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Tuesday
23rd Apr 2024
Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high
General Teaching Council for Scotland says the spike is due to an increase in the number of teachers being referred and difficulties progressing cases, including during the pandemic
5 ways to work with mistakes in the classroom
Encouraging a culture of risk-taking and development means embracing things going wrong, writes Jason Ford
Monday
22nd Apr 2024
Starmer: Halt ‘damaging decline’ of PE
Labour says it would boost pupils’ access to team sports and reform the PE curriculum
A simple but radical new way to assess writing
Measuring writing development can be a tricky process, writes Megan Dixon, but a new systematic review proposes an easy and effective approach
Most schools train leaders to tackle rising parental complaints
The poll findings follow a Tes investigation showing schools are struggling to tackle an explosion in complaints from parents since Covid
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5 ways to support reading for pleasure in the classroom
Research suggests that reading for pleasure boosts both wellbeing and attainment across all subjects
A 4-point plan for transparent AI use in schools
A former teacher who has written a book on artificial intelligence explains how an AI transparency statement could help ease concerns over its use in schools
Friday
19th Apr 2024
MPs to investigate boys’ poorer school performance
Commons Education Select Committee launches an inquiry into the attainment gap between girls and boys
Teacher recruitment targets not changed in Scotland
Government wants to train 4,000 student teachers next year, yet many new primary teachers can’t get permanent jobs and secondary courses are drastically undersubscribed
MAT chiefs warning over ‘unaffordable’ teacher pay rise
The DfE must issue extra funding to help some schools fund any teacher pay rise for 2024-25 or risk redundancies and reduced provision, prominent MAT leaders have warned
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The two sides of Geoff Barton
In seven years at the helm of the ASCL, Geoff Barton has been one of education’s most prominent figureheads – but now, embarking on a new challenge, he tells Tes that he sees himself very differently to his public image