Saturday
‘Ignore Ofsted’ social mobility tsar urges heads
Katharine Birbalsingh says she does not think Ofsted, ‘as an idea, is a force for good’
GCSEs 2022: Summer exams ‘likely to widen disadvantage gap’
Heads’ warning over Covid impact on exam results comes as Ofqual chief says awarding differential grades would be impossible
Ofsted: Covid ‘fractured schools’ contract with parents’
Ofsted chief calls for action to boost school attendance – but Labour says the inspectorate is in need of reform
No pupils should be held back by lack of ‘good’ schools
Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson warns of over 200,000 pupils in areas with no schools rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’
DfE literacy and numeracy aims will be ‘counterproductive’
Geoff Barton will tell heads that the forthcoming education White Paper risks narrowing the primary school curriculum
Friday
Need to know: Ofsted plans, teacher pay and Ukraine
Your round-up of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including Ofsted’s key focus, DfE teacher pay plans and Ukrainian refugee school places
Ask the expert: is your classroom too noisy?
A noisy home environment affects the attention span of one-year-olds, research shows – so does noise in the classroom impact on learning? Professor Sam Wass thinks so. Here, he explains why
Tes’ 10 questions with... Shirley-Anne Brightman
A teacher who has been championing greater diversity in school book choices shares insights and inspirations from her career
DfE catch-up tuition group U-turn will ‘sell kids short’
Exclusive: The DfE has been accused of ‘selling’ disadvantaged pupils ‘short’ after it said NTP group sizes could be increased
Northern Ireland abuse victims given long-awaited apology
A minute’s silence was held before five Stormont ministers each offered an apology on behalf of the government
DfE: More ‘flexibility’ on ECF as mentors dip
Schools minister writes to schools to set out early career framework changes as new data shows patchy mentor take-up
