Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT

Dad, long distance triathlete, Head Teacher in that order. All views expressed are my own.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@TeacherToolkit @maximjkelly Should be pointed out widely - not a comment on Ofsted but rather accountability @PaulWhiteman6

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

Brilliant analysis by @maximjkelly

A comparison of high stakes Ofsted inspections vs. government accountability - what happens to school leaders post-inspection vs. what (should) happen(ed) to Boris Johnson following the publication of Sue Gray’s report https://t.co/zOnrnzzMBO

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@MontonBeekeeper We are just in Swinton - The Deans

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@MontonBeekeeper Hi a bit random, but at my school we would like to think about setting up a hive / hives on the school roof. Have you any ideas if someone could do this / manage it for us? Thanks.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@YodelOnline Your help desks just lie. Spent 2 hours getting nowhere Sparta from a repeated script. Can even tell me if the depot Warrington is actually open or not - total discrace.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@Kirkyk @yodel @watchdog @MartinSLewis @YodelOnline

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@YodelOnline It says something when you can't actually speak to a person to resolve issues. Unbelievably bad customer service. Just makes everything more frustrating. I think they've lost my parcel but won't admit it and just try and send me in a loop. DM sent b4 a bot replies.

[Tom Starkey @tstarkey1212]

I have a mate who's a bit on the anti vax spectrum and she was saying that she doesn't know what's in it.

I asked what what's in her lip filler. She wasn't sure.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@ManCity I have been trying for several days to find out what happened to the named bricks from the walk of pride that I paid £100 for. No replies to tweets and noone picking up the phone. Very poor customer service. Pls contact me.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@ManCityHelp Hi Andy can you tell me what happened to the bricks that I bought on the walk of pride a few years ago please.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@ManCityHelp I sent an enquiry about what happened to the bricks that I bought on the walk of pride a few years ago but got no response. Can you pls tell me what happened to them.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@ManCityHelp Good evening. Several years ago I bought two bricks for my wife and mother in law (both long standing season ticket holders) on the walk of pride. Could someone please tell me what has happened to these treasured memories since the club changed to the tunnel club.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@AlisonMPeacock @CharteredColl I would appreciate some simple honest messaging to parents. No more bubbles is just a sound bite. Parents need to know that it is highly likely that classes may close due to outbreaks on the advice of PHE. Actually put the percentage of cases for closure out there for everyone.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@educationgovuk They do if you follow your own guidance.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

Wow, just wow. Like a stuck record - it's woeful.

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

‘Given the level of failure during your reign have you offered your resignation to the PM?’ - @piersmorgan 

‘My one focus is making sure we deliver the best for our children.’ - Gavin Williamson

Piers says the Minister has been a catastrophe and should ‘own it’.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

@MichaelT1979 Love the fact that the online documentation portal is Google drive.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

A handy summary of a shambles.... Still more to go I fear.

[Tes magazine @tes]

Given @GavinWilliamson failure to apologise this week for 'last-minute' decisions on schools policy during the pandemic, we thought it might be useful to put to together one handy thread of every U-turn from the @educationgovuk since April last year(1/43)🤓https://t.co/3KLxhyarYr

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

This is a National scandal @PaulWhiteman6 Gov playing dirty tactics.Schools who only offer Nur places to critical workers will not get funding from the census next Thursday. Totally bullying schools to get their own way. Simply a kick in the teeth to our profession from the gov.

[Andy Mellor @andymellor64]

As a number of people have said asking parents to tell tales to ofsted in the middle of a global pandemic is akin to Matt Hancock handing out complaint forms in a hospital waiting room. He hasn’t done it and neither should gavin Williamson. We’re all on the same side here.

[Steve Kirkpatrick FCCT @MrKp]

So now it's gone to upto 5 hours online, anyone without a 'quiet space' can attend, schools can be reported to Ofsted about remote learning and so on. This government is being completely childish chucking their toys because a virus didn't let them get their own way. Pathetic.