Tom Starkey @tstarkey1212 Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@PasutriJoss1

@BONIU888

@utakike_agqr

@MixedSonic

@luvswxxtie

@KasihLudah

@grungedtroll

@kumimakii

@hams487

@GEUMUTO5

@BandarStw

@Ovie2_art

@saraymnn

@cukienaknikmati

@Thato_G_Gesh

@cukienaknikmati

@wjmartinv

@cukienaknikmati

@BandarStw

@bokeplokalmalam

@babyboy4407653

@cukienaknikmati

@JurassiCraftMod

@cukienaknikmati

@t42d1762

@KosletPc

@Ottsonic

@utsubominister

@mamdald101gmai2

@jandakembangstw

@AlexaDaniels99

@seanportrait_

@homeboundhomes

@bokeplokalmalam

@winniepco

@BundaRi14854841

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Kid just tried getting on bus with a used pass. Driver quietly explaining without shaming that he can't let him on. Bigger lad behind him from same school just paid his fare. A whispered thank you. "It don't matter" in return. But it does.

165

2K

16K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THE REST OF HER?

86

3K

15K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Anyone ever bought a notebook and then not written in it because they don't want to 'spoil' it?

190

45

3K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Y'know the Cummings thing? Now the nation knows what it's like for a teacher who sends a kid out for breaking the rules only for the SLT to bring them in half an hour later saying they've 'had a chat' with the kid smirking behind.

44

308

2K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

In the pie shop yesterday. Sign says two at a time. Leave the kids outside to get sausage rolls. Four women walk in: "It's alright we're all together". Lady serving: "Don't care if you're on each other's shoulders, three of you get out and wait." Pie shop lady for PM.

13

110

2K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Nowt to promote but just wanted to say things like this aren't rare, no matter how it may seem sometimes. Quiet moments of grace are a constant. It's just that it's so easy to get distracted by the din.

14

96

2K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

You handed it in late. I'm not marking it.

Department for Education

@educationgovuk

4 years

All schools will be opening to all pupils for the autumn term. As part of our work to get #BackToSchoolSafely , we're helping schools prepare contingency plans as a last resort to maintain consistent education for young people.

305

168

304

20

217

2K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Also BIG UP the 97 Guisely to Leeds bus and all who sail in her.

6

38

1K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

If anyone needs a hand with tools for remote learning I'll be on here every lunchtime break (12 til 1pm) until this nonsense is done with. Au fait with Teams, Blackboard Collaborate, accessibility tools etc. Feel free to DM as well. No question too daft, I'll help where I can.

48

238

1K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

2 days. With no extra funding, resources or materials. That's how long it took schools to go online. This guy should be kissing the ground teachers walk on for that logistical miracle. But instead this.

34

189

1K

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Carnage at Morrisons. People panic buying gravy. Those missing out on turkeys are now hunting pigeons in the car park. A wife attempts to suffocate her complaining husband with a bag for life. Send help.

32

178

819

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

2 years

It's easier to comment on teaching than it is to actually do it.

20

49

830

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

I have been out of teaching for two years. I wouldn't now be able to go back to it physically and mentally. Make no mistake, it's one of the hardest jobs in the world. You can't just magic these people up.

24

57

794

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Consultant 1: "We must have displays! You're abusing kids if you don't have displays!" Consultant 2: "You're overloading kids! Do you not care for their education! Minimal is best!" Kids: "What displays?"

24

70

753

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

I don't know how you lot are still teaching through all this. I really don't. All the respect in the world.

28

41

746

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

You know that job I've been on about? The one that seemed perfect? The one that so many of you offered me help and support in regards to the application? Well, I got that job.

85

2

736

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

New line manager took me to the stationery cupboard. It was a room. It was chock full of everything you could possibly want. I asked which forms I had to fill in and he said: "Just take what you need." I almost wept.

33

25

738

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

11 months

Anyone remember that thing in teaching where you had to use learning objectives or you went straight to hell? Is that still going?

130

23

710

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 months

Yes I did mean to open the new Teams. Yes I did mean to open the new Teams. Yes I did mean to open the new Teams. Yes I did mean to open the new Teams.

34

23

708

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

All these teachers putting a video on for the last lesson of term disgust me. When I was teaching I did it for at least a term and a half before the holidays.

31

40

698

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Dear sky, Your snow is weak and of no help to me whatsoever. Either go hard or go home. Lots of love, Teacher Looking For A Day Off.

20

95

659

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

If Specsavers don't film their next advert outside Barnard Castle they're missing a massive trick.

6

48

658

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Since I was 16 I've put all my certificates and quals in my National Record of Achievement red book. Y'all young'uns don't know about the red book.

65

25

662

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Parenting two lads is just basically worrying whether you've got enough bread in.

66

13

667

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

My wife (an Associate Professor at a leading university) has taken to jumping out from behind things and screaming 'STAY ALERT!!!' at me. Glad to see all that education wasn't wasted.

