Friday
£280m for SEND school places and improvements
DfE says every council is guaranteed £500,000 in capital funding for SEND and alternative provision
10 questions with... Phil Kemp
The president of the NASUWT recalls his own school days, his reasons for working in education and airs his views on MAT leaders’ salaries
‘Copying other countries’ teaching methods won’t work’
Policymakers must resist the temptation to make a carbon copy of another nation’s ‘successful’ education methods, argues Christian Bokhove
Tes Quiz: 9 April 2021
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz
Education is like the cinema, not Netflix: communal
Predictions of Covid killing off the cinema raise a worrying assumption that everything – including learning – can be done just as well at home, says Henry Hepburn
10 questions with... Sharon McLellan
The president of primary school leaders’ association AHDS talks to Tes about her memories of a bullying maths teacher and the historical figures who she would want to join her in the perfect staffroom
CPD is key, but teachers must be given control of it
We’re told that teacher CPD is the key to Covid catch-up and retention – but it must be led by schools rather than the government, says Jon Severs
Thursday
Teachers’ paltry pay rise has sent morale crashing
Revealed: Areas with most pupils Covid self-isolating
New DfE figures show the regional disparity in numbers of pupils off school after contact with a potential Covid case
Teachers make stand against gagging orders in schools
Non-disclosure agreements are being used to ‘hide’ discrimination and bullying in schools, NEU conference told
Female teachers ‘cat-called, shouted at and touched’
‘Overwhelming levels’ of sexism and sexual harassment exist in secondary schools, the NEU conference is told
Teachers back push to pause exclusions post-pandemic
‘No child is disposable,’ NEU conference told after hearing of rising number of exclusions, particularly among black boys
