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Lucy Powell has promised to give oracy the same status as reading and writing – but unless inclusion is at the heart of this plan, the children who need these skills the most will be left behind, warns Louisa Reeves of Speech and Language UK tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

Why a focus on oracy risks leaving behind pupils with communication needs

Why a focus on oracy risks leaving behind pupils with communication needs

It is not enough just to create more opportunities for pupils to talk in schools, writes Louisa Reeves. The push on oracy must be inclusive by design

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A review of the ITT reforms introduced in 2021 finds that they created a ‘stretched system’ with ‘financial uncertainty’ – although the report praises the new curriculum tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

ITT reforms ‘financially risky’ and ‘deeply stressful’ for some providers

ITT reforms ‘financially risky’ and ‘deeply stressful’ for some providers

Review of the 2021 initial teacher training reforms finds that they led to more consistent programmes but implementation placed ‘strain’ on providers and schools

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Tes magazine@tes22h

A school leader who is also an evaluator offers 5 tips to prepare for an inspection, suggesting leaders look at it as an improvement opportunity tes.com/magazine/leadership/…

School evaluation from a new perspective: 5 insights for leaders

School evaluation from a new perspective: 5 insights for leaders

An IB leader who just completed his first school visit as an evaluator reflects on what the process taught him from the other side

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Tes magazine@tesOct 30

With teachers increasingly hearing students voicing conspiracy theories, what can schools do to stop the spread of harmful beliefs? They can teach why such theories can seem convincing, says the Centre for Digital Information Literacy in Schools tes.com/magazine/analysis/se…

Tackling conspiracy theories in schools: understanding the psychology

Tackling conspiracy theories in schools: understanding the psychology

The Bell review investigating antisemitism in schools shows us that teaching students why conspiracy theories can seem convincing is crucial in curbing the spread of harmful beliefs

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Tes magazine@tesOct 30

Under new RSHE guidance, schools now need to teach about bereavement – but how should they approach this difficult topic? The Mexican Day of the Dead presents a great learning opportunity, explains Jane Lavery tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

How the Day of the Dead can help schools teach about grief

How the Day of the Dead can help schools teach about grief

Updated RSHE guidance requires schools to teach about bereavement in age-appropriate ways. Learning about the Mexican Day of the Dead can be a useful way into this topic, says Jane Lavery

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

The government has spent £5.8bn on reducing council SEND deficits, official figures show – but there are warnings these deficits will shoot back up amid rising demand for SEND support tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Government spends £5.8bn on SEND deficits

Government spends £5.8bn on SEND deficits

DfE confirms that 129 councils have received cash grant payments to clear 90 per cent of their deficits amid warnings that overspend will continue

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

Exclusive: Education secretary tells Conservatives that she does have confidence in Ofsted’s chief inspector after criticism – but defended her belief that inspections ‘should be improved’ tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Powell rejects claim that she ‘undermined’ Ofsted boss

Powell rejects claim that she ‘undermined’ Ofsted boss

Education secretary puts her confidence in Sir Martyn Oliver on record in letter responding to Tory criticism, and also confirms she is working with Ofsted on inspection framework reforms

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

Fewer pupils had school meals when the government’s stricter food standards were trialled, research shows, with some children preferring not to eat lunch at all tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

School meal uptake falls in trial of tightened food standards

School meal uptake falls in trial of tightened food standards

Some pupils skipped lunch altogether when the food standards were trialled, according to DfE research that reveals the challenges of implementing stricter rules on school meals

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Cerys Turner@cerysturner7Oct 28

Excl: The leader of the country’s largest MAT has called plans to create a data spine the “most concerning thing to come from government on education” in his memory. @JonColes01 warns that the major infrastructure project could lead to “legal challenges” if it goes ahead.

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Jasmine Norden@jasminenordenOct 29

I spoke to Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of a new film about unauthorised absence fines

Tes magazine@tesOct 29

‘We were facing the idea of court and exclusion and off-rolling, and it was devastating for our family’: actor Anna Maxwell Martin explains how personal experience shaped her role in Unauthorised Absence, a film part of a campaign to end parent fines tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…

The film driving a campaign for a fairer approach to attendance

The film driving a campaign for a fairer approach to attendance

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of Unauthorised Absence talk to Tes about getting teachers’ input into the film, which shows how fines pit parents and schools against each other

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

Schools and local authorities need a ‘long-term funding strategy’ for the DfE’s SEND reforms if the government’s plans are to be a success, council bosses warn tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

