Primary

Friday

23rd Jul 2021

Primary school victory in DfE academy high court battle
High Court judge rules that education secretary Gavin Williamson’s decision not to revoke an academy order on a primary school was irrational

Tuesday

20th Jul 2021

Scrap Sats to tackle learning gap, DfE told
Social Mobility Commission also calls for funding for mid-career teachers as incentive to work at disadvantaged schools

Saturday

17th Jul 2021

How a primary school helped feed a community
Inspired by Marcus Rashford, a school in Scotland took action to make sure that no child went hungry

Thursday

8th Jul 2021

Most primaries stopped teaching languages in lockdown
Covid has had a bigger impact on the learning of languages in schools in the most deprived areas, research shows

Saturday

3rd Jul 2021

P1 testing must focus on development, not the three Rs
National standardised tests, if scrapped, must not be replaced by council literacy and numeracy assessments, argues Sue Palmer

Friday

2nd Jul 2021

Primary teachers face 3 months of Covid learning loss
Key stage 1 pupils have fallen back on reading and maths due to pandemic disruption, NFER and EEF research shows

Wednesday

30th Jun 2021

Primary schools ‘completely forgotten’ in Covid plans
Ways of avoiding pupil isolation discussed so far ‘would not work in primaries’, say leaders

Friday

25th Jun 2021

Tes Awards 2021: Primary school of the year
‘Uplifting, purposeful and meaningful, it’s a great place to learn and play,’ said judges of St Aloysius Primary
Tes Awards 2021: Community and collaboration award
Cadoxton Primary School ‘illustrated what ‘going the extra mile’ really means’ during the pandemic

Tuesday

22nd Jun 2021

Banned: Teacher who drank from wine bottle in handbag
Teacher was ‘swaying’, walking ‘unsteadily’ and looked ‘glazed’ during Year 3 lesson

Thursday

17th Jun 2021

Big 5.1% drop in number of new primary pupils for 2021
Falling birth rate and late applications given as possible reasons for the missing 31K new primary pupils

Tuesday

1st Jun 2021

No ban for head who changed pupils’ SPaG test answers
Misconduct panel found a strong public interest in retaining ex-head in teaching, despite his ‘dishonest’ actions