Saturday
Prue Leith: School chefs can become food educators
The former Great British Bake Off host explains why she hopes school leaders will empower kitchen staff to teach pupils about the importance of eating well
Powell: No more ‘dog eat dog’ culture between schools
Education secretary tells Tes she is ‘agnostic’ about school structures as she sets out her ambitions for technical education
Thursday
Schools use robots to help tackle school avoidance
New Schools Network announces two year-long projects aimed at improving parental engagement and attendance
Are England’s Pisa 2025 results really worth celebrating?
The latest Pisa international study has sparked many far-reaching claims that stretch what the data tells us – and England’s scores in reading and maths aren’t worth writing home about anyway, says Christian Bokhove
9 in 10 secondaries financially ‘worse off’ than in 2010
Coalition of teaching and school leader unions says schools would need an extra £4.5 billion a year to restore funding to 2010 levels
How we drove a huge increase in our GLD score in 3 years
A primary school leader outlines how a thorough redesign of its nursery site and more staff training had a huge impact on good level of development outcomes
Early years experts demand ‘urgent review’ of RBA
The Reception Baseline Assessment contradicts the government’s own screen-time guidance for young children, says letter to education secretary
Wednesday
DfE apologises to primary heads for prior attainment error
Schools are advised that progress scores will not be affected, but heads voice fears about ‘additional stress and workload’
SEND reforms will make Sendco supervision vital
With Sendcos likely to take on more even responsibilities, making sure they have space to share and reflect will become increasingly important, says this educational psychologist
Schools risk ‘financial millstone’ from DfE solar deals
Schools warned against entering potentially decades-long private financing agreements
