General
Friday
27th May 2022
Libraries are the ‘beating heart’ of a school
School librarians can provide a safe space and a springboard for all pupils’ learning, says Henry Hepburn
What has gone wrong with catch-up - and can it catch up?
Almost two years on from the birth of the government’s Covid catch-up plan, is it fair to call the scheme a failure?
Exclusive: 4 in 10 would not go into teaching again
Almost half of school staff polled would actively discourage others from going into teaching
Thursday
26th May 2022
The National Institute of Teaching: All you need to know
The contract for the National Institute of Teaching was announced today – but what exactly will the organisation do, where is it based and who’s behind it? Tes gives you the lowdown
Herrington quits as national schools commissioner
Dominic Herrington to leave DfE amid shake up of how department oversees schools
Most ECF tutors and mentors say workload ‘too much’
Nearly half of early career teachers are finding it difficult to spend time on the ECF training programme alongside their teaching workload
Exclusive: Randstad bid to run catch-up despite missing targets
The DfE ‘has work to do’ to convince schools of the merits of the National Tutoring Programme, warn unions, as new DfE data shows patchy take-up
‘Vital’ schools given ‘seat at safeguarding table’, says review
National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson says schools’ role in safeguarding should be strengthened
Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent in autumn term
DfE data shows illnesses, including Covid, pushed number of persistently absent pupils to 1.6 million
Should we keep remote parents’ evenings?
Many schools are weighing up whether to return to in-person parents’ evenings or keep them online. Here, two teachers consider the pros and cons
What changes to grievance meeting law could mean for schools
After claims the government wants to broaden the scope of who teachers can bring to grievance meetings, an education lawyer outlines the rationale for the change – and what the legal impact could be on teachers and schools
SLDT given £121m Institute of Teaching go-ahead
Announcement part of ‘determination’ to make England ‘best place in the world to be a teacher’, schools minister writes on Tes today