Tes FE - 26 February 2021

The head of education at Unison tells Kate Parker about why support staff are so fundamental

There is a pernicious verbal tic that ministers are using when discussing our route out of lockdown – and we can’t let them get away with erasing teachers from the conversation, writes Jon Severs

It’s said to be ‘what makes us so smart as a species’ and a key factor in children’s rapid pace of learning, so how do we best harness the analogy’s pedagogical power? John Morgan finds out

Can creativity be taught? Stephen Burley and Philip Seal believe it can – and have developed an evidence-based course that invites their students to generate ideas and solve real-world problems using...

When exams were cancelled again this year, few people asked the really big question: should schools be ranking students at all? Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott reflect on what they consider to be...

Rather than prompting a free-for-all, dispensing with the hands-up approach can help to teach pupils the parameters of discussion etiquette, finds Deborah Jenkins

Instead of characterising autism and ADHD as disabilities, schools should take a more balanced approach, giving as much attention to what a student can do as what they can’t, says Margaret Mulholland

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz

Writing a vision statement for your school need not be a corporate box-ticking exercise, as long as you ensure that the process is meaningful and values the input of the whole community, writes Matt...

Ofsted claims disadvantaged pupils need to experience more culture – but ‘cultural capital’ is linked to economic capital, says Danielle Jones. So, given the hunger and inequality exposed by Covid...