General
Monday
24th Jun 2024
7 reasons school governing boards struggle
The National Governance Association analysed hundreds of DfE-commissioned reviews: these are the main findings
Main parties ‘silent’ on urgent school funding problems
School finance leaders and trust governors call for the main political parties to set out how they would tackle the ‘most significant’ issue that schools are facing
Sir Kevan Collins to advise on schools if Labour wins election
Sir Kevan was the government’s education recovery commissioner until quitting over a lack of funding for his catch-up package
Want to apply research effectively? Question your idols
Certain texts have garnered a sacred reputation in the education world but blindly following them is a mistake, argues Christian Bokhove
How to entice more teachers? Simple: talk up teaching
The next government could do itself a favour by talking up the profession and making society value the work of educators, says chair of Headteachers’ Roundtable
Poorer high-ability pupils in primary miss top GCSE grades
Disadvantaged, high-achieving 5-year-olds keep pace with their affluent peers in primary – but an attainment gap opens up in early secondary, research shows
Friday
21st Jun 2024
The Tes Schools Awards 2024 winners revealed
The Tes Schools Awards celebrated the fantastic achievements of the school sector and teaching profession this year, which included a lifetime achievement award for executive headteacher John Morris OBE
EIS hustings: ‘What Scottish schools need is more money’
But where will it come from? From VAT on private school fees to calls for independence – here’s what the main political parties had to say
The scale of the teacher retention crisis revealed
Over 12 years, 40,438 state school teachers left within one year of qualifying. New DfE data exposes the extent of the problem, which leaders say must be a post-election priority
Sir Jon Coles: Government needs ‘complete reset’ with schools
Leader of the biggest MAT wants higher expectations of trusts, new school improvement structures and the scrapping of DfE ‘micro-interventions’ like the times tables check
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Trust capacity grants fall £33m short of bids
Leaders say they have to ‘significantly scale back’ growth plans due to widening shortfalls in capacity funding allocations as revealed by Tes
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