Primary

Monday

29th Apr 2024

Scottish education doesn’t need more inspection
The ‘fundamental review’ of inspection revealed by Tes Scotland should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster
Scottish Parliament inspection

Sunday

28th Apr 2024

Sats: How to use arrays to develop multiplicative understanding
Formal methods aren’t always best for multiplication, writes Laura Tyler, but these primary maths approaches can teach helpful alternatives
Multiply abstract mirror
How stand-up comedy classes gave a new insight into learning and teaching
The president of Scotland’s national body for primary school leaders explains how honing her comedy craft has ‘breathed new life’ into how she views the work of a school
Stand up comedy

Tuesday

16th Apr 2024

Capita loses £180m Sats contract to Pearson
The decision to award the primary assessment contract to Pearson follows a delay to Sats marking last year that led to Capita issuing an apology
child thinking during test

Monday

15th Apr 2024

Only 1% of primary teachers say pupils have financial skills
Financial education should be a statutory part of the primary curriculum, says Social Market Foundation report
In a poll, one per cent of primary school teachers said they believed their pupils had adequate financial literacy.
1 in 10 pupils excluded at primary ‘pass’ GCSE English and maths
Research by children’s charity Chance UK found primary school exclusions to be almost exclusively pupils with SEND
Nine in ten pupils who are excluded in primary school do not achieve a grade 4 in English and maths at GCSE

Sunday

14th Apr 2024

Arsenal’s Leah Williamson: Give girls the ‘choice’ to play football
Schools need to be far more active in offering girls the chance to participate in the sport, says the England Women’s captain
Leah Williamson

Friday

12th Apr 2024

Most teachers running key stage 1 Sats this year
Primary teachers are still choosing for KS1 Sats to go ahead to benchmark pupils despite the government tests now being optional
Primary target
Exclusive

Thursday

11th Apr 2024

School reading corners: do they actually help?
Is all the work that teachers put into creating a fancy ‘book nook’ worth it in terms of encouraging more children to read and, ultimately, improving literacy? Christina Quaine finds out

Monday

8th Apr 2024

8 ways to make a success of whole-class reading
Research tells us there are numerous benefits to whole-class reading comprehension lessons – so how can you make the most of them?

Friday

29th Mar 2024

Why ‘business as usual in schools’ is not possible as cuts bite
Headteachers operate with precious little slack, so drastic measures may be required if ‘seismic’ budget cuts go ahead, says Greg Dempster
Teacher cuts

Tuesday

26th Mar 2024

Ofqual: 2023 KS2 reading test was effective
But lower attaining pupils were likely to have found last summer’s test more difficult than previous papers, analysis finds
Books