There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
Schools in England face ‘death by a thousand cuts’, headteachers say
Schools in England face ‘death by a thousand cuts’, headteachers say
Rising costs likely to outstrip funding in coming year, despite recent injections of additional money
Schools in England are facing “death by a thousand cuts”, headteachers have said, after a leading economics thinktank said rising costs are likely to…
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January 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Schools in England face ‘death by a thousand cuts’, headteachers say
Solidarity, nervous headteachers like me! Best of luck for tomorrow 💪
August 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Solidarity, nervous headteachers like me! Best of luck for tomorrow 💪
The way some parents treat schools, and headteachers* in particular, is just disgusting. They should be ashamed of themselves.
*not about me, about a colleague.
*not about me, about a colleague.
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The way some parents treat schools, and headteachers* in particular, is just disgusting. They should be ashamed of themselves.
*not about me, about a colleague.
*not about me, about a colleague.
Thoughts and huge respect to all headteachers looking out of the window this morning
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Thoughts and huge respect to all headteachers looking out of the window this morning
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
NAHT says early checks on phonics, arithmetic and English in primary schools are potential waste of time and funding
Primary school pupils in England should not face compulsory tests on phonics, times tables or grammar and punctuation, an influential…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
My granddad came here, in migration wave, with 5 kids, racism meant no engineering job, became low paid bus conductor, council house, gran stayed home, 3 more kids.
Their kids became headteachers, senior civil servants, nuclear physicists.
Who judges whether my grandparents “genuinely contributed”?
Their kids became headteachers, senior civil servants, nuclear physicists.
Who judges whether my grandparents “genuinely contributed”?
Me: We let in way too many low-paid workers and non-paying dependents, we need to reform the rules so that only those who genuinely contribute can stay here permanently.
Jonathan: EnOcH PoWeLL!!!!!!
Jonathan: EnOcH PoWeLL!!!!!!
"Hence the urgency of implementing now the second part of the Conservatives policy - the encouragement of re-emigration."
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My granddad came here, in migration wave, with 5 kids, racism meant no engineering job, became low paid bus conductor, council house, gran stayed home, 3 more kids.
Their kids became headteachers, senior civil servants, nuclear physicists.
Who judges whether my grandparents “genuinely contributed”?
Their kids became headteachers, senior civil servants, nuclear physicists.
Who judges whether my grandparents “genuinely contributed”?
Doing a talk to headteachers and I said funding for something has increased by 6-7%. And I could feel the tension in the room as everyone resisted the urge to do the meme.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Doing a talk to headteachers and I said funding for something has increased by 6-7%. And I could feel the tension in the room as everyone resisted the urge to do the meme.
Headteachers warn of Labour’s austerity 2.0 as schools face ‘death by a thousand cuts’ www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Headteachers warn of Labour's austerity 2.0 as schools face 'death by a thousand cuts'
Net schools funding decreases have sparked calls from headteachers to end the cuts, which are worse with additional 'efficiency savings'
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January 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Headteachers warn of Labour’s austerity 2.0 as schools face ‘death by a thousand cuts’ www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Headteachers’ union takes legal action against Ofsted over inspection changes
Headteachers’ union takes legal action against Ofsted over inspection changes
NAHT says changes are likely to harm school leaders’ mental health and it was not consulted adequately over the new grading system
Headteachers are taking legal action against Ofsted, England’s schools watchdog, over fears that its new inspection regime is “even worse than before” and likely to harm the mental health of school leaders.
The National Association of Head Teachers said it had lodged a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted “over the potential impact of their inspection proposals” and for inadequate consultation over its new system of grading schools. Continue reading...
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May 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Headteachers’ union takes legal action against Ofsted over inspection changes
Four in five headteachers suffer abuse from pupils' parents, including physical assaults, spitting and trolling, survey finds
Four in five headteachers suffer abuse from pupils' parents, including physical assaults, spitting and trolling, survey finds
Four in five headteachers have suffered abuse from schoolchildren's parents in the last year, a new survey has found.
