Staff wellbeing

The Education Support charity has had to pause financial grants due to huge demand from teachers, writes CEO Sinéad Mc Brearty

Data from 10,000 schools has been analysed by FFT Education Datalab to assess the impact of two days of strikes last week

Helping pupils to carry out ‘social action’ work brings benefits to teachers – but many schools lack time and resources, finds report

Tes Scotland analysis of weekly attendance snapshots school attendance struggling to recover from Covid pandemic

More teaching assistants and universal access to free school meals are also seen as priorities, according to Ipsos

Having a part-time job can help students become well-rounded citizens, says Peter Bain, but schools must be aware of the pressure to work long hours

This week’s round-up of essential education news includes the government urging schools to provide more flexible-working opportunities, a warning to the prime minister over teacher pay and fears over support for pupils with SEND

Some LGBTQ+ teachers have ‘really supportive’ schools but others face ‘backwards’ attitudes that make them feel unsafe, according to a new report

MSPs also hear some students are attending school ‘even less than that’ – as Tes Scotland uncovers figures showing the attendance rate last week in secondary was just 82 per cent

School caterers call for free school meal funding rise in line with inflation, to £2.87, to avoid food shortages and poor quality becoming normalised

Parliamentary inquiry hears of schools’ concerns about the appeal of vaping to pupils

The lasting effects of Covid lockdowns continue to be felt in schools, not least around attendance and behaviour – yet the government seems unwilling to listen or address the challenges, warns Anne Longfield