Primary

Friday

13th Sep 2024

Labour should push forward with toothbrushing lessons
As a new review reveals worrying insights on children’s oral hygiene, Anne Longfield says Labour must ignore ‘nanny state’ criticisms and use schools to fight back
Labour should push forward with toothbrushing lessons

Monday

9th Sep 2024

Scotland’s primary school attendance crisis - and what to do about it
Falling attendance in primary schools has serious implications for the education sector as a whole, warns primary principal teacher Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers
Scottish absence

Monday

27th May 2024

How AI’s power can be harnessed by primary schools
Rather than asking ‘should we use artificial intelligence?’ the question must now be ‘how do we make best use of AI?’, says this head at a small, rural Scottish primary school
How AI’s power can be harnessed by primary schools

Friday

24th May 2024

The MATs fighting for the survival of small schools
Leaders of multi-academy trusts formed predominantly of small schools tell Tes how they’ve joined forces in an effort to protect small primaries from closure in the coming years
The MATs fighting for the survival of small schools

Monday

29th Apr 2024

Scottish education doesn’t need more inspection
The ‘fundamental review’ of inspection revealed by Tes Scotland should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster
Scottish Parliament inspection

Friday

29th Mar 2024

Why ‘business as usual in schools’ is not possible as cuts bite
Headteachers operate with precious little slack, so drastic measures may be required if ‘seismic’ budget cuts go ahead, says Greg Dempster
Teacher cuts

Monday

25th Mar 2024

‘Sats results should not be public for next two years’
NAHT’s James Bowen explains why the lack of progress data for the cohort of primary pupils set to sit key stage 2 Sats would make it unfair to publish outcomes
File do not open SATs

Wednesday

20th Mar 2024

Sats and staff wellbeing: getting the balance right
A trust leader outlines how they ensure Year 6 teachers do not feel overly pressured by Sats and know they are just another waypoint during children’s time at school
Milestone waymarkers Key stage 2

Monday

4th Mar 2024

‘Budget cuts could affect every one of Scotland’s children’
Amid plans to cuts education budgets in Scotland, headteachers are ‘profoundly’ worried for ‘an entire generation of children’, writes the AHDS vice-president
Dominos falling

Thursday

29th Feb 2024

Should primaries have specialist pastoral staff, too?
Secondary schools in Scotland have had guidance teachers, who specialise in pastoral support, since the 1960s, and now primary leaders are pressing for a similar role in their sector. Emma Seith weighs up the arguments
Sculptor Emulate Secondary school

Tuesday

20th Feb 2024

Why small schools don’t want diluted Ofsted inspections
Training for Ofsted inspectors on small schools is welcome but these schools aren’t looking for special treatment, says the leader of a MAT that operates 22 small schools
Ofsted should not dilute the EIF for small schools

Monday

29th Jan 2024

Northern Ireland’s transfer tests: what you need to know
A new common system of transfer tests is the biggest change to post-primary selection in Northern Ireland since the end of the old 11-plus in 2008
Northern Ireland’s transfer tests: what you need to know