Primary

The CEO of the largest primary-only MAT reflects on recent key stage 1 and phonics results – and discusses what needs to be done to address the challenges they have revealed

A huge trove of data from the DfE offers numerous insights into how the pandemic hit primary pupils’ learning at key stage 1. We outline the key trends you need to know – and what they may mean for your cohorts

A proposal to offer free breakfast clubs in primary schools may sound like an easy policy win but, as this primary head outlines, the devil is in the details

The drive to ‘catch up’ after Covid must not be to the detriment of PE and health and wellbeing, says Dominic Tollan

MAT CEO says although the Sats results ‘hold up a mirror’, we should remember that they ‘only tell us so much’

Yesterday’s KS2 results tell us it is time to put an end to arbitrary targets, says data expert

The new chief executive of REAch2 chats to Tes about the ‘lightning bolt’ moment that made her realise she wanted to be a teacher, what she’d change if she ran education for the nation and why one of her best school memories involves a jester’s hat

It’s not long now until the KS1 Sats are dropped altogether, but for May 2022 they’re back in primary schools. We spoke to school leaders about how they organise them – from the best time of day to what you tell parents

The Aberdeenshire primary head shares her insight into the essentials of school leadership

The Sats are a blunt tool, overused and in need of reform, says Jon Severs

Digital assemblies had their upsides but recent in-person gatherings have been ‘something special’, says Jude Moir

Michael Tidd outlines the contradictions, confusion and frustrations in the Schools White Paper for school leaders – from grammatical errors to policy ideas that lack detail or the cash to make them a reality