General

Katherine McGreal explains how her school has put nurture first – and how it has impacted students

Dominic Cummings has an axe to grind but his claims of government incompetence sound right to schools, says Geoff Barton

Ensuring teachers have knowledge of a wider range of black writers is key to pushing diversity, says poet Degna Stone

Government needs to match rhetoric with reality to get teachers behind its Covid catch-up plans, warn heads

Three-quarters of teachers do not feel ‘well-informed’ about new early career system launching in September, poll finds

Moderation – checking that judgements of students’ work are comparable across a department – is a tricky business, particularly this year with the pressure of teacher-assessed grades. Grainne Hallahan seeks expert advice on making the process run smoothly

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US socialite Paris Hilton has got behind those campaigning to end restraint and seclusion in schools

If Covid has taught us anything, it’s that Scotland’s education system needs to change, says Melvyn Roffe, who would like to see the balance of power tip from those with a vested interest in the status quo towards those better placed to decide what children and young people need

The comedian and writer tells Tes about the important role her primary played in helping her and her family settle in the country after they had to flee Iran because of the revolution

The impact of the Covid pandemic has led many in teaching to look again at their profession and ponder some big questions: are children being taught what they need to know? What is education actually for? And how should we measure its true value? John Morgan goes in search of the answers

In their efforts to tackle academic underachievement among boys, many schools are overlooking a key factor – young men’s reluctance to ask for support, says Mark Roberts, as he suggests ways in which teachers can encourage male pupils to reach out