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Executive Headmaster at Solihull School @solsch1560 and @SolihullPrep TES Independent School of the Year 2024

West Midlands, England
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
I am a headteacher, storyteller and writer. Any chance of a #writerslift ?
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This is very good. Love it. 👇 #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
The Roman Baths in Bath are really very impressive. A great visit, thank you @RomanBathsBath
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Celebrating a DISTINCTION awarded today for my MSc from @JesusOxford - sausage sandwich and champagne! Thank you to the tutors and staff in the @OxfordDeptofEd and the @MltOxford .
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Charles Fillingham
5 years
Very interesting article by Katharine Birbalsingh about parents and teachers working together to help children @Telegraph @Miss_Snuffy
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
I am very much looking forward to serving @solsch1560 from January 2023 as the next Headmaster. I am equally looking forward to another four terms @FHSRegentsPark . These are two incredible school communities. #ExcitingTimes
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Good times @solsch1560 👇A new name has been added to the list of headmasters which stretches back to the year 1560.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Confidence doesn't equal competence. Silence does not equal incompetence. Here’s something for school leaders to think about. Let’s make sure that we enable all of our team to bring good ideas to the table. #edutwitter #schools #teachertwitter #teachers #education
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Momentous days for the Fillingham family - 2 January 2023; the arrival in Solihull.
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9 months
At final assembly today we sang “The 12 Days of Christmas”. What it lacked in musicality, it made up for in enthusiasm and volume! Happy Christmas ⁦ @solsch1560
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
“Work comes before success,” says Eddie Stobart. Thank you @CamillaTominey I’m going to work that into assembly next week. ⁦ @Telegraph @EddieStobartCom @StobartCrew #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Farewell to @FHSRegentsPark today. I’ll be in and out over the summer. I have loved this school and I send my very best wishes to the whole community.
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
I have just submitted my MSc final dissertation @OxfordDeptofEd @MltOxford . Fingers crossed!
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Charles Fillingham
10 months
I was pleased to welcome our local MP ⁦ @bhatti_saqib ⁩ to school this afternoon. In this photo it, looks like I have just sold him the staircase! ⁦ @solsch1560
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Well done teachers everywhere; you have nearly made it to half-term. What you do is important and valuable. Thank you for your service in difficult circumstances. #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
I have a new photo. It was taken this week outside Solihull School. I am looking forward to serving this community from January 2023. #solihull #ambition #opportunity #community
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Charles Fillingham
4 months
Amazing skies over the school fields in Solihull tonight. @solsch1560 @SolihullUpdates
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
A new sign has been put up on the door to my study today. Nice.
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
This year’s GCSE and A level exam results will be higher than usual because the manner of assessment encouraged high attainment. Let’s make sure that we go into next week positively. Remember that young people and their teachers worked hard for these grades. #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Here’s a good news story from today’s Birmingham Mail. Thank you for the write-up. @solsch1560 is a wonderful place to work and to learn. @birmingham_live @SolihullUpdates #edutwitter #schools @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
On my way to school today - crazed look in the eye is excitement!
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
It’s the Prep School Concert - ROAR @SolihullPrep #music #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Here’s a great picture that I have just seen on Twitter.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Solihull School is open as usual today. #snow #solihull #midlands @solsch1560 ⁩ ⁦ @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Hyde Park this morning @theroyalparks #London
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Look at this👇! It’s the first coin I’ve had with a portrait of the King. #charles #coronation #elizabeth
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
This is wonderful news for the whole community ⁦ @FHSRegentsPark ⁩. Mrs Woodcock is an inspirational teacher and leader who will bring expertise, experience and enthusiasm to the school. She is a great signing. ⁦ @HeadSydHigh
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
The last 100 yards to school - I am cycling 16 miles a day #veryhealthy
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
It’s the view from the very top Snowdon. I’m with the Shell Form at #SnodSchool366 . This is part of the amazing outdoor education programme @solsch1560 .
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Look at this beautiful gatepost @solsch1560 . I am very happy to be visiting Solihull School today and I am looking forward to joining this strong, academic, cohesive community in January 2023. #solihull #warwickshire #birmingham #edutwitter #schools
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4 years
Headmaster’s greetings from the gardens at Fillingham HQ @FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Thank you #edutwitter for tolerating my #microassemblies over the last 12 months. They started a year ago this week in the garden at Fillingham Towers. #teachertwitter
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Thank you ⁦ @JesusOxford ⁩ ⁦ @MltOxford ⁩ graduation today. #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
I am on the train on the way back to Birmingham International and I have found this fantastic sum on LinkedIn - let’s adopt a growth mindset and a determination never to give up.👇
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4 years
It’s the gold rush! A micro-assembly about #perseverance @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
4 months
What an amazing collection of young people. I am proud to serve as the headmaster at Solihull School.