DfE warned it must deliver long-term SEND funding plan

DfE warned it must deliver long-term SEND funding plan

Council bosses say schools and local authorities need more certainty on the money that will be available to make the special educational needs reforms work

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

School leadership often involves finding quick solutions to problems – but the risk is that these sticking plasters become permanent fixtures that don’t serve anyone well, writes international leader Feon Chau tes.com/magazine/leadership/…

Turtles, teenagers and the risk of temporary solutions

Turtles, teenagers and the risk of temporary solutions

Taking two turtles as pets got this international leader in Taiwan thinking about the danger in school leadership that quick fixes become permanent arrangements that don’t serve the students well

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Tes magazine@tesOct 29

‘We were facing the idea of court and exclusion and off-rolling, and it was devastating for our family’: actor Anna Maxwell Martin explains how personal experience shaped her role in Unauthorised Absence, a film part of a campaign to end parent fines tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…

The film driving a campaign for a fairer approach to attendance

The film driving a campaign for a fairer approach to attendance

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin and the creators of Unauthorised Absence talk to Tes about getting teachers’ input into the film, which shows how fines pit parents and schools against each other

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Tes magazine@tesOct 28

Exclusive: The DfE’s plan for a national ‘data spine’ for information sharing is the ‘most concerning thing to come from government on education’, warns @JonColes01, chief executive of the biggest MAT tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Sir Jon Coles: Data spine an ‘extraordinary overreach’ of government powers

Sir Jon Coles: Data spine an ‘extraordinary overreach’ of government powers

Warnings from leader of country’s biggest multi-academy trust are echoed by education unions and sector groups, who urge the government not to rush the major national data project

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Tes magazine@tesOct 28

Everything schools need to know from the Budget: 🔸 Mainstream spending is projected to fall 🔸 SEND deficits to reach £5.7bn 🔸 £60m a year for PE and sport partnerships 🔸 £15m for books for preschool children tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Budget 2026: everything schools need to know

Budget 2026: everything schools need to know

Mainstream school spending is projected to fall in real terms, while - in a Budget with few mentions of education - the chancellor announces additional funding for PE and books for young children

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Tes magazine@tesOct 28

When striving for school improvement, the risk is that you only look at what is visible and successful, writes senior leader Ildar Iliazov, who shares his strategy for identifying and integrating staff who have become isolated tes.com/magazine/leadership/…

Why school improvement starts with the most isolated staff

Why school improvement starts with the most isolated staff

If you want to deliver sustainable positive change in a school, you need to look beyond the most visibly successful staff, says this senior leader, who shares his strategic approach

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Tes magazine@tesOct 28

With research showing that AI is increasingly influencing students' choice of university, @Emma_Seith speaks to international school leaders to find out how the tech is affecting their learners' decisions tes.com/magazine/analysis/se…

How AI is influencing students’ university decisions

How AI is influencing students’ university decisions

International school leaders also say students are showing increasing anxiety about ‘useless degrees’ that might leave them struggling to find work because of the impact of AI

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Tes magazine@tesOct 28

The DfE is improving maternity support for teachers, but has it thought about new fathers? Many are struggling to juggle home life with teaching, and improving the offer for dads would benefit everyone, experts tell Tes tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…

Is a lack of support forcing dads out of teaching?

Is a lack of support forcing dads out of teaching?

The DfE is pushing ahead with improving maternity pay to help keep new mothers in the job, but what about the dads who are teachers? Better paternity support would benefit the whole sector, experts...

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Tes magazine@tesOct 27

The DfE has been warned that a delay in announcing ITT bursaries for 2027-28 risks losing ‘strong’ applicants and causing ‘additional workload’ for teacher training providers tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Bursaries uncertainty sparks fear of losing ‘strong future teachers’

Bursaries uncertainty sparks fear of losing ‘strong future teachers’

Teacher training providers and prospective teachers have been left in the dark by a delay in the confirmation of financial incentives for applicants for 2027-28

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Tes magazine@tesOct 27

Schools should assess the risk of a catering provider collapsing when they award contracts, according to a new report that also warns schools are being left with fewer choices and higher prices as catering companies fail tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Schools warned to assess risk of catering firms collapsing

Schools warned to assess risk of catering firms collapsing

The dangers of schools being drawn to the cheapest catering contracts are highlighted in a report, which also says schools are being left with fewer choices and higher prices as catering companies...

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