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- NEU: Teachers could strike in July if dispute not resolved by mid June
Teaching union leaders could push ahead with fresh strike action in July if the long-running dispute over pay has not been resolved by mid June.
- Strikes: Call for talks as heads and teachers vote on autumn walkouts
Education unions urged the government to return to the negotiating table over teacher pay as two strike ballots got under way at the start of the week.
- Fact check your pay claims, Keegan tells NEU
The biggest teaching union has been told by Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, to refer itself to the UK statistics watchdog over its claims about government funding for the teacher pay offer.
- Why this year’s Sats reading paper was so difficult
The key stage 2 Sats reading paper that pupils sat last week led to school leaders calling for testing reform - but what was the problem with the paper? Tes investigates.
- Sats: Gibb to ‘look at’ reading paper that made pupils cry
Schools minister Nick Gibb has said he will “certainly look” at this year’s Sats reading paper after complaints that it left pupils in tears last week.
- Sats 2023: Capita delays marking amid ‘technical issues’
Capita has delayed the marking of Year 6 Sats papers by a week due to “technical issues”, Tes has learned.
- Sats 2023: ‘Chaos’ as markers locked out of training
Teachers working as Year 6 Sats markers say they were left unable to access training materials and sessions for hours last weekend.
- Ofsted to give schools better steer on inspection dates
Ofsted has announced that it is set to give schools more information about when they should expect to be inspected.
- DfE: Multi-academy trusts ‘too young’ to face Ofsted
There are no plans to introduce Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts because many are “so young and not fully mature”, school system minister Baroness Barran has said.
- The teachers who tried ‘one more school’ and stayed in teaching
With the deadline for resignations approaching, Grainne Hallahan speaks with teachers and heads who almost gave up on the profession but are glad they gave it one more chance.
- Teacher shortage: School ‘dogfight’ likely over trainees
There will be a “dogfight” between schools that have capacity to “grow their own” apprentice teachers and those that don’t, an expert has warned.
- Just 6 per cent of schools to lengthen lessons under 32.5-hour rule
Hardly any schools are planning to extend lesson times to hit the government target of a minimum 32.5-hour week, Tes research reveals.
- ECF: Two in five new teachers learn ‘very little’
Two in five new teachers say they have learned “very little” from the early career framework designed to support them, according to a new report.
- England placed fourth for reading in global rankings
England has risen to fourth for reading attainment in the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls), jumping above countries such as Finland.
- Porn and young people: 4 key insights for schools
A new report published by the children’s commissioner reveals the shocking extent of children’s exposure to pornography and the harm it is causing in terms of influencing attitudes and behaviour.