Workforce
The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects
Thursday
17th Oct 2024
How cutting staff meetings boosted teacher retention
A headteacher explains how she identified a slew of unnecessary meetings taking up staff time – and why reducing them has worked wonders for retention
Teacher pensions: everything you need to know
Teacher pensions can be confusing, but this handy guide explains everything from how much you might pay to what you will receive when you retire
Careers advisers ‘should be funded in every secondary’
Careers guidance needs to be targeted at students who are not getting it from their families, says Speakers for Schools report
Tuesday
15th Oct 2024
Schools offered free service to protect against cyberattacks
Schools encouraged to sign up for service developed by the National Cyber Security Centre
De Souza wants more support for neurodevelopmental conditions
Children’s commissioner calls for urgent changes in mainstream schools as a report finds that 400,000 children are seeking support from health services for a suspected neurodevelopmental condition
Monday
14th Oct 2024
MP bids for school mobile phone ban to become law
The bill will aim to address concerns about the negative impact of technology on children
Practical ways to tackle racism in education, from ITT to leadership
If we want to make education an inclusive environment for all, we need to take meaningful action – including bringing back Diversity Hubs, says Evelyn Forde
Friday
11th Oct 2024
How will the Employment Rights Bill impact schools?
Tes rounds up all we know so far about how the government’s planned workers’ rights legislation will affect teachers and support staff
Whatever happened to the £145.5m to maintain teacher numbers?
The deadlock between national and local government over teacher numbers in Scotland cannot last forever – Emma Seith looks at what got us to this point and what might come next