General
Monday
15th Mar 2021
Oak Academy: new online lessons for trainees to observe
Trainee teachers whose practical experience has been disrupted by Covid can now use online lessons to explore planning and pedagogy with experts
Half of pupils won’t tell teachers mental health fears
Younger children less likely to speak to a member of school staff about their mental health worries, survey reveals
Change curriculum to end academic ‘snobbery’, say heads
ASCL leader Geoff Barton will also call for reforms to accountability and assessment in today’s speech to union’s national conference
Friday
12th Mar 2021
Teachers asked to Covid contact trace over Easter break
DfE says school and college staff need to be available for contact tracing in the first six days of the Easter holidays
How can we teach boys not to become violent men?
The death of Sarah Everard highlights the need for schools to talk about violence against women, says Anki Deo
Why the iQTS consultation is a golden opportunity
The launch of International Qualified Teacher Status could give much-needed clarity for teachers overseas, says Mark Steed
Harris spends £750K on the wages of its top two earners
Academy chain now has two people earning more than £300K, including a chief executive earning between £455K and £460K
Exclusive: 7 academy leaders now paid more than £250K
High-profile academy chains and a single-school trust account for some of the country’s highest-paid leaders
Revealed: Salaries of our biggest academy chain chiefs
Table shows what the leaders of some of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country were paid in 2019-20
Tes Quiz: 12 March 2021
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz
As we go back to school, be proud of your work
There’s no getting away from the doom and gloom just now, but Scottish education has plenty to take pride in, writes Henry Hepburn
‘The new attainment gap’ and how to combat it
Smaller class sizes, necessary because of the new social distancing requirements, could prove a long-term solution to tackling the attainment gap, writes Emma Seith