Guidance

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

Wednesday

5th Oct 2022

BESA chief: Why we’re looking at legal action over Oak
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
BESA chief: Why we're looking at legal action over Oak Academy

Thursday

29th Sep 2022

New attendance dashboard launches to ‘tackle absence’
The dashboard is part of the government’s drive to improve school attendance this term
School attendance advisers

Monday

26th Sep 2022

NTP: Malthouse warned of attainment gap ‘travesty’
Exclusive: Government told that ‘urgent’ action is needed to ensure that its flagship catch-up scheme retains its ‘core focus’ on disadvantaged pupils
Exclusive, tutoring

Friday

16th Sep 2022

Over 80% of catch-up school calls failed, DfE admits
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
Phone

Wednesday

14th Sep 2022

Experts hope new Israel-Palestine resources will give history teachers confidence
A twice-pulled GCSE textbook on Middle Eastern history has now been replaced with a ‘dual narrative’ resource
Laptop next to books

Wednesday

31st Aug 2022

6 tips for embedding social justice in the classroom
Probationer teachers starting placements in Scotland may find this advice on social justice particularly useful, says teacher Nuzhat Uthmani
Diversity eggs

Friday

26th Aug 2022

Need to know: GCSE results, EBacc risk and Inset days
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
Round, up

Monday

8th Aug 2022

Exclusive: School leaders frustrated by ‘delay’ to key handbook
Updated government guidance covering academy trust responsibilities still has not been published, just weeks before term starts

Wednesday

3rd Aug 2022

Review PE guidance after Lionesses win, says heads’ union
Government accused of failing to ensure girls have equal access to football in PE lessons
Chloe Kelly

Friday

22nd Jul 2022

Schools can only use ‘quality-assured’ tutoring providers from September
The move has been broadly welcomed by heads, though the DfE has been urged to ensure there are enough providers available

Thursday

21st Jul 2022

Exclusion charter could expose pupils to ‘harassment’, says behaviour tsar
Southwark Council has encouraged teachers to take a ‘trauma-informed’ approach to pupil behaviour, but Tom Bennett has criticised the policy
Exclusion charter could expose pupils to ‘harassment’, says behaviour tsar

Friday

15th Jul 2022

Heatwave: schools plan to close as red weather warning issued
DfE tells heads that it is not advising schools to close during next week’s heatwave but suggests closing classrooms that get too hot
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