Blog
Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you’ll also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you’ll find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
Improving student outcomes and streamlining processes
We chat to Sue Marshal, Head of Inclusion, about how Provision Map helped School of Research Science in Dubai improve outcomes for students with SEND.
How to streamline your parents' meetings
Read how Tes Parents’ Meetings, powered by SchoolCloud, helped The International School @ ParkCity in Kuala Lumpur manage their termly parents’ evenings.
Get the most out of SchoolCloud parents’ meetings
Discover the seven reasons to use our parents' meetings software to reduce parents' evenings administrative tasks, saving valuable time for you, your school and parents.
Enhancing student engagement and behaviour management
Read how New Century Education in Abu Dhabi created a better learning environment for their students with Class Charts.
Class Charts' impact: one school’s story
Nathaniel Howell, Assistant Head Teacher, Gems Wellington International School, Dubai, shares his experience of how using Class Charts has helped his school.
5 key safeguarding concerns for international schools
Safeguarding issues are rarely standalone events and, with countless opportunities for perpetrators to come into contact with children and young people, it's crucial that all staff are keep up to date.
4 ways to improve retention in international schools
Four principals in Dubai give us their top tips on how to keep staff happy and boost retention
150,000 international safeguarding courses completed*
We’re supporting international schools to achieve their number one priority: to keep all their students safe, with unlimited, whole-school access to all the safeguarding training they need.
How to become a teaching assistant
In this article, we’ll cover what teaching assistants (TAs) do in their day-to-day role, how you can become a teaching assistant and the skills and qualifications you need to start your career as a teaching assistant.
Straight to Teaching: a personalised preparation course for QTS
Do you have talented TAs, HTLAs, unqualified teachers or other support staff that you know could become great teachers? Our Straight to Teaching course is a unique professional development programme that supports suitable school staff to gain QTS while they continue to work at your school.
Tes Institute partner with Sharp Interchange to deliver iQTS in Thailand
Following on from the DfE’s successful pilot roll-out of iQTS in 2022, and the launch of our very own International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS) course in May 2023, we’re proud to announce our partnership with Sharp Interchange to deliver iQTS to teachers in Thailand.
How to promote your Initial Teacher Training course
As recruitment for trainee teachers becomes increasingly challenging, it’s ever more important that – as a teacher training provider – you use every opportunity to promote yourself and your training courses.
Tes Institute: Your trusted partner for teaching apprenticeships
When it comes to embarking on a teaching apprenticeship, finding the right training provider is crucial. At Tes we've been supporting schools and teachers for over 100 years. Today, Tes Institute provides flexible, high-quality training and unwavering support to teachers and teaching staff in England and worldwide.
School Direct is now Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
In line with efforts to enhance training and professional development for teaching staff, the UK government have announced that the school-centred initial teacher training (ITT) route, School Direct, has been renamed and is now called Initial Teacher Training (ITT).