Yesterday
Natural history GCSE finally gets go-ahead
Landmark qualification to be made available in schools years after its initial target start date, with content to be decided after a 12-week consultation
Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875,000 over automated marking errors
Users of the International English Language Testing System qualification were ‘let down by systemic failures over a long period’, says the regulator
Why schools still can’t (easily) measure skills
Teachers and policymakers are keen to get more skills into the curriculum, but assessing how well students can learn and apply those skills remains a major obstacle. Jasmine Norden asks the experts about potential solutions
How AI gets lesson planning wrong - and what we can do to fix it
Could knowledge graphs of subject curricula help to improve AI’s ability to generate lessons? Oak National Academy’s John Roberts believes they can
ECT induction abroad: the benefits for teachers and schools
AoBSO chair James McDonald outlines how more early career teachers are now completing their induction at British schools overseas – and why UK schools should welcome this
School paperwork surges due to ‘horrendous’ Ofsted workload
Around half of secondary schools have already produced extra documents to prepare for the new inspections
Wednesday
‘It’s just not cricket’: is brand the new battlefront for private schools overseas?
Commentators are predicting the dawn of a new era in international school competition in the wake of two Haileybury-branded schools in Kazakhstan switching to the Wellington brand
How to create a better reader (hint: hard texts matter)
The curriculum review has sparked debate about which texts we should make space for in our classrooms, but how far does text choice really matter for improving reading? Tes speaks to US literacy researcher Timothy Shanahan to find out
International SEND comparisons are not always what they seem
While nations such as Canada, Italy and Portugal are often cited as SEND success stories, a deeper look at the data and context tells a different story, says this trust CEO
Tuesday
What not to say to students experiencing exam stress
The language adults use when talking about exams can inadvertently add to students’ stress, writes Katherine Radice, but reframing your approach can help lessen anxiety
Schools let pupils down by not taking service learning seriously
Service learning shouldn’t just be a one-off volunteering initiative – it needs to be embedded into the curriculum if we want to develop young people who can shape the world around them, writes leader Shahina Ahmad
Sam Gibbs: ‘It is possible to be a good leader and a good parent’
In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month we talk to Sam Gibbs, curriculum and development lead at Greater Manchester Education Trust