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Solihull School
4 months
As study leave begins and we end two fantastic days of leavers’ celebrations, we wish our Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth students the best of luck in their forthcoming #GCSE and #ALevel exams. You’ve got this! @SolSchSixthForm #Solihull #Exams #Ambition #Opportunity #Community
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Did you know that British independent schools, including ⁦ @solsch1560 ⁩ of course, employ nearly 300,000 people? Around as many as a city the size of Liverpool. ⁦ @ISC_schools ⁩ ⁦ @bhatti_saqib ⁩ ⁦ @SolihullCouncil ⁩ ⁦ @HMC_Org ⁩ ⁦ @julianknight15
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
First draft of MSc dissertation finished. Phew whizz! I have been writing it for months: on Boxing Day, on my birthday, on Easter Sunday, over random weekends and for all of this Bank Holiday. Thank you @OxfordDeptofEd for the @MltOxford course. #edutwitter #exhausted
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
I love working @FHSRegentsPark ! This EXCELLENT judgement comes from the dedication of the staff; the huge contribution of support and encouragement from parents and, of course, from the amazing pupils who throw their energies into learning and being part of the FHS community.
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Francis Holland
2 years
We are delighted to share that in our recent ISI Inspection Report in March 2022, Francis Holland School, Regent's Park was found to be 'EXCELLENT' in every area inspected by the Independent School Inspectorate Read more here: #FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Beautiful Francis Holland School on a spring morning @FHSRegentsPark #London NW1
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Charles Fillingham
8 months
All five candles lit for Christmas. Photograph taken at half past twelve on Christmas morning following midnight mass in the Solihull School chapel. Thank you @rhillbrown @solsch1560 #advent #chapel #church #cofe #solihull
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
@arborsmarty A tree at the meeting point of two streams in Northumberland
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
It is my 20th wedding anniversary today. Good times.
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Look at this thoughtful image from @EthicsInBricks and note the teacher on the right. #edutwitter 👇👇 #TeachersAreInspirational
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Ethics in Bricks
3 years
There's no such thing as a 'self-made' millionaire.
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Nigel Owens MBE at the Solihull School Parents’ Association dinner this evening. An engaging and entertaining speaker from Wales - you are welcome here. @Nigelrefowens @solsch1560 @SolihullPrep #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
2 months
What a fantastic year! Well done pupils and staff. Enjoy the holidays. Read plenty of books. Relax and unwind. Be kind. Be safe. Have fun.
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Charles Fillingham
7 months
I’ve just watched the first half of Les Misérables @solsch1560 . Wonderful show. Well done all.
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Charles Fillingham
4 months
Here’s a letter written by a grandparent of a pupil ⁦ @solsch1560 ⁩ which was printed in yesterday’s ⁦ @thetimes ⁩. Families make sacrifices to prioritise private education and they are worried about VAT on school fees. ⁦ @HMC_Org ⁩ ⁦ @ISC_schools ⁩ ⁦
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Thank you to the teachers across the land who are working hard to recommend the correct TAGs for GCSE and A level candidates. #ThankYouTeachers . The deputy head is making sure that we have 🍇🍉🍓🍩🍪🍫 “TAGs Treats” in the staff room every day this week and next @FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
2 months
Thank you ⁦Nick for the shoutout on BBC Midlands Today! Solihull School is the TES Independent School of the Year 2024!! @bbcwm ⁩ ⁦ @BBCMidlandsRBX ⁩ ⁦ @bbcmtd ⁩ ⁦ @SolihullUpdates ⁩ ⁦ @Tesforteachers ⁩ ⁦ @solsch1560
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Great article in today’s @Telegraph . Thank you Leon Lynch QC for sharing your experiences.
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2 years
A picture taken by one of the Deputy Headteachers; mid-flow in assembly on the first day of the new term in the Bushell Hall at Solihull School. #ambition #opportunity #community @solsch1560 @SolDHPastoral
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Mr Tiley, our Head if Chemistry, has just returned from dropping off chemicals and disposable gloves at University College Hospital @uclh #NHS @FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
New sign arrived at the end of last week. Thank you @OxfordDeptofEd @JesusOxford @MltOxford
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Never help a butterfly! A micro-assembly #WednesdayThoughts @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org A story for #lockdown
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2 years
Here’s comes the dog! It’s half-term in the #Midlands and I am out with Clementine, the Fillingham family dog, along the Grand Union Canal in #Solihull and #Warwickshire .
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
It’s a sunny morning ⁦ @SolihullPrep ⁩. This is our very grand front entrance through Malvern Hall.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
I am walking the dog past the beautiful parish church in Knowle. What a great place to live. #soliull @_KPC_ @SolihullUpdates #Midlands @VisitKnowle
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Beautiful skies over Knowle and Dorridge this evening. It looks like we are in for some good weather tomorrow. #solihull #redskyatnight #midlands
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Charles Fillingham
5 years
I have just drafted a letter to parents celebrating that almost enough money has come in this year to fund two additional Sixth Form bursaries for September 2020: transformational, life-changing opportunities for young Londoners who could not otherwise afford the fees.
