JEDI | Peaceful | Founder @abovebeyondedu | Leadership Advisor | Mentor | Honorary Fellow | Former Executive Headteacher & CEO
London, England
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Nothing like a bit of Vivaldi played by The Goede Hoop Marimba Band to bring joy to any day #WednesdayMotivation
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Dr Michael Mosley
He taught us about the importance of wellbeing and taking care of ourselves
And now he’s teaching us how short life can be, and how easily it can be taken from us
In his memory let’s embrace each day & strive to live our best lives fully (and healthily)
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Many Black women are really struggling with all the racism directed at #MeghanMarkle. For many of us it’s reawakening memories of the traumas we’ve been through and it’s painful watching what she has to endure. Raising awareness on #WellbeingWednesday
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What a smiler ❤️
#WorldDownSyndromeDay2024
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My daughter graduated with a 1st class hons yesterday. PROUD. My Gparents had horrific lives because of race & colour. My dad left school early. I was the 1st in my family to go to uni. Our story is what makes her achievement remarkable. 100 years to get here, but we’re doing it
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@Hobbycraft have you spotted how many peopke just in this thread hsve been racially profiled by your staff? I imagine it’s just the tip of the iceberg
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I love that Alexei Sayle has not let me down and that he continues to be a man with humanity and morality who always speaks the truth
Alexei Sayle's Alternative Alternative Christmas Message nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1YqJDgaqB…
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6.30pm at a Surrey station. A group of 13/14 yr olds take it upon themselves to start jeering & making racist comments about me. Have to change trains at Epsom. Youths barge & grab the hat off the only other Black woman. She’s tearful. As we walk together for our connection
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The man who absolutely destroyed everything that was great in our schools. Govian policy is the root cause of all our challenges. Will I ever forgive him? Never theguardian.com/education/ar…
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Every teacher with conscience will be spending time today talking about the racist abuse 3 young players are facing, the racism toward Italians, the increase in domestic abuse, what it means to lose with dignity, what courageous leadership looks like. We can’t go on like this.
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Now I’m raging. Anyone pro the current Ofsted model, please help me to understand how this is acceptable reporting
In all my years. Never have I seen such insensitivity.
@Ofstednews I would welcome a meeting to discuss this.
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I wonder if schools take safety into account when they write their uniform policy and insist on dark coloured coats with no logos on them?
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I’m now on Train 2 and the officer is patrolling the train and putting up with no nonsense. I’m glad she’s here on a route I know well, which has always felt safe…but now I’m not so sure
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Anyone else not shocked by what is being disclosed by #Dispatches episode on the Royal Family but that it’s being shared publicly?
Channel 4 being previously blocked from airing tonight's #Dispatches, I can't imagine the kind of revelations they've had to remove before airing it tonight. What has made the cut is devastating.
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The guy is the middle is Murdoch and the cartoonist has captured how we are manipulated by the media.
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Teachers stood outside a room while one of their pupils was stripped searched, forced to remove her sanitary towel and hold her anus open. They found nothing and she was returned to her exam. What kind of school allows that to happen to a young person they have duty of care for?
Another Met Police scandal: a black girl was stripped and searched at school. The search, which involved the exposure of her intimate body parts, took place without an appropriate adult present and with the knowledge that she was menstruating. Case review:
chscp.org.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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Murmuration: Project 64. This visual poem by Sadeck Waff is genius. I’m blown away by the beauty and the power of collaboration
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a @networksouthest police approaches us with one of the lads and makes him apologise. He tells us his mum hates him. Anther tells me he’s going to be a retailer and has £100 in his pocket. I feel desperately sad for the grp. There’s a hopelessness about them
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I’ve got an idea, why not suspend Ofsted inspections and get the Inspectors to do some cover teaching. Be great to see them modelling how it should be done - you know zero notice ‘no excuses’ style
We're asking former teachers to temporarily return to the classroom so children can continue to benefit from face-to-face education during the pandemic.
It could be for as little as a day a week next term.
You can find out how to sign up here: ow.ly/onIi50Hf0qe
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Parents have always had the right. How does she not know this?
They also have a right to know about the lack of funding, serious retention crisis, dangerous school buildings, continued inequity etc. We need those things to be sorted so that RSHE to continue to be taught
No ifs, no buts and no more excuses: parents have a right to know what their children are being taught.