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March 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Four in five headteachers suffer abuse from pupils' parents, including physical assaults, spitting and trolling, survey finds
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
NAHT says early checks on phonics, arithmetic and English in primary schools are potential waste of time and funding
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge
See also: Headteachers
(This doesn't work if you TELL people this is your intention)
(This doesn't work if you TELL people this is your intention)
December 24, 2024 at 10:01 AM
See also: Headteachers
(This doesn't work if you TELL people this is your intention)
(This doesn't work if you TELL people this is your intention)
I've got an even better idea.
How about following @greenparty.org.uk policy and abolishing Ofsted?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
How about following @greenparty.org.uk policy and abolishing Ofsted?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed overhaul
Unions urge government to delay and revise changes to way schools are graded or headteachers will stop assisting inspectors
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June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I've got an even better idea.
How about following @greenparty.org.uk policy and abolishing Ofsted?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
How about following @greenparty.org.uk policy and abolishing Ofsted?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Headteachers Award - Goutham Nair
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Headteachers Award - Goutham Nair
He’s ’spoken to headmasters’.
This antiquated misogynist hasn’t heard there are headteachers of both sexes in 21st Century Britain.
This antiquated misogynist hasn’t heard there are headteachers of both sexes in 21st Century Britain.
May 1, 2026 at 9:01 AM
He’s ’spoken to headmasters’.
This antiquated misogynist hasn’t heard there are headteachers of both sexes in 21st Century Britain.
This antiquated misogynist hasn’t heard there are headteachers of both sexes in 21st Century Britain.
Just indefensible.
Reminder: it is the longtime policy of @greenparty.org.uk to abolish Ofsted
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reminder: it is the longtime policy of @greenparty.org.uk to abolish Ofsted
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Ofsted inspection regime is damaging our health, headteachers say
School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmed
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September 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Just indefensible.
Reminder: it is the longtime policy of @greenparty.org.uk to abolish Ofsted
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reminder: it is the longtime policy of @greenparty.org.uk to abolish Ofsted
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
An unwritten rule is headteachers love a recession. It's the only time we can recruit decent support staff.
July 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An unwritten rule is headteachers love a recession. It's the only time we can recruit decent support staff.
Never mind the under-16s, there are some part-time headteachers who need their phone confiscated and their social media restricted.
June 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Never mind the under-16s, there are some part-time headteachers who need their phone confiscated and their social media restricted.
This is exactly the kind of policy that should be left to headteachers, who know what will work best for their own school (and almost all have strict curbs on phones anyway). But the government wants the headline.
I suspect the government is going to get another crash course in the law of unintended consequences when pushing through overly restrictive knee-jerk policies without properly considering implications, especially, but not limited to, students with higher support needs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans
Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create
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April 21, 2026 at 7:21 AM
This is exactly the kind of policy that should be left to headteachers, who know what will work best for their own school (and almost all have strict curbs on phones anyway). But the government wants the headline.
My lad is still having to wear a blazer to school today and I wont lie, when I see those articles about ofstead making headteachers cry I think to myself 'good'.
July 9, 2026 at 7:25 AM
My lad is still having to wear a blazer to school today and I wont lie, when I see those articles about ofstead making headteachers cry I think to myself 'good'.
I mean, this is truly insane. We are paying £££millions for these people to bully teachers and headteachers into breakdown and resignation - still going on 3 years after I wrote the article below. @lucympowell.bsky.social
September 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I mean, this is truly insane. We are paying £££millions for these people to bully teachers and headteachers into breakdown and resignation - still going on 3 years after I wrote the article below. @lucympowell.bsky.social
Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed reforms
Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed reforms
Unions urge government to delay and revise changes to way schools are graded or headteachers will stop assisting inspectors
Headteachers are threatening to quit as part-time inspectors unless Ofsted delays and revises its changes to how schools and colleges are graded in England.
The warning is the latest blow to the inspection overhauls championed by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s chief inspector of schools, and a potential embarrassment for the government since the changes were among its high-profile manifesto pledges. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed reforms
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Where have all the Headteachers gone…?
Being a Headteacher was what I wanted to do since I first stepped into the classroom in 1996. I turned 50 last week. Properly old! I've also been asked by the lovely people at Bloomsbury to write a bo...
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