Education underpins all facets of our society. Everyone goes to school, everyone has an opinion about school, everyone is affected by what happens in schools. Education sits at the foundation of our work, our families, our attitudes and our beliefs.
What schools do matters.
It’s imperative, then, that schools can buy in the support and resource they need to do their job in the most effective way possible. Government has a big role here, mainly through giving appropriate levels of funding and guidance.
However, it’s also down to those organisations that work with schools to provide services and products that are well-timed, well-positioned on price and specifications, and well-suited to the needs and demands of the sector.
It is the responsibility of this market to innovate, to find new solutions to old problems and to come up with answers to new questions as they arise in classrooms and school offices.
Tes Education Insights: The power of expert analysis and trends forecasting
The education market has not always done these things to a level that supports schools in an effective way. Too often, heads sit in meetings, being pitched the wrong product solution to the wrong problem, at the wrong price.
Too often, charities and other non-profit organisations push their own messages and interventions, rather than the ones that schools really need for their pupils. And too often, external services don’t have enough knowledge of the broader issues facing schools in order to be effective.
There are some fantastic organisations that are making a difference every day through great products and services, but we want to make sure that every organisation gets this right.
That is why we have developed Tes Magazine Education Insights.
Tes magazine has 112 years of experience in the sector. It is the only publication in the world with this history of journalists dissecting every element of schools: policy, compliance, teaching and learning, behaviour, pastoral concerns and more. We are the trusted partner of schools, and we take that responsibility very seriously.
We want to use all this knowledge that we have accumulated, alongside the huge resource that we have, to ensure that schools get the support they need from the wider education sector.
Tes Magazine Education Insights will provide detailed information, analysis and trends forecasting for organisations and individuals who work with schools. Through comprehensive reports from award-winning journalists and webinars featuring renowned school leaders, commentators and industry experts, we will ensure that organisations are able to build products and services that are better targeted at overcoming the challenges that schools face.
Children get only one chance at an education. Tes Magazine Education Insights will help organisations to help schools, in order to ensure that one chance doesn’t go to waste.
Jon Severs is editor at Tes magazine. He tweets @jon_severs
Download Tes’ new Education Insights Report for free and watch the first expert webinar at: www.tes.com/for-schools/education-insights
