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There’s nothing worse than a passive-aggressive colleague who thinks they are better than you – here’s how to respond to their comments, writes one history teacher

‘She was the child who taught me more than I taught her – her bravery in dealing with her twin’s death reminds me why, to this day, I became a teacher.’ Tom Rogers remembers one extraordinary pupil

Jessica had taught 20 lessons, she’d run detentions, she’d managed arguments between children in her form, she’d planned and marked. The desire to ‘catch her out’ seems to have overridden any desire for common sense or fairness.

Tom Rogers, a head of history and acclaimed Tes columnist, discusses his ‘mind journey’ and his decision to be open about his mental illness

Pay, workload, job satisfaction: consider it all before you jump ship, writes one teacher who left the classroom but was drawn back

Unlike their counterparts in Japan, who spend 200 hours less in front of a class every year, the UK’s teachers have little time to reflect and improve upon on their practice, writes one history teacher