Dear colleague

It’s that time of year: Black Friday across both Myatt & Co and The Teachers’ Collection!

If your primary colleagues need thoughtful support for the primary curriculum, there’s a cornucopia of resources on The Teachers’ Collection.

And if you missed Shareen Wilkinson’s session on the difference between writing in English and writing across the subjects, you’ll be able to access it here.

50% off school subscriptions with this code:

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On Myatt & Co over 500 insightful conversations, webinars and resources to support your work on the curriculum, leadership and inclusion.

50% off whole school subscriptions here with the code:

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Or to upgrade your free or monthly Myatt & Co subscription online to an annual subscription with 50% off

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It’s well worth attending the Racial Equality Network Dinner events; so much to share, celebrate and still so much to do. The next is event is in London on Friday 12th December 6pm – 10.30pm and I’m looking forward to going! More info here.

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The latest in the Honest Educator series from Andy is The Honest DSL: Practical Strategies for Designated Safeguarding Leads by Hannah Carter. This is full of easy to access insights, resources to use with colleagues and strategies for managing the stresses of the role.

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'Because of You, This is Me: The stories we tell, the stories we change and the power of everyday heroes' by Jaz Ampaw-Farr, a great and moving account of the difference teachers made in the life of one vulnerable young person.

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​The Unity Research School is running a three-part online programme on addressing educational disadvantage in Spring / Summer 2026. Details here and no charge to attend.

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I had a conversation about the Curriculum and Assessment Review with Dale Bassett from United Learning for Tom Richmond’s ‘Inside your Ed’ podcast. ‘What final grade does the Curriculum and Assessment Review deserve?’​

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Curriculum Conversations: A Reference Pack for senior leaders in secondary

The best discussions aren’t about spreadsheets or data drops, they’re about the substance of what we’re teaching, why it matters, and how we can make it more accessible and coherent for our pupils.

To support this work, we’ve created a new Curriculum Conversations Reference Pack, drawn from Huh: Curriculum Conversations Between Subject and Senior Leaders

Each page focuses on one subject and includes:

• Five questions to guide rich professional dialogue between senior and subject leaders
• Three documents that every senior leader should read to deepen their understanding of that subject’s landscape

If you’d like to use this design for your own subject or trust materials, you can

Download pack here

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Big question: Inclusion

Each term, Cat Priggs collates 3 big questions on Myatt & Co to support our practice and this time the question is:

How can inclusion be embedded into safeguarding practices to ensure teenagers are protected from exploitation?

• First, watch ‘Safeguarding Teenagers - part 2’ (17 mins) to get an overview of the topic.
• Next, watch ‘Bridging divides: A pastoral approach to conflict and community’ (44 mins) to dive deeper.
• Then, if you’re interested in the early years, view ‘Anti Racism in the Early Years’ (60 mins)or if you’re interested in issues of identity, stereotyping, and role models, view ‘Kofi and the Rap Battle’ (25 mins) to prompt additional considerations.
• Finally, watch ‘The Transformative Effect of Black Educators in Leadership’ (53 mins) to learn how diverse leadership strengthens inclusive safeguarding cultures, ensuring all teenagers see themselves reflected and supported.

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​Finding My Voice: A whole school approach to oracy and personal development

If you are looking for light touch, high impact ways of developing oracy and personal development in your contexts, you’ll find these ‘Bites’ on Finding My Voice helpful.

For example, 'What makes me shine?' This lovely provocation for pupils from Christian Foley is one of the prompts to support personal development in primary. And a neat provocation from Manny Awoyelu on 'The power of an idea'.

And if you’d like to explore the programme, there’s a 14 day free trial, to Finding My Voice and you can sign up here.

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If you think there’s someone who would appreciate this update, you can forward the link here.

Until next time

Mary