Chris Maher

Headteacher of a wonderful secondary school. interested in Knowledge Curriculum, Direct Instruction and helping all young people achieve their potential

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Join our protest against the Schools Bill on Sunday 18 May 2pm Whitehall ✊🏾

Why do school uniforms matter?

Why does good behaviour in schools matter?

This is the first in a series of videos where I explain what’s wrong with the Schools Bill.

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Reducing class sizes is one of the biggest red herrings in education policy. It’s not that smaller class sizes aren’t in general, better. It’s because the effect size of reducing the number in the class is incredibly small unless you reduce it so much that the subsequent increase of staff you’d need would be financially and practically impossible.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

My open letter to the Education Secretary ⁦@bphillipsonMP⁩

Many teachers and school leaders share my concerns with regard to her decisions but are scared to say.

If you can find it in you, please RT.

My letter is also here: https://t.co/phAiybAov5

[De Lisle College @delisleacademy]

Vacancy in De Lisle: Exam Invigilators
To apply for this role please visit the Trust vacancies page: https://t.co/OQLWYsomH6

#JobOpportunity #examinvigilator #JoinOurTeam #DeLisleCollege

[De Lisle College @delisleacademy]

Vacancy in De Lisle: School Minibus Driver
To apply for this role please visit the Trust vacancies page: https://t.co/eWVH6T3i5i

#JobOpportunity #schoolbusdriver #JoinOurTeam #DeLisleCollege

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Another grim article that seeks to justify violent assault against students and teachers. It’s unbelievable how some people can find out a student attacked others in school, needed to be excluded as a result, and their sympathies are solely reserved for the attacker. https://t.co/Ot01RWyDYm

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

The more schools I see the more I become convinced that implementing detentions should almost always be a whole school system, rather than something left up to individual classroom teachers to issue, communicate and hold, especially where it comes to follow up for non-attendance.

It just guarantees a huge variation in consistency. Because it relies on the teacher having the confidence, organisation, willpower and workload to implement it, and those are factors that wax and wane depending on the circumstances.

Arguments that this degrades the teacher’s ‘agency’ never seem to describe what, precisely, the benefits of this agency actually are.

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

Anon post: Attended Ofsted inspection update webinar tonight. Was great to hear about the changes they propose and the focus on wellbeing. I was almost convinced UNTIL the Q&A section where one of the inspectors commented that if schools hadn’t heard by Monday lunchtime they were “safe” for that week. Such a flippant comment to make but also shows that their mindset has not really changed at all! We should all be “safe” at all times, whether in the inspection window or not.

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

A short summary of my basic principles of behaviour management. Feel free to share to anyone who might find it useful.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

I finally went to see Stanley Road, @primarypercival ‘s school.

Just WOW.

Brave, bold, and utterly inspirational.

People say this can’t stuff be done at primary.

Rebecca and Andrew and their staff prove that wrong in every possible way.

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!! ✊🏾

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Wow, end of an era. One of the most effective education ministers ever. The school system is in much better shape because of his efforts. ‘The same small good thing for a long, long time.’

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Some thoughts to set the record straight about researchED, because truth and integrity matters, even on Twitter.

[Richard Tutt @richardtutt]

Warmth is a big focus for us this year.Reconnect,TLAC 3.0+Barry's podcast all v. useful resources. Some key drivers:
✅Taught behaviour curriculum
✅Deliberate Practice
✅TLAC Means of Participation
✅Appreciations/gratitude
✅Daily Morning Welcome/Line Up https://t.co/YbdI9PKY4z

[Clive Wright @clivewright1969]

Annie Carter @sparklesannie79 talking about defining and building a powerful school culture; where a focus on Virtue enables children to develop great habits that will build character, self-confidence, conscientiousness, exemplary manners and morals.

[Barry Smith @BarryNSmith79]

Consistency! Too often SLT aren’t consistent. SLT need to be able to credibly model ‘policy’. To teach teachers the attention to detail that creates unambiguous expectations. It’s more than a PowerPoint. It’s every interaction. It’s a deliberate performance.

[Chris Maher @chris_maher21]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a BYD Atto 3 worth over £38k! It’s free to enter & you have until 31st April. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/KtFZeKT3Gt

[The Knowledge Hub @Knowledge_Ed]

Underpinned by core principles is a key message coming through.

[St Ralph Sherwin CMAT @SRSCMAT]

Congratulations to @BRS_staffs after the school was graded 'OUTSTANDING' by Ofsted. Blessed Robert Sutton is only the third secondary school in the country to move from Requires Improvement to Outstanding under the new Ofsted framework. Read more here https://t.co/8FrDCxO5lf👏

[St Thomas Aquinas CMAT @sta_cmat]

Girls across the Trust are on 🔥 this week!

[St Ralph Sherwin CMAT @SRSCMAT]

‘To help children succeed we need to teach behaviour’ @tombennett71 is talking to our staff about behaviours we often take for granted #SRSconference