Have social media and smartphones ‘rewired’ today’s teenagers? Jonathan Haidt argues they have in 'The Anxious Generation' – but critics say that banning phones won’t bring the salvation he promises

In this @tesmagazine.bsky.social long read @cerysturner.bsky.social looks at the rising number of pupils who are deemed to be below the level of assessment for KS2 in reading, writing and maths and what it means for schools. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: The DfE’s insurance premium for schools will increase by more than 7% next year, as schools face rising cost pressures

Sector leaders have urged ministers to ensure that schools choosing to open resourced provisions or SEN units are given support to do this sustainably as heads say opening these bases has resulted in them becoming "SEND magnet schools". www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: School insurance costs to rise by up to 3 times inflation DfE's insurance premium for schools will increase by more than 7 per cent. The increase has been described as a “massive blow”, with school budgets already under “huge strain”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Schools minister Georgia Gould has told the latest DfE public engagement event around its SEND reforms that teacher training is coming up as a huge issue and that there is more to do in this area. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The high needs national funding formula is suspended for 2026-27 while govt reforms review how the system is funded. Heads' leaders warn that static SEND funding based on last year's amounts will make it difficult to ensure students get the support they need. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Some 75 ITT providers were asked: ‘What else do you think the government should do to improve teacher numbers?' This is what they said…

Hackney's safeguarding chair is to write to Bridget Phillipson to voice concern over criticism of a safeguarding review made by DfE behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett, @tesmagazine.bsky.social understands. Mr Bennett says comments made in personal capacity. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

There will be no additional funding for public sector pay for 2026-27, the Treasury has confirmed. In evidence to the pay review bodies, the Treasury said government departments must fund any pay awards from existing budgets. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Google is working with the DfE on developing an AI chatbot to help teachers in classrooms in England

Hackney's safeguarding chair is to write to Bridget Phillipson to voice concern over criticism of a safeguarding review made by DfE behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett, @tesmagazine.bsky.social understands. Mr Bennett says comments made in personal capacity. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Falling pupil numbers have led to calls for a complete overhaul to the way schools are funded. But would the alternatives be any better? Brilliant analysis of the different options by @jabedahmed.bsky.social:

Last week the government indicated that creating more specialist places in mainstream can bring down SEND spending but sector leaders and heads have warned that this won't deliver significant savings in the short term and needs more than just capital funding. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: Ofsted and the government are being warned that the shift to the new five-grade inspection framework risks “inadvertently painting a picture of decline” in schools by a sector leader. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

There will be 400,000 fewer pupils in England’s school system by 2030, @jabedahmed.bsky.social looks at whether its time to change the way schools are funded. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

"You can’t just set up a room and put some cushions in it and hope it’s going to be OK." Why resource bases in mainstream schools may not be the SEND savings silver bullet it has been heralded to be. @johngroberts.bsky.social reports⬇️

DfE announces £3 billion for specialist places - and again is pushing the idea of these being created in mainstream schools but more than 70 special and AP free schools in the pipeline could be scrapped with councils getting funding instead. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Thanks to @tesmagazine.bsky.social for sharing the resilience and hope offered by our Ukrainian colleagues.🇺🇦 www.tes.com/magazine/lea...

A safeguarding review warns against impact of zero tolerance behaviour policies and highlights a school "that simultaneously achieves remarkable academic success whilst causing harm to some of its most vulnerable pupils". www.tes.com/magazine/new...

🌍 Schools and staff from across the world entered the Tes Awards for International Schools 2025. Find out who the winners are here ⬇️

"My view is that England should have no more than 400 trusts and that we should try to achieve this by 2030" Agree with him or not, this is very thought-provoking indeed from Mark McCourt - many in policy circles do agree, but tend to whisper it... www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

The Public Accounts Committee is holding an evidence session as part of its inquiry into home to school transport.

A national framework for special schools and alternative provision (AP) should be created to clearly define the roles and expectations of these settings, according to a report from children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

How will the scrapping the two-child benefit cap impact on schools? @ellencph.bsky.social investigates for @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

"RISE feels like it’s been launched before the real world costs were understood". In depth analysis of how money is being spent through the government's flagship RISE school improvement programme by @jabedahmed.bsky.social ahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Alternative provision (AP) leaders are urging ministers to use the long-awaited Schools White Paper to shift the sector’s focus towards supporting pupils before, rather than after, exclusion. My long read for @tesmagazine.bsky.social speaking to leaders in the sector. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Getting accountability right is a key area being looked at as part of the government’s planned SEND reforms, schools minister Georgia Gould said at the first of the DfE’s public engagement events

Teacher recruitment is improving, according to latest DfE data, but secondary is still off-target. The number of recruits has increased by 11%, but 10/18 subjects missed their targets - including physics and modern foreign languages. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Schools minister Georgia Gould has said getting accountability right is a key area being looked as part of the government's SEND reforms. She was speaking at one of the first in a series of public engagement events. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Face to Face Events councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/work-us/even... Online Events www.eventbrite.com/cc/send-refo...

Bridget Phillipson has told MPs that creating more specialist places in mainstream schools can bring down cost pressures, as she was questioned about how the government would tackle looming SEND deficits. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Bridget Phillipson is giving evidence to the Commons Education Select Committee this afternoon alongside the DfE's permanent secretary Susan Acland-Hood. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

A sharp increase in children missing education entirely is ‘a scandal’, warns Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver as he launches watchdog’s latest annual report

Schools minister Georgia Gould is to lead a series of face to face engagement events aimed at shaping the government’s SEND reform plans. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Great breakdown of the SEND funding row - where we are and what experts suggest might happen next from @jabedahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Parent allegations against teachers have risen by a third in just one year, according to data shared exclusively with @tesmagazine.bsky.social Story from @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says school funding will not be cut to allow for the government to cover the cost of all SEND spending

SEND area inspection reports show that Long waits for assessments, diagnosis and health services have been repeatedly highlighted for areas found to have systemic failings in special educational needs provision. My analysis for @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

"To a certain extent, you could say you have a policy and attach it, and it could be blank document" Big investigation into the LA safeguarding audits all schools have to complete - superb work from @ktorm-social1.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The shortage of support staff in schools is ‘simply unsustainable’, warns @unison.org.uk, with research showing that 3 in 5 staff have fewer colleagues than a year ago

“You mark your own homework. It’s not checked.” Safeguarding leads warn the “onerous” audits that schools have to submit to councils aren’t improving student safety and duplicate work done by trusts. Is it time to drop them? Excl by @ktorm-social1.bsky.social

Parent allegations against teachers have risen by a third in just one year, according to data shared exclusively with Tes. Exclusive by @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Great breakdown of the SEND funding row - where we are and what experts suggest might happen next from @jabedahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Long waits for assessments, diagnosis and health services for pupils have been repeatedly highlighted as problems in inspection reports for areas found to have systemic failings in special educational needs provision. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Ofsted is pausing routine inspections of NPQs, following a request from the education secretary

Slim pickings for schools in today's Budget - and a major cost pressure potentially arising from SEND changes.

EHCPs have been blamed for driving an unsustainable rise in SEND. But would limiting these actually fix the problem, asks @mmulholland.bsky.social

OBR documents (somehow!) published ahead of the Budget announcement say all SEND provision costs are to fall within DfE spending limits by 2028-29 and warn that if this is fully funded within the core schools budget, this implies a 1.7 per cent fall in mainstream school spending per pupil.

“The consequences are going to be devastating.” Ahead of today’s Budget, a council warns it faces a £183 million black hole due to SEND costs, and is having (along with many other LAs) to make “impossible financial decisions”. By @johngroberts.bsky.social