Staff wellbeing

Designated safeguarding leads should be given ‘protected time’ for supervision support to help them cope with the stresses of the job, leaders tell a Tes safeguarding event

Responding to the government’s consultation on its SEND reform plans, sector leaders also flag fears about funding and the workload implications

More and more schools are going into lockdown because of perceived security threats – but if they don’t handle this the right way, they can face serious problems, warn these trust leads

The ‘significant impact’ on teachers from fake accounts, manipulated images, AI-generated content and ‘humiliating’ social media posts has been highlighted in a new survey

Not every teaching job ends as you would wish – but there are ways to manage the situation and depart with your head held high, says this leader

Heads tell Tes they were unable to access the online portal, as the site for KS2 attendance figures – which has replaced paper registers – was ‘experiencing a technical issue’

Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding

A long-serving educator reflects on the guilt he felt having to take 12 weeks off school to have an operation, how he overcame this feeling and the lesson his situation offers for all teachers

A third of senior leaders think the new-style inspections are ‘much more stressful’ than previous inspections, Teacher Tapp polling shows

As headship aspiration reaches a record low, Tes explores what’s deterring people from taking the top job

To address the challenge of recruitment and retention in international schools, leaders are now adopting a policy of ‘honest’ discussions with candidates even before the interview, finds Emma Seith

Suspensions have risen in primary schools but fallen in secondaries. Here, education leaders tell Tes what they think is behind the contrasting trends