Guidance

Headteachers’ leaders voice concern over new DfE plans to create guidance for language teachers

Robert Halfon and Oli de Botton explain why more time on career skills in schools could help truly prepare children for the world of work – and open their eyes to the ‘art of the possible’

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including fears that the government’s spending plans could cost tens of thousands of jobs, and a major research study that casts doubt on a DfE-approved phonics scheme

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the government’s stance on teacher pay, a strike ultimatum and the education secretary’s controversial speech

Data gaps mean the government doesn’t know if the National Tutoring Programme is reaching all pupils who need it, report warns

Caroline Wright writes exclusively for Tes to explain why BESA is looking at legal action against the government over funding for Oak National Academy – and why it’s just another example of history repeating itself

The dashboard is part of the government’s drive to improve school attendance this term

Exclusive: Government told that ‘urgent’ action is needed to ensure that its flagship catch-up scheme retains its ‘core focus’ on disadvantaged pupils

Exclusive: Less than 20 per cent of 10,000 DfE cold calls to schools – in a bid to drive up usage of the National Tutoring Programme this summer – made it to senior leaders, according to government data

A twice-pulled GCSE textbook on Middle Eastern history has now been replaced with a ‘dual narrative’ resource

Probationer teachers starting placements in Scotland may find this advice on social justice particularly useful, says teacher Nuzhat Uthmani

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular content features all the reaction to this week’s GCSE results, plus a warning about the English Baccalaureate, and one school’s novel idea of sending all its staff on tour for Inset day