Primary

Thursday

4th Nov 2021

Wear a Skirt to School Day: what you need to know
A Scottish primary has been thrust into the media spotlight after encouraging all pupils to wear a skirt to school, but it is not alone

Wednesday

3rd Nov 2021

‘Far too early’ for most primary pupils to have vaccine
But there is a case for vaccinating children who are more vulnerable to Covid due to underlying health conditions, says expert.

Friday

22nd Oct 2021

Are these the 9 most popular apps in primary schools?
A primary teacher has shared his findings after looking into which apps are used most in classrooms

Thursday

14th Oct 2021

Leading literacy framework: What teachers need to know
The new DfE Literacy NPQ encourages a focus on cursive handwriting and a ‘fidelity’ to phonics
Ofsted subject reviews ‘risk schools having 2 masters’
Inspectorate is warned that its subject focus risks setting expectations on schools that go beyond the national curriculum
9 in 10 teachers say baseline test is ‘waste of time’
The vast majority of Reception teachers believe new RBA is not as useful as their own observations, survey suggests

Saturday

9th Oct 2021

Covid: ‘Ridiculous’ to hold Sats in 2022, say heads
School leaders warn that running Sats tests next year would be ‘pointless’ amid the pandemic disruption

Friday

8th Oct 2021

How our five-year-olds turned into news presenters
When a class of Primary 1s created their own newsroom, they were showing the power of play, explains Ashleigh Robertson

Friday

24th Sep 2021

Sats don’t harm pupil wellbeing, UCL study suggests
But critics challenge conclusions based on data from nine years ago, before curriculum was ‘radically changed’

Sunday

29th Aug 2021

Covid: Year 6 pupils now lag 4 months behind in SPaG
Secondary schools may need to focus on ‘technical’ skills in punctuation and geometry with their Year 7 cohorts

Saturday

24th Jul 2021

How Ofsted will inspect Reception classes next year
Ofsted sets out how its inspections will work in Reception classes once the new early years foundation stage framework launches

Friday

23rd Jul 2021

Reading programme fails to boost progress, study shows
An EEF evaluation found pupils using Accelerated Reader did not make additional progress compared with pupils in schools not using the programme