Mr Chips

Anti-academy crusader; supporter of high quality good old-fashioned school leadership with moral integrity.

[Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology]

Early medieval cross slab fragment, Kells, Co Meath

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

Certain ‘Lords’ also work for the civil service as advisors on salaries. When they on purpose hold those meetings in the Palace of Westminster they also claim the 300 on top of their salaries....

[John Edwards @JohnEdwards33]

Court rules that carers on minimum wage won’t be paid for resting while carrying out their jobs.

Meanwhile over at the House of Lords on £300 a day tax-free..

[Dan Thorpe @DanLThorpe]

Thanks to @SchoolsWeek for further exposing the appalling basis for the action taken by @GavinWilliamson - infection rates for our borough not included! Also never forget that @GreenwichTories refused to support our efforts to keep #greenwich schools safe

https://t.co/H0dqxsw2nq

[SOIA @AbdullahHasib2]

R rate go up by 0.3 in a week following the full reopening of all schools. By next week R rate will be over 1 & we will be at the start of a third wave. Thousands will die all because of the lie that 'schools are safe'

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

So let me get this straight:
Teachers are essential workers that help keep the economy going, but it's not essential to vaccinate them or pay them a living wage with consistent increases proportional to inflation. 🤔😔

[Bob Wallace DontLookUp @nyorkshirebob.bsky.social @Bob_in_NYorks]

Just heard on LBC that HMRC are going to investigate Coronavirus fraud re. furlough, grants and loans. How about starting with a Track and Trace which didn’t work, and cost us £22,000,000,000?

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

Teacher....

[Read Teach Repeat @TeachRepeat]

If you'd followed that 1990s careers computer program you did at school, what would you now be doing (and presumably not be expected to sacrifice your life for)? Id be a taxidermist.

[Matthew Payne @Matthew82069336]

290 deaths tragically reported today. Once more a very considerable number,yet in just over a week our teachers, children and more will be put at unnecessary risk,when 10 million go back on one day. Any loss of life is wrong,but needless deaths are the most unacceptable.Awful !

[An IT Guy @an_it_guy_in_uk]

@Independent Oh? Teachers should go in without protection, while Ofsted inspectors refuse to go anywhere near a school due to the risk it poses to them?

Ofsted & govt ministers should spend a few weeks volunteering as classroom assistants then go home to granny if they're so sure it's all OK

[Chemistryandpilates @ChemNorfolk]

@paysupplystaff Cases going to rise in the next few weeks let’s see how they try and fudge it!

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

Apart from a glitch in the Corbyn era it’s been like that since the 1990’s.

[Matt Thomas @Trickyjabs]

There's an enormous empty hole in UK politics where a left wing party should be.

[Mr Pughsley🌍📚🌳 @ScottPughsley]

Has there been a date set for when all MPs will return in person yet?

[George (The UK Action Team) @UKAT_George]

Teachers need to strike on the 8th March. The government have gone against their scientific advisory group SAGE, and Sub group SPI-m to open schools.
If Teachers care about their pupils and families as well as their own wellbeing there is no other way now!!.

[Chris @chris_cjd]

If teachers' judgements with exam grades can be trusted this year, then they now need to be trusted every year @NEUnion @cyclingkev @MaryBoustedNEU

[The Thinking School @Thinkingschool2]

Instead of labelling children as ‘falling behind’, why not praise them for the resilience they have shown and thank them for the sacrifices they have made?!

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

Charging £9,250 for university tuition fees is daylight robbery

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

Yes it’s pretty much the approach he took when running Ofsted too.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Michael Wilshaw on @BBCNewsnight seemed to be imagining children as footballs or balloons: you just add on education hours per day, per week, per year and their brains will inflate. @MaryBoustedNEU @cyclingkev @NEUnion

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

My school can’t possibly get through the number of tests with the limited staff they have so have no option to test next Thursday and Friday even though it is pointless.

[Mr Chips @fergus_turnip]

It’s gone to pay for the CEOs bonus whilst they sit at home or join useless committees like Ofqual when they should be working for their trusts

[Karam Bales @karamballes]

Expecting teachers to work for free over the summer after a decade of austerity while telling them they have to face a pay freeze next year as well? After a year of abuse?

Jokers.