General

Thursday

Secondary students ‘regularly taking four-day week’
MSPs also hear some students are attending school ‘even less than that’ – as Tes Scotland uncovers figures showing the attendance rate last week in secondary was just 82 per cent
Attendance calendar
Exclusive
Heads face ‘impossible choices’ after FSM shortfall
School caterers call for free school meal funding rise in line with inflation, to £2.87, to avoid food shortages and poor quality becoming normalised
Oliver More
Applying cognitive science: a classroom framework
It isn’t always easy to translate cognitive science principles to the classroom, says Alex Quigley, but a framework drawn from research could provide a helpful model
Science flash cards
Are language difficulties driving the rise in pupil inattention?
The role that early language skills play in social-emotional regulation is often overlooked, says the chief executive of Speech and Language UK
Are language difficulties driving the rise in pupil inattention?
MPs call for Ofsted school careers education checks
New report also calls for DfE to provide one-off funding to support schools and to roll out careers education in primary schools
MPs have called on Ofsted to have a stronger focus on careers education in schools.
7 in 10 teachers say pupils with SEND not effectively supported
New annual report highlights teacher concerns about pupils with special needs, recruitment and digital inequalities
Around 7 in 10 teachers in English schools say pupils with SEND are not being effectively supported.
Warning on ‘wasted potential’ of disadvantaged students
Sutton Trust reveals more than 28,000 high-achieving students from poorer backgrounds fail to achieve expected top GCSEs
Missed target
GCSEs: Spanish set to become most popular MFL subject
British Council report finds just one in 10 state schools said all their pupils were studying a modern foreign language at GCSE
Spanish is set to become the most popular GCSE subject, a new survey reveals.