Need to know: Ofsted changes, TAs under fire and behaviour
Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including Ofsted inspection changes, an attack on teaching assistants and new behaviour guidance
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.
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.
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.
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 Clarkoffers eight classroom behaviour management tips to the Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.