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Shhh! A surprise for the teachers: I’m buying 100 bunches of #daffodils from @NewCoventGarden Flower Market #edutwitter #London
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
This is one of the funniest ones I’ve seen on Twitter. Thank you @janies_smarties
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Last night, I was pleased to be able to welcome 11+ offer holders to @solsch1560 and to congratulate them.
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
This is brilliant. It’ll bring a smile to anyone and especially to those who have been working right through the pandemic. #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Thank you #NHS . This is @FHSRegentsPark as you have never seen it before. Thank you to everyone in the NHS including many members of the school community.
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
I am ⁦ @FHSRegentsPark ⁩ today is pick up the keys for ⁦ @LinhopeHouseFHS ⁩ - it is the big handover today. Exciting times!
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Birthday cake made for me by my 12 year old daughter. Delicious. Thank you.
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
Grosvenor Crescent this morning #London SW1
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Are you a thoughtful sheep? A story about #compassion and #knowledge @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
A new photograph joins the ranks of the ghosts of headteachers past ⁦ @FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Today I heard from @UniofOxford saying that they’d like to put my dissertation in the @bodleianlibs . I don’t know for sure, maybe all dissertations go into the library, but it still feels pretty good!
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Spring blossom in front of Big School ⁦ @solsch1560 ⁩ today.
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Schools are important for children: their wellbeing, their mental health, their development and their education. Let’s reopen fully as soon as we get the👍from scientists and no. 10. My fingers are crossed for everyone being back on 8 March. @BorisJohnson @bbclaurak @MattHancock
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Here’s the beautiful coat of arms of @solsch1560 above the headmaster’s chair in chapel.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
This afternoon, we are at the Pet Service at the chapel ⁦ @solsch1560 ⁩ - the Fillingham family dog, Clementine, is licking the Headmaster’s wife.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Trees, trees, trees. We are planting 100 new trees across our two sites this year in honour of the coronation. Here are some cherries recently planted @SolihullPrep .
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Charles Fillingham
3 years
“You are more precious than a pencil” - a new #microassembly for 2022. This one speaks to self-esteem and self-worth. #edutwitter #teachersareinspirational #SLTchat @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
This morning, the Marshal for the St Martin’s campus showed me all the nooks and crannies of this 400+ year old site: wine cellars, boilers, buttons and honours boards. @solsch1560 @SolihullPrep @SolihullUpdates #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
A personal thank you to my teachers @nailseaschool #WorldTeacherDay
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Thank you @RebelWilson for your inspirational talk to the girls @FHSRegentsPark today. Our series of lectures #WomenOfInfluence is in full swing. This is the finest school in London.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Listen! The bells are ringing for the King at St Alphege Church in Solihull. 🔔🔔🔔 #solihull
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A story about elephants? What can you achieve for yourself and others? ⁦ @FHSRegentsPark ⁩ ⁦ @GSAUK ⁩ ⁦ @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
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“Two stonemasons” An assembly for the new term ⁦ @GSAUK ⁩ ⁦ @HMC_Org ⁩ ⁦ @FHSRegentsPark
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
Fillinghams on tour - enjoying the sunshine in Knowle near Solihull ⁦ @_KPC_
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Schools and teachers are doing a great job all over the country. It’s been a long term, but a good one in many ways: great learning, good friendships, great levels of care and compassion. #teachersareinspirational #thankschools #ComeOnChristmas
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
The rugby pitches @solsch1560 are looking fabulous. #schoolsport #midlands #edutwitter
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Solihull School is in full bloom on the first day of the Easter holidays. @solsch1560 #edutwitter #spring #magnolia #blossom
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Charles Fillingham
2 years
I am sending out lots of best wishes to teachers, A level students, parents and others this evening ahead of tomorrow’s results. #edutwitter
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Cycling to Paris with a 14 year old boy - a true story about #perseverance and pride in our children #parenting #edutwitter @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org
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Charles Fillingham
10 months
Give yourself a half-term treat and watch all 2 mins 48 secs of this dance by Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire from 1940. It’s nothing to do with Ofsted or homework or marking or schools and it’s a real joy. Thank you @MichaelWarbur17 for posting it.
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Charles Fillingham
1 year
Today, I have walked from Solihull to Birmingham along the Grand Union Canal. This is a beautiful part of the country. #midlands @CanalRiverTrust @SolihullUpdates
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I’ve just been into eight maths lessons in the Senior School. Attentive pupils, caring teachers, excellent explanations, serious hard work. Great stuff. #solihull #edutwitter @solsch1560 @SolSchMaths
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Charles Fillingham
4 years
Are you saving a starfish? A short story about #compassion #edutwitter
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I’m a bramble bush - are you? A story about a teacher #inspiring her class. @FHSRegentsPark @GSAUK @HMC_Org
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