Monday
How designing a theme park can change students’ perspective
Theme park design empowers students to be the architect of their own world and set out a sustainable future, says Helena Good
Covid disruption ‘has left new teachers needing CPD support’
Researchers set out how the Covid pandemic has ‘significantly disrupted’ teacher training for early career teachers between 2019 and 2021
Friday
Provide funds to protect schools before next Covid wave, say unions
Coronavirus restrictions in schools ended earlier this year, but in a letter to the education secretary, unions have requested action to limit the impact of a future wave of the virus
Need to know: Teacher pay rises, Ofsted and staff shortages
Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week includes all the reaction to the teacher pay rises, a big announcement about Sats and Ofsted’s concerns about schools being too focused on exams
Schools can only use ‘quality-assured’ tutoring providers from September
The move has been broadly welcomed by heads, though the DfE has been urged to ensure there are enough providers available
‘Are schools really as important as we think they are?’
The tendency to ask schools to address all of society’s ills is unfair on teachers, suggests a Scottish policy forum – and Henry Hepburn agrees
How attention training supports autistic pupils’ learning
An evidence-backed computer programme promises to boost autistic children’s attention skills and, as a result, boost their learning. Kate Parker talks to the researchers to find out how, and why, it works
Summer-born admissions plans dropped by DfE
Proposed legislation to allow the parents of summer-born children to automatically admit them to a Reception class at the age of 5 has since been shelved
Truss or Sunak: What either new PM could mean for education
Sam Freedman outlines what each candidate’s win could mean for the sector – from the possibility of compulsory maths until 18 to a renewed focus on the skills agenda
The Tes quiz: an end of school year special
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
School energy costs data delayed by ‘political events’, says DfE
Exclusive: Schools finished filling in a survey setting out how much they are paying for gas and electricity in June, but they are yet to see the results
10 questions with...Stephen Morgan MP
The Labour shadow schools minister and MP for Portsmouth South speaks about which former education secretary he would have in his dream staffroom...
