Tes magazine

.@educationgovuk has announced plans for significant changes to the school system in its White Paper published today – here is everything you need to know… tes.com/magazine/news/…

I analysed almost 500 inspections to see if schools with disadvantaged intakes are performing worse on pupil outcomes. The findings show that it's disproportionate. Heads say it's demoralising as they urge Ofsted not to confuse achievement & attainment. tes.com/magazine/news/…

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/…

Kindness in school leadership ‘can often be misread as weakness or a lack of rigour’, says international principal Joanna Povall – but it’s actually an incredibly powerful strategy tes.com/magazine/leade…

Schools are right to look carefully at the grades their students are awarded on results day – as this college’s story of grading mistakes shows, writes @noookophile tes.com/magazine/analy…

Reform UK would make education a ‘hostile place’ for many children, warns @NEUnion ahead of its annual conference tes.com/magazine/news/…

How can the government achieve its vision of every school being part of a strong trust? @JabedAhm investigates the challenges – and the incentives and pressures that may need to be applied tes.com/magazine/news/…

Exclusive: Schools with the highest proportion of disadvantaged pupils are more likely to be marked down by Ofsted in the achievement category, Tes can reveal tes.com/magazine/news/…

The new regional director for RISE in the East Midlands today set out his priorities in the role tes.com/magazine/news/…

During #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, it is worth asking what education can learn from other professions about how neurodivergent teachers can be better supported, valued and retained, says Chris Benson tes.com/magazine/analy…

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

Vaping should not be allowed in schools under any circumstances, new guidance from the Scottish government advises tes.com/magazine/news/…

There should be ‘one national approach’ to teacher induction in Scotland, @gtcs argues, amid concern that the current approach has ‘mutated’ from its original intentions tes.com/magazine/news/…

Politicians talking about improving integration can learn a lot from schools, says @JoanneTyler19 of @COREeducate, whose trust is running a programme stretching from learning English to understanding how local public transport works tes.com/magazine/leade…

Excl: Nearly half of secondary teachers would drop smart uniforms for more practical clothing or no uniform at all, new @TeacherTapp data shows. Cost, SEND reforms and student voice are reshaping what “smart” means, but leaders remain more cautious. @tes tes.com/magazine/news/…

.@theNSN is starting an Innovation Pilot Programme to fund schools and organisations to test approaches to tackle barriers to education. Its director, Meg Powell-Chandler, explains all tes.com/magazine/analy…

A new approach to teaching vocabulary has massively improved Sats scores at one Leicester primary, according to its headteacher: @ellencph hears how the Starling system works tes.com/magazine/teach…

Teachers should get a pay rise of at least 7% over 3 years to avoid school staff shortages, says @TheNFER in response to the DfE’s 6.5% proposal tes.com/magazine/news/…

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/…

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…

"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…