It’s such a delight to work at Ark Soane Academy - this short video captures some of the reasons why!

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Love this video. It captures the everyday joy of working at ⁦Ark Soane Academy⁩ so well. 🤍💙 youtu.be/Gsl01lUyrS8?fe…

This is such brilliant news for children in Bedford

Do you want to join a school where:
✅Teaching is exceptional
✅Behaviour is immaculate
✅You can shape our GCSE curriculum
✅You can work with Mike Hill, Robert Orme, Matt Burnage, Pritesh Raichura and Peter Tse

If so, get in touch for an informal chat: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Fascinating article in The Times and The Sunday Times about the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.

If you are working on curriculum anywhere in the world you need to understand what’s not worked in Scotland.

Comments here from Bruce Robertson

Wait. People are charging leaders and teachers from schools funded by the taxpayer hundreds of pounds to visit their schools that are already funded by the taxpayer?

And we wonder why we improve slowly.

Our visit days are, and will always be, free.

What’s the worst development in history teaching over the last fifty years?

Here’s what I think it might be, written up as a long-ish thread. It’s half an ‘old man yells at cloud’ rant and half a summary of my workshop at the #Soane24 conference.

THREAD 🧵

🚨 HISTORY TEACHERS,

We're HIRING at Ark Soane Academy!

Join me, Jacob Olivey, and Matt Burnage in our lovely & nerdy history department.

We welcome all applications, whether you're experienced or new. Short thread on what we love and care about. 🪡 (1/8)

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This is what we need to be outraged about.

Not the schools that are trying to prevent it.

It was such a privilege to host so many brilliant colleagues at Soane yesterday.

We’re so grateful to everyone who came, and hope you had as much fun as we did!

#Soane24

What a day at #Soane24 !

Thanks without end to the vision and organisational power of Mike Hill Jacob Olivey Matt Burnage

Had a great time at #Soane24 yesterday - wonderful sessions including Paula Lobo (Worth) Michael Fordham and the one and only Christine Counsell Thanks to Mike Hill Matt Burnage and Jacob Olivey for bringing all of us together for such interesting conversations - see you at Historical Assoc!

That was an incredible conference. Huge thank you to ⁦Mike Hill⁩ for having the idea and for making it happen. The innovative thinking and level of discussion were sky high all day. 👏👏👏 150 attendees this year, 250 next year??? #Soane24

Today at #Soane24 was such a pleasure. One of the best teaching conferences I’ve ever been to.

Thank you Mike Hill Matt Burnage Jacob Olivey for putting it together

A joy to hear from Josh Vallance Hugh Richards Christine Counsell @snelsonh and Michael Fordham

Teni Gogo David Hibbert Mike Hill Katie Amery Otis Blaize Michael Fordham #soane25 is the hashtag Mike Hill is currently dreading

I’m overwhelmed by the response to our Ark Soane Academy history conference. I will catch up with notifications tomorrow! #Soane24

For now, I want to thank everyone who made today possible – our presenters, my colleagues, but most of all our pupil helpers. So proud. ❤️ ✌️

Just endless love and respect for Mike Hill for organising #soane24

Vast generosity of time. Typical of the man.

A fabulous end to a superb History conference Ark Soane Academy organised by Mike Hill Jacob Olivey History Matt Burnage

We need to “look over Sergei’s shoulder” to understand these photographs. We need to learn all about it before it became a “source”. A masterclass from ⁦Mike Hill⁩ #Soane24