Major changes on the horizon for schools from September and beyond. @jasminenorden.bsky.social has pulled it altogether here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

The next academic year brings a huge amount of change for schools to manage and implement. Is your school ready? @jasminenorden.bsky.social has all the details here: www.tes.com/magazine/ana... (A fantastic timeline from our art director Nige, too!)

Excellent piece by @johngroberts.bsky.social assessing the tension between Ofsted findings and inclusion in schools. Data says nearly 90% of schools meet the expected standard but policymakers appear to want major changes. @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Sendcos need better pay, more strategic input and monthly supervision sessions to prevent ‘burnout’, according to leaders

Specialist provision packages are set to underpin the support pupils with the most complex SEND receive in a reformed system but leaders are concerned that children could fall through the gaps and highlight widespread problems with the categories the DfE has suggested. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Some news - I have rejoined @tesmagazine.bsky.social as senior writer! I'll be working on features and analysis about schools and beyond. Drop me a line on [email protected]

Ofsted is a “driver of misery” and a danger to safe working conditions for school staff, the incoming president of the NAHT school leaders’ union will warn as its conference gets underway in Belfast today. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Really good piece by @ktorm-social1.bsky.social investigating the rise in suspensions among primary school pupils. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Ministers are being warned that “many” schools may lack the capacity to manage complaints about the individual support plans (ISP) proposed in the government’s special educational needs reforms. Story from select committee chair Helen Hayes' letter to DfE. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Ambassadors for the DfE’s flexible-working scheme have voiced concerns that the programme did not reach the schools ‘most in need’ of support, a government review finds

Academy trusts boosted the amount of money they raised themselves by nearly 25 per cent in a year, Tes analysis shows. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Digital literacy should be taught across all subjects, says @aqaeducation.bsky.social - @johngroberts.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Phones in school: Labour's committed to reviewing its guidance via the national behaviour survey and updating 'if needed' by September 2027. Worth noting that the DfE's last survey found far more teachers than students said phone policies were being followed... www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The DfE’s annual academy trust accounts report offers several key sector insights, including: 🔸 More trusts in deficit 🔸 Trusts get millions in extra government support 🔸 More trusts paying at least one person £150K or more @jabedahmed.bsky.social has the full details here ⬇️

New Tes research shows most teachers do not feel equipped to support pupils experiencing emotionally based school avoidance. Greater investment in specialist support from health and social care professionals, and training and resources for schools is essential. https://bit.ly/4u7cabY

An independent inquiry triggered after a Jewish MP’s visit to a Bristol school was postponed last year has concluded that neither the school nor the trust involved are antisemitic

New @fftedudatalab.bsky.social research has identified 73 SEND magnet schools where the level of pupils with EHCPs is markedly higher than would be expected given the rates in their local area. It has also found they tend to achieve negative Progress 8 scores. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

More on the plans set out today, which would put existing guidance on a statutory footing. (The guidance doesn’t say phones can’t be taken to school, but that they should be stored out of sight eg in lockers.) www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: More than 70 staff at the Harris Federation are at risk of redundancy, with CEO Sir Dan Moynihan telling Tes the cuts have been proposed largely because of falling pupil rolls

Education minister Olivia Bailey met with resistance after telling MPs the gov't “already solved” the problem of phones in schools this week. A day later, the PM told tech leaders the risks children face on social media “can’t go on like this”. @tesmagazine.bsky.social

17 sector leaders have been appointed as regional co-chairs for a programme aimed at raising standards in the ‘forgotten middle’ of the school system

Exclusive: The White Paper plan for a training entitlement for teachers ‘isn’t an entitlement in any meaningful sense’, says Teacher Development Trust chief and former DfE official Gareth Conyard

‘Inclusion at scale isn’t about intent – it’s about intentional system design’: Amanda Goldthorpe-Hall shares the findings from her research into inclusion bases in mainstream schools

The government has set out a raft of reforms to make mainstream schools more inclusive for pupils with SEND, but leaders warn they have not pulled on "the biggest lever they have": making changes to curriculum and assessment. My long read for @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Pleased to see BBC's covered the underachievement of white working-class girls - an often overlooked issue: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... Here's my long read from last Sept on this: www.tes.com/magazine/ana... And my investigation revealing a sharp drop in GCSE results: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Three-quarters of teachers consider quitting due to burnout - @ktorm-social1.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

. @tomrees.bsky.social announced as co-chair of expert SEND panel that will develop national inclusion standards and specialist provision packages www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: The government wants an inclusion base in every secondary school – but how will it achieve this? @johngroberts.bsky.social uncovers the challenges the DfE will have to overcome

Tom Rees will co-chair an expert DfE panel developing national inclusion standards and specialist provision packages. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The average sized primary school will get £14k next year through the government's new fund to bolster mainstream inclusion. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Vaping should not be allowed in schools under any circumstances, new guidance from the Scottish government advises

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the NEU has said that Reform UK would make education a “hostile place” for many children. Responding the party's education spokesperson Suella Braverman said the comments show “everything that is wrong with our education system”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Schools inspected under new framework with highest proportion of disadvantaged pupils are almost three times more likely to be marked down by Ofsted on their achievement grade than schools with the lowest proportion, Tes can reveal. Great piece by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Interesting piece by @ktorm-social1.bsky.social . "Most of the nearly 6,000 secondary teachers surveyed by @teachertapp.bsky.social wanted students to wear a smart uniform of trousers, tie and blazer. But a sizeable minority opted for “jogging trousers and polo shirt”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Special schools in England more than 10,000 pupils over capacity - @johngroberts.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Teachers should get a pay rise of at least 7% over 3 years to avoid school staff shortages, says @thenfer.bsky.social in response to the DfE’s 6.5% proposal

The New Schools Network 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

Could ditching smart uniforms help schools to be more inclusive - both to pupils with SEND and those from lower income families? Or does a strict dress code help to raise standards, define school culture and avoid “fashion pressures” as one leader puts it?

Sarah Hannafin (NAHT head of policy) tells Tes that school leaders are concerned that reading for pleasure has been squeezed out of the curriculum and schools need the space to change that. 📚 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teachers-worried-about-impact-screen-time-reading

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson announces a new Key Stage 3 Alliance aimed at sharing best practice for teaching students in the early years of secondary #ASCL2026

School funding for children in care is being restricted by the need for staff to navigate bureaucratic red tape between different councils, Ofsted analysis finds

Councils have been warned they face “heightened scrutiny” over special educational needs and disabilities reforms - and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The Department for Education is being warned that its planned expansion of inclusion bases for pupils with special educational needs could be thwarted by a lack of space and site restrictions in schools. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Councils have been warned they face “heightened scrutiny” over special educational needs and disabilities reforms - and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The vast majority of complaints made to Ofsted about schools last year were rejected, the watchdog says, with only around 25 resulting in an immediate inspection

The cost pressures facing schools - which could now include energy price hikes due to conflict in the Middle East - make DfE claims about 'financial headroom' completely wrong, leaders warn. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Lowering the voting age to 16 makes sense, writes teacher Simon Lightman, because it will give students the chance to participate in democracy at the time when they’re learning about it in school

A proposal to ban under-16s from using social media, supported by the House of Lords, has been rejected by MPs in a vote on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Pleased to (briefly!) appear on today’s @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social to highlight the staffing and resource challenges behind these pressures.