Sarah Nash

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@_Alexh13_ Love this x

[Matt Lynch @Mathew_Lynch44]

*NEW* for June 2026 onwards: AQA Lang P1 specimen papers and accompanying PPT slide decks. I’ll add to this folder as I update them. Includes:

✅ Enduring Love
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅To Kill a Mockingbird

Help yourself 😊

https://t.co/CnLhhvS0ny

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@secretHT1 So many of us feel like this but it’s scary to admit. X

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@Strickomaster It’s so sad it’ll be kids teaching kids before we know it!

[andrew greenhouse @andrewgreenhou5]

This is my son Max, we lost Max in a tragic car accident on the 11th December 2024. A life long Liverpool fan, can anyone please share and see if we can get 1 minutes applause at the next home game versus Man Utd in the 17th minute
@thisisanfield
@TheAnfieldWrap
@Dannieboy01

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@Jonathan747 @adamboxer1 Agreed micro management and lack of professional autonomy is an insulting and disgraceful practice

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

Imagine you start a new job and they send a strict dress code, down to the colour of your socks and style of your shoe. They also send you a list of equipment which they say you must have every day. Some of it seems a bit strange - two green pens?- but off you go dutifully to Smiths and equip yourself.

On the first day, you’re lined up with your colleagues and inspected. Anyone whose clothes aren’t exactly according to the dress code is told they’ll have to work an extra half hour. Same for any missing equipment. The penalties add up - wrong colour socks and missing protractor? One hour after work.

You’re a bit concerned at this because you had arranged a lift home and if you have to stay late you’ll miss it. You check your clothes and equipment, all seems okay. You pass the check, but the woman next to you has the wrong shoes. She’s distressed at the news that she’ll be staying late - she had plans later. Tough. She starts worrying about how she’s going to get new shoes to avoid the same tomorrow whilst also staying late at work. You don’t know how to help.

You get into your office and look around at your colleagues, but there’s no time to chat. On the whiteboard is a list of expectations for the day. You must be on task at all times and this will be monitored through your computer. Toilet breaks are limited to particular times and you’ll be queuing because it’s the same time for everyone. Eyes must be kept on your computer and this will be tracked. You must sit facing forwards and not slouch. You must use a regulation ruler whenever you read a document. If you break the rules, you’ll be kept after work the same day.

You’re told that if you get too many ‘after works’ then you’ll spend a day in the Quiet Room where no one will talk to you for the whole day and you can’t eat lunch with your colleagues or go to the toilet more than twice. You start to feel a sense of unease. You’re worried about whether you can comply and what will happen if you start gazing off into space or rocking on your chair.

The office is very quiet. ‘Isn’t it lovely?’ says your manager. ‘People here appreciate our structure and clear boundaries. You’ll do the best work you have ever done here because no time is wasted. We’ve set it up so you don’t have to worry about making decisions, you just do what we say and concentrate on your work’.

You think perhaps this isn’t the right place for you, but they remind you that you’ve signed a five year contract without a get out clause. There are no other options. You are powerless.

What effect would that have on you? Would you be happy and relaxed at work? Would you be motivated and doing your best for those five years? Might you feel anxious and trapped or resentful and angry?

And why would we think it would be any different for our kids?

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@louisa_loney @shadylady222 Where are you based?

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@ed_objective @Headteacherchat @Gaiinz Tapered

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@Simon_Treasure So sorry to hear this - may you surround yourself with love and strength xxx

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@MrTeece_ That poor NQT will burn out too soon and will be yet another casualty of the profession we all love and value so dearly!

[Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ @LaylaMoran]

The most harrowing thing I learned today is in 24hrs the power for generators in Gaza hospitals will run out and incubators with premature babies will stop working.

Gov says it is debatable if this breaches Intl law. I don’t need a lawyer to tell me this is just wrong.

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

#loosewomen I had 2 miscarriage then a baby, another 2 then a baby, then another 2 - it was only at that point there were investigations. I’m 51 now, I went for a mammogram this week the nurse commented how big my file was and I felt those 6 losses all over again.

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@HalilMrT4Real Our school is very close to the Warburtons factory in the West Midlands, every week they gift us bread and bagels which we toast for breakfast for all our school students each morning. The joy of eating breakfast together is a wonderful thing to see

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

My dog Gizzy was by my side through all my grief when my 1st husband died at the age of 26. My now dog Jeff is by my side after some pretty scary tests; 26 years have passed I’m double the age and still my closest companion is my dog.

[𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝕰𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝕮𝖑𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉 @Jacxdad3376]

Just a reminder

#Dispatches

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@Matt_Pinner On our 19th wedding anniversary

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@MartinSLewis @bbc5live When we moved into our house we found three African spears in the loft!

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@JustinBowen71 I remember my son saying he no longer wanted to mark the date of his dad’s passing by going to the crem. After that we used to do a normal day where the grief lived with us instead of us with it x

[Sarah Nash @nashorton6]

@rachelteale Bank holidays and Sundays are hard, especially when you feel like a widow before your time - I remember it all too well. Keep busy, go to bed, rest… tomorrow is a new day x