Teddy

I used to be the #SchoolDog at @JuniorChurchSch. I loved being at St Michael’s. 💙

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

The children @JuniorChurchSch can still think of me by looking through a photo book and having a cuddle. There’s also a heated version in the office too!

[Tes magazine @tes]

The next academic year will bring major policy changes – here’s what school leaders can expect and when
https://t.co/Z3RlW5BD1N

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

Time to delete this account- I’ve been retired from being a school dog for over a year now. Have enjoyed catching birds and winning prizes but too much on here not dog or school related!

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[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

Is your tree up yet?

[Dan Lambert 🙋🏼‍♂️ @dan_ofsted]

Hi Omar. Sorry, was away at the weekend so didn’t pick this up. I agree that on the face of it this wouldn’t be our normal approach. I also agree that this would put pressure on a member of staff, and particularly one at the start of their career. We want to avoid that, of course.

I just want to pose a couple of points or scenarios though which may help here.

Firstly, this wouldn’t have been planned this way. There is nothing in any of our training or methodology that implies that individual staff should be visited for this length of time.

Secondly, inspections are much more agile under this methodology. It allows us to explore with leaders the aspects of the school which are pertinent. I can see a scenario where multiple things may encourage team members towards the same room - Eg a learning walk on leadership with the HT, then a specific child/children who are part of a case sample, a subject or session being taught by that MOS or a follow up on something the school wanted us to see. Not all of these are focused on the teacher - but any time an inspector is in the room, of course, we assume it’s to watch us teach. I certainly felt the same when I was a teacher.

Deep dives made sure this was all laid out beforehand, but did mean that we didn’t have the same flexibility to really explore and understand different features of the school as well as this methodology does. We would hope that leaders speak to us about any issues like this as well; both inspectors and leaders should be keeping an eye out for this when a particular MOS is involved in lots of different aspects.

So, while I agree that we certainly want to avoid this, there are some circumstances which could lead to this which we need to keep a close eye on during the inspection. We can certainly mitigate much of this - eg meet a pupil/pupils outside of class, look at some work instead, keep in touch with the team and leaders to make sure we are getting a sense throughout of where lessons visits are building for one person.

The article looks at a lot of positives in my view - and that’s how I have experienced this too. The conversations are richer and specific to the school; the granular detail of how vulnerable pupils are supported comes through in a much richer way; we understand so much more about how a school is led and the context/community/cohorts it serves.

I also really like the focus on the expected standards being grounded in statute and guidance. Essentially, if a school is fulfilling its responsibilities then that is the starting point for our discussions.

But we will also keep listening. We will focus on how well this is working and gathering feedback on what we can do better.

Thanks for the tag and the question. Have a great day.

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@dave_mcpartlin Best job in the world!

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

Happy Friday everyone hope week 3 was kind to you in schools. And if not here is a pic to cheer you up!!

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@JuniorChurchSch Looks great 👍

[StMichaels @JuniorChurchSch]

Gracie and Frankie took on the Kids Summer Challenge to raise money for @YLvsCancer in memory of their older brother. They committed to walking a mile every day throughout August – which they successfully completed – and have raised an incredible £400 for this important cause.

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

Happy #NationalDogDay strange one for me not getting ready to go back to school @JuniorChurchSch but I’ve been on holiday and seen lots of my favourite people 💙

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@JuniorChurchSch

[The Reading Agency @readingagency]

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[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@JuniorChurchSch

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@JuniorChurchSch Such a wonderful group of children - this video captures them so well 🥰

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@LeeBraganza My old school LOVE this race- balance the water

[StMichaels @JuniorChurchSch]

Sports Day 2025! Congratulations to the Blue Team who won the most points! Huge thanks to Mr Durrant, Harrison and Chloe for organising the morning and making sure it ran smoothly, and thanks to all the parents, carers and family members who came to show their support.

[Sarah Farrell @SarahFarrellKS2]

I can’t believe that tomorrow is the third anniversary of Times Tables Ninja (Key Stage 2) being published!

To celebrate, I’m giving away a copy of the book. To enter, please follow me and like and retweet this tweet.

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[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

👩‍👧@LGrocott_EY introduces our updated poster to help practitioners support young children’s transitions.

Read more: https://t.co/Drcb3zmY1U

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[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@YouthSportTrust @OPAL_CIC @GMB @JuniorChurchSch already have an active uniform, solidly in place for a good few years now

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@JuniorChurchSch

[TheTattooedHeadteacher Deputy CEO 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾she/her @KyrstieStubbs]

Free kids meals 💜

[Teddy @TeddyDogSTMI]

@pdcornish76 Congratulations!

[StMichaels @JuniorChurchSch]

On Wednesday 14th May, Miss Mellor had the honour of representing St. Michael’s Junior at the King’s garden party.

It was an eventful journey but a brilliant day! https://t.co/db6oR8UlzA

Thank you to @stjohns1174 for the invitations to celebrate!