Sheila Mouna

Here’s to a healthy and happy 2026 from Wapping, East London

I’m going tomorrow too, not far from Hebdon bridge on a writing retreat, first time and so looking forward to it.

Teachers bogged down by admin: 8 TIMMS 2023 findings Experienced teachers, belonging and three-year GCSEs - all you need to know from international study

English teachers are much more bogged down by admin than their international counterparts, a new survey has found

Here's the key things you need to know from new TIMMS findings...

School head who sued parents over ‘campaign of abuse’ and won Kevin Flanagan went to court after what he says was harassment in person and on social media

School head who sued parents over ‘campaign of abuse’ and won

A landmark case that finally recognises the abuse some HT’s face from a small minority of toxic parents. Unfortunately this happens in too many schools and is ruining too many school leaders lives.

www.thetimes.com/article/5264...

Everyone should read this to get a better understanding of this Ofsted charade #Ofsted

Today we have released new data showing that more than nine in 10 (93%) school leaders do not have confidence in Ofsted to design an effective new inspection framework.

🔗Full report: naht.org.uk/ofsted

Teaching is one of the most important jobs for the future of the country and as a society we need to start valuing our educators. The fact that the pay rise for train drivers is 15%, doctors 22% and teachers a mere 5% with a proposed 2.5% next year really says it all #education #teaching #schools

It’s the time of year when I have to post one of the best Christmas tweets, you might have to be Irish and of a certain age to see the funny side….

Banning smartphones in schools is only half way to solving the problem, it’s out of school where the worst offences occur, there needs to be a radical overhaul, let’s see what happens in Australia

And they’d complain if they weren’t potty trained too….

One thing that has really jumped out at me on my school visits:
Many Head teachers rarely get a proper night’s sleep, this, on top of working 12+ hours a day, this is surely not sustainable #education #schools

Might be a good idea to talk to the many schools (in London anyway) who already run breakfast clubs.

I tend to look at Ofsted reports before visiting a school, usually to see what the areas of development are, so many of them have similar targets, something to do with humanities and children’s recall of previous learning, waste of time and no help #Ofsted hopefully this will improve

In case you missed our @sdupp.bsky.social cartoon on Ofsted's leaked report card proposals last week ...

Now that I’m sort of semi retired I go swimming a few times a week. It never ceases to amaze me that most Mondays the pool is packed with school age children, have I missed something? is Monday now part of the weekend? #attendance #school

So you take this tag from the Christmas tree and buy a present which the child’s dad will give to him on his visit to the prison, great idea

That explains it….

I learned today that 100 years ago a priest called Father Benson wrote a dystopian sci fi book called The Lord of the World saying that in early 21st century (ie now) the world would end with an antichrist in charge, sounds a bit scarily familiar, cheerful place Mass!

3/3 But we are in danger of losing the best people from education due to burnout, stress and lack of respect for the profession, for our children’s future, this must be urgently addressed #education

This is so refreshing, I know there are many like her who love their job, but we usually hear the negative stories. I remember feeling that way for most of my time as head teacher. Teaching and school leadership are fantastic careers,for most people it is the best job in the world #education

I met a friend the other day who is new to the role of Deputy head teacher. She has worked her way up from Teaching Assisstant and she is rightly very proud of herself, she also has Imposter Syndrome…. She told me she wakes up every morning excited to go into school as she loves the job so much 1/2

'Jobs for the boys' fear as ministers pick improvement teams New regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) teams will start to be rolled out in January

Exclusive: The first group of leaders appointed to the government’s new school improvement squads will be picked by ministers, it has emerged, sparking fears of more 'jobs for the boys'

Appalling that @ofstednews.bsky.social think that the introduction of 5 grades to replace the old four grades is going to appease the teaching profession, it shows how completely out of touch with schools they really are @headfirstroly.bsky.social