Primary

Friday

23rd Jun 2023

Sats: Clarity over ‘rigorous’ test process needed, Gibb told
STA chief told schools minister more transparency would ’increase public and sector confidence in the primary assessment system’, after reports that this year’s KS2 Sats upset pupils, Tes can reveal
Nick Gibb
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Thursday

22nd Jun 2023

Primary: Boosting pupil wellbeing could improve attainment
Researchers say that children’s academic positivity accounts for ‘significant’ growth in key stage 2 attainment
planting in ground

Wednesday

21st Jun 2023

Should summer-born children start school later?
Growing numbers of UK parents are asking for their summer-born children to start Reception a year later. But should schools always grant these requests? Holly Korbey looks at the evidence
Summer born

Friday

16th Jun 2023

How teachers’ free time can be protected from rising work hours
Primary teacher Jamie Baptie moved from Scotland to New Zealand expecting an emphasis on work-life balance – but explains why he’s now coming back
24 hour clock

Thursday

15th Jun 2023

Excess primary school places double in space of 10 years
New government data shows 130,776 excess primary school places recorded for 2023-24, up from 65,649 in 2014-15
The number of excess places in primary school has almost doubled.

Friday

9th Jun 2023

Nearly 3 in 4 primaries won’t have mental health support
Just under half of secondary schools will also not have access to mental health support teams by the end of 2024, a new report suggests
Nearly 3 in 4 primaries won’t have mental health support

Thursday

8th Jun 2023

6 in 10 staff say mental health hit by poor pupil behaviour
Teachers also say six minutes are lost in every 30 minutes of lesson time because of pupil misbehaviour, according to a government survey
Behaviour

Wednesday

7th Jun 2023

8 in 10 teachers say pupils’ attention is worse since pandemic
Research shows majority of primary school teachers are dealing with a rise in ‘needless chatter, shouting during instruction and laughing inappropriately’
Gold fish

Friday

2nd Jun 2023

Why every school needs an emotional literacy support assistant
Training two existing members of staff to provide specialist support to children and their families has helped this school to rely less on external services
Literacy support
Sats 2023: Reading paper not more difficult, Gibb told
The Standards and Testing Agency tells schools minister that the Sats reading paper was in line with previous years, responding to reports that some pupils were left in tears
Sats reading paper not more difficult, Gibb told
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Wednesday

31st May 2023

Sats 2023: Call for full probe into reading paper ‘debacle’
Schools minister Nick Gibb pledged to look at this year’s KS2 Sats reading paper when it was published – but has so far declined to comment
Sats 2023: Call for full probe into reading paper ‘debacle’
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Why England’s Pirls results aren’t all that they seem
England’s climb up the international rankings for reading has been seen as a success story for phonics – but the results aren’t as straightforward as they seem, says Christian Bokhove
Why England’s PIRLs results aren’t all that they seem