General
Thursday
19th Jun 2025
Teacher resignation dates 2025-26
Thinking about a new job? Here is our guide to teacher and headteacher resignation dates – and a timeline of what you should be doing and when
How MAT inspections could work - and why we should want them
The whole education sector – and parents, too – would benefit from a ‘carefully designed and sensitively implemented’ inspection system for MATs, claims this CEO
How the mental health teams rollout created a two-tier system
The government says all pupils will have access to in-school mental health specialists by 2029-30. But so far the rollout has been unequal across the country, leaving some settings without the benefits others enjoy, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Friday
13th Jun 2025
How Scottish schools are opening up financial careers to girls
Many girls simply don’t see themselves represented in the financial industry, say these teachers of business management and administration
Uncovering 3,000 FSM pupils could bring in £3m
A MAT CEO says improvements to free school meal access are welcome but internal work at his trust shows there is a lot more to do to make the system benefit more families – and schools
Wednesday
11th Jun 2025
Times are still tight, but the Spending Review sends the right signals
The fact that education has done better in the government’s Spending Review than other departments shows a positive change in priorities, writes this MAT chief executive
Ofsted delay: Sir Martyn’s and Bridget Phillipson’s letters
Read the full exchange between the Ofsted chief and the education secretary on the ‘regrettable’ and ‘disappointing’ delay in the watchdog providing its consultation response
Thursday
5th Jun 2025
7 teacher workforce trends you need to know
The latest government census includes data on the size and characteristics of the workforce, and what’s happening with teacher recruitment and retention. Tes has the key points
I know pupils will benefit from this game-changing new FSM policy
Co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable Keziah Featherstone says there is no doubt pupils’ lives and education success will benefit from the changes to free school meals
Why a new safeguarding law is still leaving many children at risk
Operation Encompass should ensure that schools are made aware of children exposed to domestic violence the day after an incident is logged by police – but the system is failing all too often, as Ellen Peirson-Hagger uncovers