Tuesday
Sats results 2025: Slight increases across the board
The KS2 Sats results in all subjects were better than last year and narrowed the gap to pre-pandemic results
Why ‘Best Start’ is a fresh start in tackling disadvantage
The government’s updated Sure Start approach should be embraced by schools as the right way to address educational inequality, argues Jonny Uttley
Monday
KCSIE 2025: What has changed
The DfE has published updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance for 2025 – here’s what schools need to know
Why government should pause the schools bill
If Labour really wants excellence for every child, it would do well to rethink this much-criticised piece of legislation, says the director of the New Schools Network
Friday
DfE inclusion group’s work extended
Government inclusion adviser and chair of the group Tom Rees speaks to Tes about its ambitions for reform
Teacher killed in Dunblane massacre honoured
Family of Dunblane Primary School teacher Gwen Mayor, who was killed in 1996 while trying to protect her pupils, is ‘extremely proud’ to receive the Elizabeth Emblem
DfE misses its deadline for key attendance and behaviour roles
Two ‘ambassadors’ who will oversee the merged attendance and behaviour hubs were due to start today, but the DfE has made no announcement
5 steps to building better relationships for behaviour
How can teachers build the relationships that will support their behaviour management? Jarlath O’Brien outlines five key principles
Exclusions: 1 in 3 leaders say they lack alternatives
School leaders are also worried about balancing behaviour management with the need for inclusion, survey shows
Two East Midlands trusts get merger approval
Djanogly Learning Trust and QEGSMAT aim to launch a new 15-school MAT next year
Thursday
One year in for Labour: is it hitting its education pledges?
Tes assesses how much progress has been made in Labour’s mission to ‘break down barriers to opportunity’ a year after it was elected to government
‘Swift’ Scottish teacher pay deal sought after summer of uncertainty
With no breakthrough in pay negotiations before the school holidays – although councils highlight an offer made to all local government staff – the 1 August implementation date for this year’s pay award will be missed
