Paddy McGrath

Maths teacher in north west london, into education matters and kayaking!!!!

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Starmer was hated. Says far more about the electorate than the man. Impossible to govern when people want welfare, triple lock, tax loopholes, NIMBYist vetoes, while also hating the low growth, high debt economy this entails. Starmer was a good man leading an ungovernable country

[Charlotte Davies @CharlotteEDavie]

@TTRadioOfficial Headteachers should teach. Teaching is a craft. If the HT is not one of the best craftspeople in the school then what are they doing there? Education needs to be driven by hands-on skilled professionals. Not politicians or any other vested interests.

[Yorkshire Steve @Yorkshire_Steve]

One more thing I'd like to have seen Ofsted do is adjust the wording in the grade criteria to reflect the similar schools comparison

This would allow schools with A8 below national, but who are smashing it out of the park given their context, to be graded higher than currently

[Paddy McGrath @Paddymcgrath]

@Yorkshire_Steve This is exactly what we are worried about attainment is low bottom 10% for KS4 prior attainment at KS2 is 96.5 and p8 was +0.36 worried we will even get judged expected standard.

[Naureen Khalid @5Naureen]

Managed moves could be ‘consigned to the history books’ https://t.co/DZenfWc0Au via @SchoolsWeek

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

“It’s so important for me to know that society sees the value of me, that there’s a need for me in society”: interesting insights into the Dutch emphasis on high quality vocational education … and its lowest NEET rates in the EU: https://t.co/wsczHRsn58

[Josh MacAlister MP @JoshMacAlister]

Two 👂
One 👄

Took to the streets of Workington to talk to people about immigration. Here's what happened.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. I hope you find something new to enjoy—and please send any recommendations for me to check out!

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Today, @Civitas_UK releases a collection of essays on the value of a knowledge-rich curriculum. Here's my chapter titled "Knowledge-rich curricula: A key driver of equity in education" https://t.co/Yv5ES6HfqM

[Richard Tutt @richardtutt]

Turnaround schools with ⬆️ outcomes over the last 1 or 2 yrs, with intakes ⬇️national av./high disadvantage, with Ofsted imminent, are more vulnerable without P8/VA alongside A8/attainment measures. IDSRs don't reflect their journey as P8/VA/PA attainment data only goes to 2024.

[Paddy McGrath @Paddymcgrath]

@Artofphysique_ @grok is this video ai generated

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

New piece in Spectator Coffee House . . . https://t.co/P3g7LaqanK

[Sayeeda Warsi @SayeedaWarsi]

As people of all faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds, today we stand with Britain’s Jews.
An attack on one community is an attack on all of us.
United we stand
Divided we fall

[Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn]

Former Labour Cabinet minister Alan Johnson offers Andy Burnham some advice on BBC this morning: "When we were here in 2009 colleagues were coming to me to tell me I should stand against Gordon Brown.

"Here's a simple bit of advice for Andy - do what I did, go and find a television camera, stand in front of it and say 'I have no intention of standing against the elected leader of our party'."

[Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter]

Andy Burnham had two clear runs at the Labour leadership - he lost abysmally both times. Then Corbyn turned the party into a Hard Left hellscape, riddled with anti-Semitism. What did Burnham do? Said nothing so he could be parachuted into a new gig. Now there is Labour majority and Labour PM, he has no place in it, and he cannot bear it.

Never has there been less of a team player than this self-assigned 'king of the north'.

[Tides of History @labour_history]

19 years ago today, Tony Blair left the Labour conference stage for the last time…

“You’re the future now. Go make the most of it”

[Richard Tutt @richardtutt]

Situation is not helped when stable, over-subscribed schools deliberately go over PAN, further destablising neighbouring under-subscribed schools, who then have to pick up bulk of in year admissions. To call these under-subsribed schools selective or not inclusive is just wrong.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

THIS:

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

▶️ 'Our ethos and ambition of achieving ‘the best in everyone’ mean serving our whole community'

@totteridgeacad principal, Chris Fairbairn
https://t.co/KERAQfw9iX

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

A big misconception is that you need to be motivated to get rolling.

You don't.

Research: Motivation often FOLLOWS action, not the other way around.

In Practice: You don't need to feel good to get going; you need to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good.