Friday
Hairstyles and dress codes: a legal view for schools
Two Scottish lawyers set out what headteachers should know about equalities guidance on pupils’ hairstyles
Ofsted won’t judge schools on catch-up league table
The DfE must now ditch plans to publish a ‘de facto league table’ on schools’ National Tutoring Programme take-up, say heads’ leaders
The Tes quiz: Monkeys, myths and the MCU
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
Research shows 3 in 4 teaching assistants face pupil violence
Union warns TAs are suffering broken bones, torn ligaments and bites while doing their job
Thursday
Covid: Teachers needed more evidence for masks
DfE research shows schools where masks were requested to be worn saw a slower rise in Covid absences
Weekly round-up: Teacher strike, Ofsted and staff shortages
Don’t miss your round-up of Tes’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including the first teacher pay strike, Ofsted under fire over judgements and schools’ recruitment challenges
Attendance: 1 in 4 schools not sharing daily data with DfE
Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza said she wanted all schools to report daily attendance ‘as soon as possible’
Memories of 1980s pay strikes show why teachers must get a fair deal
Teachers had no choice but to go on strike, and experience from action in the 1980s shows the impact is painful for all, says this recently retired headteacher
DfE air monitor rollout ‘better late than never’
Heads say the supply of carbon-dioxide monitors earlier in the pandemic could have reduced Covid disruption
What is emotionally based school avoidance?
Increasing numbers of children are experiencing emotionally based school avoidance post-Covid – but how can schools best support them? Dr Cathleen Halligan offers her advice
Scottish primary heads: It’s time ‘to make our voices heard’
Headteachers must juggle school budgets all the time – primary heads are calling on government and councils to do the same and make them a better pay offer to stop strike action
Suspensions up on pre-pandemic levels but exclusions still lower
The number of suspensions last autumn is the highest in a single term since at least 2016
