Thursday
170,000 pupils missed more than half of sessions last term
Almost 5 per cent of students in Years 10 and 11 were ‘severe absentees’ in autumn 2022, according to new analysis
Consider mergers to maintain ‘viability’, private schools told
Senior private schools merging with prep schools, and teacher trainees completing their training at independent schools, would strengthen the sector, heads are told
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay, behaviour and academies
Your round-up of Tes’ must-read content from the past week features the reaction to last week’s national teacher strike over pay, new DfE guidance on behaviour, and insights into the challenges in the academies sector
Teacher pay: Strike action in Wales suspended
Teacher strike action in Wales planned for next week has been suspended so the NEU union can consult its members on a new pay offer
Pupil absence rising again with illness on the increase
Overall absence increased to 7.1 per cent across all schools in the week commencing 23 January
Drop in Scottish teacher training applications ‘a red flag’
Unions reiterate demands for better pay, as applications to teacher education programmes in Scotland drop for the second year
Wednesday
Prevent: School staff need training on radicalisation causes
More oversight is also needed to ensure schools comply with the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, a review finds
Why creativity is just knowledge - and what that means for schools
Creativity is pushed as one of the future skills that every student needs, but what exactly is it, and how can you teach it? Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath explains all
Half of primary single-academy trusts went into deficit last year
A stark contrast between single- and multi-academy trusts’ finances last year has been uncovered by the Kreston Global Academies Benchmark Report
Nearly 1 in 3 science teachers plan to leave within 5 years
Half of secondaries are understaffed in physics and 32% report chemistry teacher shortages, finds report
Tuesday
Somerville: Councils that cut teachers will lose funding
Legislation to stop moves to shorten the pupil week also planned, says education secretary, but opponents fear education cuts will simply be shifted elsewhere
Don’t reduce timetables to manage behaviour, schools told
New DfE attendance guidance also says schools need not ‘routinely’ seek medical proof when pupils are absent for mental health reasons
