Charlotte Harnetty

Absolute teacher geek. SLT at Burnt Mill Academy.

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Fantastic whole-school peer coaching session tonight using @Steplab_co to hone our feedback skills. @NobelSchoolUK @SCottinghatt

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

@NobelSchoolUK staff attending their Always Learning lectures. Staff chose what to present on and what to attend. Lots of interest in Mr Camp’s brilliant session based on @BoysDontTryPod

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Our wonderful year 12 students are learning how to be Peer Readers for our KS3 students. @NobelSchoolUK

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Really excited for our Middle Leadership Team to get this year’s text for us to read as a team by the wonderful @Caroline_Alice_ @NobelSchoolUK

[Dr Steve Murray @EduResearching]

PLEASE RT:

@greeborunner Zoe Enser - Challenging Expertise: Using research-based approaches to improve CPD for teachers

Free @CharteredColl online talk & open to all!
Weds 30th April, 4:15pm

Sign up here: https://t.co/JjF4gXn3Nd

#edutwitter #teaching #CPD #research

[Dr James Shea @englishspecial]

@miss_mcinerney Every single theme needs to be led by an SLT member, metrics collated, plans coordinated, risk reduced. The workload spend is absolutely massive. I'm SLT and it's made me look at my pension forecast...

[Laura McInerney @miss_mcinerney]

Of everything about Ofsted, this is my biggest concern.

If there’s a new massive framework AND a new curriculum, at the same time, those near retirement may well think “You know what, I’m done” and go.

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Brilliant training tonight from Matt Reah bringing together governors and SLT to think about the strategic vision for Nobel. @HFL_Education @ModernGovernor

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Absolute privilege to watch @Evelynforde1 speak @NobelSchoolUK today. Thank you @HFL_Education for organising!

[Kat Howard @SaysMiss]

@LitdriveUK If you want to employ intelligent, capable, brilliant people, you cannot *not* think about this stuff. Because when
- my child is ill
- my house needs food in it!
- my child needs to see a parent in an audience

I need to be there and without apology.

[Sue Atkinson FCCT @atkinson4sue]

Exodus of new mums fuels teacher shortage in schools - BBC News - This is so sad and it really doesn’t have to be like this. There are so many ways to be #flexible in education. ⁦@WomenEd⁩ https://t.co/sBdx0D8X3k

[Sarah Cottinghatt @SCottinghatt]

Retweets appreciated!

Are there any leaders involved in teaching and learning who would like (free) coaching sessions over the summer to work through plans/ideas for the next academic year?

More detail -

[Carys Stewart-Woods @MissCarysSW]

Raised by a single mother (who opened a woman’s refuge), grew up on a council estate, received free school meals. It’s so refreshing and hopeful to see someone (finally) come into the role understanding the realities of so many children she’ll be representing.

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

@adamboxer1 @profbeckyallen Exactly 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.

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Students @NobelSchoolUK voting in mock elections. Which party will win?

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

Our wonderful Middle Leadership team in their last coaching CPD session of this year. @Steplab_co @NobelSchoolUK

[Joel Kenyon @joel120193]

Next year, I, and others, will have 1 day off every fortnight with no reduction in pay and with the same level of PPA.

This is such a step in the right direction for us as teachers and it serves as a model for other schools to follow

Here is why it is such a brilliant idea 🧵

[Charlotte Harnetty @MsHarnetty]

This is inspirational and hopefully leads the way for more of the sector to follow. 👏👏👏

[Dixons Academies Trust @DixonsAcademies]

📢Exciting news at Dixons! We are launching our new flexible working plan which will come into effect in the next academic year and includes a nine-day fortnight for teachers!

Find out more here: https://t.co/kn6g3vXupP

#FlexibleWorking #Teaching

[Dixons Academies Trust @DixonsAcademies]

📢Exciting news at Dixons! We are launching our new flexible working plan which will come into effect in the next academic year and includes a nine-day fortnight for teachers!

Find out more here: https://t.co/kn6g3vXupP

#FlexibleWorking #Teaching