Staff wellbeing

The Tes Schools Awards ceremony celebrated the amazing achievements of schools and teachers, including a lifetime achievement award for former national schools commissioner Dr Elizabeth Sidwell

Researchers say that children’s academic positivity accounts for ‘significant’ growth in key stage 2 attainment

Since 1990 teenage girls in Scotland had been more positive about school but that has now changed, according to longitudinal survey that also raises concerns about students’ overall satisfaction with school

Two educational psychologists in Scotland respond to suggestions by a teaching union that nurture approaches ‘mask’ behaviour issues

New report calls for a dedicated government minister to drive forward a national strategy to join up education and youth work services

This week’s essential round-up includes the response to Ofsted’s announcement of changes; plus fears about the government’s national plan for music and the rise of part-time timetables

Increasing core school funding so that teachers have time and space to build relationships is crucial to resolving behaviour issues, MSPs hear

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley sets out the union’s priorities for year ahead, hailing the success of teacher pay campaign but urging members to be ready for more fights to come

EIS says better reporting of violent incidents in schools is essential and that a shortage of specialist teachers and pupil support assistants is a big part of the problem

Teachers also say six minutes are lost in every 30 minutes of lesson time because of pupil misbehaviour, according to a government survey

More than a quarter of teachers opt out of promotions because they are worried about the impact on their family life, Teach First survey finds

Schools are struggling to recruit because of a ‘perfect storm’ of chronic teacher shortages, a rise in career moves and a tight labour market, report warns