I have acted today to make clear that schools must share RSHE materials with parents.
ALT Parents have a right to see RSHE content
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Please report the assault to the police. I’d like to know the name of the theatre as I’d prefer not to go there until everyone is welcome
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Heartbroken that another headteacher took her own life as a result of an #Ofsted inspection. The public shaming of schools and their leaders must stop. We can build up & support but we choose to break down. If life has such little value the #systemisbroken bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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This is positive action. Why advertise the work of #Ofsted on banners outside your school. It says they know your school better than you do!
Following the heartbreaking death of Ruth Perry, this from a local school 💪 #forruth #shineon #burnbrighter
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Had a call yesterday telling me one of my TAs had just died unexpectedly. I’m still reeling. I had the privilege of watching her change from someone who hated her job into someone who took pride in what she did & love her work. And she made me into a better HT. So very, very sad
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Am I the only person in Britain who missed the Northern Lights last night because I fell asleep on the sofa?
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Gary Linekar is a good man. Time and again we saw him courageously standing up for what is right because he has empathy & compassion & respects all people. I have enormous respect for him and look forward to hearing his voice in another arena
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We say we care about safeguarding & pupil wellbeing
Yet...in our schools pupils are not allowed to self regulate by:
-removing jumpers and blazers when they feel hot
-going to the toilet when they need to so many won't drink water
-Adding a layer when they're cold
My granddaughter just came home from school,absolutely sweating,they are not allowed to take their blazers off in school,in this heat that’s so wrong, meanwhile teachers are in summer dresses and short sleeved shirts
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I’m really saddened that @Ofstednews, @GillianKeegan are silent about Ruth Perry’s death? They’ve known about it since January and to not have prepared any kind of statement is shocking
Heartbroken that another headteacher took her own life as a result of an #Ofsted inspection. The public shaming of schools and their leaders must stop. We can build up & support but we choose to break down. If life has such little value the #systemisbroken bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Her name is Victory Brinker is just 10 years old and here she is singing Mozart’s Der Hölle Rache. I hope her talent is nurtured and that she continues to rise
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I’m deeply concerned about the impact current education systems are having on the morale, wellbeing and lifespan of headteachers, teachers and pupils. So much more important than made up stories about RSHE don’t you think?
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#TheAssembly . One of the nicest programmes I've watched in ages
(And super chuffed to find out @michaelsheen and I share a love of egg and chips, train journeys and neurodiversity)
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Love this in readiness for #WorldDownSyndromeDay
“Assume that I can so maybe I will”
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Today sth amazing happened. I got my daughter to negotiate a higher salary rate. She was very uncomfortable but I sat with her while she wrote a polite email about her value. And it worked💥🎉Women find this so hard to do. The only way forward is to help our daughters to be bold
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite ~ Madiba #FridayThoughts
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White privilege explained from a black perspective. This is me. Same headlines, different stories. Only thing I’d add is that it’s not just 10 stories. They’re on press, play, repeat. It never stops. It’s an excellent article #WomenEd yesmagazine.org/opinion/2017…
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‘How To Get Through The day’ My grandma wrote this to my mum just 2 days before she died. #WednesdayWisdom
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What I’ve seen is a whole bunch of Jews who are ok with killing kids telling Jews who don’t like killing kids they’re antisemitic and not real Jews because they don’t like killing kids. Very strange.
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Still laughing about the time when I was a headteacher and super stressed and signed my Mother’s Day card to my mum with ‘Yous sincerely, Alison Kriel’ 🤣🤣😳😩🤣🤣
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Happy #WinterSolstice It’s our shortest day and longest night and we’re at the turning point where our days become lighter and brighter. We’re living in troubled times so it may not feel like that but it will. Light always comes after darkness
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No child should have to face the humiliation of wetting themselves as they're denied access to the toilet
No girl should have to justify a need to change her sanitary towel or prove she's on her period
Allowing these things to happen is dehumanisation #WorldMentalHealthDay
Sheffield Star story about pupil wetting himself after being denied access to the toilet. Am aware of other cases like this. Concerns of parents re humiliation of it, staying with that child, echoed in other cases.Are schools weighing this up,in policies? thestar.co.uk/education/outw…
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I’ve just watched the interview and I see a polite, articulate, well presented child. Hair length and style does not impact on learning and attainment. #HairDiscrimination is immoral and has no place in our schools
An exclusive interview with the boy who says he can't cut his hair - but now faces expulsion. This weekend on @fyi_skykids @SkyNews and for schools first.news/fyi
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“Everyone talks about peace but no one educates for peace. In this world, they educate for competition, and competition is the beginning of any war. When educating to cooperate and owe each other solidarity, that day we will be educating for peace.” –María Montessori
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There is no word to describe how much this has infuriated me. It’s every reason why #Ofsted reform is so urgently needed. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be…
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Sitting having a quick lunch in a cafe and I feel hands over my eyes & hear ‘guess who?’ I’m always rubbish at this but try a couple of names and say ‘I give up’. I turn around to see the look of utter embarrassment on my mystery playmate’s face who has no idea who I am 🤣🤣🤣
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26 yrs ago on moving in day to the house I still live in, my next door neighbour came to introduce herself and left huge pots of curry and rice for us and our home mover team. She still brings regular offerings of food. Here is today’s. Anyone else have old school neighbours?
