing to life, I’ll look forward to reading their letters… definitely open to being persuaded, but I’ve got my shovel and cement mixer ready just in case! 😂

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@MusicEdu4all @JonFraserTF Jimmy, I believe the source of tension and confusion here is that you should have said thank god she’s quit, not thank god you’ve quit. But considering she quit because she doesn’t want to use pronouns any more, you have to appreciate the irony.

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@DrLizStafford Ah ok, maybe I’ll give it a look then!

Disappointing lack of Marple skills though 😢 I wonder what social media platform she would use… Instagran?

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

I barely look at Twitter these days… but I’m doing it wrong. I’m supposed to tweet 78 grand announcements about my imminent departure from Twitter, aren’t I?

(And no, I’m still not calling it X. Nobody calls it X.)

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@DrLizStafford I don’t know if I can face dealing with another new social media thing… I might go back to MySpace 😂

[Music Education Solutions @musicedsolution]

Join @DrLizStafford on 17th October for a day of CPD around developing core skills across performing, listening, composing & improvising, notation and music history in primary schools. https://t.co/ZqLvYDtc9b #MusicEd

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

Doesn’t time fly! It’s exactly two months since I emailed @NEUnion with a complaint. Maybe they’ll even bother to reply one day, who knows, but it’s nice to know it was the right call to move to a different union.

[Elizabeth Stafford @DrLizStafford]

*BRAND NEW* Music Hubs & Services Magazine is now out! 🍾 https://t.co/5yUWNKrPs3

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

🎵 Our new Music Opportunities Pilot launched today with @YoungSoundsUK is supporting disadvantaged and SEND children to learn an instrument or sing to a high standard.

We’re providing a £2m investment on top of £3.8m from delivery partners.

More info:
https://t.co/VDKocZqPY3

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Pietros1 @bphillipsonMP …does it mean that your child doesn’t feel safe to be there? Does it mean they’re not likely to make enough progress? Does it mean there’s a problem with the early years provision but the education is great for older children?

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Pietros1 @bphillipsonMP Fine, if the question is as simple as ‘has this car passed a specific list of tests to demonstrate it is safe and legal to drive?’ School judgements need to be complex and nuanced, which is why the word inadequate is useless unless you unpick what that actually means…

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Pietros1 @bphillipsonMP It’s nothing to do with accountability… nobody is suggesting schools shouldn’t be inspected. A conclusion to a report is at least a paragraph, not just a word, otherwise it would totally fail to capture the key points, never mind the details.

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Pietros1 @bphillipsonMP A word one judgement does nothing to manage a school. Labelling a school as inadequate (or outstanding) tells you nothing about why it has been judged to be so, what specifically needs to improve, and how to go about doing that.

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@Pietros1 @bphillipsonMP An inadequate school does not magically improve because you gave it the rating.

[Simon Beale @SPBeale]

This is going to destroy the school gate banner industry.
Has no one thought of them??

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

Great stuff @mad_atter 👏👏👏

[The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark @musicmarkuk]

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[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

The look when you’re about to conduct Adagio for Strings and somebody makes a noise

[Jonathon Wakefield @JWakefieldMusic]

@DrLizStafford Not just young people…

[Tom George @TomGeorge94]

These are the lads from Kingswood Homes and Southport Mosque who’ve spent the afternoon working together to rebuild the wall. An amazing effort! @MENnewsdesk