Rewriting Our World is back. Every Thursday I’ll be publishing new writing about disadvantage, pedagogy, and the ideas at the heart of my doctoral research — including the framework I’ve spent the last few years building: the Prism of Pedagogy. open.substack.com/pub/rewrit…

Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the IPDA International Conference 2026 in Dublin this June. My session, Refracted Spaces, explores how two students can sit in the same English classroom yet experience entirely different pedagogical worlds. #IPDA2026 #Education

🗓️ #LitdriveCPD26 🗓️ Our excellent lineup for #LitdriveCPD26: Sarah Davies is speaking! Sarah leads a session on how to support dept over breadth through oracy in the English classroom. 🎟️Get your tickets now: buff.ly/jo09HC1 #LitdriveCPD #TeamEnglish

🗓️ #LitdriveCPD26 🗓️ Our amazing lineup for #LitdriveCPD26: Sherelle Russell is speaking! Sherelle leads a deep dive into how to scaffold students without hindering the opportunity for intellectual challenge. 🎟️Get your tickets now: buff.ly/jo09HC1 #LitdriveCPD 🐝

🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 I have 2 copies of ‘Teacher Hacks: English’ to give away! Give this a retweet and @HughesHaili and I will pick 2 winners at random on Friday. @HLearningPD

I’m really pleased to be speaking at #LitdriveCPD26 this July. I’ll be exploring how scaffolding in English can sometimes limit, rather than extend, students’ thinking — and what we can do about it. 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/198337874… @LitdriveUK #EnglishTeaching #CPD

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉 For Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we’re giving away a fantastic SEND & inclusion book bundle - packed with practical ideas, strategies and inspiration for supporting every learner, from early years to secondary 💙 To enter: ✅ Like 🔁 Retweet 💬 Comment a celebratory emoji Good luck! 🌟 T&Cs apply: bit.ly/4sL6PGr

When does support becomes a ceiling? It was fascinating to hear @educatingruss research at @researchEDBrum How do you move beyond your teacher anxiety and give them the space to develop their learning? 🧵2/6 wp.me/p9tOLc-HD

𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐬! A brilliant day at @researchEDBrum a genuine “holiday for the mind”. Ideas, challenge, warmth and connection all in one place. Grateful to everyone who gave up their Saturday to learn together. 🔗 wp.me/p9tOLc-HD

@educatingruss ABSOLUTELY SMASHING IT IN HER DEBUT BRUM SESSION ABOUT SUPPORTING DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITHOUT LOWERING EXPECTATIONS #rEDBRUM

What a brilliantly thought provoking session by @educatingruss How often do we consider proxies for attention / inattention? Do we consciously sharpen our professional noticing often enough? This session will continue in my head for a long time.

WHOOOP SHEZ BAB #rEDBRUM

More support isn’t always more progress. I’ll be exploring how well-intentioned support can unintentionally cap thinking — and how to challenge disadvantaged students without lowering expectations. Room 203 – Maths corridor Feel free to Join me 😊😊😊 @researchEDBrum

ALSO DELIGHTED TO WELCOME SPEAKERS MAKING THEIR #rEDBRUM DEBUTS: @jon_hutchinson_ @AmandaWilson910 @pkainsworth SHERELLE RUSSELL @badger_claire @MrChrisPassey @mradamkohlbeck HELEN BOWMAN JOANNE CROFTS LINNEA LINDQUIST @tombennett71 @researchED1

substack.com/@rewritingourwo… “Education is either the practice of conformity or the practice of freedom.” — Paulo Freire My first Substack post, An Ode to Freire, is a reflection on what it truly means to teach, to lead, and to humanise education. A poem. A philosophy. #Education