Friday
Will teachers ever have flexible working?
Having operated successfully from home during the Covid lockdowns, many staff will wish to continue working more flexibly and may look favourably on schools that can offer them a greater work-life balance. But can leaders adapt to teachers’ individual needs while also ensuring that those needs are in students’ best interests? Kate Parker weighs up the options
Call to end ‘dictating from the top’ in education
Teachers need support – not scrutiny and ‘top-down management’, says union president
Thursday
Formal dispute over teacher pay declared by unions
Scottish councils and the government accused of ‘devaluing the profession’ with ‘completely unacceptable’ pay offer
How teachers can steer clear of education gimmicks
Teachers must be wary of the scourge of ‘pedagimmickry’, which can waste precious time, says Richard Holme
6 ways to help students who stammer
There are some small steps that teachers can take to help make school less stressful for young people with stammers, says this student
5 ways to balance two curricula at once
Mixing a national curriculum and an international one is a tricky task, but this head thinks she’s finally cracked it
Covid catch-up: PM told to ‘keep promise’ on education
Teachers’ leader says upcoming funding announcement is a ‘moment of truth’ for the government
Wednesday
Need to know: 6 ways Labour would reform education
From scrapping tax exemptions for private schools to reforming Ofsted – what education would look like under Labour
Leadership teams ‘should reflect pupil diversity’
Nearly 7 in 10 academy trust leaders say school leadership teams should reflect the communities they serve
3 signs your meeting could have been an email
Meetings aren’t many teachers’ favourite part of the job and unnecessary ones are even worse. Here’s how to spot an extraneous appointment
Starmer pledges to hire thousands of extra teachers
Labour leader to promise ‘the most ambitious school improvement plan ever’, if party wins power
