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rachelfosteroneed.bsky.social
Director of HR & Education Strategy at One Education / MAT Trustee / DSL / Mother of 2 / Mental Health First Aider. Co-Presenter of Rethinking Education Podcast. Speaker at education conferences, networks and events. Host of the HR Circle.
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Superb morning hearing an update from Cllr Julie Reid and Paul Marshall (Deputy Chief Exec of MCC) on the @Unicef.org Child Friendly Manchester Action Plan. Loved the opportunity to meet & engage with other #ChildFriendly Cities Ambassadors

Lovin’ nature’s signs of springtime ⛅️

One Education’s wonderful photographer Jeff capturing the joy and celebrations at tonight’s #MCREY25 for Manchester City Council Early Year Celebrations sponsored by One Education (& King and Queen of YMCA 🪩🕺💃)

Honoured to be presenting the One Education award for outstanding early years provision in a school across Manchester City Council at tonight’s #MCREY25 congratulations to the winners! #EYFS

The Power of Play keynote by @jograyeducation.bsky.social at tonight’s #MCREY25 Celebration night for Manchester City School sponsored by One Education at Manchester Monastery #EYFS

Looking forward to tonight’s Early Years Celebration 2025 in Manchester Monastery for Manchester City Council with One Education #MCREY25 #education #EYFS

All set up and eager to meet Stockport Heads talking all things #HR & One Education at Cranage Hall Thank you for a great event @nexuseduk.bsky.social #schools #education #HR

Today is the #Stockport Secondary Headteachers' #NeXworking session. Supporting us are: OneEducation, iTRACK Education, VenturEdUK, IRIS Education, EDClass, @bromcom.bsky.social, Academy21 and teamSOS. ❓Find out more at: nexus-education.com

🚨 #NowHiring: Due to successful engagement with new schools in new locations, One Education is looking to employ Speech & Language Therapists to join our team from September 2025. Apply here: bit.ly/41emG43 #ManchesterJobs #SALT

Ofsted has revealed how it will test its proposed new approach to inspection in coming weeks, with trial visits to around 240 schools, colleges and early years settings

Teachers in special schools are less likely to have QTS, according to @thenfer.bsky.social research highlighting the recruitment challenges in the specialist sector

Deliverying our first Spring Term 2 training on Managing Conflict in the Workplace tomorrow. Our Premises Health & Safety for Schools on 12th March is SOLD OUT! Please look out for information on our summer term courses - they’ll be published soon! www.oneeducation.co.uk/training-cou...

Looking forward to facilitating the next HR Circle on 12th March So proud of the connections we have made & look forward to our continued growth and collective success! Become a member and join us for our next event on 12 March 2025. 📧[email protected]

📝 Prevent Duty was introduced in 2014 to support the prevention, early identification and response to children who are at risk of radicalisation. Our blog from One Education safeguarding specialist explains how to recognise the signs and what happens when you make a referral: bit.ly/3F4JhbS

Just what’s needed at end of half term #vitaminsea 🌊🌤️

"Everybody engages with poetry. They might not know it, but it’s there." Poet Laureate Simon Armitage talks to Andrew Misra about the National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/poet-la...

Conflict between staff has impact on performance, morale, & outcomes for pupils. It leads to significant leadership time managing & resolving issues. Join One Education HR on 27th Feb to enable you to confidently manage difficult, challenging conflict between staff. t.co/jVZA5rdGWp

📆 My next HR Circle takes place on Wednesday, 12 March. This will be a Solution Circle - an open surgery to discuss your cases regarding HR matters. Not a member? Contact [email protected] to join! It’s a great supportive community for all those dealing with HR in schools.

Ofsted head says parents working from home 'makes children feel school is optional' www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

Secondary school teacher paid damages after alleged harassment by pupils’ parents

feel free to use across your school communities or repost! With the #costoflivingcrisis this may be helpful to lots of families and staff too for over #halfterm 🍽️💝

Schools in one city describe "astronomical" bills as 25-year repair contract they're locked into heads towards meltdown

Such a brilliant forum. The HR and People Manager at our Trust finds it an invaluable resource 👏👏

🎉 We at One Education are proud to support #NationalApprenticeshipWeek 🎉 Celebrating the many achievements of apprentices in education and the incredible impact they have on schools, trusts and the wider community. Thanks for everything you do! #NAW2025

The HR Circle newsletter is being sent out - save the date for 12th March for our next meeting. If you wish to sign up just click the link www.oneeducation.co.uk/hr-circle/

NEW sexual harassment policy on the One Education website in our members area - yes it’s FREE to all our schools! Don’t worry if you’re not a #HR school as you can purchase our policies separately ! #SLT #SBM #sexualharassment #equality www.oneeducation.co.uk/human-resour...

The DfE has set out plans to deliver major changes to the way it intervenes in schools through its new RISE teams, but there are still many important questions remaining. We round up the key issues here ⬇️

The government has abandoned a plan to abolish a rule capping the proportion of pupils oversubscribed free schools can select based on faith at 50 per cent

Referrals to the government’s anti-terrorism Prevent scheme for young people will be 'routinely' escalated so more vulnerable youngsters get support

NAHT past-president Simon Kidwell was on the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning to talk about some of the concerns school leaders have over the new proposals from Ofsted.

🚨 Reading enjoyment among children is at its lowest since 2005. This crisis calls for action. The One Education Reading Award helps schools build a strong Reading curriculum, giving every child the tools to succeed. Here’s how it works: 👇

Lots of discussions around online checks at One Education’s HR accredited Safer Recruitment Refresher this week - how are they carried out? - links to HR blog on this: www.oneeducation.co.uk/online-checks/

Hi I’m late to the Bluesky party but love my job & all things education including the Rethinking Education podcast by One Education which I host with @jograyeducation.bsky.social These were the guests in 24/25 & there have already been new guests this year - go take a listen 🎙️🎧🗣️

Delighted to facilitate the One Education HR Circle and proud by this testimonial. The HR Circle brings HR professionals from a wide range of education settings, inspiring open dialogue & diversity of thought. Membership is £50 for the year. Get in touch to join our growing community

We not only support schools in dealing with #parentalcomplaints as part of the One Education #HR service but offer training to SLT & managers about this issue. We provide support to #schools for one off cases too so contact me for more information