Stephen Fallon

Headteacher of a RC Primary School in the North.....

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@StagecoachNE @ChiOnwurah It not really the cost itself, it was the disproportionate way in which it seems to be calculated where a very short journey is almost the same as a long one …. Just odd or is it a way of compensating for capping the cost of the long journeys???

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

PE premium ending next year…. But it’s ok we’ll have access to specialist support , bit like the experts on hand for new SEND proposals …… I think that somewhere in a top secret factory the government are manufacturing experts… the clever bods that they are…..

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@southdownbhoy11 Sorted 👍👍

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Can’t be putting pictures of Henrik Larrsson up …. Can we? Really, can we🤣🤣🤣

[Tes magazine @tes]

A Reform UK government would require every school to mount a picture of the King, fly the Union flag and would introduce 'patriotic' history classes, the party has announced
https://t.co/NkAiazi9GJ

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Just pay them accordingly…it’s quite simple

[Tes magazine @tes]

TAs are leaving the profession in record numbers. So what can schools do differently to keep them in post? Nancy Gedge shares her advice for better looking after your support staff
https://t.co/kSZnJsrIRM

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@warwickmansell @PaulGarvey4 She’s quoting Wilshaw yesterday ……that’s equally as worrying if she’s aligning her thinking to his….

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@bphillipsonMP So it’s Wilshaw who’s advising you …. Now it makes sense …I have no doubting your desire to ‘fix’ education but by validating Wilshaw creates even more suspicion and cynicism among the profession…. Stop it……

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Agree but validating or aligning to Wilshaw…. 🙈🙈🙈- He wasn’t the first person in education to say that …. Why does he still get mentioned in dispatches?

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

"Inclusion and attainment are not competing priorities, as the best schools prove."

Michael Wilshaw is absolutely right.

Through our Schools White Paper we will drive high standards and ensure every child is included and valued in our schools.

https://t.co/k3lG5FhXUG

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

I’m sure he works jolly hard for his £195k a year ….

[The Chronicle @ChronicleLive]

North East mayor's right hand man given £25,000 pay rise as chief executive of combined authority
https://t.co/3E4FMs3GLS

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@graemedoyle3 Allow physio on pitch during play for players ‘ injured’ - sharp see less of the theatricals and forcing the ref to stop play ….

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@bphillipsonMP @theipaper It’s baffling how you believes this is happening - reality is very different- 21st year as a headteacher, we’ve never been so hard up… cuts to staffing and resources means it’s difficult to see how children will thrive - it’s beyond broken and it’s becoming very demoralising.

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Bit late in day I suppose but finally gained MA in Catholic School Leadership….I’m a little bit pleased with myself….

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Who is telling her to say this ??? It’s just not happening, where are these specialist SEND places? We’ve had to cut support staff not train them…. It’s disingenuous at the very least….

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

We’re creating good, local schools with specialist SEND places and well trained teachers and support staff.

Needs met
Parents involved
Children thriving
Support without a fight

That is Labour’s vision for a renewed SEND system.

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Clutching at straws here….. her language is atrocious‘Labour demands’ what Labour is really doing ….strangling schools ….SEND funding is desperate…..unfunded pay rises - it’s killing us

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Some great results in from the latest multiplication tables check, with progress being made on last year. 🚀

Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

We just can’t do it……

[Cerys Turner @cerysturner7]

Schools will need to find savings from their budgets to deliver the pay award, according to the DfE’s pay review submission.

Leaders will need to be “proactive” about making the most of their budgets to achieve this (in case they weren’t already…)

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

unless it’s genuinely funded, it plunges finances into deeper trouble meaning the govt ambitious* targets for phonics, GLD etc are simply unobtainable…. * Ambitious really means ludicrous by the way !

[Tes magazine @tes]

.@educationgovuk has recommended that teachers get a 6.5% pay rise spread over three years
https://t.co/jzruDMU1zR

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

This is my 21st year of headship, I’ve never known it as bad… whilst she’s patting her back over breakfast clubs SEND is in total crisis… our budget is so bad we’re now losing staff….. they have no idea whatsoever…

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Expanding free school meal eligibility and beginning the national rollout of free breakfast clubs.

Pro-learning, anti-poverty, properly Labour policies.

Back me to do more, as Labour’s Deputy Leader.

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

Who is advising Bridget Phillipson ? Another set of announcements, another stick to beat schools….pains me to say it but this govt a complete let down and disappointment… if she wants results she has to invest…..

[Stephen Fallon @teadah]

@vicgoddard The disconnect between policy makers, government etc and the profession is massive, there seems to be little understanding of the realities and challenges of day to day life in schools. ‘Making a difference’ is fast be becoming nothing but wishful thinking.