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With many staff moving jobs – both in the UK and abroad – there will be a lot of nerves flying about, even for experienced staff. This well-travelled teacher offers some tips for ensuring your new role starts as smoothly as possible

This death knell for controversial school leadership plans in Argyll and Bute has lessons for the whole of Scotland, says Emma Seith

The growth of Scots language books has had myriad benefits for pupils and teachers, says Matthew Fitt

As a new school year starts in Scotland, Ciara McCarthy shares advice on how to ensure that disabled students get the most out of school

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features from the past week includes expert analysis of this week’s A-level results, as well as news of an exam board strike and tips for motivating your school support staff

As the dust settles on the results of the first SQA national exams in three years, those in Scottish education look ahead to 2022-23 and the potential it holds

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including teachers’ worries about ‘unfair’ GCSE grades, the threat of teacher strikes over pay, and tips to overcome your anxiety about going back to school

There is no time to delay in adopting more inclusive approaches to assessment, writes school leader Robin Macpherson

Results day will be a more familiar process this year but Billy Burke believes some things may have changed for good

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including ‘unprecedented’ numbers of teacher job adverts, grade inflation and strikes over pay

Did a surge in new teacher trainees during the pandemic lead to more teachers in the sector? Not quite – and it also threw up some other interesting insights into the teacher training landscape

The idea of tackling ‘word gaps’ between poorer children and their wealthier peers has become normalised in schools – but it is part of a damaging deficit narrative that has been debunked by research, says Ian Cushing