Friday
Schools keep the idea of community alive
School gatherings are making a comeback from Covid – reminding us of the powerful bonds that school forms, says Henry Hepburn
Miss tutoring form deadline and we’ll reclaim cash, DfE tells heads
Schools that receive school-led tutoring funding as part of the NTP have been warned that they must submit an end of year statement by 16 September
We need to clear the debris to see the joy of teaching
Too much gets in the way for teachers to enjoy the job, and that’s impacting recruitment and retention, says Jon Severs
Need to know: Teacher strikes, exam ‘leak’ and broken buildings
A roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the threat of teacher strikes over pay, an A-level exam ‘leak’ and schools struggling to get funding to repair buildings
The Tes Quiz: rock, roll and rackets
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
London’s educational success story must not be allowed to wane
Efforts to revitalise education in London have had a huge impact over the past 20 years – but risk being undone if the focus slips, says Sam Freedman
Revealed: schools’ ‘soul-destroying’ bids to fix broken buildings
Hundreds of schools have repeatedly missed out in their applications for funding to repair rundown buildings, while others have enjoyed much more success. But why? Tes investigates
Warning over ‘knee jerk’ response to fix ECF
Exclusive: Allow schools and trusts involved in Early Career Framework delivery to build on first-year learning, says leader
No schools managed to switch energy using government service in 2022
Exclusive: The government’s School Switch platform closed in March – but no school successfully switched energy using it after December 2021
Thursday
5 picture books to help reassure your pupils
Picture books can help pupils reimagine the world as safe and inclusive, says primary teacher Emma McGilp
Pupils getting into first choice school at highest level in years
The proportion of secondary school applicants who received an offer from their first preference school increased to 83.3 per cent, while the figure was 92.2 per cent at primary level
How did ‘literacy’ become so hard to define?
When we talk about English and literacy, there is a tendency to refer to them as being the same thing, says Megan Dixon – but teachers deserve to know exactly what it is they are teaching
