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Mum 💙💙 Wife and Head Teacher in a Dorset PRU. Passionate about music/the arts and its power within education. Cymraes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Singer.

Joined January 2021
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Lovely to see some ex students today. Bumped into one in a shop and two popped into school to say 'hi'. So lovely to see them and proud that they've overcome challenges and are doing so well #proud #hvslife #secondchances #nevergiveup
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Very well done to Alison and team Compass 🎉👏
I spent the morning at Compass (Alternative Provision) in Weymouth today. Inspiring work, all pupils activity participating in their learning. Welcoming to visitors and pride in their work. String relationships, positive feedback from families too.
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Hi, does anyone deliver NCFE's Occupational Studies? Particularly those of you who work in PRUs or AP. Would be great to network and share ideas.
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A great day today at the Dorset Education Conference, hosted at @WeymouthCollege The keynote by @pauldixtweets was particularly inspiring. #dontbeahare 😂
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The stress that comes with working in a PRU is nothing compared to the stress of trying to judge if your kids are in a deep enough sleep for you to get into 'Santa mode' 🎅 😂. Nadolig Llawen bawb/ Merry Christmas everyone.
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Sad to read that such an inspirational figure has passed away. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him at a conference just short of a year ago. Sending heartfelt condolences to his loved ones and all who knew him.
This is formal but here goes. The family of Sir Tim Brighouse are very sad to announce that Tim died in the John Radcliffe Hospital today after a short illness. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and a towering figure in the word of education. 1/
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An open letter to Ofsted from PRUsAP
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So “the visit” has happened. The inspectors were great but we really do need a framework for AP where we aren’t expected to follow mainstream academic expectations in order to be providing the best quality of education to disengaged learners for whom mainstream doesn’t work.
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Kelly-Marie Knight retweeted
Really please my latest research on long-term outcomes for pupils who attend alternative provision schools has been published. It provides a benchmark against which future studies can measure outcomes and providers can judge their work: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Did anyone watch that BBC documentary about Andrew Tate last night?
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Where's this black 'x' then?
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All PRUs should be in buildings that are fit for purpose and suitable not the cast off buildings that are left to make do with.
The end of the first year in our new building and what a difference it’s made. All PRUs/AP deserve accommodation that is fit for purpose!
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Kelly-Marie Knight retweeted
We are looking for regional leads to join our small, but dedicated team of volunteers across the country. We are currently recruiting for the following regions: London East Midlands West Midlands South East South West Read below for more info - please share widely.
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The most shocking thing about the whole 'BBC presenter' story is the seemingly large proportion of the general public that don't know the legalities.....
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Colleagues in Prus / AP. How do you get a reliable baseline for your students? We're currently using GL assessments, any other good alternatives out there? #PRU #prulife #prusap
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I had a great couple of days at the DASH conference. Thank you to everyone for welcoming me.
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Kelly-Marie Knight retweeted
I’ve got 4 books to send out to 4 people interested in sensible self-review. Just RT and I’ll pick 4 names on Friday. 😉
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