It was not pretty but 3 very welcome points for @corbytownfc

🎁 Just published: Free Christmas Gift!

⚗️ DistillED Playbook

→ 30 page, printable A4 booklet
→ 6 high-impact teaching strategies
→ Strategy checklists
→ QR codes to planning resources
→ Built from the most-read DistillED posts this year.

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⏰ Free until Boxing Day.

A @TheRestHistory inspired stroll around Fotheringhay Castle with our self confessed history geek son. The Mary, Queen of Scots series was marvellous @holland_tom @dcsandbrook 👏

Away day win for @corbytownfc - job done.

The perfect example of how a bassist can be the beating heart of a band.

A legendary player with Primal Scream, the backbone of The Stone Roses' groove. RIP Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield x

Away days with @corbytownfc

Half term = football trip to Italy. 3 games in 3 days - Atalanta, Roma and AC Milan. The ‘San Siro’ is a special place. Excellent advice @CalcioEngland Grazie.

Our Head of Psychological Research, Rob Nash, explores England’s teacher shortages and why the solution goes beyond recruitment.

It’s not just about bringing in more teachers, but about retaining great educators, welcoming back those who’ve left, and tailoring support where it’s s full insight 👉 buff.ly/2TvR5nt

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We are really excited to be able to offer this course. If you know anyone who may be interested then please share this with them @aimeetinkler @siddle_ho1 @marcrowland73

Applications for Initial Teacher Training open in just 3 days! 🎉

Get ahead by registering your interest now. We’ll send you everything you need to be application-ready, including guidance on the process, eligibility checks, routes into teaching, and placement info.

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Applications open next week!!!

📢 Applications for Initial Teacher Training open in 2 weeks!

Thinking about teaching? This can be the year you take the first step.

Register your interest today, and we’ll send you everything you need to feel confident and ready when applications go live on 7th October. becoming a teacher now! 👉 buff.ly/wH6CvVM

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Hi. Just to clarify. There's no evidence to say 50% of Pupil Premium must be spent on teaching, 25% on targeted support & 25% on wider approaches. Those figures are a guide. Financial spending (& time spent on implementation) should be guided by pupil need, staff need & evidence.

Want to have more impact in your school?

There's only one cohort of NPQs this year - and if you're eligible for scholarship funding there's a priority scholarship deadline of Friday 3 October to get your application in.

Applying takes 15 minutes, so start this academic year on y today!

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There is an update to the @EducEndowFoundn Pupil Premium guide, now in digital form, with lots of super input from @rs_network colleagues. Congratulations to @kirsten_mould in pulling it all together. I hope school and system leaders find it useful. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-pr…

🆕 Our latest research reviews the evidence on 21 interventions led by teaching assistants in UK schools.

Discover which interventions are most likely to help pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Download now: www2.ambition.org.uk/l/330231/2025-…

A superb time in 🇹🇭 🇻🇳 🇰🇭 is coming to an end. Magnificent places to visit and people to meet. Many highlights and memories.

The Emotional Cost of Headship: Nobody Talks About This Bit - 🙌 This paulurry68.substack.com/p/the-emotiona…

Last month our Early Career Framework (ECF) programme was assessed by @Ofstednews as ‘Outstanding’ overall, with headlines including:

✅The programme “...exemplifies the best of school-led professional development and shapes a generation of reflective, committed ECTs.”

✅A ed with associate colleges, which “...creates a powerful partnership between national expertise and local insight”

✅Training that is “... extremely responsive to the realities of ECTs’ different contexts, such as the professional isolation sometimes faced in coastal and rural schools.”

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Today’s my last day as Headteacher at Husbands Bosworth CE Primary—and somehow 9 years have gone by in a flash. It’s been such a privilege to be part of this amazing school and community and latterly at Lubenham, St Andrew’s and South Kilworth schools.