Four foolproof ways to boost your school budget
10 HRS AGO - With not enough money to run his school properly, Colin Dowland has been forced to come up with a Expand
10 HRS AGO - With not enough money to run his school properly, Colin Dowland has been forced to come up with a cunning plan Collapse
FE chatter: Adult education and celebrating Ramadan
14 HRS AGO - Despite the Easter break, it's been a busy week in the world of FE - and we've gathered the best Expand
14 HRS AGO - Despite the Easter break, it's been a busy week in the world of FE - and we've gathered the best tweets from the sector Collapse
‘Some messages have been just sobbing’: phone line helps headteachers with burden of Covid
15 HRS AGO - A group of former heads have set up a vital service for colleagues with nowhere to turnFor Alex Expand
15 HRS AGO - A group of former heads have set up a vital service for colleagues with nowhere to turnFor Alex Barnes*, head of a large secondary school in Yorkshire, the stresses of being in charge in the pandemic became too much. Last spring, just at the end of the first lockdown, she reached breaking point. “The demands were coming at me from every angle,” she says. “Worried parents bombarding me with questions, teachers and their unions demanding assurances that the school was safe. I became desperately worried that I’d be responsible for a rise in infections.“One night I went home to my husband and said, ‘I don’t think I can do this any more.’ The look of shock on his face. He had never heard me speak like that before.” Continue reading... Collapse
Exclusive: DfE's valuation of 'stealth' cut kept secret
1 DAY AGO - DfE won't reveal its estimate of its savings from cutting school pupil premium funding for the Expand
1 DAY AGO - DfE won't reveal its estimate of its savings from cutting school pupil premium funding for the poorest Collapse
Heads coped on adrenaline but will fall by wayside
1 DAY AGO - Union says it has been flooded with enquiries about early retirement options once schools are past Expand
1 DAY AGO - Union says it has been flooded with enquiries about early retirement options once schools are past the worst of Covid Collapse
Heads coped on adrenaline but will fall by wayside
1 DAY AGO - Union leader says it has been flooded with enquiries about early retirement options once schools Expand
1 DAY AGO - Union leader says it has been flooded with enquiries about early retirement options once schools are past the worst of the Covid crisis Collapse
Exclusive: DfE's valuation of 'stealth' cut kept secret
1 DAY AGO - DfE won't reveal its estimate of its savings from cutting school pupil premium funding for the Expand
1 DAY AGO - DfE won't reveal its estimate of its savings from cutting school pupil premium funding for the poorest, in case of 'harm' to its reputation Collapse
53% primaries don’t offer collective worship
1 DAY AGO - 1,400 teachers reveal how their schools are in breach of DfE 'duty' in snap poll
5 steps to handle a pregnancy announcement sensitively
1 DAY AGO - Revealing to the school community that a teacher is pregnant is a happy occasion but one where Expand
1 DAY AGO - Revealing to the school community that a teacher is pregnant is a happy occasion but one where treading sensitively is important, too. This leader offers some advice for getting it right Collapse
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How schools can support pupils who have lost a parent
11 HRS AGO - Grief is a completely natural, healthy emotion that should be normalised in schools, says Expand
11 HRS AGO - Grief is a completely natural, healthy emotion that should be normalised in schools, says principal Lesley Franklin Collapse
Wellbeing and international schools: The research view
14 HRS AGO - Academics studying wellbeing in the international school sector offer insights on what the Expand
14 HRS AGO - Academics studying wellbeing in the international school sector offer insights on what the research tells us matters to the global education community Collapse
Children who organised Pimlico academy protest could be expelled
1 DAY AGO - Exclusive: pupils and parents told to attend disciplinary meeting on first day of term after Expand
1 DAY AGO - Exclusive: pupils and parents told to attend disciplinary meeting on first day of term after demonstrationChildren who organised a protest at Pimlico academy, the London secondary school at the centre of demonstrations over allegations of racial discrimination, could be facing permanent exclusion after being told to attend a disciplinary meeting on the first day of term.Hundreds of students took part in a demonstration outside the school last month, in protest over changes to the curriculum, uniform policy and the siting of a union flag outside the academy building. Continue reading... Collapse
Unions demand sharp rise in sick pay for Covid self-isolation
1 DAY AGO - Concern high rate of false positives from lateral flow tests in England could force many out of Expand
1 DAY AGO - Concern high rate of false positives from lateral flow tests in England could force many out of workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTrade unions have demanded a sharp rise in sick pay for people isolating due to a positive Covid test after the Guardian revealed internal government concerns about a rising proportion of false positives which could lead to growing numbers of people being off work without reason.Health officials have warned privately that, as lateral flow device (LFD) tests are rolled out to all adults in England amid falling infection rates, more than three-quarters of positive results in low infection areas could be misleading. Continue reading... Collapse
