Compliance

Find the latest statutory guidance and understand how it affects your school, from updates to key DfE documents to brand-new legislation

Thursday

28th Mar 2024

What’s it really like to join a MAT?
Teachers all over the country are being told their school will join a multi-academy trust. But what is the experience like for staff? Tes asked frontline teachers and those in SLT for their stories – warts and all
What’s it really like to join a MAT?

Tuesday

6th Feb 2024

Barran: RAAC-hit schools ‘left on their own’ by councils
Academies minister says the DfE is ‘worried about the support some primary schools are getting from their local authorities’
Barran RAAC

Thursday

25th Jan 2024

Weekly round-up: Schools’ soaring costs and digital guidance
Tes’ education news round-up this week includes more schools in deficit as a result of rising costs, new guidance on technology and schools’ support pact for Ofsted inspections
Weekly round-up: Schools’ soaring costs and digital guidance

Friday

12th Jan 2024

School leadership is about commitment, not compliance
An outstanding school understands that leadership must not be limited to those in the most senior promoted roles, says secondary depute head Ed Carlin
Crevasse ladder

Tuesday

19th Dec 2023

Transgender guidance: what schools need to know
The DfE has published its long-awaited draft transgender guidance. Here are the key details for schools
Transgender guidance: What schools need to know

Monday

11th Dec 2023

Why we should extend the school day
New research into parent opinions on education shows a more rounded curriculum is in demand – and it could be achieved with an extended school day, say these leaders
13 hour day

Thursday

30th Nov 2023

How cold can your classroom get - legally?
With temperatures starting to dip and heating bills on the rise, we look at how cold a school classroom can get before it becomes legally uninhabitable
How cold can your classroom get - legally?

Monday

27th Nov 2023

The Teachers’ Standards and how to meet them
Everything you need to know about the Department for Education’s Teachers’ Standards

Thursday

9th Nov 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher shortages and Ofsted warning
This week’s essential education news includes criticism of the DfE’s response to teacher shortages, a defence of Ofsted judgements and flexible working ideas for schools
Deck of cards round up

Thursday

2nd Nov 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher workload and Covid masks row
This week’s essential education news includes schools’ actions to cut workload and controversy over Gavin Williamson’s stance on masks in schools during Covid
Workload round up

Tuesday

31st Oct 2023

Teacher TikTok: the safeguarding risks
The growing trend of teachers posting classroom videos can create issues for schools, students and staff, says safeguarding lead Thomas Michael
Teacher TikTok: the safeguarding risks

Friday

27th Oct 2023

RSHE: Keegan ‘undermining’ trust in schools, heads warn
School leaders’ unions say the education secretary’s ‘pursuit of a headline’ over RSHE could damage people’s faith in schools
Union leaders warn that a DfE statement earlier this week on RSHE materials could undermine trust in schools.