Jon Severs

Schools could face an increase in complaints, legal challenges and tensions with parents as a result of the government’s planned SEND reforms, experts are warning tes.com/magazine/news/…

By the summer term of Year 7, students are far less likely to say they enjoy maths than when they were in Year 6, writes David Thomas, but schools can take steps to tackle this trend tes.com/magazine/teach…

NEU gen sec @DanielKebedeNEU tells me that leaked reports of pay awards, without engaging with unions, is “Keegan-esque” Are we set for another round of teacher strikes? I explore below ⬇️

Exclusive: Headteacher Andrew O’Neill will remain as the DfE’s school policy adviser after being seconded for a second year tes.com/magazine/news/…

How the teaching unions fell out of love with Labour... and what that may mean for schools Superb analysis here from @cerysturner7 tes.com/magazine/news/…

The PE and sport premium will be scrapped and replaced by a new school sports ‘partnerships network’ in a move described as ‘deeply concerning’ by heads' leaders tes.com/magazine/news/…

@EndermanTrains1 @SW_Help Christ,thanks!

@jon_severs @SW_Help There is nothing going through Havant, services are being diverted to Eastleigh instead according to their site

⚠️ Due to a fault on a train at Godalming the line towards Guildford is blocked. Trains may be delayed or revised because of this problem. More information: southwesternrailway.com/disruption

We know that many children lose interest in maths in Year 7 – but why? @AxiomMaths did some research to find out and has now got some ideas to help schools keep enthusiasm for the subject alive tes.com/magazine/teach…

"With regards to phones and social media, the evidence of causality for ADHD specifically remains limited. Attention development, from the early years into adult life, is so complex. We should be wary of pinpointing a single cause." Fascinating interview⬇️ tes.com/magazine/teach…

This on ADHD is so applicable across the Send reforms generally. There is a sweet spot and we too often miss it by over complicating are looking for too-easy scapegoats (like, as Gaia says, phones)

This outcome means the government does not have to deal with the very tricky political fallout of TF not getting the contract. It's clear long-term retention will need to improve under their programme. Big exclusive from @cerysturner7

Measured about this. To my knowledge, no large-scale evidence, some ingredients will work some not. But it would be quite arrogant imo to dismiss those teachers who made it work.

Ofsted will now update its toolkits to clarify its controversial approach to judging schools with disadvantaged intakes. It follows our investigation, which showed that schools in deprived areas are much more likely to be marked down for their outcomes. tes.com/magazine/news/…

ADHD has been oversimplified, misreported and misunderstood, argues professor @GaiaScerif. “It’s a spectrum,” she argues, and the environment a person is in can often determine whether support is actually even needed. A must read interview this morning. tes.com/magazine/teach…

‘The element that many education systems are lacking’: @iborganization chief @Heino1Olli talks to Tes about the new pathway that is being added to the IB’s flagship Diploma Programme tes.com/magazine/analy…

Designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) are at risk of becoming “desensitised, overwhelmed and burning out” due to a lack of protected time for supervision, leaders have warned. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Max Ojomoh being left out of Borthwick’s latest England training squad feels a strange one. How do you go from man of the match v Argentina six months ago to not making a large England squad? England’s biggest issue in the Six Nations, apart from defence, wasn’t getting into the opposition 22, it was finishing once they got there. Four defeats, plenty of pressure, not enough points. So leaving out a player who creates tries, scores tries and passes the eye test feels odd. Clearly Steve Borthwick is measuring players against very specific metrics and standards behind the scenes, and whatever they are, Ojomoh hasn’t ticked enough boxes. But from the outside looking in, it’s hard to understand. Sometimes rugby people overcomplicate what’s in front of them. Ojomoh looks good enough. More than good enough, actually.

➡️Why group work is growing in US and Swedish maths classrooms Group work using ‘vertical, non-permanent surfaces’ is a staple of Building Thinking Classrooms – a pedagogical approach gaining traction across the Atlantic... tes.com/magazine/teach…

Tes’ excellent graphics dep’t created this extremely handy timeline of all the key changes schools can be expected to implement over the next year. @jasminenorden also sets things out very well here: @tes tes.com/magazine/analy…