Mr Baxter

Primary Head Teacher. Living and working in Bristol. I like to run and quiz a bit too. Spurs!

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@llewelyn20 If we fuck up with our admin…over to you to smooth it over with kids and parents.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@llewelyn20 If you issue a test late, we don’t like your seating plan, your test storage, they way you sign papers out, the number of administrators…we might annul your results and you might get sacked.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@haveigotnews Is Christian Gross available?

[CMD @CMDugg]

@Rory_Gribbell Your thoughts on this early analysis?

Any acknowledgement that some schools/colleges have significant odds against them given their context and early inspections seem to not be able to acknowledge this fully?

How will inspectors acknowledge the state some communities are in?

[Steve B @75ThunderRoad]

It's no wonder that so many children are struggling in our school system.

Just look at the impact of Ofsted on teachers and school leaders.

How on earth can we expect children to thrive when so many of those who lead, teach and care for them are far from thriving themselves?

[Old Primary Head @Oldprimaryhead1]

Ofsted seem to be confusing reporting over doing. Deprivation and under achievement roll back decades. I’m all for tackling deprivation but shaming school communities via rubbish accountability reports is not what we need. We need focussed investment and political will.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

So after the big listen, @Ofstednews have come up with an inspection system that is more likely to tell schools serving complex communities that they are not doing what is “expected” of them. This will not help those schools and communities.

[Tes magazine @tes]

Heads in deprived areas warn that grades awarded by Ofsted for its new achievement category are ‘demoralising’ and fail to take their challenging circumstances into account
https://t.co/XEevCGqqJD

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

I’m not sure how the new Ofsted framework is raising standards.

It’s seems to be regurgitating the same systemic issues - the more disadvantaged the school, the more likely Ofsted will highlight this, and exacerbate the problem. https://t.co/ryeN2UMGbo

[Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

@Infrared_44 @MichaelRosenYes Well I’ve been working in education for more than 35 years and I spend time in schools regularly (as I said in my tweet) it’s the most challenging I’ve ever known it to be.

[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

Data like this risk telling a worryingly simple story.

Schools serving the highest proportions of disadvantaged pupils face deeper structural challenges every day.

Reducing the work of school leaders to comparative Ofsted outcomes ignores the extraordinary effort, leadership and resilience required to support the communities.

Accountability must recognise context, not erase it.

[Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

After leading 41 training sessions, visiting 27 schools and working with thousands of teachers since January, I think I’ve got a fairly good handle on the mood in the profession. Here’s what I’ve observed.
Everyone is working flat out. Harder than they’ve ever worked before.

[Premier League @premierleague]

Spurs hand Man City their heaviest Premier League defeat in seven years 😱

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@eastsidemoses @BookBookybooks Been looking forward to this day! Congratulations Moses. Hope I can get my copy signed sometime.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@truthypop @lorrainemking Yes, she is. Beautiful inside and out. Now shut up and go away you daft racist.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@Jenny_1884 @JustinWelby I’m not claiming to be a Christian myself, but I’m pretty sure the torturing and crucifying bit isn’t the “happy” part of the Easter weekend. Are you really that much of a daft racist or is this a parody account?

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This is why physics is such a wonderful magic.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@tchapmanonline Love this Tracy. Please come to the UK sometime.

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@mrlockyer Quixotic

[Mr Baxter @MrBaxter74]

@RealEmirHan The Man With No Eyes, Cool Hand Luke

[Showcase Avonmemes @showcasememes]

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