Anna Jackson 💙
@Anna_Jackson42
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Mum of 2, Architect’s wife, primary school teacher currently loving supply💕 📚 follower of Jesus. Lakes🏔& 5 years into Maisey owning 🐾 STFC ⚽️
Kendal, England
Joined January 2013
This sums it up for me. A load of people who’ve never led a school, have no idea what that’s like and don’t have a clue what some schools are dealing with every day, setting arbitrary targets and then telling heads that “everyone can do it”. I’d like to see them try.
All the Heads I know are on their knees, seeing children presenting with more complex needs than ever before, extreme behaviour and limited funding. The majority of this is in EYFS and Year 1. So instead of announcing something to help this, we'll raise a target to add pressure.
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Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a
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On a serious note. There is an answer. * If the government releases age-standardised scores, where the raw score is adjusted based on the student's exact age in months and days, the birth month effect on the reported score will be significantly mitigated. * If the government
Government calls for 90% of children to be born in September. 🫣
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Today Bridget Phillipson announced that a new target will be set of 90% of 6-year-olds passing the phonics screening check at the end of Year 1. Currently 83% pass at the end of Year 1 and 89% at the end of Year 2. They also announce a new reading test for children in Year 8 at
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A mandatory reading test for Year 8 students will also be introduced by the end of this parliament, Bridget Phillipson confirms
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What a powerful video this is from Brighton 👏❤️ Such an important message.
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"You can't physically chuck a 13-year-old over a school gate and say: ‘Go on, get in.’" Actor Anna Maxwell Martin, who's navigated the SEND system as a parent, tells #R4Today that attitude is just as important as funding to help support children with special educational needs.
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A lovely afternoon and evening reading @nickbutterrun Running the world whilst enjoying the view at Arnside. (And being a taxi Mum for 14yr old)
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Kemi Badenoch lost her faith after a tragedy. Here's what I would love to say to her. Our politics are different, but I would value a coffee to talk things over. @KemiBadenoch
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Good luck to everybody following the cricket in an open plan office right now...
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Love Phil Tufnell’s commentary 🏏 #ItsOnlyAGame @BBCSport
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Praying for the many Christian events, festivals & conferences taking place this summer. Longing for a fresh move of God that impacts the whole of the UK & beyond 🙏💥
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Alert ‼️ word from Shepton bring your own bin bags this year !! Tell everyone. It’s binageddon
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Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
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