Tes essentials: Ukraine, Covid and bad management

In a week when it seemed as though the pandemic might be over but Europe was facing a new threat, schools were given guidance on the end of Covid regulations, research revealed how poor management was driving staff out of the profession and one teacher explained how he answered students’ questions about the Ukraine crisis.

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News

• End of Covid rules: what schools need to know 
  The Department for Education has published new guidance on how schools should handle Covid cases, after the removal of the remaining restrictions.
   
• Covid testing for school staff and students ends 
  Boris Johnson announced that the government would no longer recommend that secondary school students and staff in England should test themselves twice a week.
   
• When will schools get free Covid tests? 
  The government has confirmed the new rules on when schools will be able to get free tests - and when they will have to pay for them 
   
• Teachers most likely to quit over poor management
  Management problems are a key reason for teachers thinking about leaving the profession, according to new research.
   
• Teacher ‘burnout’ warning over unpaid overtime
  Teachers have worked among the longest hours of any profession during the pandemic, including healthcare professionals, according to new TUC research.

Features

• How to teach the Ukraine crisis 
  One teacher shares his approach to help students make sense of the Russian invasion
   
• Teachers don’t need DfE guidance to talk about Ukraine
  The government has issued guidance to help teachers remain politically impartial in the classroom - but school staff have discussions about sensitive topics with their students every day, writes Helen Amass.
   
• Behaviour: how to manage a chatty class 
  Two teachers reveal their successful strategies for reducing low-level disruption in the classroom.
   
• SEND review: The problem of special school places  
  The government’s forthcoming review of the SEND system urgently needs to address the shortage of places, writes special school leader Simon Knight
   
• What every school needs to know about grief 
  Tes looks at the legal rights of staff who have lost a loved one - and what schools can do to give them the best possible support