Thursday
NEU sets September date for first teacher strike ballot
The union is the first to set dates for balloting members as fallout from the teacher pay deal rumbles on
Teacher training data: Regions, race and missing teachers
Did a surge in new teacher trainees during the pandemic lead to more teachers in the sector? Not quite – and it also threw up some other interesting insights into the teacher training landscape
‘Depression rising among Welsh secondary starters’
Survey of 120,000 secondary students suggests that anxiety about moving up to secondary school was heightened by Covid
Wednesday
Review PE guidance after Lionesses win, says heads’ union
Government accused of failing to ensure girls have equal access to football in PE lessons
Tes Podagogy: 11 episodes to listen to this summer
Season 15 of Tes Podagogy has finished and we’re taking a break over the summer. But here’s a round-up of new episodes from the past six months
Revealed: Councils bidding for DfE MAT trial
At least eight local authorities have expressed interest in the government pilot to develop council-run MATs
Tuesday
Mind the ‘word gap’ - it’s dangerous
The idea of tackling ‘word gaps’ between poorer children and their wealthier peers has become normalised in schools – but it is part of a damaging deficit narrative that has been debunked by research, says Ian Cushing
Lack of data ‘makes it harder to undo Covid damage’
The full impact of Covid on Scottish schools is unclear – so baseline measures urgently need to be established, MSPs warn
Teacher vacancy levels ‘unprecedented’ this late on in year
Exclusive: Research shows ‘more problems than anticipated’ with teacher recruitment for September
Government to ‘miss school spending pledge’ as costs soar
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would restore per-pupil funding to 2010 levels in real terms, but experts say this is no longer on track
