Mr Collins

Secondary School Head of English. I instantly block people who say not nice things behind the mask of Twitter anonymity.

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Dear Gavin Williamson: teachers like me can no longer look to you for leadership | Gary Collins #dfe #edutwitter #schoolsreopening https://t.co/6NhsDqwgNh

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@robbhawkes I am absolutely here for the time it took you to write this out!

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@bennewmark I disagree. Regardless of their experience of int’l schools (which is not the main thing here) they raise an issue that needs to be debated. I don’t work at a school like the ones described here and I disagree about cover teams but their lived experience of behaviour is valid

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@bphillipsonMP Hi…errrr…what about us?

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@missbamforth @AndrewDMorrish Yes because “all down south schools” are basking in the glory of reduced workload, with money coming out of our ears!

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“Had he not resembled
My father as he slept, I had done't.”

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Headteachers should pick up absent pupils from home, says education secretary Gillian Keegan
https://t.co/zgKjc7v5qY

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@GavinWilliamson Just gonna leave this here… https://t.co/G9T6D9259S

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@jonkinahan You’re a horrifying human being.

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@SpursOfficial @jonkinahan

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@MrJamesEnglish @KayTrot To which the answer is always “whatever it looks like is already there mate!”

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@MrsB_English_ This is the sun setting on the beach in Zanzibar. Have the best day. Don’t let the buggers get you down 😀

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@christteach Hi, my wife and I are both teachers and live in Reading. Bought last year in Tilehurst. It’s worth looking in West Reading if you can as the further you are from the station (new Elizabeth line is driving prices up) the better and East Reading is very expensive. Feel free to DM😀

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@GlennHo97250326 @EmmaGallagher17 @shadylady222 I sit by and watch most things happen on Edu Twitter, but I feel compelled to also express that Glenn’s response is entirely disproportionate to the incredibly polite and worthy replies from Becky. If you can’t engage in a reasonable way, then don’t.

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@AndyCart2531 @annesilvdav @phillipmarsland @SkyNews Totally agree. I’m ex-forces from the Iraq/Afghan years. Never felt exhaustion like teaching but love it!

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@Engleeshteacher @HoDandHeart Same. On Fringe and rarely get more than a couple of applicants, if that, for English teacher roles. Cost of living in Surrey not so different to London with wages that don’t reflect.

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@KayTrot Do you start earlier?

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@IdleMrBridle @curtaindsleep @groovybrewster @English_TutorUK Yeah I’ve never been convinced the child is doing anything more than flying the nest. The reference to poppies and war is the extent of the grief that she feels letting him go. Amazing how many perspectives there are though 🙂

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@Sarah_Woody_87 “What do you teach?”
“English.”
“Primary or Secondary?”
“Did you even go to school…?!”

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@SusanSEnglish @Team_English1 Bayonet Charge no?

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@English_MrsD Remember that part of managing change is realising when it’s not actually needed! And turn every Dept meeting into a workshop/Dept Teachmeet - put all admin into an email and use that time to be with your team sharing all of your experiences.

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@MsBauduin Shame I don’t teach Year 7 this year or I’d have made 90s music every single starter for the whole year!