Wednesday
New vocational GCSEs announced as technical routes take shape
Flagship education policy of ‘technical routes’ from age 14 still to start in 2028, but new qualifications would arrive from 2029
When Ofsted calls, no one should stand alone
Amid ongoing calls to rethink how Ofsted operates, a senior trust leader says it’s vital that school leaders are supported by the wider organisation before, during and after any inspection
Creating a ‘vulnerability-first’ approach to supporting pupils
A headteacher explains how a new model of inclusion the school created to support vulnerable children works for all – and has the outcomes to prove its success
Homework is vanishing: should teachers save it?
Should homework be reconsidered in an age of teacher overwork, chronic absenteeism and changing family dynamics? Holly Korbey investigates
Helen Hayes: Schools ‘urgently need’ AI framework
In an exclusive interview, the Commons Education Select Committee chair also raises concerns over ‘problematic’ findings from Tes’ latest Ofsted investigation
Half of trusts plan teacher staffing cuts, finds CST survey
Financial sustainability has fallen from being trusts’ top strategic priority, findings reveal, while SEND is a big priority for leaders in the year ahead
Ofsted inspections ‘harming teachers and making them want to quit’
NEU survey of 1,500 members finds that a quarter said recent inspection experience had made them want to leave teaching
Tuesday
Dukes Education acquires second school in Germany
The group announces a deal to acquire a campus in Munich and makes an appointment to the role of CEO for North America
How parental engagement helped us boost behaviour and cut absence
Cornwall Council has developed its own Parental Engagement Framework. Here, improvement adviser Nicky Hepworth explains its impact
Why Australia’s private school system is a world apart from the UK
State funding for private schools may sound unthinkable, but that’s the everyday reality Down Under – and it could pose some ideas for the UK, says HMC’s Simon Hyde
Why the UAE is rolling out an AI literacy curriculum - and reducing screen use
Sarah Al Amiri, minister of education for the United Arab Emirates, talks to Tes about a major new initiative in the nation, training teachers at scale and creating a welcoming environment for international schools
AI-savvy students may not see school as ‘legitimate use’ of time
Fewer than one in 10 young people believes the education system is preparing them for a world with AI, finds report co-written by Sir Anthony Seldon
