General
Friday
Need to know: Teacher strikes, exam ‘leak’ and broken buildings
A roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the threat of teacher strikes over pay, an A-level exam ‘leak’ and schools struggling to get funding to repair buildings
The Tes Quiz: rock, roll and rackets
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
London’s educational success story must not be allowed to wane
Efforts to revitalise education in London have had a huge impact over the past 20 years – but risk being undone if the focus slips, says Sam Freedman
Thursday
5 picture books to help reassure your pupils
Picture books can help pupils reimagine the world as safe and inclusive, says primary teacher Emma McGilp
Reducing workload and flexible working could boost teacher recruitment
Long-term forecasts from the National Foundation for Educational Research show that, without further uplifts in new teacher pay, the sector will struggle to hit its targets
Wednesday
Transgender and non-binary students: legal issues in Scotland
Lawyers Lorna Davis and Claire Fowler explain planned changes in legislation and recently published guidance on supporting transgender students in schools
Trans students: the legal risks for schools
Official guidance clarifying the legal position for schools on how they support trans-identified children is urgently needed, argues this discrimination lawyer
Is single-sex schooling becoming a thing of the past?
Scotland’s last all-girls state school started taking in boys in 2021-22, but what does that tell us about the future of single-sex schooling? Emma Seith investigates
Monday
Key developments on holiday pay for term-time employees
Part-time employees in Northern Ireland may be able to claim for wrongful holiday pay deductions dating back to 1998, writes Seamus McGranaghan
How international students enriched these schools
Teaching students from Oman have shown schools in Glasgow the benefits of building global links
Friday
Need to know: Exam error, DfE academy plans and teacher sayings
A roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including a ‘totally unacceptable’ GCSE exam paper mistake, the DfE’s plans to hold academy trusts to account and the things teachers shouldn’t say
Is this the ‘death knell’ for many school business leaders?
The government’s updated school resource management strategy offers support for school business leaders – but it also appears to put their role in jeopardy, says Hilary Goldsmith
