Friday
Why rocketing energy bills are a burning issue
Suggesting schools use much-fought-for budget increases to soak up rising energy costs seems a perverse plan – not least because it is money that would be better spent on catch-up efforts, writes Dan Worth
The problems with the push to make PE a core subject
The three core subjects of English, maths and science should be joined by PE, according to a Lords report. But what would this mean for schools? Grainne Hallahan takes a closer look
Why I started the country’s first school esports centre
Students’ passion for esports brings all sorts of benefits when it is harnessed by schools, says secondary teacher Emma Liston
Thursday
Zahawi ‘ready to ask for more’ catch-up cash
The education secretary today faced public questions about catch-up, schools’ soaring energy bills and more – here’s all you need to know
New $250K global school prize aims to increase ‘kindness’
Exclusive: Applications for a new international competition – set up to celebrate schools in the wake of Covid – close on 1 March
Teachers walk out over pensions in ‘historic’ strike
NEU teaching union members at 23 private schools join picket lines to protest against plans to withdraw from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Energy bills force schools into staff cuts ‘gamble’
As school leaders warn that soaring energy bills could result in job losses, the education secretary does not commit to providing extra funding
Date set for removal of masks in Scottish classrooms
Masks will no longer be required in secondary classrooms from March – but they will still be worn in indoor communal areas
The new behaviour guidance: what you need to know
As the DfE asks for views on its new behaviour guidance, Amy Forrester digs through the detail to find out what it really means for classroom practice
The good, the bad and the unknown: the potential of a National Academy
What benefits would a new digital teaching service provide – and what are the pitfalls it needs to avoid? Dame Alison Peacock and Cat Scutt from the Chartered College of Teaching break down what we know so far
Funding boost ‘needed for persistently disadvantaged’
Government should create a new pupil premium category for children trapped in long-term poverty, says report
