Richard Foster

Deputy Headteacher in a fabulous secondary school in the North West. All views my own. NPQH

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@LeanneSpurs One is a room with 30-33 people, one is a vast open space.

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@Lindstar24 No they haven’t

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@Merlyn197002 @Warrioramira01 You’re right it doesn’t, it might not have been right in the 70s, it might not be now.

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@Warrioramira01 @Merlyn197002 There was a nationao curriculum until 1989. Teachers were literally able to do what they wanted until then. It’s different today, as is the change in health and safety law. Like comparing chalk and cheese, two very different eras.

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@DillonGascoigne You’re wrong on both fronts.

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@demssb Yes we are

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@Headteacherchat Don’t respond outside of work hours. Have a contact form on the website and make it clear that enquiries will be responded to within 48 hours.

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@Headteacherchat Yep that’s me

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@cix_stormrage @joel120193 English and by extension English Literature is a core subject.

I don’t disagree with you regarding looking at options and making sensible entries also. I’m just saying that the tension for schools with accountability measures means that common sense doesn’t always prevail.

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@cix_stormrage @joel120193 It’s not for parents to say what subjects children will or will not do. There would be chaos if this was the approach. Unless Government accountability measures change accordingly, it’s very difficult for any mainstream school to offer that level of optionality.

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@BarryNSmith79 It’s not 13/14 weeks holiday it’s 12 and it’s unpaid. The salary is spread over 12 months but our holidays are not paid. Check the T&Cs if you don’t believe me.

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

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Pope Leo's Easter message:

"Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!"

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the light of #Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Christ is risen from the dead, and with him, we too rise to new life! This Easter proclamation embraces the mystery of our lives and the destiny of history, reaching us even in the depths of death. #Easter

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@FixingEducation Teaching Gramdma to suck eggs

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@FixingEducation A post designed to garner lots of reactive comments. Probably not true.

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@tes Lots of balance in the comments here and we were one of those November schools. I think as Senior Leaders we all thought that the intensity would be dialled down. We were fine too but it was brutal, non-stop for 48-72 hours. That’s the bit that’s still not quite right.

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@Thinkingschool2 Nonsense, it’s what we spend a lot of our time doing. I see staff frequently motivating and working on mindset.

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@tes A ban doesn’t undermine the role of schools at all. We don’t use social media in school for children to encounter the risk with support. Ban it and let us teach about it before they use it.