Primary

New data findings have fuelled calls for ‘urgent’ mental health resources for schools

Teachers are ‘resorting to resourcing their classrooms themselves’, warns charity

Research shows that nonsense wordplay can equip children with communication and coping skills, but should teachers embed nonsense beyond English lessons?

The government today confirmed 5- to 11-year-olds will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine on a ‘non-urgent’ basis

When primary teacher Sally Kawagoe was tasked with re-engaging Year 6 pupils, she turned to taiko drumming – and was amazed at the transformation

Minister for school standards Robin Walker says phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent reader’

Author Kenny Boyle’s quest to find his P7 teacher sent the internet into overdrive at the weekend. He explains why he was determined to find Mrs McGlennan, and what happened next

Exclusive: Call for non-specialist primary staff to be given more subject-specific support

Disadvantaged pupils are now further behind their classmates in maths than they were at the start of Covid, according to a new EEF report

Moves to put targets on literacy and numeracy sound laudable but the consequence will likely see more children with SEND pushed into more inclusive settings – heaping yet more pressure on their staff and finances

For a knowledge-rich curriculum to be effective at primary level, teachers need to become subject specialists, writes Beth Budden

MPs warn that teachers fear some pupils have become ‘feral’ and are suffering ‘extreme separation anxiety’ as a result of lockdowns