Pastoral and Inclusion Leader| All views are my own.
London, England
Joined February 2021
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For too long, KS3 has been treated as the bit in between.
Not quite primary. Not yet GCSE. A bridge. A waiting room.
A place where ambition quietly becomes diluted.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
The 5 Automatic Doors are not about creating a separate lesson for every pupil.
They are about improving the conditions of access.
I would be genuinely grateful if you could read, share or subscribe to my Substack if useful.
Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/edunom…
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
I have been thinking about @SENDMattersUK's automatic doors analogy & what it means for classroom access.
Some adjustments are a barrier for no one, useful for many & essential for some.
I wanted to develop on this further on the idea of the 5 Automatic Doors to Learning. 1/10
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🚨New paper released today:
10 Common SEN Mis(Interventions)—An Evidence Summary
steplab.co/news/common-sen-m…
Supporting students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a vital and growing challenge for schools. But it’s not straightforward. Learning is complex, marketing claims are confident, and the evidence is often hard to access. As a result, we can sometimes end up adopting approaches which are less effective than we initially think.
For some, this may well be uncomfortable reading. As a profession, many of us have put time, effort and belief into these things, and lots will have seen students who looked like they were getting something from it. However, it’s essential that we temper our intuition with evidence, because ultimately: our most vulnerable students deserve it.
This new paper co-authored with @Barker_J is an attempt to raise the visibility of the best available evidence around several commonly used SEN interventions. For each, we provide an overview of what the research says, offer a more informed approach, and provide a suite of rigorous links to help you get started.
We hope it will serve as a useful resource and over time: push us to be even more 'evidence demanding' as a profession.
As ever, let me know what you think. If you have pushes or suggestions for how this paper could be better, hit reply and give it to me straight.
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Mr Ibrahim retweeted
Need something to listen to while you’re lying in the garden? Lucky for you we’ve got a brand new episode. It’s question time this week. And we are discussing fire alarms!
open.spotify.com/episode/4n0…
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
3/ Key Stage 3 is not a holding pattern.
It is not a preface to the “real work” of GCSE.
It is not simply a bridge between primary and Key Stage 4.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
2/ But what if one of the most powerful things we can do for outcomes at the end of secondary school is to take the middle years more seriously?
That is one of the central arguments in my new book, KS3: The Ambitious Years.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
1/ Spend time in almost any secondary school and you will hear the familiar language of urgency:
Year 11.
Results.
Intervention.
Progress 8.
And of course, these things matter.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
What happens when two T&L minds (@MissCole279 and me) come together?
A great teaching framework 👀💡
✅ Principles
✅ Components
✅ Techniques
#TheLongdendaleLegacy
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
I'm unashamadely ambitious for my practice. I always want to get better at teaching. I want to be as good at teaching as it's possible to be. I'm obviously not there yet, and never will be.
But i know that my best chance of getting better is by getting feedback like this.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
School leaders working to turn around failing schools do one of the hardest jobs in education. It's astonishing really, as they "build the plane while flying it."
That doesn't mean their decisions are unquestionable, but if you've never worked in that context you should show humility.
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
As a teacher with 15 yrs experience, I'm very happy with where I'm at with my job. However, the @Steplab_co documentary has shown me multiple ways I can improve instruction. An absolute game-changer for teachers that want to hone their craft.
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The idea that 'disadvantaged' students aren't capable of enjoying a rigorous curriculum without misbehaving is so offensive.
Everything in my career leads back to the same problem, everywhere: low expectations of poor kids.
Ministers are facing union pressure to make the curriculum more enjoyable for disadvantaged pupils after figures showed that school suspensions and expulsions have reached a record high ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
📚 'Literacy stagnates. Appreciation for the power of language dwindles. There is a systemic failure to nurture the next generation of readers, writers - and teachers'
@LawrenceEFoley
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Mr Ibrahim retweeted
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Mr Ibrahim retweeted
The @TheIFS report into poverty in UK concluded this: a horror show
@HarrisFed works to smash this destiny
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
I joined this session from @Edunomics_ on crafting culture/pastoral curriculum.
Deliberate, thought-out and planned : behaviour + pastoral = culture.
Passionate and informative. I have some thoughts which I'll later.
#rED24
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
Oh I love this! So clear and helpful for students and staff! Thank you so much for a brilliant session Mohamed @Edunomics_ #rED24 @researchED1
Mr Ibrahim retweeted
Evidence informed pastoral curriculum means leaning into the research.
Mohamed recommends these three fantastic books by @PepsMccrea (@Edunomics_ called you his hero 😍)
@HFletcherWood @teacherhead
#rED24 @researchED1
