Jamie Nairn

Many years in education. Director of Education in a MAT. Also have a lovely wife & 4 kids. Views here are my own

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@DevaPete @thedeadcentrex @thelucyjohnston @carlheneghan Yes and back then schools had time in the curriculum and money to do it. Not any more, sadly

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@llewelyn20 Don’t you realise on here that everything is binary?! Stop being so damn nuanced and reasonable! 🤦🏼‍♂️

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@tes @ProfAMGregory This is such a non issue. Many of my schools already ban mobile phones and still allow those with medical needs to have theirs, with a medical care plan in place.

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@Headteacherchat My advice is take HT comments off reports. You don’t know every pupil well enough apart from outliers at either end. So your comments become bland and not very personal. Parents and children know this, so honestly - spend your time checking that teachers make personal comments.

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@HarrySmithPE This press release makes it sound really positive- not that they are actually taking money away from cash strapped schools!

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@HarrySmithPE I saw some news articles - but can’t find anything direct from DfE! 🙄

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I appreciate this is a first world problem, but @ODEONCinemas how have you sold out of Mandalorian merch before the film is released? Taking my son tomorrow to see the film and he is going to be upset!

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@WoodMeena @smithsmm @RachelOrr @Ofstednews It’s not just MATs. This has been happening for many, many years. Way before academies were around.

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@mum3003 That wasn’t clear from your post

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@mum3003 I am in our schools every day & visit early years classrooms every day & speak to leaders & teachers every day. What I see is a small minority who have additional/medical needs that require them to wear nappies. I also see very many where parents are ‘too busy’ to toilet.

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@MisterS_DT77 I had hoped(!) that in 2026, after a number of IT issues over the years, that somebody somewhere should test a system before it went live! 🤣😜

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In our primary schools this morning - all had issues logging into the new assessment portal. Did nobody think to consider 17k primary schools all trying to log in at the same time?

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@richmondie Speak to them directly?

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@richmondie I don’t know - but pretty fed up of schools being expected to solve all societal challenges.

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@Headteacherchat Every school in our trust did.

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@RobertJenrick No they are not. Not in WNC or NNC they are not!!!

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@MathsladyScott There is nothing wrong with testing. What happens to the results is what matters.

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@etaknipsa Clearly not! 🤦🏼‍♂️