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18 Months of Schooling, Scrums, and Survival: An Easter Break ‘Best Of’ Roundup

Hello everyone! I hope this blog post finds you well and that you are currently knee-deep in chocolate eggs rather than marking or morning-routine meltdowns. I’m back, and I’m taking a momentary breather. As many of you know, I’ve recently found myself increasingly on the parent side of the parent/teacher divide, as my little boy has officially hit the pre-school years. It turns out that being a teacher doesn't actually make you immune to the chaos; it just means you can identify exactly which pedagogical rule your toddler is currently breaking while he’s calling you ‘Elsa’. Since it is the Easter break, I thought I’d take a second to look back. The last 18 months have been a bit of a whirlwind—not just for me, but for the entire UK education landscape. We’ve seen the rise of robots in the classroom, the fallout of funding crises, and a fundamental shift in how we think about everything from phonics to playground behavior. So, if you’ve missed a few posts while trying to find a mat...

The Information Vault: Data, Safeguarding, and the Limits of Sharing (Part 3)

The Escalation Journey: From Gate Chat to Governors (Part 2)

Navigating the School Maze: A Parent’s Guide to Being Heard (Part 1)

Curriculum Narrowing: The Great Divide and the Legal Loophole (Part 2)

Curriculum Narrowing: Why Your Child’s School Day Might Be Shrinking (Part 1)

Sticks and Stones... Why We Still Need to Talk about Bullying

Hey Google, Are We Accidentally Engineering Helplessness?

Is AI Marking Your Child's Homework? (And Why That Might Be a Problem)

So, Your Preteen Wants a Smartphone...

Why I Treat Your Child Like an Athlete (And Why You Should Too)

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