Andy Downing
@DowningAndy
50th year educating, learner, coach, grandfather. Consultant for leadership devpt. Would be gourmet, practising gourmand! ITFC fan
Coming to the tail end of my career it was a delight to be invited by Emma to reflect on my leadership journey. emmalewry.co.uk/the-podcast
It never ceases to amaze me that so many educators in senior roles with huge followings so often post their opinions as fact.
The neurodivergence sceptics are the new climate change deniers.
Come on @Ofstednews @Rory_Gribbell it's time to honestly and openly engage with the concerns expressed by the majority of sector representatives - not just those who agree with the direction of travel.
Am I the only one this doesn't sit right with? In messaging, what’s not said is often as important as what is. The word “renewed” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It signals continuity—not reform. Not rewrite. Just... more of the same…gov.uk/government/new…
Which one of these journalists would you most like to see take early retirement?🤔 Repost after voting please.
Come on @BBCBreaking, you should be reporting this. The public needs to be told the progress their government has made in wading through the 14-year Tory mess.
UK business confidence levels hit highest since 2015, Lloyds says reuters.com/world/uk/uk-bu…
Great to see Victoria Derbyshire fronting LK on Sunday. She needs to replace Tory stooge Laura Kuenssberg permanently. Please retweet or like if you agree. #BBCLauraK
Today was #Brexit Referendum Day in 2016. A Check List so far ... 9 years on. The Gullible were Conned By Lies. It's okay to admit you were wrong, now.
Poll: Who feels safer today than they did yesterday? Please vote and share for wider view and participation.
Tomorrow, we’re celebrating a REAL President of the United States. RETWEET if you are celebrating Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
Empowered educators lead empowered schools… …when coaching is embedded in school culture, sustainable improvement follows …coaching for impact, not just as professional development empowers leaders to enable transformative growth, building capacity from within #coaching
Nigel Farage = economically illiterate. Raising the tax threshold to £20,000 would cost the economy £60-£80 billion. Allowing married couples to earn £45,000 tax free for would be even more eye-watering. Nigel Farage is taking the electorate for complete fools. Wake-up!
Let's not forget the utter contempt successive Tory Education Secretaries showed our profession, there have been more steps in the right direction under @bphillipsonMP who has a tough gig, given the mess we were in.
A year ago today the Conservative government hid the STRB report in a cupboard and called a general election. With a second pay rise for teachers in a row, Labour is investing in our children & our future. That’s the difference a Labour government with a Plan for Change makes.
Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of the Labour government than during the first ten years of Conservative governments since 2010. How come that isn’t making headlines?
Wow - a grown up Tory! How refreshing
UK/ EU: I'm going to have the courage to say this BREXIT upgrade is good for Britain: 👉 A new security deal 👉 Access to EU arms plan 👉 Youth study exchange 👉 UK to access e-gates 👉 Food/agri /fish border delays removed 👉 Utility co's can sell energy to continent Yes -…
And so it's done - 53 years continuous engagement with the education sector is over just like that.
Coming to the tail end of my career it was a delight to be invited by Emma to reflect on my leadership journey. emmalewry.co.uk/the-podcast
If you lead a party and align with someone who led an institution blind to the harm it caused, deaf to every warning, and unmoved by a preventable death, what does that say of your fitness to lead? What do you value, if not accountability? Who won’t you step on, along the way?
Delighted to have appointed @amanda_spielman to the House of Lords. As former Ofsted Chief Inspector, she brings serious expertise. A formidable voice for standards and accountability and a strong addition to the high calibre of Conservative peers challenging Labour’s failures.
A bad idea doesn't become a good idea after a few months delay. Be serious and start again @Ofstednews schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-mulls-r…
