Tom Bennett OBE ✓
@tombennett71 · UK · joined 28 Oct 2010
Founder researchED https://t.co/oQXPjqTJ9b Behaviour advisor- UK DfE. Professor of School Behaviour, Academica Uni. Substack: https://t.co/EvxAwiV4GD
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This is *really* good analysis. It’s rare to see this level of detail being unpacked on mainstream media. Chapeau, @RhysWilliamsTV
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@tombennett71 This is a really great post. Especially the point that all those who used PISA to extol what was happing in Finland 20 years ago should now acknowledge that PISA is just as relevant (or not) now as it was then...
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NETHERLANDS WORKSHOP: join me and the @toetsrevolutie team for a unique, one-day session on Running the Room (Regie in de Klas), looking at the ways we can build cultures where *all* children behave and flourish.
March 3rd, 2027, Amersfoort. Link below. https://t.co/wL1P4ApvNf
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@tombennett71 Education academics almost fall over each other to remind us that PISA doesn't measure everything, all stats must be treated with caution. True. But wouldn't it be nice if a few professors of education occasionally admitted they may have been wrong on some things in
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NEW POST: War is over if you want it.
My thoughts on the response to England's PISA success. Link below. https://t.co/TOQ2KVoFZy
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@PiQMarkets This is actually a diagram showing how to twist the top off the bottle while simultaneously breaking the bottle cap tether with one deft gesture
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@cremieuxrecueil But the survey acknowledges the sampling issues and corrects for them. Unless you don't think that's valid? https://t.co/bPLq7dxAAD
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That last one should read 24th not 28th. But still.
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If you’re interested in how Wales’ education system got to these disastrous results I’ve tried to provide some history and context here.
Hopefully you find it worth your time:
Welsh pupils fall further in maths as school tests expose gap with England https://t.co/jKJ775AIXb
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@tombennett71 Interesting history of Englands figures….. https://t.co/pAqhYGJOtJ
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@tombennett71 The Curriculum for Excellence, and possibly misunderstanding regarding how it was to be implemented , played a big part in the decline in Maths scores. Scottish education has also been too ready to adopt new educational initiatives which turned out to be of little v
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I want to pass on my congratulations and joy to all colleagues who have made this success story in England possible. Something- a rare thing- to be proud of. Virtue rewarded :)
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New PISA data out- and a huge success story. England is now a top-10 education system in the world. Outside of Asia, one of the highest.
New PISA 2025 results:
Science: 8th in the world, up from 13th
Reading: 9th, up from 13th
Maths: 10th, up from 11th.
While much of the OECD
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@tombennett71 The worst thing about researchED is finally getting the timetable and discovering that it's mathemically impossible to listen to all 20 speakers I wanted to hear. 😭 Please give me a moment to process this.
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ATTENDERS ASSEMBLE #rED26 https://t.co/t81Pj8lHLW
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Against accounts of the same size
20 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.
Median views2 659this account4 022median for 100K–1M
Reach, %2.29%this account1.56%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.56%this account1.33%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 2 659 | 4 022 | 0.66× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 2.29% | 1.56% | 1.47× |
| Engagement rate | 0.56% | 1.33% | 0.42× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
1K8 Sep
1.8K
26.2K
1.2K
6.6K9 Sep
6.2K
3K
6.3K
1.9K
3.1K
113
2.3K
359
1.5K
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.58%8 Sep
6.12%
0.40%
0.00%
1.31%9 Sep
0.82%
0.26%
0.76%
0.52%
0.23%
0.88%
0.30%
2.79%
0.60%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.33%.
What the audience does
Likes66.5%1 151 in total
Reposts14.8%256 in total
Replies5.8%101 in total
Quotes4.4%77 in total
Bookmarks8.5%147 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
8 Sep
Daily snapshots since 08 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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