Chris Sheppard

Kicking off the Easter holiday to do list...

Excellent couple of days at @ascl-uk.bsky.social Annual Conference. Great keynotes by @mannybotwe.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com @samfr.bsky.social and lots more. Much food for thought and many things to take back. #ascl2025

Songs to begin something new to. #FridayFive

1. Blitzkrieg Bop. The Ramones.
2. Start Me Up. The Rolling Stones.
3. Heroes. David Bowie.
4. Lust for Life. Iggy Pop.
5. You Get What You Give. New Radicals.

#fridayfive

#FridayFive
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
2. Sound Of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Givin' Up - The Darkness
4. Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
5. Dark Side - Tim Minchin

1. White Wine In The Sun - Tim Minchin
2. Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan
3. River. Joni Mitchell
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
5. Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
#FridayFive

A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.

Mid half-term day off on a Friday. What an occasion!

Thanks! It just so happened that my GCSE Computer Science class has exactly 10 students!

On a local curriculum working group earlier discussing KS5 offers. Full range of approches from "scrap everything vocational and offer a T-Level" to "carry on with our current offer and hope the government changes plans".

@teachertapp.bsky.social What about 10 students? Should the first option be 10 students or fewer? #surveypolice

Would love to be added!

Early in my career I remember wasting many hours in pastoral meetings debating whether report cards should have anything from a two- to a five-point scale, and a while later debating changing again. I'm now imagining similar meetings at the inspectorate discussing the same for school report cards.

1. Racing In The Street. Bruce Springsteen.
2. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. Billy Joel.
3. Mrs Potter's Lullaby. Counting Crows.
4. Paradise By The Dashboard Light. Meat Loaf.
5. The Last Resort. Eagles.

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Songs over 6 minutes

Friday night in

Watching a school (that has been a difficult journey) come together for a beaitiful remembrance event was a huge highlight of the year so far. Amazing what can be achieved when everyone works together to achieve a shared goal.

Path to 270: The states Harris and Trump need to win - BBC News An in-depth look at how both candidates could win the election - and the clues that polling trends and history might offer.

A non-proportional voting system for a single position has always baffled me and you do end up with situations like this: BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Path to 270: The states Harris and Trump need to win

Both my boys cheered during the Budget when they announced the cut to draught beer duty. They are 6 and 3.

💷 Happy budget day 💷

Before we find out more on the new govt's plans this afternoon, and following on from the new Sutton Trust report (by @samfr.bsky.social) out earlier this week - where is education at right now, and what has changed over time?

A thread of LOTS of graphs 📈 📊

A great analysis of the recent decades in education policy as well as some thought-provoking questions for this new and largely state-educated government.

Registered for @ascl-uk.bsky.social Conference 2025 today #abrighterfuture

I love @teachertapp.bsky.social but this question could be used in GCSE Maths to highlight the issues with surveys/response boxes.

What is wrong with this question. 2 marks.

B1 No time frame
B1 Where does 2 hours go?