FE podcast: Funding, prison education and FE Heroes
1 DAY AGO - Join the Tes FE team as they discuss the hottest news from the sector, including Covid catch-up Expand
1 DAY AGO - Join the Tes FE team as they discuss the hottest news from the sector, including Covid catch-up and and prison education Collapse
Scottish election 2021: Lib Dem manifesto for education
1 DAY AGO - The Liberal Democrats want play-based education until age 7 and for teachers to earn at least Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Liberal Democrats want play-based education until age 7 and for teachers to earn at least £30,000 a year Collapse
53% of primary schools 'don’t offer collective worship
1 DAY AGO - In a poll, 1,400 teachers reveal how their schools are in breach of DfE 'duty' to provide daily Expand
1 DAY AGO - In a poll, 1,400 teachers reveal how their schools are in breach of DfE 'duty' to provide daily collective worship Collapse
Apprenticeship levy: £1 billion underspend revealed
1 DAY AGO - Expired levy funds increase by 22 per cent in May 2020 to February 2021, compared with May 2019 Expand
1 DAY AGO - Expired levy funds increase by 22 per cent in May 2020 to February 2021, compared with May 2019 and April 2020 Collapse
Puberty blockers: NHS to set up independent review group
1 DAY AGO - The group will assess the prescription of puberty blockers for under-16s, NHS England says.
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Is choosing a school for your child tough for teachers?
12 HRS AGO - Being a teacher has been more a hindrance than a help when picking a school for my son, says Adam Expand
12 HRS AGO - Being a teacher has been more a hindrance than a help when picking a school for my son, says Adam Riches Collapse
The key to great transition programmes? Fun
15 HRS AGO - Getting the transition from secondary school to college right will be key for generation Covid, Expand
15 HRS AGO - Getting the transition from secondary school to college right will be key for generation Covid, writes Kirsty Walker Collapse
Baseline 2021: 64% primary leaders want to scrap tests
1 DAY AGO - Heads and teachers urged to sign open letter to Gavin Williamson calling for cancellation of new Expand
1 DAY AGO - Heads and teachers urged to sign open letter to Gavin Williamson calling for cancellation of new Reception Baseline Assessment Collapse
Primary schools in England record steep fall in demand
1 DAY AGO - Covid disruption and Brexit could be behind fall in applications for reception class places, say Expand
1 DAY AGO - Covid disruption and Brexit could be behind fall in applications for reception class places, say councilsBirmingham and London have recorded steep falls in demand for primary school places next year, with local authorities reporting that disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, as well as the falling birthrate and migration after Brexit, may be behind the decline.London’s boroughs had a 7% fall in applications for reception class places in September, while Birmingham had 9% fewer applications compared with 2020. Major local authorities in the south-east of England reported declines of 2% or more, including Essex, Kent, and Brighton and Hove. Continue reading... Collapse
English universities to be told to work harder to stop sexual misconduct
1 DAY AGO - Office for Students will publish new guidance requiring robust reporting proceduresUniversities in Expand
1 DAY AGO - Office for Students will publish new guidance requiring robust reporting proceduresUniversities in England will be asked to step up their efforts to tackle sexual harassment and violence on campus or face sanctions, amid accusations that they have ignored repeated warnings to tackle rape culture.The higher education regulator, the Office for Students, will publish new guidance next week asking institutions to take responsibility for protecting their students with “robust” reporting procedures and increased mental health support, as well as bystander and consent training for staff and students. Continue reading... Collapse
Weekly highlights: Differentiation, pensions and tutors
1 DAY AGO - A round-up of the key content published by Tes this week, from school leader wellbeing to the Expand
1 DAY AGO - A round-up of the key content published by Tes this week, from school leader wellbeing to the collective worship debate Collapse
Revealed: The £1bn apprenticeship levy underspend
1 DAY AGO - Expired levy funds increase by 22 per cent for the period May 2020 to February 2021, compared with Expand
1 DAY AGO - Expired levy funds increase by 22 per cent for the period May 2020 to February 2021, compared with a year earlier Collapse
Imagine if government was a help, not a hindrance...
1 DAY AGO - The period of mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh has given us respite from endless DfE verbiage, Expand
1 DAY AGO - The period of mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh has given us respite from endless DfE verbiage, says Geoff Barton Collapse
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