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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2h

'Expecting full-time pay for trainees who are only available 60 per cent of the time is not sustainable': NASBTT CEO Emma Hollis urges the government to rethink funding for teaching apprentice routes

Teaching apprenticeships: positive steps but more work required

NASBTT chief executive Emma Hollis urges the government to rethink elements of the teacher degree apprenticeship and postgraduate teaching apprenticeship, including pay scales

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2h

📖 'Many students who could write with flair fail to do so because they cannot memorise or recall textual references…'

A major exam provider is making all its English exams open-book – could others follow suit?

Cambridge to make all IGCSE English literature exams open book

Students already had the possibility of consulting drama texts in the exam but, in future, all Cambridge IGCSE literature in English papers will be open book, including prose

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3h

Interconnected global crises are changing the nature of schools, writes this education professor – so we need to rethink how we support school leaders to get the job done

How the global ‘polycrisis’ is changing school leadership

A combination of global social, economic and environmental crises is changing the role of schools – but are we giving leaders the time, skills and resources to respond?

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 16h

When will the key stage 2 Sats and optional KS1 tests run next year? We have everything you need to know in our Sats hub ⬇️

Sats week: key test dates for 2026

All the Sats dates you need to know for the national curriculum tests for Year 6 pupils plus optional KS1 assessment

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 21h

🌏 Moving abroad to teach is a big decision – even more so if you’re a single parent. Yet this teacher has done it in three countries and says other solo parents shouldn’t be put off

Teaching overseas as a single parent isn't as difficult as you think

Being a solo parent doesn't meant you can't pursue an international teaching career, as this teacher who has worked in Bermuda, Turkey and Peru explains

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 23h

Ofsted carried out a record 115 inspections of suspected illegal schools last year, but the watchdog says weak laws still enable offenders to 'operate with impunity'

Record rise in Ofsted inspections of suspected illegal schools

Inspectorate says the increase in inspections may reflect greater awareness of the problem of illegal schools, but warns legal loopholes still make it too easy to evade prosecution

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

‘Polarisation is a formidable challenge, but schools hold unique power to respond’: MAT chief Gulcin Sesli on why classrooms are the front line when it comes to tackling social media extremism

Schools can’t ignore polarisation - we have to step up

Our young people are absorbing extreme views via social media, but schools have a unique power to combat this dangerous polarisation, says MAT chief Gulcin Sesli

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Leaving a teaching role isn’t easy, but a good resignation letter can help to ensure a smooth departure. Here’s a guide on what to write…

How to get your teacher resignation letter right

Leaving a teaching role isn’t easy, but a good resignation letter can help to ensure a smooth departure. Here’s a guide on what to write

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Teachers recruited from overseas can suffer culture shock after they arrive in the UK – here, one leader explains how her trust has developed a support system to help them settle

How our MAT supports teachers hired from overseas

The international director at King’s Group Academies explains the support system it has created to help teachers recruited from other countries to settle - both personally and professionally

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

There is an 'irreconcilable conflict' between the drive for inclusion and a system of 'hyper-competition' between schools, a trust leader has warned #TesSENDShow

‘Hyper-competition’ between schools weakens inclusion, leader warns

SEND reforms should leave behind the long-established ‘market system’ of competition, the Tes SEND Show hears

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

The latest phonics screening check data is encouraging in some aspects, but ‘we shouldn’t confuse decoding with reading’, warns trust CEO @claireheald.bsky.social

Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem

The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

There has been a ‘vacuum of information’ around the government’s planned SEND reforms, an influential adviser said today at the #TesSENDShow

‘Vacuum of information’ around SEND reforms

DfE adviser acknowledges that the government’s SEND plans are taking longer than was hoped

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Schools have been forced to act after children’s books were found to contain accidental links to an adult-content website

Schools contact parents after book links lead to adult website

Schools were forced to send out warnings today after children’s books contained hijacked links to pornographic material

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Former academies minister Baroness Barran has urged the government not to use future Ofsted MAT inspections to seek to impose how trusts should operate

Former minister: MAT inspections must not set trusts’ priorities

Former academies minister calls on DfE to set out plans for new multi-academy trust inspection regime

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 3d

"if we’re honest, we still have a reading problem"

Really good read from Claire Heald on why every teacher in her trusts is getting taught to teach reading.

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Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem

The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald

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Dan Worth @dan-worth.bsky.social · 3d

The news the DfE is cutting funding to support state schools that deliver the IB has caused a lot of concern - not least the reduction in choice it represents for pupils, and the timing for schools hosting sixth form opening day events www.tes.com/magazine/new...

DfE removes funding for IB Diploma in state schools

International Baccalaureate decries 'deeply disheartening' decision that it claims will affect 5,000 students but save little money

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 3d

A former academies minister has said there is a consensus that MAT inspections are needed but urged govt not to use future inspections to impose a particular model on trusts. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Former minister: MAT inspections must not set trusts’ priorities

Former academies minister calls on DfE to set out plans for new multi-academy trust inspection regime

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Kyle Tormey @ktorm-social1.bsky.social · 3d

There is now a gap of 17 percentage points between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in achieving the “expected standard” in the phonics screening check.

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Fewer disadvantaged pupils hit phonics test standard

DfE data from the phonics screening check results also shows that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has grown slightly

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Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social · 3d

The exclusive findings in @johngroberts.bsky.social story make clear that, whatever comes out of the education white paper & broader inclusion push, it mustn't simply heap more tasks onto overworked sencos.

Only 6 per cent of Sendcos can complete their tasks in work hours

The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Why are some students persistently absent? New @impactedgroup.bsky.social research sheds light on the factors driving low school attendance

What’s really driving the school attendance crisis?

New analysis sheds light on the key factors affecting student attendance and how those factors interact, in sometimes surprising ways

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive: Sendcos are struggling with ‘unsustainable’ workloads, with the vast majority unable to complete their administrative tasks in weekly working hours, a @teachertapp.bsky.social survey shows

Only 6 per cent of Sendcos can complete their tasks in work hours

The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Trust CEO median pay has risen 4% to £149,790 – still below the top maintained-school headteacher salary, according to a new @cstvoice.bsky.social survey

Trust CEO median pay rises 4 per cent in a year

Pay for academy trust chief executives has risen in line with teacher awards, CST survey shows, but remains below the top rate for maintained-school heads

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Girls with multiple characteristics of inequality are significantly less likely to do physical activity every day, a Youth Sport Trust survey has found

Girls facing inequalities ‘less likely to do physical activity’

Survey by Youth Sport Trust also finds disadvantaged female pupils less likely than their peers to be confident about physical activity

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in the phonics screening check has increased, new DfE data shows

Fewer disadvantaged pupils hit phonics test standard

DfE data from the phonics screening check results also shows that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has grown slightly

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