Need to know: Ofsted changes, TAs under fire and behaviour

In a week when we were faced with the reality that our next prime minister will be decided by just 180,000 members of the Conservative Party, Ofsted announced changes to its inspection process, the government updated its behaviour guidance and one of the candidates to succeed Boris Johnson angered support staff everywhere.

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

News

• Ofsted: six changes to school inspection 
  The inspectorate has announced a series of changes to the school inspection process that will be introduced from September.
   
• Cleverly: ‘Caretaker’ DfE team could make decision on teacher pay 
  New education secretary James Cleverly has said that his Boris Johnson-appointed ministerial team at the Department for Education - which may be changed after a new Conservative leader is installed - could decide on the size of teacher pay rises.
   
• Heads call for ‘immediate investigation’ into missing Sats papers
  Headteachers’ leaders have appealed to the government to launch an investigation into widespread reports of incorrect Sats results and missing marks.
   
• Why teaching mindfulness could be a waste of time 
  Mindfulness training for secondary school students does not improve their wellbeing, with most children not interested enough in the techniques to practise them at home, new research shows.
   
• New behaviour guidance: what schools need to know
  The DfE has issued new guidance relating to the use of isolation and exclusions, in response to consultation.

Features

• It’s lazy arguments against TAs that are ‘superfluous’ 
  In response to Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch’s comment about “superfluous” school staff, Tes editor Jon Severs says that criticism of teaching assistants ignores the fact that they can be one of the most effective teaching resources in our schools.
   
• Primary to secondary transition: what support do pupils want?
  The three things most important to Year 7s when they make the move up from primary to secondary school have been revealed by research.
   
• How Brexit has hit international teacher recruitment
  Dan Worth investigates the challenges that Brexit has posed for UK teachers wishing to work in international schools in the European Union.
   
• The truth behind this year’s Sats results 
  Tes analysis shows how teachers have done an amazing job to claw back learning that was lost due to Covid disruption.
   
• KS2 Sats results: what secondary teachers need to know
  The headlines from this year’s Sats results were worrying for secondary teachers - but it’s not all bad news, says Solomon Kingsnorth.
   
• Why isn’t teaching as good as it looks on TV?
  If teaching really was like it is portrayed in government recruitment TV adverts then we would not be facing today’s recruitment and retention problems, writes school leader Ed Carlin.
   
• Behaviour: how teachers would keep unruly MPs in line
  After two MPs were thrown out of the House of Commons, teacher Gemma Clark offers eight classroom behaviour management tips to the Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.