Eithne Leming

@Eithne_Leming

Education consultant, author, coach, trainer. Working mainly in London and east of England area.

Woodbridge UK

Joined August 2010

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Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 25

tes.com/magazine/news/… "Area SEND inspections look at education & health but young people with SEND are not a priority for health authorities. LAs are held responsible for an area’s SEND system when the Integrated Care Board is focused on over-85s & bed blocking.”

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Ofsted chief inspector defends area SEND inspections, which he says have helped to push the government towards reforms

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Farrukh@implausibleblog · Jul 23

Ian Hislop, "It is pretty ludicrous we have got to a state where a man is arrested for carrying a joke? I mean, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, all those things we claim to be interested in?" Shame on @YvetteCooperMP and @Keir_Starmer - this isn't the change any of us…

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Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 24

tes.com/magazine/news/… “The assurance the sector needs is for Ofsted & the government to rethink the current proposals & then introduce the new inspection system in a less frantic manner, giving schools & colleges time to absorb & prepare for what are very significant changes.”

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. There will be a reduced number of inspections in the first two months as the watchdog seeks to address sector concerns

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Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 23

tes.com/magazine/teach… A challenge of centrally prescribed policy is its remoteness from pupils. It needs interpreting & enacting by those in the wider community then communicated & understood by those who surround the child most closely. So September brings some welcome respite

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. The curriculum review and new Ofsted inspection framework won’t be published until the autumn, but this gives schools valuable time to focus on what they’re already doing, writes Megan Dixon

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 22

Thank you Feargal Sharkey for your dedication to speak truth to power, for your intelligent and well informed critique. An effective challenge to political ineptitude (Conservative & Labour) and their malaise.

SSaul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth · Jul 21

Feargal Sharkey explains that this £100bn figure everyone keeps quoting for the cost to renationalise the water industry comes from a report by the private companies! Feargal then outlines why nationalising the water industry wouldn't cost us a penny #GMB

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 22

tes.com/magazine/news/… Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill includes changes to admissions powers. It extends the power that allows LAs to direct maintained schools to admit children to academies. Councils will also be able to object to an academy’s published admissions number.

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Academies fighting more than 20 admission appeals will no longer be able to claim towards the costs

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 21

tes.com/magazine/news/… Suspensions for 23/24: 954,952 - the highest number on record & up 21% on the previous year - equivalent to a suspension rate of 11.3 per 100 pupils, up from 9.33 in 2022-23. Permanent exclusions also at record levels (10,885), up 16.1% on 22/23.

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. State school suspensions near 1 million and set a new peak as exclusions cross 10,000 threshold

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 18

tes.com/magazine/analy… "It is reasonable to question whether having a judicial body make decisions about the educational provision & placements of pupils is the best way to resolve these disputes”. It's also hugely costly & the costs could be better deployed to create provision.

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. If the government’s plans for tackling the SEND crisis are to be successful, it has to look at the difficulties that the tribunal process is creating for schools, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 17

bit.ly/44fDWJf "This was a real chance to bring in fresh thinking to vital roles, and it’s been squandered.” "Tom Bennett, a former DfE behaviour adviser, has publicly stated that he has applied."

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. The DfE is accused of ‘burying’ adverts for its new attendance and behaviour ambassador jobs, with the successful candidates, who are due to start this week, yet to be announced

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 16

tes.com/magazine/news/… Secondary Leaders (ASCL):"Amidst debate about the pressure these tests can place on children - demanding one-size-fits-all tests. A system of personalised assessments using the type of adaptive testing technology which is readily available would be better"

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. The KS2 Sats results in all subjects were better than last year and narrowed the gap to pre-pandemic results

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 15

tes.com/magazine/news/… "The framework is designed to provide teachers and leaders with evidence-informed tools and reflection points.“It's not a checklist but a guide for improving confidence & practice, which will lead to improved pupil writing outcomes.”

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. The new framework is set to be revised if DfE changes the national curriculum following the current review

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 14

tes.com/magazine/news/… The counter argument :"Young people are now more accustomed to using keyboards in the course of their lives than handwriting & scripts would be easier for markers to read & could be delivered to them immediately”. Let's move to the 21st Century.

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Handwriting has ‘important advantages’ and must not be undermined by the rollout of digital exams, former education secretary tells MPs

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 11

buff.ly/VEsDReG “We need to ensure that every child has access to expert teaching as a universal foundation for inclusion, targeted support where it's needed & specialist support where that's the best solution - all based on high quality evidence about what's effective.”

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Group led by MAT CEO Tom Rees warns there is inconsistency in the training and support available to promote inclusion

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 10

tes.com/magazine/news/… “Exclusions & suspensions are near an all-time high & is a reflection of underlying issues. Principal among them is SEND & the balance for schools fundamentally between inclusion & the disadvantages posed to other students by a minority of poor behaviour”

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. School leaders are also worried about balancing behaviour management with the need for inclusion, survey shows

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 9

bit.ly/44wd6v8 "New guidance will be published later this year setting out the roles of school staff in providing healthcare, amid concerns that school staff are being expected to deliver medical support." What about mental health & speech and language services?

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Schools minister tells MPs that a decision on changes to education, health and care plans has not yet been made

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 8

bit.ly/3IakpRT Bruner wrote about a spiral curriculum & in maths inspired Singapore’s “concrete, pictorial, abstract” approach.His ideas are very compatible with strategies for promoting effective teaching & learning but often he's only associated with discovery learning

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Jerome Bruner is often dismissed as the ‘father’ of discovery learning, but his research has given education so much more, writes Christian Bokhove

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 7

tes.com/magazine/teach… "Training was effective: spatial ability & mathematics improved significantly for pupils who took part in the SPACE programme, relative to a control group. EEF evaluation of the pilot found benefits for inclusion with otherwise 'left-behind groups”.

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. Training children’s spatial abilities improves maths performance, studies show - and new research from the University of Surrey identifies practical teaching methods to do just that

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 4

tes.com/magazine/teach… To foster real resilience..Recognise & celebrate reflective resilience; Prioritise emotional safety; Model calm in the face of challenge, pause rather than push, showing themselves kindness in struggle"

Eithne_Leming's tweet card. In the push to make pupils more ‘resilient’ there can be unintended consequences, particularly for neurodivergent children, writes Charlotte MacDougall

Eithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 3

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EEithne Leming@Eithne_Leming · Jul 3

@BritishGas As a new customer I was until this morning very pleased with your service. You set my monthly DD which went out as usual this month. Today I receive an email demanding payment of £7.12 with a threat of disconnection if I don’t pay of fees/fine & disconnection.