Specialist Sector

Thursday

7th Aug 2025

Gender pay gap widens for international school heads
But CIS research suggests that the sector may be starting to address the gender imbalance in headteachers’ salaries
Purse with US dollars

Tuesday

5th Aug 2025

8 tips for new international school teachers
From downloading must-have apps to finding a new social scene and enquiring about the availability of baked beans, this is what teachers heading abroad should organise to make their arrival easier
Montage of holiday must haves

Monday

28th Jul 2025

Global CPD trends: 6 priorities for international schools
ECIS shares insights into the areas that international schools are focusing on for staff training – from coaching to AI and middle leadership skills
6 different idea bubbles

Friday

11th Jul 2025

We’re lurching towards a crisis over EHCPs - this is how to avoid it
Scrapping education, health and care plans is an incendiary suggestion, warns ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio, who outlines what government must now do to build confidence in its plans to reform SEND support
Throwing a life buoy

Thursday

10th Jul 2025

EHCP tribunals: why schools’ struggles must guide SEND reform
If the government’s plans for tackling the SEND crisis are to be successful, it has to look at the difficulties that the tribunal process is creating for schools, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Pressure gauge

Wednesday

9th Jul 2025

Pros and cons of teaching a bespoke curriculum
Is a job at a school that has its own in-house curriculum a way to break away from the shackles of established programmes – or more hassle than it’s worth?
Tailor measuring suit

Friday

4th Jul 2025

How we’re giving special-school students university study routes
The head of an autism special school explains that a new cohort of sixth-form students will be given subject options that provide a springboard to university study
Girl on springboard

Tuesday

1st Jul 2025

Entrepreneurship should be part of the curriculum
The founder of GEMS Education explains why a world of rapid change needs risk-takers – and how his schools are preparing young people for the future
Hand drawn lightbulb on blackboard

Wednesday

25th Jun 2025

How we’re upskilling teachers on AI on a global scale
The head of AI for an international school group discusses the work he’s instigated to train teachers on artificial intelligence across multiple phases and locations
ai hand holding globe

Tuesday

24th Jun 2025

The view from France: A buoyant market - but Brexit still casts a shadow
Tes talks to four international school leaders to find out more about the sector in France, from teacher recruitment and retention to safeguarding and behaviour
Paris skyline

Tuesday

17th Jun 2025

How education must adapt in today’s rapidly changing world
The director general of the International Baccalaureate says education needs to confront huge social and technological changes, not shy away from them
Butterfly evolving to book

Tuesday

3rd Jun 2025

Why intensive language lessons could be the key to EAL success
Schools group Cognita explains how an intense English acquisition programme that began in one school has expanded across South East Asia to help more local children access an international education
Intensive language lessons EAL