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    is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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    This much I know about…five learning points from my work in schools

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    This much I know about…how to decide what to cut from your school budget

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    This much I know about…teaching what you love

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    This much I know about…loneliness, postal workers and the current industrial dispute

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    This much I know about…the principles and parameters of curriculum design

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This much I know about…why now, more than ever, teachers need their headteachers to teach (if they possibly can)

27/09/2020 6:44 am27/09/2020By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning3 Comments

I have been a teacher for 32 years, a head teacher for 17 years and, at the age of 56, this much I know about why now, more than ever, teachers need their headteachers to teach (if they possibly can). This…

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This much I know about…fully reopening school, why we all now need a garden and my angling addiction

06/09/2020 1:13 pm02/04/2021By johntomsettIn Fishing, Other stuff, School Leadership0 Comments

I have been a teacher for 32 years, a head teacher for 17 years and, at the age of 56, this much I know about fully reopening school, why we all now need a garden and my angling addiction. It is…

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This much I know about…why teachers need to have interests away from work

02/08/2020 11:14 am02/08/2020By johntomsettIn Mental Health in Schools, Other stuff, School Leadership0 Comments

I have been a teacher for 32 years, a head teacher for 17 years and, at the age of 56, this much I know about why teachers need to have interests away from work. I have just had my pacemaker replaced….

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This much I know about…planning for "catch up" when our students return in September

02/07/2020 12:36 pm02/07/2020By johntomsettIn General educational issues, Mental Health in Schools, Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning1 Comment

I have been a teacher for 31 years, a head teacher for 16 years and, at the age of 55, this much I know about planning for “catch up” when our students return in September. There is so much catastrophising…

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This much I know about…providing direction for my Subject Leader colleagues for September

13/06/2020 5:58 pm13/06/2020By johntomsettIn General educational issues, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning2 Comments

I have been a teacher for 31 years, a head teacher for 16 years and, at the age of 55, this much I know about providing direction for my Subject Leader colleagues for September. This is the letter I wrote…

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This much I know about…how NOW is the time to pursue the National College of Education leadership qualifications

02/05/2020 5:04 pm02/05/2020By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

I have been a teacher for 31 years, a head teacher for 16 years and, at the age of 55, this much I know about…how NOW is the time to pursue the National College of Education leadership qualifications. In December…

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This much I know about…Elizabeth Ann Tomsett, 1936-2020

19/04/2020 4:37 pm17/04/2022By johntomsettIn Other stuff8 Comments

Elizabeth Ann Tomsett, 2 May 1936-18 April 2020 “God give me strength to bear that which I cannot change” Our mother, Elizabeth Ann Tomsett, was born on 2 May 1936. Her father served in the Royal Navy between the wars…

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Why the COVID-19 crisis requires the recall of Parliament

12/04/2020 11:47 am12/04/2020By johntomsettIn Other stuff0 Comments

Important caveat: without wanting to sound remotely self-important, I need to point out that I write this simply as John Tomsett, British citizen. The only way death is not meaningless is to see yourself as part of something greater: a…

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This much I know about…the challenge of keeping our students socially distant in school

08/04/2020 10:35 pm08/04/2020By johntomsettIn General educational issues4 Comments

I have been a teacher for 31 years, a head teacher for 16 years and, at the age of 55, this much I know about the challenge of keeping our students socially distant in school. I was born two months…

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This much I know about…moving from Research to Outcomes (Durrington researchED)

04/04/2020 10:22 am04/04/2020By johntomsettIn Research, Teaching and Learning1 Comment

I have been a teacher for 31 years, a head teacher for 16 years and, at the age of 55, this much I know about…moving from Research to Outcomes (Durrington researchED). [wpvideo GTiKBsyQ] Slides: [scribd id=454944931 key=key-EPdQJXiTwsx9JoDRmDZ9 mode=scroll]  

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❗️🎧 Listen to the latest episode of HEP Talks

Another brilliant session of Leadership 55 is featured on The Brief this week.

Listen and find out how to break the Ofsted barrier

🎧https://bit.ly/3IOqmlG

#HEPMondayBriefing @johntomsett

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Good work!

Ruth Astley @ruthastley

Final tweaks and now module 5 is finished - research project and exec summary submitted. Couldn’t have done it without the #WomenEd ‘L-O-S’ group, especially @mcgregormaths 😘 #ourNCEjourney

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If this might be of interest, please join us for the info webinar on Tuesday 31st at 4pm, https://twitter.com/WALKTHRUs_5/status/1615351997581901824

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⏩⏩An exciting opportunity to join our Walkthrus Consulting team.. Details and application here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IaUfe5l6tKpa2HVe7xAGEhpfO1yURBiOpIy7HDRo0Lg/edit?usp=sharing
A few days per year: current/recent senior leaders.
Zoom info session Jan31st.. see linked info.

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creativehigg Rachel Higginson @creativehigg ·
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Off to London this morning for a couple of days to work on some very exciting curriculum design work then on to @PTIEducation leadership conference to chat about Primary Pedagogy!! ✨

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Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?

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John Tomsett is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning. He has 33 years of teaching experience, with 18 years as a headteacher. He led Huntington School in York, one of the country's leading Research Schools, for 14 years. He offers consultancy on school leadership with a clear focus upon improving teaching and learning and curriculum development.

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❗️🎧 Listen to the latest episode of HEP Talks

Another brilliant session of Leadership 55 is featured on The Brief this week.

Listen and find out how to break the Ofsted barrier

🎧https://bit.ly/3IOqmlG

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