Need to know: KCSIE update, teacher training and revision

In a week when teachers have been enjoying a well-deserved rest (with a bit of luck), Tes outlined the key changes to official safeguarding guidance, questions were raised over the government’s new flagship teacher training organisation and Britain’s oldest school announced its first female headteacher.

Catch up on your must-read Tes news and features articles from the past week right here:

News

• Institute of Teaching pledges “action” if MAT partners fail 
  The four multi-academy trusts chosen to run the government’s new flagship teacher training scheme, the National Institute of Teaching, will face consequences if they are found to be failing on MAT standards, the NIoT boss has pledged in an interview with Tes.
   
• Institute of Teaching: Russell Group partners fail DfE accreditation 
  The two Russell Group universities chosen as “specialist partners” of the new National Institute of Teaching have both failed to pass the first round of Department for Education accreditation.
   
• Most art teachers “considering leaving” the profession 
  More than two-thirds of art and design teachers are thinking about leaving the profession, with the vast majority citing wellbeing and workload issues, new research shows.
   
• Teacher concern over “retrograde” DfE classroom aid plan 
  Nearly three-quarters of teachers are worried about their autonomy in the classroom if the Department for Education asks schools to use government-approved resources, according to a survey. The DfE has announced plans to turn online school Oak National Academy into a government arm’s-length body providing free curriculum resources to schools.
   
• UK’s oldest school appoints first female head after 1,425 years 
  The King’s School in Canterbury, which was founded in 597 and counts playwright Christopher Marlowe among its former pupils, has announced that Jude Lowson will become head in September 2023.

Features

• KCSIE update: 10 changes schools need to know about 
  With the new version of the official safeguarding guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, coming into force in September, Grainne Hallahan outlines the updates that school staff need to be aware of.
   
• EYFS progress check: new guidance and what it means 
  The government has just released new guidance for early years foundation stage settings on how to carry out the progress check for two-year-olds - here Dr Lesley Curtis explains all.
   
• Exams: How to establish positive revision habits 
  One Year 12 teacher explains how to successfully embed habits that will improve students’ exam revision.
   
• How to teach mixed-year groups at primary 
  Teaching different year groups together presents particular challenges - but here two teachers share their advice on how to overcome them.