Guidance

The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice when it comes to official education guidance coming from the government, inspectorates and governing bodies

Monday

13th Feb 2023

Why schools must take the RAAC danger seriously
As the deadline for schools returning a DfE questionnaire on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete approaches, the head of estates for a MAT explains that this is an issue schools must not overlook
words wall

Thursday

9th Feb 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher pay, behaviour and academies
Your round-up of Tes’ must-read content from the past week features the reaction to last week’s national teacher strike over pay, new DfE guidance on behaviour, and insights into the challenges in the academies sector
tear, checking money

Wednesday

8th Feb 2023

Prevent: School staff need training on radicalisation causes
More oversight is also needed to ensure schools comply with the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, a review finds

Tuesday

7th Feb 2023

Don’t reduce timetables to manage behaviour, schools told
New DfE attendance guidance also says schools need not ‘routinely’ seek medical proof when pupils are absent for mental health reasons
Don’t reduce timetables to manage behaviour, schools told

Monday

6th Feb 2023

School-led tutoring: 5 challenges facing heads
Report into government’s flagship catch-up programme finds some leaders struggle with workload and funding
Heavy workload

Wednesday

1st Feb 2023

4 things we learned from watchdog’s catch-up report
Disadvantaged pupils in England ‘remain further behind’ than their peers after the pandemic, says the National Audit Office in report on education recovery
4 things we learnt from the spending watchdog’s education recovery report

Friday

27th Jan 2023

Students repeat online ‘mistruths’ about the Holocaust
Research into students’ attitudes towards teaching about the Holocaust, published to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, also reveals that four in 10 teachers have encountered antisemitism
Berlin memorial

Thursday

26th Jan 2023

‘Rapid’ academy growth for 2030 target ‘could hit quality’
The DfE’s ambition for all schools to be in multi-academy trusts by 2030 could cause ‘trust quality’ issues, a new report warns
'Rapid' academy trust growth to achieve the Department for Education 2030 target is risky, warns report

Wednesday

25th Jan 2023

Minister denies ‘foot-dragging’ over schools’ transgender guidance
Baroness Barran accused of leaving heads ‘out in the ether’ without official guidance on transgender issues
Just 1 in 10 LGBT young people rate school experience ‘good’
Why international schools must embrace their local communities
International schools can play a big role in solving global problems – but to wield this power they must embed themselves in their local culture, says the director general of the International Baccalaureate
How international schools can embrace their local-global dichotomy

Thursday

19th Jan 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher strikes to go ahead - all the latest
Don’t miss your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including the announcement of teacher strikes and what this industrial action will mean for individual teachers and schools
ROUND UP postage strikes

Tuesday

17th Jan 2023

Strict-sounding teachers ‘worse at inspiring pupils’, research claims
New research shows ‘controlling sounding voices’ didn’t gain cooperation from 10- to 16-year-olds, but do these findings translate to the classroom?
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