Tuesday
Extend free school meals in cost-of-living crisis, say unions
Unions and other education organisations warn government that vulnerable children who do not receive free school meals are facing a ‘real barrier to learning’
How the calculations for school cash are changing - and why it’s needed
Sam Freedman explains why the government is pushing ahead with a new school funding model and why the new calculations could create some lopsided cash distributions
Scots language has a place in schools - but where exactly?
Scots language has rarely felt more fresh and vital, but it’s hard to get the most out of it in classrooms, says Alan Gillespie
Monday
Curriculum narrowing in wake of pandemic, find inspectors
Focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing in Scottish schools is having an impact on ‘entitlement to broad general education’, says review
Why it’s risky to generalise education research
No two school settings are the same – and that means we should always be cautious when applying research findings in the classroom, says Christian Bokhove
How we can broaden the measures of a school’s success
A 21st-century curriculum should not be overreliant on exam data as an indicator of progress, says this secondary head
Teacher concern over ‘retrograde’ DfE classroom aid plan
More than half of teachers surveyed said they are worried the government plans to be prescriptive over classroom resources
Friday
Need to know: Catch-up, vulnerable pupils and the NIoT
A roundup of Tes’ most popular articles from the past week, including the lowdown on the new £121 million National Institute of Teaching and a look at whether the post-Covid catch-up plan has failed
The Tes quiz: Cruise, Cannes and Obi-Wan
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
Schools can’t keep children safe alone - society needs to step up
Following the tragic events in Texas and two new reports looking at safeguarding, we need to ask ourselves whether we have gone far enough to help schools help students to stay safe, says Jon Severs
Teaching autistic pupils: have your say
Tes launches a new survey on the challenges and barriers facing teachers who are working with autistic pupils
KCSIE 2022-23 update: 10 changes schools need to know
The new version of Keeping Children Safe in Education has been released and comes into effect in September 2022. We round up the key information schools need to be aware of
