Tom Rees (@TomRees

Tom Rees

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Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

Chief Executive of Ormiston Academies Trust @ormistonacads. Chair of DfE's Expert Advisory Group for Inclusion. RHB.

Northamptonshire

ormistonacademiestrust.co.uk

Joined April 2010

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Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Nov 8, 2024
Reforming the SEND system is urgent and essential and we need to work in partnership with parents and across the sector to do this well. I am pleased to have been asked to lead this group and to make a contribution to this important work.
Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Nov 7, 2024
❕ As just announced at #CSTConf24, we're getting to work on rescuing the SEND system: ✔️ A focus on inclusion in mainstream schools ✔️ A new expert panel led by @TomRees_77 ✔️ Dame Christine Lenehan brought on board We'll build a system where every child can achieve & thrive.
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Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Jul 3, 2022
Freddie’s coming to the end of Y11. He didn’t sit any GCSEs or go to a prom this week but did enjoy a walk in the country park this morning. #agoodlife
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Jul 21, 2018
Ways the DfE could reduce my workload: 1) Stop creating different funds that I have to spend days applying for when I could be doing real work. 2) Stop cancelling the above funds after I've spent days applying to them. 3) Fund schools properly in the first place.
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Apr 6, 2019
Stanley almost gave up waiting but eventually got to play on a @StPancrasInt piano... #BohemianRhapsody
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Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
May 16, 2021
For the avoidance of all doubt, children with Down’s syndrome don’t ‘suffer’ and Freddie has brought so much happiness and richness into our lives and to our friends and family. #DownSyndrome
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Sep 10, 2018
13 years ago, we had the biggest delivery room surprise when Freddie arrived with an extra chromosome! Have learnt so much from this beautiful boy since then. Tonight we celebrated by taking him out for a curry with his family and friends. #Downsyndrome #legend #teenager
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Mar 21, 2021
2. Freddie trying his uniform on for the first time. ❤️ If you look closely, you’ll see his mum in the background, in typical fashion, supporting him to be able to do what every other child gets to do.
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Jan 15, 2019
Mrs R is teaching in Reception for the first time at the moment covering for a colleague. Today she asked them when we use capital letters and full stops. They said ‘in the mornings’...
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Dec 8, 2018
Dave, 47. Year 5 Classteacher. It’s cluster moderation night & everyone is bringing 9 books with coloured post its to show which objectives their children have made more progress in since last term. Dave’s going home because he simply can’t be arsed. #CatTeacher #CatTeachers
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Jul 12, 2017
My Dad retires today after 42 years as a secondary Music teacher. If I make a difference to half the lives he has I'll be happy. #legend
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Aug 9, 2020
We celebrated 16 years of marriage yesterday. I have no idea where this time went. 🇫🇷
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Apr 29, 2019
1. *School Leadership Research Thread* 11 years ago, an influential article was published making '7 strong claims about successful school leadership' (Leithwood, Day, Sammons, Harris & Hopkins, 2008). This was a significant paper & has been heavily cited in the years since.
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Dec 7, 2018
This is Ellen (6). She couldn’t love school more. In the evenings she delivers classes to her teddies or imaginary children. For Christmas, she is obsessed about getting a pack of (black) chisel-tip whiteboard pens. It’s literally all she wants.
Tom Rees
@TomRees_77
Jun 12, 2019
Dad with our kids before his last day in the classroom. He retired from teaching (again) today (for at least the 4th time), 44 years after qualifying. He’s taught music to thousands and thousands in Northants and beyond. Proud of the way he went about it. 🎶