Jo

Headteacher in Greater London ; loves to read; loves her job although could do with more sleep 😴 wants to make a difference but not always sure how

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

🚨 I spoke with Robert Peal about why free schools have been so successful in England.

We unpack knowledge-rich curricula, strong behaviour systems, and teacher-led instruction — and how they helped transform student outcomes. 📚🎓

👉 Full episode below

#ChalkandTalk #Education #LearningScience #Teaching #PodcastClip

[ℙ𝕒𝕦𝕝 𝕂. 𝔸𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕙 𝔽ℂℂ𝕋 𝕃𝕃𝔼 @pkainsworth]

New mini podcast: A 6minute reflection on my conversation with @Thinkingschool2 - Fostering a shared purpose
🎧 https://t.co/Fuw9L8C390
Thanks @KyrstieStubbs for a fab quote

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

School leadership can feel personal.

A tough email. A parent complaint. A colleague’s comment. A challenge from governors.

Feedback can land fast and sharp—even when you try not to take it to heart. Because you care: about doing the right thing, your staff, pupils and families, and the standards you uphold.

Reflective leadership is creating a small space between what happens and how you respond—not ignoring the feedback or the emotion, but asking:

What’s the message?
What’s useful?
What needs clarity?
What needs a calm response?

Sometimes feedback holds something important. Sometimes it’s pressure, misunderstanding or frustration. The skill is sorting signal from noise without losing yourself.

That takes resilience, trusted people, and permission to be human.

If something has landed heavily, don’t carry it alone. Pause. Reflect. Talk it through. Respond in line with your values.

You’re allowed to be affected—and still lead.
https://t.co/rkdxifMtHk

#SchoolLeadership #Headteachers #EducationLeadership #ReflectiveLeadership #SLT #Resilience #TeacherWellbeing #HeadteacherChat

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

💡 ‘SHARE to support struggling readers and writers’ 💡

“How do we enact something that is potentially fuzzy like 'scaffolding' or 'high expectations'? Strategies need to be distilled, concrete and practical, and we need to name them.”

https://t.co/wRA2BIlhaU

[👩‍🏫 Education Support 👨‍🏫 @EdSupportUK]

Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion caused by prolonged stress and long working hours 🧠

It's no wonder that teachers and everyone working in education are at risk of burnout.

Here are five top tips to avoid burnout ⬇️

Find out more: https://t.co/Ow1hmvm6iF

[Mr G @DeputyGrocott]

I’ve put a load of my most popular files together in a Dropbox folder. Let me know if you’d like the link. Can I also ask that you share this post pretty please 🙏 (as it seems the only way to get anything seen nowadays!). 😊

[Lisa @lisareality1]

My daughter lost this bangle today 29/4/26 pm at or near Sloane Square tube. It is very sentimental, she is 6 months pregnant and utterly heartbroken - hearing her sob on the phone was dreadful. Do your thing X - I know it would be a miracle but we live in hope that someone may return it.💛

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

What do school leaders really need right now?

Not more noise. Not more pressure. Not more performative “support”.

They need space to think, ask questions, share ideas, and feel less alone in leadership.

That’s why we’ve built the HeadteacherChat community.

A calm, professional space for practical support, honest conversations, useful resources, and leaders helping leaders.

Find out more here:
https://t.co/2qL15Z85DT

[Professor Benjamin Zephaniah @BZephaniah]

Don’t wait.

Don’t wait to live,
to love,
to notice the small things—

Because one day
you’re fine…

And the next—
everything changes.

I asked, “Why me?”
They said, “Bad luck.”

No reason.
No warning.

Just one moment—
splitting life in two:
before…
and after.
@richardsudan

[Tes magazine @tes]

Kindness in school leadership ‘can often be misread as weakness or a lack of rigour’, says international principal Joanna Povall – but it’s actually an incredibly powerful strategy
https://t.co/TOpLAIuoL5

[WRDaboutbooks @WRDmag]

We have 3 pairs of the hilarious #BossOfTheUnderworld series by #TorFreeman to #win!
For the chance to fall down a hole into the Underworld in this fun packed, laugh out loud graphic novel series
RT/Flw by Jan 23
#WRDMagComp @HachetteKids
#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

[Leaders 𝕏 Junction @LeadersJunction]

Best advice.. Must Listen‼️‼️

[Jon Hutchinson @jon_hutchinson_]

🎉🎉Competition Time🎉🎉

To celebrate the publication of the first books in the fantastic “How to lead it” primary subject series, I’m giving away a copy of ALL FOUR to lucky one winner.

Just repost and like this tweet to enter.

I’ll draw a random winner on Friday 7th Nov.

[Sue Cowley @Sue_Cowley]

I'm running a webinar on adaptive teaching this Wednesday. Lots of practical advice about inclusive approaches to teaching. Pay what you can to attend. Very grateful for shares. Thank you! #edutwitter
https://t.co/oM1SquobXI

[Prof Michael Green FCCT @Michael_S_Green]

⚠️ The @suttontrust has published a really interesting report - Double Disadvantage? Socio-economic inequalities in the SEND system

This is a MUST read for anyone working in our schools

https://t.co/fdbeuEuP1f

#SEND #Inequalities #Disadvantage #edutwitter #schoolleaders

[Jo @jocoNHT]

@Phil_Sledge

[Estate of Seamus Heaney @seamusheaneyest]

It’s publication day for this magnificent volume, and we couldn’t be more proud, or more grateful to our three brilliant editors, Bernard O’Donoghue, Rosie Lavan and Matthew Hollis, and @FaberBooks. “Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten”

[Southgloshead @Southgloshead]

BOOK GIVEAWAY! Retweet for a chance to win a copy of #HEADTEACHERING which comes out NEXT WEEK!! @BloomsburyEd #Sltchat @Headteacherchat @tes #ukedchat #headteacher