21

573

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Writing about teaching, talking about teaching, theorising about teaching. None of these are as difficult as teaching.

16

90

551

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 months

Two teachers stabbed in school this week and barely a ripple. Sometimes, I do not understand the discourse around education on here at all.

44

63

532

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Take that right off the table and hoof it into the sea.

32

35

523

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

"RARRRR RARRR SCHOOLS ARE MORALLY OBLIGATED TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER RARRR RARRR!" No school is refusing to open in September. This, my friends, is bait.

8

94

503

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

I'm developing a teaching philosophy based on being honest to all: kids, colleagues, management, parents, inspectorate. I start its implementation tomorrow and I expect to be unemployed by next Wednesday.

13

50

486

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

I have a mate who's a bit on the anti vax spectrum and she was saying that she doesn't know what's in it. I asked what what's in her lip filler. She wasn't sure.

20

22

490

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN TEACHING MY MOST EXPENSIVE GIFT WAS A TOBLERONE

The Good Schools Guide

@GoodSchoolsUK

6 years

'Tis the season for .... gifts for teachers? Anyone out there received a letter like this from their school?? #Christmasgifts

11

8

17

84

53

476

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

It seems very much like teachers are being sacrificed to this pandemic.

22

66

476

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

My wife's birthday is dangerously close to Christmas. We were talking about wrapping paper this morning: "Yep we've got Christmas wrapping paper but, of course, if you wrap my birthday presents in that I will end you." Seasons greetings!

76

5

470

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Costumes front and centre in the shops for World Book Day. Books might've been nice, like.

20

100

453

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Do people remember when calling a spider diagram a brainstorm made you worse than Hannibal Lecter?

40

11

450

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Hear me out - parents evening...but with an open bar.

35

14

432

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Thanks to all the teachers returning to work in what are, effectively, dangerous environments. I wish your bravery was more widely acknowledged.

3

34

431

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 months

We do all understand that the holiday absence thing is because of the travel industry, right?

40

34

428

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Unless there's a master's on how to stop Felicity from Y9 calling you a 'f****ing doilem', I'm not sure many folk would have the time.

Tes

@tes

5 years

All teachers should have, or be working towards, a government-funded master's degree, says universities body @UCET_UK

181

71

214

39

27

426

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

I think "don't be a dick" is much more useful advice than "be kind".

25

17

415

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

1 year

My gaff is heavily invested in the Microsoft 365 environment so here are a few tips and tricks that might be useful if you use iti

12

68

418

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

I learnt today that if you're late and you can't find a comb, a stickle brick will do in a pinch.

20

23

417

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

When I was a teacher I arranged my tables in the formation that meant it was difficult to pick them up and throw them at me.

20

14

395

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

"Teachers must..." "Here's my class - off you go then." "Er..." "Yeah. That's what I thought."

6

148

393

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

My lad's primary school teacher may well be the best teacher I've ever met. And he's an NQT. Makes me sick so it does.

19

4

390

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Observer: "That's a task not a learning objective." Me: "OK. Daryl, would you mind wiping the board for me?" *Daryl flings himself at the board using his entire body to wipe out the words as he slides down* Me (quietly) "I think we may have slightly bigger issues, don't you?"

14

56

386

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Isn't the story here that schools (with no budget to do so) had to provide emergency provision to ensure children could eat? Schools. Not the government. Schools.

16

80

381

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Looking forward to when I finish teaching so I can have my views on teaching taken seriously.

14

31

376

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

IT WAS A FIVE GUYS MILKSHAKE. This is a level of sacrifice as yet unseen in current British politics. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THOSE THINGS COST!?

15

26

374

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Teachers and schools were ready. The government weren't and it's teachers and schools that will suffer for it.

2

48

377

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

I went to a GDPR meeting but I can't tell you about it.

15

56

364

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

The 'digital native' myth has done lasting damage when prioritising the importance of teaching digital skills. I see HE students currently who lack the basics that were given to me as a student 30 years ago in a bog standard comp.

49

46

365

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

'Teachers, take a break to improve your mental wellbeing.' WHEN?? WHEN THO??

12

25

364

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

I live in a northern town and I'm carrying home a bunch of flowers that I've bought. I have been asked 'Are those for me?' by 6 fellas so far.

14

5

350

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

'Book scrutiny'. What a crappy little term that is.

34

28

350

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Once, I was brought into a meeting to be asked why, according to the figures, my kids were underperforming. I was able to point out that the calculations were wrong. Best. Meeting. Ever.

22

21

347

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

I have very few rules in life but 'Do not RT Laurence Fox' is one of them. You do and it's like sticking money in the man's pocket. Desist teachers, I beg of you.

23

18

339

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

If you accept abuse from a student, you model that acceptance to those that witness it. That's not a lesson I'm prepared to teach.

12

71

342

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Dear SLTs, If you want teachers to be positive, give them something to be positive about. Love from Tom

19

73

326

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

I think it'd be better if every commentator on education realised that not every child is them when they were a child.

