Jon Severs

The barriers to Labour's aim of getting all schools into trusts are multiple - @JabedAhm has published a superb analysis of those barriers and the ways in which Labour could tackle them. You don't get this level of insight anywhere but @tes tes.com/magazine/news/…

▶️Ofsted: Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement Big Ofsted investigation here from @cerysturner7 that puts Sir Martyn's comments at ASCL into an interesting context tes.com/magazine/news/…

Two-thirds of special schools are now either at or over capacity, the latest @educationgovuk figures show tes.com/magazine/news/…

Inner-city approaches to improve student outcomes cannot simply be lifted and shifted to the coast – but it’s just as important we get it right for generations to come, says trust CEO Seamus Murphy tes.com/magazine/analy…

While most secondary schools require students to wear blazers, nearly half of teachers would prefer young people to wear ‘joggers and a polo’ or no uniform, exclusive polling reveals tes.com/magazine/news/…

"All of us who return from maternity leave seem to be wrestling with the same impossible standards: trying to work as if we don’t have children and trying to parent like we don’t have a career." ▶️How teaching created a maternity leave return trap tes.com/magazine/analy…

@tweetsbyames @CIoJournalist Congrats!

Very cool to win @CIoJournalist’s Young Political Correspondent of the Year!

"The language used to describe these bases is revealing. A 'safe space away from busy classrooms' prompts an uncomfortable question: safe from what, and from whom?"

NEW: Wes Streeting & Bridget Phillipson have written to LAs to warn them that those who fail on SEND could have services removed. It's not landed well with councils, with one senior official warning it has "everybody’s backs up". Excl @JohnGRoberts 👇 tes.com/magazine/news/…

Exclusive: SEND reform plans could unravel due to a lack of space for planned mainstream inclusion bases "We are in the process of building a school that when it opens in 2028 is already non compliant," warns one leader @JohnGRoberts reports tes.com/magazine/news/…

Sir Martyn Oliver will not ‘downplay the disappointing outcomes’ in Ofsted’s grading of disadvantaged schools, he will tell leaders at @ASCL_UK conference today tes.com/magazine/news/…

An unfunded teacher pay award could “derail” the government’s schools White Paper, says @pepediiasio The @tes team are reporting from the @ASCL_UK conference all day today and tomorrow, so stay tuned for more stories. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Exclusive: Councils have been warned they face ‘heightened scrutiny’ over SEND reforms, and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers, seen by Tes tes.com/magazine/news/…

The government’s SEND plans offer hope – but they will fall flat without these five things, writes MAT leader @vicgoddard tes.com/magazine/analy…

@MichaelRosenYes @tes ... as is the notion as Cremin says that reading should always be 'pleasurable' when sometimes it should make you sad, angry, introspective etc. Hope all is well with you!

@MichaelRosenYes @tes Hey Michael, I agree! Article looks at why kids are reading for pleasure less according to Nat Literacy Trust surveys when we push it harder than ever in schools on a motivation of pushing up grades. Teachers/researchers say latter is part of the issue, you say...

Should schools stop focusing on reading for pleasure? The widely held belief that the strategy improves attainment has been called into question by research, finds @jon_severs tes.com/magazine/teach…

A few months back, I started looking in detail at the responsibility on schools to focus on reading for pleasure. Despite a decade of it being pushed in schools more and more, young people are reading for pleasure less and less. What is going on? tes.com/magazine/teach…

Our recent interview with professor Uta Frith on autism has generated a lot of discussion. Dr Sue Franklin has written a response arguing what she thinks Frith got wrong - but also where her challenge to the status quo was welcome. tes.com/magazine/analy…

This survey outlines the scale of the challenges around retention of teachers and what is driving increasing workload

"Arguably, setting only really benefits the teacher. It’s uncomfortable to say that out loud, but we should be prepared to think about it honestly." A very interesting 'What If' for March from David Hatchett... tes.com/magazine/leade…