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I see myself as a black, African woman and I’m very comfortable with that. But not everyone is. I don’t like #BAME, but I get that it’s the box set up for me to fit into. PoC, WoC, MoC is liked & hated. Please ask us how we want to be seen, don’t assume, and respect our response
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Imagine taking pride in capturing a primary school and killing every pupil and every member of staff…
Still silent?
Israeli military raise the Israeli flag on a primary school. 🤔
The school is Sarfnd primary school behind Maggousi towers, Gaza city
Geolocated: (31.5405595, 34.4564446)
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More hair madness. Don’t schools have teaching and learning to focus on?
This pupil’s haircut was smart enough for pallbearers at the Queen's funeral.
This is a young man I know personally. He is 14 and has had a new haircut (shown). He has been given a 60 mins detention EVERY evening & isolation every break & lunch until his hair grows. Help - is this normal educational behaviour? I am horrified.
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A 13 yr old pupil from a friend’s school has died from Coronavirus. He had no underlying health problems. #edutwitter, please tell your pupils to take things seriously #StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
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#thread It’s been an ugly week. Images of racism, brutality, divide, anger could not be ignored. I feel hurt, frightened and angry, and I know that I am not alone. I saw the images you shared, read your comments. But this week is no different to any other week.
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I wonder if @GillianKeegan is trying to divert our attention from anything in particular. The leaked @educationgovuk report on school workload perhaps? Maybe the pretend pay offer? Maybe the urgent need for #OfstedReform ?
I am deeply concerned about reports of inappropriate RSHE lessons. Our urgent review will look at how the subject should be taught, protecting children and reassuring parents.
I have also written to schools to remind them of their duty to show parents materials used in lessons.
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How many teachers, nurses, doctors, free school meals could we have had instead of pouring money into hatred? How many SEND pupils could have had their needs funded for half a billion £?
🚨 BREAKING
Unlawful Rwanda Scheme Set to Cost UK 'Staggering' £500 Million, National Audit Office Reveals
Half a billion.
Report by @davidhencke
bylinetimes.com/2024/03/01/u…
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Morning everyone, can I ask for your positive vibes today please? I’m doing my @TEDxTalks on ‘How We Can Build A Better World Through Education’
I’ll be speaking from the heart but it’s one of those feel the fear days …
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Worst nightmare. I left my rucksack containing my laptop in a black cab last night. I know I can claim for a replacement using my insurance but the lost work on it is my biggest worry. I need your positive vibes for it's return please
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This is incredibly courageous. @FloraSCooper is taking a stand for everyone and needs our support. #ofsted #RuthPerry
I've just had the call. I've refused entry. This is an interesting phone call.
Doing this for everyone for our school staff everywhere!
@Ofstednews
@Headteacherchat
#ShineOn
#BurnBrighter
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But what did she say? 🙄
Michelle Obama wears custom Stella McCartney jumpsuit for London leg of her book tour independent.co.uk/life-style…
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Mentioning no names but I know a few people have spent this weekend completing their school reports and are probably dying right now. This may help
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Today a white male 'educator' tweeted the following about a Black school leader 'Like most of their type, if you took them all out and shoot them tomorrow no-one would notice. Their useful contribution to education is nil; they are parasites'. It was liked & RTd by a white...
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42,467 signatures and it only started yesterday. Have you signed yet? Have you shared on all your social medias? The time for change is well overdue.
