We’ve hardly started the summer term and it has already been a roller coaster of a week.
Teacher-assessed grades are now all in (fingers crossed the technology doesn’t crash) and over in primary, preparation is well under way to transition each class into its next stage.
If all your marking and planning has kept you away from the education news updates, worry not: we have everything you need to know right here.
News
Nearly seven in 10 grading teachers believe that this year’s process for GCSEs and A levels will not give all students the results they deserve.
The new Ofqual chief regulator has been working as a policy adviser to Gavin Williamson since leaving her post as CEO of Turner Schools MAT.
Less than half (40 per cent) of LGBT+ school staff are out to their pupils, new research has found.
Schools have been told to ensure they have plans in place to restrict attendance and reintroduce asymptomatic testing sites in case this is needed to combat Covid.
Large numbers of teachers have been put under pressure by students and parents to alter GCSE and A-level grades this year, a Tes survey reveals.
Features
The pushback of “freedom day” has left a question mark over transition. So, what can schools do for their Year 6 pupils now?
One way of monitoring student learning is regular book looks. One leader shares how to do this with minimum stress to staff.
How does your own school experience affect your skills as a classroom practitioner?
“Most able”? “Gifted”? “Talented”? Just how should we refer to these students? One teacher shares his thoughts.
One teacher shares his change of thinking about Daniel Willingham’s classic teacher textbook.
