Gill Weston
@gillyweston.bsky.social
Supporting school leaders. Proud to serve this noble profession. Former roles - chair of trustees, assistant director, adviser, teacher.
Always learning…📚🤓🎶
Always learning…📚🤓🎶
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I’ve always absolutely loved this article by Peter Elbow:
Writing First!
“Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning….”
www.ascd.org/el/articles/...
Writing First!
“Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning….”
www.ascd.org/el/articles/...
Writing First!
Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning.
www.ascd.org
July 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I’ve always absolutely loved this article by Peter Elbow:
Writing First!
“Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning….”
www.ascd.org/el/articles/...
Writing First!
“Putting writing before reading is an effective approach to teaching and learning….”
www.ascd.org/el/articles/...
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This Secret #Leicestershire series, with a set of fascinating and strange stories from across the county, feels like exactly the sort of thing BBC local radio should be doing, so bravo to Radio Leicester.
Secret Leicestershire - The woman who gave birth to a cat - BBC Sounds
A mysterious birth and a story of solidarity
www.bbc.co.uk
April 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
This Secret #Leicestershire series, with a set of fascinating and strange stories from across the county, feels like exactly the sort of thing BBC local radio should be doing, so bravo to Radio Leicester.
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New post: Essentialism: keeping the main thing the main thing open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Essentialism: keeping the main thing the main thing
Well hello there, and welcome to update #176!
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
New post: Essentialism: keeping the main thing the main thing open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
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"Every adult is being used for every minute of the day" is an excellent thing to consider for anyone who wants change in schools. The pace and intensity of work in schools is remarkable. It shocks people when they first experience it.
Also, in a one-form primary school (or smaller), who do they think is facilitating this and where is it happening? Most primaries do not have staff available to support this nor do they have spaces for it to happen. Every adult and every space is being used, every minute of the day.
6. Here we seem to be dreaming up from first principles the work skilled pastoral staff are doing every day already. This feels a bit insulting to them to say we're going to start doing this.
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 AM
"Every adult is being used for every minute of the day" is an excellent thing to consider for anyone who wants change in schools. The pace and intensity of work in schools is remarkable. It shocks people when they first experience it.
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The Carollers, from a couple of years ago: this sonnet works best, I think, if you read it out loud.
December 14, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The Carollers, from a couple of years ago: this sonnet works best, I think, if you read it out loud.
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📢 New Post 📢
How can we ensure that schools and trusts remain "learning organisations" ?
Peter Senge's "The Fifth Discipline" may have something to offer.
cc: @olicav.bsky.social
What Senge Can Still Teach Schools and Trusts? have a read below. 👇🏽
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/30/l...
How can we ensure that schools and trusts remain "learning organisations" ?
Peter Senge's "The Fifth Discipline" may have something to offer.
cc: @olicav.bsky.social
What Senge Can Still Teach Schools and Trusts? have a read below. 👇🏽
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/30/l...
Learning to Learn Together: What Senge Can Still Teach Schools and Trusts
There’s something quietly powerful about the idea that organisations can learn. That they are not static machines or faceless systems, but living, breathing collectives of people thinking, reflecti…
researcherteacher.home.blog
July 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📢 New Post 📢
How can we ensure that schools and trusts remain "learning organisations" ?
Peter Senge's "The Fifth Discipline" may have something to offer.
cc: @olicav.bsky.social
What Senge Can Still Teach Schools and Trusts? have a read below. 👇🏽
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/30/l...
How can we ensure that schools and trusts remain "learning organisations" ?
Peter Senge's "The Fifth Discipline" may have something to offer.
cc: @olicav.bsky.social
What Senge Can Still Teach Schools and Trusts? have a read below. 👇🏽
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/30/l...
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Let’s see how this goes: for every like, I’ll recommend a piece of music by a living composers.
July 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Let’s see how this goes: for every like, I’ll recommend a piece of music by a living composers.
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Last month we released training materials developed with Chiltern Learning Trust and Department for Education to help teachers and leaders understand and use AI tools safely and effectively, exploring both opportunities and ethical considerations. 🤖📚
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nu6bdbuikb
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nu6bdbuikb
July 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Last month we released training materials developed with Chiltern Learning Trust and Department for Education to help teachers and leaders understand and use AI tools safely and effectively, exploring both opportunities and ethical considerations. 🤖📚
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nu6bdbuikb
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nu6bdbuikb
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NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
June 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
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I have 10 days left available for the academic year 2025/2026. I can work face to face or online. Details of my work are available on my website. Ruthswailes.com . Do get in touch if you’d like to find out more.
Ruth Swailes - Independent Education Consultant
Independent Education Consultant
Ruthswailes.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I have 10 days left available for the academic year 2025/2026. I can work face to face or online. Details of my work are available on my website. Ruthswailes.com . Do get in touch if you’d like to find out more.
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Latest Substack, in response to Vardy’s imminent departure. #LCFC
Watching Jamie Vardy
I got a Leicester men’s season ticket in 2014, when the club returned to the Premier League under Nigel Pearson.
jembenson.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Latest Substack, in response to Vardy’s imminent departure. #LCFC
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The Four Pillars of Assessment resource guide.
The guide will provide you with a strong understanding of what underpins each pillar and how it supports great assessment.
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to designing assessments?
Download it here 👇
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#EduSky
The guide will provide you with a strong understanding of what underpins each pillar and how it supports great assessment.
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to designing assessments?
Download it here 👇
buff.ly/ncgeQOm
#EduSky
May 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Four Pillars of Assessment resource guide.
