Dominic

Head of Department / English Teacher / Author

[Dominic @writingablank]

My debut Steampunk fantasy novel is out in 8th January 2021!
Waterstones, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles...basically wherever books are sold.

[Mr G @DeputyGrocott]

Teachers make around 1,500 decisions a day.
In a 10 hour day thats 150 decisions an hour.
That’s a decision to make every 24 seconds.
Nearly 300,000 decisions in 39 weeks of teaching.
Such a mentally demanding job.
Too many holidays, yeah right!

[Dominic @writingablank]

@AmazonUK Can you. Help me with returning an order please?

[Dominic @writingablank]

@AmazonHelp Can you. Help me with returning an order please?

[Kate Jones @KateJones_teach]

🚨 Giveaway! 🎉 5 copies of my new book Questioning for Teaching & Learning. 💡

To enter simply repost this post.

🗓 Winners announced Monday 5th January 2026 6pm UK time.

One random winner will be selected from each platform: X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok.

Happy new year all. Here's to a healthy & happy 2026!

[Vince Boley @VinceBoley]

Direct Instruction isn't always flashy, but it reliably moves students forward in a way that you can see, measure, and trust.

[Dominic @writingablank]

Second novel first mock up

[Dominic @writingablank]

@VideoArtGame Red dead

[Dominic @writingablank]

@RinoTheBouncer

[Dominic @writingablank]

@HMRCcustomers It’s on my payslip under ‘tax ref’ I assumed they were the same?

I started my new job in September

[Dominic @writingablank]

@HMRCcustomers I think my tax code is wrong. Can you help?

[Dominic @writingablank]

@HMRCcustomers I’ve given you my tax code. The w1 suggests an emergency tax code? Why?

[Dominic @writingablank]

@HMRCcustomers 064/w1

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

I find the whole ‘we care so much about the kids that we will drive the adults into the ground’ approach to be incompatible.

[Dominic @writingablank]

Hi all,

I am looking for some year 6 English support.

I have just taken over a middle school dept (my whole career has been secondary) and I am a little lost on what to do with year 6 English resources!

Any help would be fab!

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Trauma is real, and devastating for its sufferers. But not everyone is traumatised, and assuming that most are, or it causes all/ most misbehaviour in schools, is absurd.

If being a ‘trauma informed school’ means knowing how to support children with devastating life experiences, that’s important and right; if it means ‘treating all children as if their boundary-testing requires a therapeutic response’ then it is an ineffective and dangerous way to respond.

How trauma became big business

https://t.co/eImSGV413R

[Dominic @writingablank]

@_MissieBee @LbQorg First time leading English at a middle school with year 6. This sounds like it could be great for me! Thanks

[Dominic @writingablank]

@P_A_Kirschner @C_Hendrick @DrJimHeal @HachetteBooks Would love to have this for my dept

[Dominic @writingablank]

@adamboxer1 I’ve always been sceptical of whiteboards. What do they gain that other, simpler methods of WCF can’t?