Est. Oct 2012 - A non-party political group of UK HTs influencing nat'l education policy so that it centres upon what is best for the learning of all children.
Joined October 2012
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Jun 3
Headteachers need support for big education reforms | Tes
Well said @barlowcaroline @headsroundtable šš» tes.com/magazine/leadership/ā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
May 19
And youāre right to be worried: Headrest is busy and we are exceptionally worried about the impact on mental health of heads.
May 18
Pretty worried about a lot of the stuff I'm hearing about Ofsted at the moment. I know vagueposting isn't a great look, but I think popularity and satisfaction rates are going to go even further down...
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Apr 30
Three former senior HMI and three Professors have joined forces to create an independent post Ofsted inspection survey. We will be sharing our first report on 25 June at 4pm, and you can be part of the free conference discussing the findings. eventbrite.co.uk/e/198781445ā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 25
An excellent comment from @vicgoddard passmorespedagogy.wordpress.ā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 18
The Secretary of State should read this & hang her head in shame. She enabled Ofsted to do their own rebrand; she was content they disregarded professional responses to the āBig Pretend to Listen; and if tragedy recurs she will have, in my view, serious questions to answer.
Iāve been away for a bit. We havenāt been having the best time, to be honest. Iāve noticed a few things happening with Ofsted and their supporters recently, and Iāve written about it.
Ofsted, of course, are driving on regardless.
difficultlessons.wordpress.cā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 17
A š«³š¼ š¤ of a comment from @MoreMorrow
Mar 17
It feels like we are back to evaluating poverty, not education, and calling it achievement.
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 12
In the last year this has become extremely serious. I have supported headteachers under death threats, victims of social media hounding, and seen money that should be spent on children wasted on legal expenses. headrestuk.co.uk/blog/when-cā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 12
Intentional vexatious complaints take up a lot of school time and resources and increase workload and stress for staff and volunteer governors. They cost money too.
Enough is enough.
Read our latest blog below. 4/4
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 4
The negative impact on school leaders who receive vexatious AI-driven letters of complaint now seems to be getting out of hand.
Itās dominating many of our calls. We seem to be at the tipping point.
What advice can we give to colleagues? How can we move forward?
Thoughts? ā¤µļø
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ICYMI our latest @Headrest_UK annual report on the current state of play regarding headteacher wellbeing is out now.
Guess what? Inspection features quite a lot.
Jan 27
š£ Out now!
Our 2026 Headteacher Wellbeing Report.
Download it from our website. Please share widely. šš¼ headrestuk.co.uk/blog/2026-hā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 2
2/2 The Headrest team:
@RosMcM @AndrewDMorrish @kennygfrederick @moonrakerteach @ottleyoconnor @Julespg
Details about how to contact us can be found on our website.
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Mar 2
It was great getting the @Headrest_UK team together for a catch-up today.
Lots to discuss, but 5 key themes emerged based on calls received:
1. Ofsted
2. MAT toxicity
3. Finance
4. Parental complaints (AI)
5. Small schools
Look out for some blogs to follow on these.
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Feb 26
This is a superb piece and great to be reminded of it - have a look
Feb 26
Wrote this with @BarlowCaroline a few of years ago. The challenges around inclusion havenāt changed, schools that are inclusive are still punished both financially and in terms of accountability measures. The big challenge of inclusion is one of culture.
schoolsweek.co.uk/send-incluā¦
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Itās been a busy day! So good to move from discussion to action with the #SchoolsWhitePaper - here is the HTRT initial thinking: headteachersroundtable.wordpā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
Jan 27
š£ Out now!
Our 2026 Headteacher Wellbeing Report.
Download it from our website. Please share widely. šš¼ headrestuk.co.uk/blog/2026-hā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
10 Dec 2025
āTheir resilience is not just necessary through circumstance; it is a reflection of a deep sense of purposeā: the determination of teachers in Ukraine is an inspiration to us all, writes Caroline Barlow of @HeadsRoundtable
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26 Nov 2025
The removal of the two-child benefit cap in todayās Budget is to be applauded ā but Rachel Reeves' funding plans leave massive uncertainty over school budgets going forward, writes Caroline Barlow of @HeadsRoundtable
tes.com/magazine/analysis/geā¦
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Heads' Roundtable retweeted
19 Nov 2025
No Frank youāre not.
19 Nov 2025
Am I the only one being contacted by senior leaders of schools Ofsted inspected last week who have major concerns about the Fwk and its negative impact? These comments are coming from schools who volunteered.
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