The guide will provide you with a strong understanding of what underpins each pillar and how it supports great assessment.
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to designing assessments?
Download it here 👇
buff.ly/ncgeQOm
#EduSky
The guide will provide you with a strong understanding of what underpins each pillar and how it supports great assessment.
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to designing assessments?
Download it here 👇
buff.ly/ncgeQOm
#EduSky
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Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
Powerpoint and IWBs – It’s time to reclaim analogue teaching
When was the last time you taught an individual lesson without using an interactive whiteboard, without PowerPoint, without pre prepared digital resources? When was the last time you did this for a…
thinkingflexibly.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
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What is 'good' behaviour and how can teachers encourage it?
This eBook offers a definition for good behaviour and what it entails, as well a strategy that any teacher can consider to encourage good behaviour in their students.
Download your free copy 👇
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#EduSky #UKEd
This eBook offers a definition for good behaviour and what it entails, as well a strategy that any teacher can consider to encourage good behaviour in their students.
Download your free copy 👇
buff.ly/3MPvYM6
#EduSky #UKEd
April 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What is 'good' behaviour and how can teachers encourage it?
This eBook offers a definition for good behaviour and what it entails, as well a strategy that any teacher can consider to encourage good behaviour in their students.
Download your free copy 👇
buff.ly/3MPvYM6
#EduSky #UKEd
This eBook offers a definition for good behaviour and what it entails, as well a strategy that any teacher can consider to encourage good behaviour in their students.
Download your free copy 👇
buff.ly/3MPvYM6
#EduSky #UKEd
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Precision. Because hopeful vagueness isn't (good) enough. teacherhead.com/2025/04/05/p...
Precision. Because hopeful vagueness isn’t (good) enough.
I’m coming back to blogging after a big hiatus and finding several times that an idea for a blog post has struck me – only to find I’d written about it already! Teaching issues do…
teacherhead.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Precision. Because hopeful vagueness isn't (good) enough. teacherhead.com/2025/04/05/p...
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The quiet revolution in school improvement. Absolutely brilliant from @steverollett.bsky.social @cstvoice.bsky.social #Collaboration #SystemLeadership
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
The quiet revolution in school improvement
‘Collaboration’ is a buzzword of the moment. Confederation of School Trusts deputy chief executive Steve Rollett says it’s good to see the policymakers catching up with practice
www.tes.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The quiet revolution in school improvement. Absolutely brilliant from @steverollett.bsky.social @cstvoice.bsky.social #Collaboration #SystemLeadership
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Two core ideas underpin effective inclusive teaching:
1. Cognitive similarity
2. Instructional sensitivity
Let’s dig into both…
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1. Cognitive similarity
2. Instructional sensitivity
Let’s dig into both…
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March 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Two core ideas underpin effective inclusive teaching:
1. Cognitive similarity
2. Instructional sensitivity
Let’s dig into both…
↓
1. Cognitive similarity
2. Instructional sensitivity
Let’s dig into both…
↓
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'Leadership is about service. If it’s not about service, then it ends up being just about you, and you will lose moral purpose…'
@stevemunby.bsky.social shares his leadership philosophy in this month's How I Lead ⬇️
@stevemunby.bsky.social shares his leadership philosophy in this month's How I Lead ⬇️
Steve Munby: ‘You can never fully prepare for how it feels to lead’
Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career and experience. This month, we talk to Steve Munby, former CEO of the National College
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March 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
'Leadership is about service. If it’s not about service, then it ends up being just about you, and you will lose moral purpose…'
@stevemunby.bsky.social shares his leadership philosophy in this month's How I Lead ⬇️
@stevemunby.bsky.social shares his leadership philosophy in this month's How I Lead ⬇️
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‘Why should we read aloud in class?’
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
Who should read aloud in class?
There are fewer more important acts in all of education than reading in the classroom. From what is read, to the specifics of when, why, and by whom, the how of reading in the classroom can prove a vi...
alexquigley.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
‘Why should we read aloud in class?’
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
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🧵An important part of the primary experience is having a lovely time- adults ringfencing the unique state of childhood and ensuring that primary is a glorious place to be little. Playful and joyful are not the antonyms of high standards and aspiration.
February 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵An important part of the primary experience is having a lovely time- adults ringfencing the unique state of childhood and ensuring that primary is a glorious place to be little. Playful and joyful are not the antonyms of high standards and aspiration.
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Great to be at @schoolsnortheast.bsky.social last week to introduce the Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, which I'm pleased to be chairing.
Reforming the SEND system is the most important area of focus for us in the next 5-10 years.
Here's what I said in full.
schoolsnortheast.org/news/inclusi...
Reforming the SEND system is the most important area of focus for us in the next 5-10 years.
Here's what I said in full.
schoolsnortheast.org/news/inclusi...
Inclusion at the Heart of the School System – Tom Rees - Schools North East
Keynote at Schools North East Academies Conference 2025 – Thursday 23rd January 2025, With sections taken from ‘5 Principles for Inclusion’ (Newmark/Rees 2023): https://cstuk.org.uk/knowledge/discuss...
schoolsnortheast.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Great to be at @schoolsnortheast.bsky.social last week to introduce the Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, which I'm pleased to be chairing.
Reforming the SEND system is the most important area of focus for us in the next 5-10 years.
Here's what I said in full.
schoolsnortheast.org/news/inclusi...
Reforming the SEND system is the most important area of focus for us in the next 5-10 years.
Here's what I said in full.
schoolsnortheast.org/news/inclusi...