General
Wednesday
1st Mar 2023
Summer teacher strike dates could be set this month
But future teacher strikes would not take place during GCSE and A-level exams, NEU leader tells Tes
Exclusive
Teacher pay: Why we need proper job evaluation
Job evaluation could be a way of tackling the three huge issues fuelling the teacher recruitment and retention crisis – workload, low pay and long hours, says Yvonne Williams
Shirley Clarke: Formative assessment has lost its way
Formative assessment is ubiquitous in schools but, according to former primary teacher and researcher, Shirley Clarke, the concept has been widely misunderstood. Here, she speaks with Kate Parker to set the record straight
Tuesday
28th Feb 2023
Controversial student sex survey results published
New report shows just half of local authorities shared data on pupil health and wellbeing with the Scottish government
Ofsted grades ‘not particularly useful’ for parents
Ofsted school inspection judgements can be years out of date when parents look at them and do not predict GCSE grades, study finds
Scottish teachers ‘absolutely resolute’ as national strike starts
EIS points to growing number of teachers on picket lines, while education secretary says she is ‘offering meetings every day this week’ in bid to resolve pay dispute
How we can improve diversity on school governing boards
On National School Governors’ Awareness Day, the CEO of the charity Governors for Schools explains why increasing the diversity of school governors in terms of age, race and background is so important
‘200,000’ teachers to strike over next 3 days
Today is the first of three days of regional strike action by teaching union members this week, following a national strike earlier this month in the pay dispute
Monday
27th Feb 2023
SSTA: Scottish government has until Friday to make improved pay offer
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association says if there is no new pay offer its members will be back out on strike
ITT: Teaching applications even lower than last year
Interest in teaching ‘haemorrhaging’, expert warns as latest statistics show 15% fall in primary teaching applicants
Survey: More Scots support teacher strikes than don’t
But there would be more support for nurses if they decided to strike in Scotland, as well as postal workers and bin men