General
Tuesday
10th Oct 2023
Schools’ crucial role in promoting ‘health for all’
Enhancing educational attainment and promoting the health and wellbeing of pupils are not mutually exclusive goals, says Kirsten Colquhoun on World Mental Health Day
Gang violence: How our trust protects vulnerable pupils
Joined-up working between schools and other services has proved effective in stopping young people from falling victim to gangs, explains trust founder Steve Chalke
Monday
9th Oct 2023
7 reasons Scottish schools should channel the buzz about cycling
The Cycling World Championships, held recently in Scotland, showed what schools can gain from getting pupils and staff on their bikes, says Paul Hamilton
‘Oak is not a silver bullet - but it’s a start’
School resource providers like Oak can help banish the notion that using ready-made resources is a ‘shortcut’, says Matt Hood
Friday
6th Oct 2023
‘We must do more for teacher-fathers’
For the final piece in the series looking at how parenthood impacts teachers, Emma Sheppard discusses how conditions for teacher-fathers and partners can be improved
Is the end nigh for performance-related pay?
Wales dropped PRP for teachers in 2020 in favour of yearly pay rises. Could England follow suit? Grainne Hallahan follows the money
Tuesday
3rd Oct 2023
Why Scotland urgently needs better pupil absence data
The increasing proportion of pupils persistently absent from school is prompting action in other parts of the UK – so why is equivalent data not published in Scotland?
Why MATs should bridge the primary-secondary divide
Schools keen to join a multi-academy trust should look at those that share their values rather than simply clubbing together with other schools of the same phase