Ministers have decided to scrap Now Teach - a route into teaching for high-flying career changes. In the middle of a recruitment crisis. My quote:

Thank you Rebecca Boomer-Clark for working so hard both on training and your fundraising in aid of Youth Sport Trust Incredible time too! Many congratulations.

London Marathon 2024, another amazing experience and a PB. Massive thanks to Victoria Boomer-C for all her patience (generally 🤣) and support. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me in support of Youth Sport Trust

Fab to bump into ⁦ruth murad⁩ today, not sure Ruth bargained on meeting my whole family whilst on holiday….. ⁦Academies Enterprise Trust⁩

W16, last long one before London - 3 hours on feet, now just another 5.5km to find…..

W14 relieved to see a shorter long one on the plan today….. so I added some hills!

W13/R7 - Bath half, identical pace/time to October, apparently I am now entering the phase of training to prevent me from slowing down……!

Fantastic to listen to the fabulous ⁦Claire Stoneman⁩ opening ⁦researchED⁩ Brum today.

Thank you to everyone ⁦⁦Four Dwellings Academy⁩ for an amazing welcome, including our brilliant ⁦Academies Enterprise Trust⁩ Tech team!

I’m very lucky.

This week I got to accompany the generation of headteachers in the southwest & west country on a study tour of primary schools in Birmingham.

Here’s a little video of our trip to the sensational Lea Forest Primary Academy - Curriculum.

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Lea Forest HT 

W12 long one, finally a sub 2.30 30km…. 6 weeks to go!

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My colleagues are ace and do incredible work on attendance, ensuring all our children are known and noticed. Here’s DSL, Julie Allen and AP for Behaviour & Culture, Wayne Robinson, just before we presented our case study. Thank you for inviting us, Dr. Keven Bartle and SSAT!

Week 11, home to school to retrieve Victoria Boomer-C’s car. Tired….

Not exactly the run I had planned this morning…..

Week 10, 8 to go…….

Week 9/R6, first marathon pace longer effort - now to find another 11km….

Beyond sad. What a talent. Gone too soon. Simon was a maths teacher first and a brilliant school leader second. We’ve lost one of our finest.