General
Saturday
8th Jul 2023
How reading to pensioners can boost students’ social skills
Reading over the phone to older people in the community as part of a free paired reading scheme is helping children to build confidence and develop a love of books, finds Clare Cook
Where is the policy to retain the ‘forgotten middle’ teachers?
Labour seems to be falling into the same trap as the government of failing to recognise the importance of experienced teachers in the profession, argues Yvonne Williams
Friday
7th Jul 2023
Revealed: Scottish school attendance figures for 2022-23
Tes Scotland analysis of weekly attendance snapshots school attendance struggling to recover from Covid pandemic
Exclusive
What the new commissioning guidance fails to fix
There are areas in which the new guidance for the growth of MATs has failed to bring the needed clarity, argues Seamus Murphy
Strikes: ‘Funded 6.5% pay rise would stop walkouts’
NEU joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted believes the government meeting and funding a 6.5 per cent pay rise could bring an end to industrial action
Schools as public services hubs? It’s complex but worth fighting for
The lessons of previous attempts to base public services in schools point us towards how we might finally make it work, argues Alasdair Macdonald
Bridget Phillipson on Labour’s plans for education
Education needs critical changes if every child is to have an equal opportunity to succeed, argues the shadow education secretary, writing exclusively for Tes
Exclusive
SEND: ‘Cost-cutting’ deals could push councils to break law, DfE warned
Fears sounded over whether under-pressure local authorities will ‘fully comply with their legal duties to children and young people with SEND’
Exclusive
Blair think tank calls for technological transformation
New report suggests a unique, digitalised record for every pupil could be used to tailor lessons and inform school inspection
Thursday
6th Jul 2023
GCSEs: AI marking is ‘miles away’, says Ofqual boss
Chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton says almost half of students and parents want to see a mix of paper and digital exams in future
‘Labour’s grand rhetoric lacks credibility due to fiscal caution’
Labour’s plans offer an ambitious vision – but there is a gap between pledge and policy, explains Sam Freedman