Primary

Thursday

3rd Feb 2022

DfE-funded maths centre ‘unfairly promotes’ CBeebies show
But national agency says it only featured Numberblocks on its site to ‘help teachers and parents’ support maths learning
DfE-funded maths centre 'unfairly promotes' CBeebies show

Wednesday

2nd Feb 2022

Primaries can work together on curriculum, says Ofsted
Inspectorate says it does not expect subject leads in primary schools to be experts across multiple areas
Ofsted has produced a new blog setting out what primary school subject leads can expect from deep dives

Friday

28th Jan 2022

How to tackle violence in primary schools
As experts predict a surge in youth violence as a result of the pandemic, Kate Parker finds that intervention needs to begin much earlier than people think
Primary, Violence

Monday

24th Jan 2022

DfE ‘wastes’ 1000s of face masks on primary schools
Exclusive: Confusion as DfE sends face coverings to primaries
DfE 'wastes' 1000s of face masks on primary schools
Should headteachers have taught in every key stage?
Does a primary headteacher need to have extensive teaching experience? Two educators present their sides of the argument
Headteachers, key stage

Wednesday

19th Jan 2022

Why early reading lessons need to go beyond phonics
Synthetic phonics approaches underpin much early reading teaching, but changes to current practice are desperately needed, researchers argue
Phonics, Reading, wars
DfE phonics teaching approach ‘doesn’t work’
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi urged by more than 250 experts to end ‘phonics vetting’ and give teachers control over resources to teach reading
pupil reading from a page with finger following words

Tuesday

18th Jan 2022

School starting age: what is happening in Northern Ireland?
Strong support for reform in schools system that has one of the youngest starting ages in Europe
Starting, Age, Northern Ireland

Friday

14th Jan 2022

Ofsted: ‘Outstanding’ primaries ‘more likely’ to be downgraded
The majority of ‘outstanding’ primary schools inspected in the autumn 2021 term were downgraded, analysis shows
Downgrade

Friday

7th Jan 2022

Primaries tighten Covid rules as cases soar
Bubbles and staggered starts brought back as heads warn DfE guidance on combining classes would be against the law for key stage 1 classes
classroom desk
Could a rekenrek transform how you teach times tables?
A pilot programme is testing how the Dutch counting frames can be used to improve outcomes through a hands-on approach
Abacus, Rekenrek, Counting, times tables

Friday

24th Dec 2021

Urgent call for free school meals for all pupils
Most primary school pupils in Scotland are offered free school meals – but it looks like older children will have to wait
Urgent call to give free school meals to all primary pupils