Julian Thomas

JPT Consulting. Educationalist, Leader, Speaker, Adventurer. Former Master of Wellington College. Part-time polar explorer, desert runner and Atlantic rower.

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#bbccricket #testmatchspecial
In the modern age with high accuracy weather forecasts, when we KNOW that rain will curtail a test match, why don’t we play on while the light is good on the days with no rain?

Tearing my hair out!

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@lehain @CalebWestSussex Definitely!

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Can someone from #edutwitter point me back to the thread which lists all of the things that newspapers, magazines and commentators have said should be part of a school’s curriculum?

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@CalebWestSussex That’s the one! Thank you.

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@NetCats200 Go Ronnie!

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@SteveTMusic Back to form after “Ruby Tew”😉

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@ManorHseHead Thanks

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Can anyone tell me if Cambridge IGCSEs are still going ahead in the U.K.?

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Ofqual and the DfE have done months of planning for the all too likely scenario of a mid-year exams cancellation, haven’t they? Haven’t they?

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@MrsAngelaReed The Chris Rea tweet!! Christmas can truly begin!

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@reading_woman Spot on, I reckon!

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@NetCats200 Woohoo! Brilliant. Congratulations, Ronnie.

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@rihbd @piersmorgan Garner, yes. Hadlee an unbelievable bowler but would he count as “fast” rather than “fast/medium”?
And before you say anything, I know you have faced him and I most certainly haven’t!

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@LatymerHead Indeed. Would be interested to know which of the previous problems with mock exams no longer apply?
Unless...they are insisting on same paper, same day, under exam conditions...in which case they are bringing forward exams, not pushing them back.

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@hendopolis Goodness me! This could only come close to working if we’re through the Covid pandemic quickly. If not, next year’s confusion could be even worse than this year.

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@Miss_Snuffy I’m stunned by this decision. I too have taken so much from KIPP and on a visit to New York found it to be perhaps the most impressive school I have ever been in. That doubles my sadness. I’ll die on the hill with you.

[Tes magazine @tes]

BREAKING: Government #Uturn means both A levels and GCSEs will be awarded based on teacher-assessed grades. Students will receive whichever is higher: CAGs or moderated grades. #alevels2020 #GCSE2020

[Rosemary Bennett @RosieDBennett]

All A level and GCSE pupils in England to get teacher assessed grades -- announcement 4pm sources tell @thetimes

[Camilla Turner @camillahmturner]

BREAKING: Gavin Williamson to perform a full U-turn and award teachers' predicted grades for both A-levels and GCSEs. This will be announced at 4pm #alevels2020 #alevels #gcses2020 #gcseresults #exams

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@RosieDBennett @GavinWilliamson This