Primary

While young children often say they want to be a footballer, a ballerina or, increasingly, a YouTuber when they grow up, it is important to teach them at an early age about other potential career pathways so that they are better informed about the direction they wish their futures to take, says James Evelyn

Ways of avoiding pupil isolation discussed so far ‘would not work in primaries’, say leaders

‘Uplifting, purposeful and meaningful, it’s a great place to learn and play,’ said judges of St Aloysius Primary

Cadoxton Primary School ‘illustrated what ‘going the extra mile’ really means’ during the pandemic

Teacher was ‘swaying’, walking ‘unsteadily’ and looked ‘glazed’ during Year 3 lesson

Falling birth rate and late applications given as possible reasons for the missing 31K new primary pupils

Gavin Williamson confirms that autumn phonics check for Year 2 pupils will be repeated next academic year

The delay in lifting Covid restrictions means no transition day for Year 6 – but it isn’t a disaster, says Ruth Luzmore

Analysis: What’s really behind the DfE’s downgrading of the popular phonics programme, asks Tes reporter Amy Gibbons

Misconduct panel found a strong public interest in retaining ex-head in teaching, despite his ‘dishonest’ actions

Letters and Sounds is out of the door – but what is coming in instead? And what do these changes mean for teachers?

After hearing how low-stakes quizzes can help secondary students to retain prior learning, Ceri Eccles decided to introduce the approach to her Year 5 maths class with the aim of improving their ability to recall subject information over time