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The school wanted to employ her directly. The supply agency wanted £7,000.
Emma shares her experience of a school being asked to pay an agency fee to take her on or keep employing her through the agency for several more months.
With school budgets stretched, is this a fair recruitment fee or a barrier to getting teachers into permanent jobs?
Have you experienced something similar? 👇
#teaching #teacherlife #teachertok #teachersoftiktok
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A teacher shouldn't have to pretend a lesson went well just because an administrator was in the room.
Sometimes the lesson we spent hours planning doesn't work the way we expected. Students are confused, the activity falls flat, or we realize halfway through that we need to explain something differently.
Those moments can tell us a lot about our teaching. But only if we feel comfortable acknowledging what went wrong.
If a classroom observation ends with a low score and little useful feedback, what has the teacher actually learned? We should be looking at student work, talking through what happened, and figuring out what to try differently.
Teachers still need high expectations and accountability. They also need administrators who recognize that improvement takes practice, feedback, and opportunities to try again.
One difficult lesson shouldn't define someone's ability to teach. What they do with that experience deserves just as much attention.
ALT Cream and pink text on a textured navy background reads: “We expect students to learn from their mistakes. Teachers deserve the same opportunity.” Below is a teal ceramic bowl with visible gold repairs along its cracks. By Brad Weinstein.
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This weeks #SmallBusinessSaturday shout goes to Laurence and the team at Amore Salon in Hitchin 💅🏻
#BritishBeautyWeek is a great moment to celebrate everything that salons bring to our high streets, and I know Amore are a firm favourite for many in our town!
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Optimistic October - Day 24: Write down three specific things that have gone well recently actionforhappiness.org/optim… #OptimisticOctober
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Teachers see a holiday countdown and immediately do another calculation: How many actual teaching days do we have left? 😂
That stretch from Halloween through December can get pretty wild. Between concerts, assemblies, spirit days, shortened weeks, and holiday celebrations, the schedule rarely stays the way it was planned.
Meanwhile, the lesson that got pushed back still needs to happen, the student who missed two days still needs help catching up, and somehow everyone is supposed to stay focused when the next break is getting closer.
There's a lot to enjoy about this time of year. By December, though, a normal, uninterrupted Tuesday starts looking pretty good. 😂
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Important reminder for teachers and education staff 👇
Have a lovely weekend!
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Schools will still provide lessons five days a week but an independent pay review body has been asked to consider how to scrap the requirement for individual full-time teachers to be available for work on 195 days a year
Story: thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…
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Teachers on the upper pay range are no longer entitled to a pay review every year. This is one of several changes in the updated Schools Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
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Please share. A brilliant opportunity ❤️. @mynewterm @MsMcGivern @unlock_educate @unleashing_me @SarahIFtL @mrRteaching @brummydwnsouth @KatharineLovell @AspleyGSchool @mjpGibbs @Douggie954 @JPather74 @MoniqueSBerry @VickiCollin
We're hiring
Chestnuts Primary School, part of the IFtL Family, is looking for an exceptional Headteacher to lead the school into its next exciting chapter.
📅 Apply by 2 Nov 2026
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Tragic loss of another ambassador for Education Leadership. Headteacher well being is forgotten by many and makes the job very challenging and lonely. So many living on the edge of this.
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Tougher Ofsted framework (especially for inclusive schools in deprived areas), higher attendance targets, lower budgets, higher SEND needs than ever, more parent issues than ever, Inclusion guidance to evidence, Enrichment guidance to evidence. Someone tell me it’ll get easier 😂
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You are not going to improve a child's behaviour by pointing out their faults. WhentheadultsChange.com/tips
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Schools spend a lot of time recognizing what students know and what they can do. That matters, but intelligence tells us very little about how someone will use what they know around other people.
The student who includes someone, shares credit, helps without being asked, or chooses not to embarrass a classmate is showing something worth noticing too. Being capable is impressive. How you treat people while using that ability says even more.
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Exclusive: Education secretary @LucyMPowell talks to Tes about her vision for schools, including…
🔹 Staffing new technical routes for 14-year-olds
🔹 Her view on academy trusts
🔹 Moving away from a culture of competition between schools
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