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SecEd

@SecEd_Education

Secondary education best practice & news analysis website for teaching staff & school leaders. Weekly ebulletins. Podcasts. Webinars. Downloads. Conferences.

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@SecEd_Education
Oct 19, 2023
Calling all #TEACHers! @SecEd_Education has all the best practice & classroom tips you need: An extensive article archive, regular podcasts & webinars, free downloads & weekly ebulletins. All free. All supporting secondary professionals sec-ed.co.uk #teachertwitter
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@SecEd_Education
Feb 28, 2024
School attendance: Time to clean the air? New research shows the notable impact that using air filters in classrooms can have on reducing student absence. @chrisfabby @UNISONinSchools says it’s time the government acts on this evidence #edutwitter : sec-ed.co.uk/content/blogs/…
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@SecEd_Education
Jul 10, 2024
#Inclusion in mainstream schools is to be 'at the heart' of new-look @educationgovuk. @bphillipsonMP confirms that responsibility for #SEND & alternative provision is to be placed within the schools brief in a bid to ensure inclusion is core consideration: buff.ly/3XZ008g
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@SecEd_Education
Jan 15, 2024
Black & Asian communities are not proportionately represented in #teaching, especially in headship. Drawing on his own experiences & his journey to headship, #headteacher @CalmLeadership looks at what we can do to diversify our school leadership teams: sec-ed.co.uk/content/best-p…
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@SecEd_Education
Apr 15, 2025
Discourse about #GenderDysphoria can become very toxic, very quickly. Stuck in the middle of this are some of our most #vulnerable young people. Following the @thecassreview, Dr Stephanie Thornton considers how #schools can protect children's wellbeing buff.ly/8t0VGMx
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This is misinformation and this post should be removed. As Dr Emma Hilton notes … 1. In humans, genes *do* determine biological sex. 2. The sex chromosomes are not “genes”. 3. Fetuses do not “all…start out on a female path” … ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27900….
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@SecEd_Education
Mar 25, 2025
SecEd’s free 21-page guide to teaching oracy in schools is out: buff.ly/DD8CL5j Ideas & expertise including from: @DrDudley13 @RealGeoffBarton @amy_gaunt @msybibi @AmandaMoorghen @LynDawesMercer @kathleenvoice21 @LFloyer @ricketts_lara @bee_online_uk @josephinessmith
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@SecEd_Education
Apr 6, 2022
How does #LongCovid affect children & young people in the classroom & what can schools & teaching staff do to help them? In the second of two articles on the impact of Long Covid on the young, @suepeters21 @LongCovidKids offers practical tips & advice: bit.ly/3r6olaV
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@SecEd_Education
Jun 20, 2022
The @NASUWT is demanding a 12% pay rise this September, but ministers are set-on a below-inflation increase. @PatrickR_NASUWT sets out five reasons why a restorative pay award is essential – and warns that teachers’ anger is ready to boil over: bit.ly/39Apxhh
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@SecEd_Education
Apr 17, 2023
"Ofsted is the poster-child of everything wrong with the tick-box approach to education that successive governments have pursued." @MaryBoustedNEU writing in @SecEd_Education bit.ly/3GOFkGG
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@SecEd_Education
Feb 1, 2018
Marking & feedback strategies are starting to change. @jemmaths in SecEd on the research & some more effective approaches: bit.ly/2rTvDmh
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@SecEd_Education
Sep 25, 2014
Drawing on work of @RonBergerEL, @mj_bromley describes 8 cornerstones to effective teaching & a culture of quality: bit.ly/ZCVf3s
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@SecEd_Education
Dec 9, 2021
If @Ofstednews cannot show that it achieves its core purpose, what hope does the profession suffering under its tyrannical yoke have? Ofsted still drives pointless workload & operates with no evidence that judgements are reliable. @MaryBoustedNEU in SecEd: bit.ly/306SRXW
SecEd
@SecEd_Education
Mar 29, 2022
Just how big a problem is Long Covid in children? In the first of two articles to help schools support children with #LongCovid Dr Sue Peters – @suepeters21 @LongCovidKids – considers the impact of this mysterious & often debilitating illness on pupils bit.ly/3uFBacW
SecEd
@SecEd_Education
Oct 16, 2023
#Autism: 47 small ideas that make a big difference. It is often small tweaks that can make a huge difference for our learners with autism. @PookyH offers 47 small things that have worked for #SENCOs, #teachers & school #inclusion professionals: sec-ed.co.uk/content/best-p…
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