Friday
Teacher strikes: Which year groups were most affected?
A quarter of Year 11 students who are due to sit GCSE exams this summer were not in school last Thursday, data suggests
Who decides if student teachers are up to the job?
A new landmark report talks up the strengths of teacher education in Scotland – but it also identifies underlying tensions between schools and universities. So, how can this partnership be improved? Emma Seith looks at our approach to training the teachers of tomorrow
‘Third of TAs’ seek other jobs due to school nursing gaps
School nurse shortage leaves teaching assistants to help with colostomy bags and provide physical therapy, with special-school leaders warning of a staffing ‘car crash’
Rise in teacher trainees taking second jobs
ITT providers also warn of dropouts and withdrawals of applications for next year due to rising costs
Thursday
Weekly round-up: Joint strikes and Ofsted legal challenge
This week’s round-up includes a plan for education unions to coordinate strike action, a High Court challenge against Ofsted and the DfE spending £350K on wildflower seeds
Is it time to ditch differentiation?
The recent focus on ‘adaptive teaching’ has called differentiation into question. But what does the evidence say? Daniel Muijs explains
Wednesday
Strikes: Unions launch High Court battle over use of cover staff
More than 10 unions, including the NASUWT and NEU teaching unions, have kicked off legal action against a law allowing the use of supply staff during walkouts
NI teachers ‘lack confidence’ delivering sex education
It is ‘not good enough’ that almost half of schools in Northern Ireland teach little or nothing about sexual consent, an Education and Training Inspectorate report says
Schools face longer wait for mental health support
Schools were promised 399 mental health support teams by the end of April – but the deadline has been pushed back, Tes can reveal
ITT: NIoT warning over revamped curriculum
National Institute of Teaching warns that key part of new teacher training syllabus could ‘overburden’ providers and put more pressure on trainees
Why we need to step out of our evidence echo chambers
Taking the time to truly engage with research findings that may not align with our existing beliefs is an important part of being a better consumer of evidence, says Christian Bokhove
Tiny minority of teachers say they complete work in contracted hours
Survey of 16,500 Scottish teachers by EIS union also finds more than half face struggles to pay their rent or mortgage – yet most still use their own money to feed and clothe pupils