18

93

315

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

So here's a lovely thing - on the court at the local park every now and again a net appears on one of the basketball hoops. Always thought it was weird that the council only does one. Turns out they don't...

4

52

320

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Here are some quick tips for those about to start in the teaching profession. Yeah, I know no one asked. I don't care. HERE WE GO!

13

73

323

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

"Personalise every lesson for every student in your class." "No problem. Just multiply my wages by 30 and you've got a deal."

7

73

298

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Got observed. No one punched anyone so I'm expecting outstanding.

12

20

306

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Although I can sometimes give them a lot of stick, headteachers are being put into a horrible, horrible position at the moment. Actual life and death decisions are explicitly being forced upon them and the dignity and strength they're exhibiting is, imo, inspirational.

4

44

303

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

The further away I get from teaching the more it looks like a job specifically designed to give people mental health issues.

14

31

288

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Lockdown learning is a pain in the arse. Think a balance has to be struck between trying to carry on educating and the realisation that home isn't school.

13

18

294

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

2 years

According to the waitress at Pizza Hut, I ate the most she's ever seen anyone eat at the buffet. That's it. That's the pinnacle.

21

1

282

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

I'm not really bothered about 'rebel' educationists who didn't do well in school. Anyone can fail. I want to hear from folk who DID do well in school under difficult circumstances. That's real rebellion.

23

54

285

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

1 year

If teaching is getting too much for you to handle, if it's affecting your mental and physical health then the only real form of self-care is to leave. There is no shame in this. It's a job, that's all.

25

13

288

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Fill your school full of potholes. Quids in.

9

65

283

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Just heard The Boy describe our house as 'basic' to a mate. MF is going to find out how basic it is sleeping on the trampoline in the garden.

10

3

283

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

"Teachers need to be informed by research." "OK then. The research here states that..." "NOT THAT RESEARCH! THAT IS THE EVIL RESEARCH!"

10

73

274

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Do people really believe that when a kid doesn't bring a pen in, it's automatically due to poverty or trauma? Have a word.

60

7

285

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

Remembering the time I went to a church playgroup and the vicar asked me where my wife was and I said 'she's not with us' and I meant today but he took it that she was dead and there were prayers for us next service

13

6

283

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 months

And THAT, kids, is why you keep writing until the exam is over.

0

39

282

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

May you remember all your passwords tomorrow.

14

15

279

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

I don't always agree with @chrisdysonHT but he's riding a wave of twattery like a pro surfer at the moment. Hold fast Mr D.

6

7

281

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

There was a massive storm last night - biblical in scale. Lightning hurled from angry gods, rivers of rain falling from the sky, thunder as though the world was tearing itself apart. Apparently. I slept through it.

17

25

270

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

NQT advice: Be damn careful who you take NQT advice from.

10

27

274

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Hope everyone going back tomorrow does OK. Not 'amazing', not 'brilliant' (although those are grand). OK has always been enough. And at the moment, I think OK is exceptional.

6

27

270

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

9 years

One of my mates at school crawled across national borders after witnessing his family being murdered. He was 11. 'Swarm'. Do one.

10

383

251

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

There seems to be a lot of edu folk watching #school as if what's happening is a revelation. Where. Have. You. Been?

14

30

260

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Just a reminder that schools switched to remote learning with two days notice.

5

23

260

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

For those of you worried about returning and that you've forgotten how to teach, don't worry. I forgot in 2004 and they let me teach for years after that.

1

9

259

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

My new book 'How to Teach During Lockdown' will be out on the tenth of never because I'm not an absolute scumbag.

8

17

254

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Going to start referring to my TA as Little Extra. The lolz will be worth the two broken legs.

6

29

251

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

They've spelled 'parents' wrong again. Such a strange autocorrect.

Tes

@tes

6 years

MPs also hear call to train teachers in social media technology 'because often the students’ understanding is greater than their teachers'

31

18

32

7

63

253

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

3 years

OH NO! HOW WILL TEACHERS COPE!!!

Shane Chowen

@shanechowen

3 years

Omicron: Ofsted suspend inspections

7

14

37

17

33

253

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

6 years

Been teaching long enough now to see the same old ideas come back as new ideas. Fortunately been teaching long enough to ignore them this time.

17

28

251

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

That was good, that. Let's do it again but with Boris.

5

19

247

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

First person to say something along the lines of 'oh well, time to get back to the marking' can get right in the sea.

14

20

245

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

7 years

Today I pickpocketed a colleague's keys from a lad who had pickpocketed them earlier. This was, without a doubt, my greatest teaching moment.

10

7

244

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

4 years

Wait...are you telling me Adonis is linked to edubusiness consultancy? I AM SHOOK. SHOOK I TELL THEE. Who'd have thought edu consultants would attempt to undermine actual teachers? This is completely unprecedented*

4

44

234

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212

5 years

Saturday night vodka Tom has gifted Sunday daytime sober Tom with a Breville sandwich maker off Amazon. Cheers mate.

16

1

243

Tom Starkey

@tstarkey1212