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Cutting teachers’ contact time: councils highlight problems
Scottish local authorities are accused of ‘running down the clock’ on the government’s flagship policy of reducing teachers’ class-contact time
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7 findings from survey on working lives of teachers and school leaders
DfE publishes full report – including findings on behaviour, inspection and flexible working – of its 2024 survey
7 findings from survey on working lives of teachers and school leaders
How Ofsted will inspect the impact of AI use in schools
Ofsted releases information for schools on how it will look at the effect of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning – but says it does not yet have enough evidence to define good use of AI
Ofsted has explained how it will inspect the impact of AI use in schools
How we’re making teacher training more relevant to the community
The director of ITT at a trust explains how it is tailoring its training to include localised knowledge that will ensure new teachers are in tune with the needs of their schools
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The surprising link between discovery learning and Singapore maths
Jerome Bruner is often dismissed as the ‘father’ of discovery learning, but his research has given education so much more, writes Christian Bokhove
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Exam board apologises for physics A-level errors
Institute of Physics contacts exam boards ‘urgently seeking reassurances’, as OCR apologises for mistakes in papers
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Trainees from overseas sleep in libraries and rely on food banks
International trainees and teachers are helping to tackle England’s recruitment crisis, but those who move here face huge obstacles. Cerys Turner explores why this is – and what should be done about it
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Are regional advisory boards being wound down?
Elections to the DfE’s regional advisory boards are due – but no votes have been planned, Tes understands, fuelling speculation that the boards, which advise on academy decisions, could be scrapped
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