Thursday
Teaching in Singapore: Why it’s a ‘go to’ destination for staff
Singapore is famous for being an international business hub – as well as for its strict rules around cleanliness and behaviour. But what’s it like to live and teach in the city-state? Emma Seith talks to leaders to find out
Why we’re reviewing teachers’ professional development standards
The Chartered College of Teaching is hosting a review that will help to put professional learning ‘closer to the heart of educational improvement’, says Dr Grace Healy
Year 8 reading tests ‘least effective’ way to help struggling pupils
NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure
Wednesday
Scope for negotiation on Ofsted is ‘exhausted’, heads warn
ASCL’s senior members are meeting this week to decide how to take ‘more assertive action’ over inspection concerns
Headteacher announces exit as DfE adviser
Andrew O’Neill, who was appointed school policy and delivery adviser under previous education secretary Bridget Phillipson, brings an early end to his secondment
Do children really need more resilience?
Schools are facing significant problems around pupils’ mental health and attendance, and political voices have pointed to a lack of resilience as the cause. But can interventions designed to boost this quality really help?
Tuesday
Trott: Train teachers not to ‘brainwash’ pupils
Complex issues are being ‘laced with political bias’ in classrooms, says shadow education secretary, as the Conservatives set out plan to introduce mandatory training for teachers on impartiality
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Girls are less likely to engage with politics. How can schools change that?
The way we teach politics and citizenship could be undermining girls’ confidence, warns Professor Bryony Hoskins
The UK private SEND school taking its expertise overseas
Moon Hall School has expanded into Egypt with a specialist assessment, tuition and therapy centre. Headteacher Michelle Catterson talks about why it has taken this approach – and why ambitions for a full school opening overseas remain very much intact
Oak’s AI tool cuts planning time but mixed views on effectiveness, study finds
EEF trial of primary teachers using Oak National Academy’s AI assistant finds newer teachers more likely to create lesson plans with it than experienced colleagues