Grant an inquiry of the Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School
change.org/p/grant-an-inquir…
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Did you know that if you text 07725 909090 or 07786 209697 when you are feeling really depressed, a crisis counsellor will text with you? Service is run by Samaritans and Papyrus, and brilliant if you dont feel able to talk, but ok to txt. #ItsOkNotToBeOk #mentalhealthawareness
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Forever relevant #EDI
How fragile is France when clothing worn by female students threatens their false sense of freedom?
It is oppression and control disguised as liberation!
My hijab and long coat allow me the freedom to explore the world around me on my terms; stop telling women how to feel free!
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My values are integral to who I am. I wasn’t able to fully live them out as a #WomenEd Strategic Leader. It made me feel devalued & unhappy and for that reason I’ve decided to step down. Thank you to the many wonderful women who have supported me.
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My next door neighbour died last night. His wife spent most the day begging to be allowed to go and say goodbye to him in hospital. She was eventually allowed to go and hold his hands for a few minutes then asked to leave. He died less than an hour later. #COVID19 💔
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Yesterday, after 2 years of waiting patiently, my daughter finally had her moment at her Graduation Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral. Students had a terrible lockdown and I’m filled with admiration for those who submitted dissertations and wrote their finals during Lockdown 1
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I’ve been hearing about schools making #wellbeingwednesday into screen free days for pupils and as much as possible for staff. If you’re doing it can you please share what you do to support those who may want to start?
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Sounds like she’s struggling to manage community cohesion. This division is not reported in other London schools and can’t help but wonder why at that school.
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Amazed it’s only 2 in 5. I don’t know of any teachers not doing extra hours for free theguardian.com/education/20…
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If you have Muslim staff or pupils in your school please listen to this speech so that you can have a deeper understanding of what it's like to be a Muslim in this country.
I’ll keep raising Islamophobia in Parliament until people in power start taking it seriously. My speech in yesterday’s debate:
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It’s my understanding that 10 headteachers have died by suicide in the wake of an Ofsted. Does anyone know if there’s a judicial review when that happens? Is there an Ofsted investigation? Any other body would be accountable @Paul @NAHTnews @NEU @rob_kelsall @johncosgrove405
Ofsted now need prosecuted for corporate manslaughter. There is enough evidence to say they caused her death. This needs taken through court. I was previously a solicitor - now AH. Her family need to take put a prosecution.At least OFSTED will knowthey are accountable
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I know the mood is low out there. But I just overheard my daughter singing (and signing) to the pupils in her bubble, who all have profound learning and physical challenges. It was beautiful and I’m reminded of the amazing work our educators everyday. You are all heroes
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My photo is often used to promote events. I see school websites with strategically placed images of their Black pupils & staff. It doesn’t mean you’re inclusive, it simply means there’s a black or brown person in your setting. Don’t use our images unless you are antiracist
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Happy St George’s Day
George was an immigrant born in Cappadocia
His mum was Palestinian
He was persecuted & died because of his faith.
He’s the patron saint of Muslims, Jews & Palestine
He never fought dragons
He never came to England but if he had he’d be deported to Rwanda
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‘When it was later established that the woman had paid her fare, she was de-arrested and allowed to go on her way’
@metpoliceuk is this really how you build our confidence in you? How do you think that little boy is going to remember you?
WTF so this is how we do it @metpoliceuk over a bus fare …. In front of her child …. And you wonder why people are scared and hate the police ….. are you having a laugh - was sent this video this morning. #nojusticenopeace when we getting systemic change?!?
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Others are making extremist decisions today. Please vote to stop them #EuropeanElection2019
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Ridiculous. So we could support homeless people but we’ll fund legal costs instead, fine them for being homeless only to ‘discover’ they dont have money to pay the fine so we criminalise them and fund a prison sentence. And then what? They come out to a job and home?
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26 years of being a mum today and each day has taught me about unconditional love, strength I didn’t know I had and fear I didn’t know existed. What a gift
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I wonder why the police presence? We're the ofsted inspectors in danger? Or is this a new layer of fear being added to the Ofsted cake - their way of letting school leaders know what will happen if they speak out.
Flanked by police, Ofsted inspectors arrive at primary as uprising spreads after Ruth Perry headteacher of downgraded school took her own life lbc.co.uk/news/ofsted-john-r…
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