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In teaching, the job is never ‘done’; there’s always more work to do. So how can teachers manage their time? Mark Enser shares his approach

The head of a top music school talks about the need for courage in leadership and the CPD that still influences him decades later

The usefulness of curriculum maps in the classroom is often debated – here, two teachers on different sides of the fence go head to head

The way you point or gesture in class can have more of an impact on students’ understanding than you might think, finds Simon Creasey

As research reveals how rudeness can affect the culture of an organisation, behaviour expert Jarlath O’Brien reflects on what this means for schools

For more than 40 years, Robert Plomin has conducted research into what makes us different from one another. In 2019, Jon Severs spoke to the behavioural geneticist about what that research can tell us about how we view learning

Pupils can experience a dip in attainment following the move from primary to secondary. To tackle this, some Scottish local authorities appointed specialist ‘transition teachers’ to help bridge the gap, as Emma Seith discovered in March 2019

Even in a profession in which most staff are women, the menopause has been a persistent workplace taboo. In June 2019, Emma Seith looked at how bringing it out into the open in schools can provide a huge relief for those suffering the symptoms in silence

Kingussie High motivated students by enabling them to study the subjects they were interested in – and the results spoke for themselves. In October 2018, Emma Seith spoke to outgoing head Ollie Bray about why all school leaders should take more advantage of the breadth of qualifications on offer

Permanent exclusions north of the border had been all but wiped out in February 2020, and yet they were on the rise elsewhere. Scotland looked to have set an example for the rest of the UK – but, as Emma Seith found, the statistics might not have told the full story

The annual Denny High School zombie run – an immersive event in which students are pursued through a post-apocalyptic wasteland – had become a morale-boosting rite of passage. In December 2019, Henry Hepburn travelled
to Denny to witness a nightmarish race against the living dead

Emma Seith revisits a Tes Scotland report from 2018 about e-Sgoil, the online school that was set up to provide pupils in isolated communities with a wider choice of subjects while also offering much-needed flexibility for teachers – and that has gone on to prove itself invaluable as a model and resource during the Covid pandemic