Maddie Wheeler

Ah backatycha Lee! Go well Donaghy Jnr.

It’s #resultsday in the Wheeler house today. 😬Very good luck to all young people collecting results and a shout out to their anxious parents. See you on the other side…..

Other Level 2 results also available. Those students have also worked hard and would welcome recognition I’m sure.

Making sense of education in your constituency Director of Communications Maddie Wheeler outlines how our updated teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard helps you to make sense of education in your constituency.

A new blog from our Director of Communications @madswheeler.bsky.social outlines how our newly-updated teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard can help you to make sense of education in your constituency. ✍️

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One to look out for on Monday. 👇
Some more harsh truths for us all to engage with - including Government.

‘Now or never’ moment approaches for delivering Labour’s election teacher pledge Labour’s general election pledge to ‘recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects’ was a prominent campaign feature and now a policy priority ...

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T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it | Susanna Rustin They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

Worth a read 👇🏻

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Colleges face staffing crisis as government solutions falter High vacancy rates in colleges are causing courses to be scrapped and agency costs to soar

This #CollegesWeek2025 is an opportunity to celebrate the staff who work in our Colleges supporting adults & young people to make progress in their lives.

However there aren't enough of them. This excellent piece by @jessjanehill.bsky.social is a must read

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Our disadvantage gap measure tells us very little of any use The current index method isn't fit to inform policy and makes government accountability all but impossible

We need to be sure the measurement is accurate if we are ever going to understand whether the disadvantage attainment gap is closing.

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Government data under-states AP teacher vacancies DfE urged to separate data in statistics, amid warning 'differences' with special schools are masked

A really interesting perspective on the education workforce challenges

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A date for your diaries…. 👀👇🏻

Why the use of AI in further education is a revolution we must shape,… Anthony Bravo, Principal and Chief Executive of Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) The government is pushing for a digital revolution in…

I very much appreciated this piece by Anthony Bravo on behalf of @aoc-info.bsky.social . It reflects much of my own thoughts and feelings about AI - but in a much more ordered and well-expressed way!

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Ha ha!! I’ll track you down eventually Lee. No hiding place

Very sensible. I wouldn't mess with Arne.

Welcome @ajrblakey.bsky.social !! 👋🏻

I’m biased of course but I think so!

Yes I am so very handsome. What of it?

The OECD's latest data masks deeply worrying trends Despite encouraging headlines, analysis shows the findings indicate worsening skills shortages in future

Even though it can feel like no-one's listening at times it's important that we keep talking about adult education and skills. This view from @thenfer.bsky.social colleague Jude Hillary in today's @feweek.bsky.social provides useful insight.

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The Knowledge: Measuring Covid's impact on primary pupils A new NFER report reveals the findings of a four-year study into the pandemic's disruption to young learners

@thenfer.bsky.social was fortunate to receive funding from the Education Endowment Foundation to follow 2 cohorts of primary pupils through school as we came out of the pandemic. This from colleague Tara Paxman is a great overview of what we found

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The Skills Imperative 2035: Recommendations Report - Responding to changes in the labour market to support workers at the greatest risk The first recommendations report from the Skills Imperative 2035 project focusses on how the government, employers and education providers can support workers at the greatest risk.

There is still much to be debated as we consider how best to meet the skills requirements for the future, but this paper from @thenfer.bsky.social is a useful contribution

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Widen teacher recruitment pool for shortage subjects, says expert Recruitment difficulties in shortage subjects are not down to shrinking graduate numbers in related fields, finds research

Really interesting additional insights into the ongoing teacher recruitment and retention debate.

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Truth Julie

Grey and cream cat in a bath

I feel it’s time for a random cat photo so here is my Flo in the bath 🥰

With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.

Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.

Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.

I am so uncool. 😂

That takes commitment! 🤩

What happens when pupil numbers fall? In the second part of this blog post series looking at pupil numbers, Michael Scott and Libby Tungate discuss what happens and what the data suggests when schools are faced with falls in pupil numbers...

On the day the SoS announced plans to use spare capacity in primary schools to support expansion of nursery provision, NFER published further analysis of what is happening with pupil numbers in Primary. 👇🏻

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“Just a little drop?” - Pupil numbers are falling slower than previous expectations In the first of three blogs, Michael Scott and Libby Tungate explore how pupil numbers are changing, how the projections are also changing, and what this all means for schools.

If you are interested in pupil number forecasts then this forthcoming series of NFER blogs is for you. This first offering looks at the latest DfE forecasts released in the summer and surprised many of us with some significant revisions 👇

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Wait til the NERF era begins 🙄😂