Jennifer Camp-Overy

Headteacher.Maths specialist. Passionate about reading,reading & reading.Assessment Lead (data geek).All views my own...

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@dan_ofsted @mason_nicki @MrBoothY6 Thank you. I can’t tell you the difference that change alone will make.

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@dan_ofsted @mason_nicki @MrBoothY6 September 24?

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@TeachLeadAAli 👍 We ‘cherish’

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@Mr_S_Cains Last day Thursday. We’ve got this!

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

The last question to the panel was "what would you like the new government to do on curriculum and assessment?"

My answer:

If we are talking about curriculum and assessment, the biggest thing for me is a reduction. There's too much content across the board, and we need to strip back. We also need to stop assessment backwash, where exam mark schemes become a part of the curriculum and determine what students do and don't learn.

But that's if we're talking curriculum and assessment. If we're talking education in general - if @bphillipsonMP picked up the phone to me and said "what's the biggest thing in education" I would say something else:

Broadly, the education system itself in this country is working. Training is getting better, standards are improving, professionalism and professional knowledge is increasing and slowly, slowly, outcomes across the board are heading in the right direction. Curriculum and assessment need some changes, fixes, and tweaks, but in a broad sense they work.

What isn't working is everything else: we can't access CAMHS and we don't get hold of social workers. We have a two child limit and a benefits cap that keeps children hungry and in poverty. We have income cliff-edges that mean children whose parents can't afford meals are also not eligible for free school meals. We don't have Sure Start, we don't have youth centres. The SEND infrastructure is byzantine, underfunded and on the verge of collapse. The very fabric of the social security net is tattered and frayed, and vulnerable young children are falling through the gaps. Parents have lost faith in the system, and are losing their trust in schools and teachers.

Despite this, schools are heroically battling the odds to provide students with a high-quality, robust and meaningful education. But when everything outside our gates is in such disrepair there's a limit to what we can do.

So yes, there are things within education that need fixing. But the main thing - the biggest thing - is everything else. The best thing you can do for us is to fix that.

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A great experience for the boys. Thank you @MUFCYorkRoad

[Maidenhead United @MUFCYorkRoad]

"It was such an amazing experience for them to be pitch side & backstage on such a big occasion"

Our @mufcjuniors represented Maidenhead United during the play-off final last Sunday as ball persons!

We'd like to thank those who represented our club throughout the day 👏👏 https://t.co/XTF3hZH51T

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So excited for this one to start! Years after first reading the book with my own children and children in school. ❤️ @OnjaliRauf @Rosetheatre

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@ArbeeSmith Love this idea! Thanks for sharing.

[Julie Price Grimshaw @Julespg]

What Ofsted really need to do is to investigate the conduct issues first, gathering extra evidence from the school if necessary. It would then be possible to get a much clearer view of the accuracy of the original evidence base - & therefore the judgements. [end]

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@brassoteach I hadn’t realised that there are primaries where this isn’t a given. Some of our teachers prefer to work their PPA in school and some at home. Makes no difference to me.

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

The sooner every primary school teacher knows about the existence of these brilliantly useful videos, the better.

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@_kevinmcl @menoacademy @jon_hutchinson_ @EmilyT21417

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@stoneman_claire Yes! Not really into football but it’s about so much more than that. Brilliantly written.

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@MrNickHart @collabuae Congratulations! Sounds like an exciting move

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@MrDHancock6 Well done! It’s never predictable though…

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@kazza_cupcake Definitely not

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Hard to argue with any of the points raised here.

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Resignation letter (shared with permission) from Dr Martin Hanbury, CEO of a Trust - standing down as an OFSTED inspector this week.

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@lemurdreamer @Ofstednews @guardian @BBCNews @tes I am so sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with your family

[Ben Newmark @bennewmark]

The teaching life https://t.co/XUhdGdVzuY