General
Tuesday
Balance and boundaries are key to behaviour
While building positive relationships is crucial for behaviour, Scottish schools must not forget about setting clear expectations and boundaries, says this secondary headteacher
Online Safety Bill: 5 things schools should do
New legislation should help to keep children safer online – here’s what schools need to know in terms of their safeguarding role
Monday
Key issues Scotland’s Centre of Teaching Excellence must address
The proposed centre could make Scotland’s “patches” of high-quality professional development more consistent, says Bruce Robertson
Music education in Scotland ‘diverse but fragile’
A database of music education opportunities has been launched but compiling it has been ‘inspiring and disquieting’, say researchers
Thursday
Limited NTP impact shows schools need funding flexibility
Research from NFER into the National Tutoring Programme catch-up scheme reveals limited results and a lack of access for disadvantaged pupils
Why Progress 8 improvement isn’t necessarily progress
Would you trade improved attendance for an improved P8 score next year? Becks Boomer-Clark says the former is the more ‘meaningful’ pursuit
Wednesday
‘Policy needs to change to retain effective heads’
Few people have as much influence over teacher job satisfaction as the headteacher who sets the culture of their school, says education expert James Zuccollo
How schools can make their voices heard before the election
The chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable explains why the group is asking schools to help shape a manifesto listing the issues that need fixing in education
