Thursday
Michael Morpurgo: ‘Reading is not a medicine. You don’t just have to take it’
Establishing a ‘reading culture’ is vital for pupils’ development, but schools face barriers to making this a reality, says the children’s author
Dialogic teaching: 10 principles of classroom talk
What is dialogic teaching and how do you do it effectively? One primary head shares the key principles of this approach
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves
This week’s essential education news includes teachers being hit particularly hard by a real-terms drop in pay and thousands of students’ ‘unexplained’ school moves
‘Frustration’ at performance pay changes no-show
The DfE said in January it aimed to give schools ‘sufficient notice to prepare during the summer for September 2024 implementation’
Jenny Gilruth: a year as Scotland’s education secretary
The Scottish education system can’t be allowed to stagnate, writes Emma Seith – slow reform is increasingly looking like no reform
Welsh heads warn of ‘us versus them’ inspection
In response to research highlighting school leaders’ concerns about inspection, Estyn points to feedback showing that it is viewed ‘positively’ by heads
Why giggling in class is so contagious
An outbreak of continuous laughter can derail a lesson, but does it also bring benefits that teachers may want to utilise, wonders Simon Creasey
What’s it really like to join a MAT?
Teachers all over the country are being told their school will join a multi-academy trust. But what is the experience like for staff? Tes asked frontline teachers and those in SLT for their stories – warts and all
Over 1 in 4 teacher trainee applicants are from overseas
Tes analysis of government data shows an increase in international applicants to ITT courses six months into the academic year
Major investment in buildings and SEND needed, warns PAC
Spending watchdog highlights the state of school buildings as a problem caused by government’s ‘lack of forward thinking’
