Martin Ferguson
@MrFerguson85
English teacher EANI TOPS, BoG, CPD & CCEA Mod. Author of 📚 'See One Do One Teach One'. Previously HOD & Lit Coord. Views my own. #SODOTO #TeachLead
📢 I am delighted to be speaking at #LitdriveCPD25! Event will be hosted by Aston University, Birmingham To book tickets for you and your English departments, click 👇🏻 eventbrite.co.uk/e/101658855272… @LitdriveUK #LitdriveCPD
I’m honestly at a loss - witnessing this unfold is deeply troubling. And the silence from those who claim to support, educate, and empower children, who so often speak of the importance of safe spaces, inclusion, and nurturing every child’s potential, is truly deafening. If you…
Fixed it for you, @Keir_Starmer. The UK is an ally to Israel's atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank. Now is the time to make our voices heard: Call on the UK Government to end its complicity. Sign our petition: bit.ly/4kXTLJs
Why do so many schools sit empty after 5pm? Let’s design them as community hubs — with crèches, 4G pitches, gyms, & flexible spaces for all. Health, childcare, education & sport under one roof = savings + stronger connections. Schools should serve everyone, not just students.
Things that immigrants didn't do: ❌Deregulation ❌Banking Crisis ❌Impose Austerity Measures ❌Welfare Reform ❌Bedroom Tax ❌Brexit Trade Policies ❌Privatisation of Public Water ❌Privatisation of Public Transport ❌Mortgage Inflation Mini Budget ❌Landlordism and Rent…
🚨2025/26 Book Review: Just got my hands on Coaching with Purpose: Learning Encounters for Educational Change from @JohnCattEd. Packed with UK & international case studies, tools & insights to empower educators. Congratulations @DrRLofthouse @tristateach @JasenBooton review…
🚨 Saturday Reading 📚 Nothing says “saving poor kids” like a Knowledge Rich Curriculum and Behaviour Regimes because what struggling children really need isn’t food or housing etc. Feed their minds, not their stomachs, right? Government education policy is like a…
The root cause of 'poorer' schools - i.e. pupils not performing as well - is poverty. Pupils & schools in disadvantaged areas do less 'well' - in league tables - & receive poorer Ofsted grades as a result, is because they have less wealthy families. Shown beyond doubt here: ...
“The child who once hated powerlessness grows into the adult who insists absolute power is the cure. The bullied boy becomes the teacher with the clipboard, tracking “silent transitions” like a hawk, convinced that a world of rigid rules is safer”. senddaddiaries.substack.com/p/the-bullied-…
There’s truly no place, apart from Ireland, of course, that we love more than the Greek islands and the incredible Greek people. 🇬🇷 Wishing everyone a beautiful and restful summer holiday! ⛱️ #Greece #Greekislands
✍️ Understanding the challenges faced by SEND students in writing is critical for all teachers. This collaboration with @MrFerguson85 offers key information and important strategies to support SEND learners! 🔄 REPOST and snag it for FREE from my website:…
A live “Case Study” for Ethics, Religion, LLW, Citizenship, and Philosophy teachers: Starving children in Gaza. What does our/your curriculum say about complicity, justice, and silence? The crisis in Gaza is deeply entangled with histories of colonialism, displacement, and…
Engineered starvation as part of the intentional destruction of a group as such. This is so familiar to other settler-colonial genocides; yet, this is the first settler-colonial genocide to land before an intl court. But even in this case justice will be served late. It is…
As an educator committed to teaching children about human rights, justice, and the values of democracy, I find the ongoing violence in Gaza, particularly the killing of women and children, to be one of the most horrifying and morally incomprehensible events of our time. It…
We’re appalled by the reported killing in Gaza today of children and women waiting in line for nutritional supplies provided by UNICEF’s partner organization, Project HOPE. The killing of families trying to access life-saving aid is unconscionable.👇 unicef.org/press-releases…
I live in a country that gives military support to another country which is killing thousands of civilians while proscribing an organisation which protests about it.
Monday Reading 📚 "But crucially, leaders must also be accountable: for behaviour systems that work, for policies that make teaching possible, and for supporting staff in holding the line. If either side shirks this, the whole system collapses into blame and mistrust."
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In my latest post I argue: ✅ Schools that churn through staff with casual disregard are squandering a precious resource. ✅ Intelligent accountability offers a blueprint for creating places where people want to work. ✅ Staff turnover should be a key measure of school health and…