Guidance

Co-teachers, a Chinese curriculum, different pedagogies – teaching in a bilingual school in China can be a steep learning curve but very rewarding, too, as these teachers explain

Exclusive: The impact of the pandemic on students’ mental health has been revealed by a major new study

New DfE guidance for parents says schools can refuse to accept students with Covid symptoms

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week

Teachers don’t need the DfE’s new guidance on impartiality to talk to pupils about the invasion of Ukraine – they have discussions about sensitive topics every day, says Helen Amass

Exclusive: Heads’ and teachers’ leaders warn top-down pressure on school leaders is putting education recovery at risk

Your round-up of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week

Some teachers have called the guidance ‘positive’, but others have questioned whether schools actually need it

Requirements for face coverings are being removed, while rules on assemblies and transition visits are also changing

A government blog championing its focus on improving literacy in schools has been branded ‘incomprehensible’ by teachers

The new guidance, which will be published in full today, is the first of its kind on how schools should approach the teaching of sensitive issues

Exclusive: Schools that follow the DfE’s proposed new behaviour guidance could end up breaking the law through their treatment of SEND pupils, a top lawyer warns