Friday
Impartiality guidance: What do schools need to know?
New government guidance to ensure teacher impartiality sparked fierce debate this week – but what does it really mean for schools? Tes outlines the key guidelines that schools need to be aware of
Schools need stability - so why is the government intent on change?
Teachers need time to recover and recalibrate after battling through all the Covid disruption – but the next few months will offer few opportunities for that, argues Jon Severs
Watchdog assessing SIMS contract change
Exclusive: The Competition and Markets Authority is questioning schools affected by the ESS contract extension
The Tes quiz: musicals, Macs and momentous battles
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
Minister blocks release of catch-up figures
Exclusive: DfE says it is ‘not in the public interest’ to reveal the attendance and class cancellation rates for sessions on the National Tutoring Programme
Access denied: the super-slow broadband crisis in schools
Despite teaching’s recent digital revolution, thousands of schools are still struggling with sub-par internet connections – causing a huge equality gap. So, what can be done to fix it?
Thursday
New scheme to boost physics teacher numbers
The pilot scheme will aim to recruit engineering graduates to become physics teacher trainees
Covid guidance update: what Scottish schools need to know
Requirements for face coverings are being removed, while rules on assemblies and transition visits are also changing
DfE literacy blog ‘a national embarrassment’
A government blog championing its focus on improving literacy in schools has been branded ‘incomprehensible’ by teachers
Admissions appeal changes: what you need to know
Plans to make changes to admissions appeals brought in during the pandemic permanent have been broadly welcomed – but experts say more still needs to be done
DfE guidance to ‘safeguard political neutrality’ in schools
The new guidance, which will be published in full today, is the first of its kind on how schools should approach the teaching of sensitive issues
Oak’s online quiz data could ‘help improve pupil outcomes’
Analysis by SchoolDash was based on nearly 100 million pupil responses to Oak National Academy quizzes during 2021
