Saturday
Heads vote to open way for academies to rejoin LAs
NAHT national executive talks up a mandate to ‘lobby government for a system that suits the needs of schools’
Call for consistent approach to security in Scottish schools
School security ‘varies considerably’ across the country for a variety of reasons, the NASUWT teaching union will say today
NAHT to take Ofsted to court over school report cards
School leaders’ union issues a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted in response to its proposed changes to the inspection system
Friday
International schools group expands portfolio in Latin America
Nord Anglia makes first venture into Uruguay in latest example of consolidation in the international schools sector
‘Distributed leadership’ is good for schools - and democracy
Even in education, ‘attitudes that validate authoritarian leaders are a threat to the democratic ideal’, says new report looking at school leadership in Latin America
5 research papers to help you ace a teaching interview
Teaching interview panels are increasingly asking candidates about the research they’ve been influenced by. Mark Enser helps you to plan your answer
Teachers urged to take on economics alongside core subjects
Bank of England launches training scheme as FFT analysis shows extreme differences in take-up of economics across the country
Talk of schools finding ‘efficiencies’ is a fantasy
The government says schools will need to find ‘efficiencies’ to cover next year’s teacher pay rise. The truth is that this means more cuts, writes the ASCL general secretary
Flexible working: how we’ve made teacher days off in term time possible
Our ‘trading-to-flex’ system allows staff to take a single day off during term time without impacting student learning, writes one headteacher. Here’s how it works
RISE teams: Trust leaders voice transparency concerns
Academy trust leaders tell Tes that it’s not clear how support for struggling schools will be procured under the government scheme
