It’s been a non-stop week with big education announcements and interesting guides to a post-social distancing classroom.

If classroom life has meant that you haven’t had a chance to read the latest Tes news and features, fear not. Here are some of the highlights, in one handy list.

News

• Exclusive: Schools could go longer without Ofsted inspections

Ofsted and the Department for Education are set to extend the statutory window in which schools must be inspected by two more years, Tes understands

• Teacher training: Teach First wins £113m for six and a half more years

The charity will once again receive funding to run the government’s high-potential initial teacher training programme.

• Catch-up tsar Sir Kevan Collins: Extended school day should be compulsory

Changes to the school day have been suggested as a way to help pupils catch up on lost learning time. Sir Kevan Collins explains why they should be compulsory.

• Revealed: A third of primary school staff report pupil sex misconduct

A Tes survey reveals what primary school staff say about the number of instances of pupil sexual misconduct. 

• We need more guidance on pupil sexual harassment, say teachers

A Tes survey reveals a need for more guidance on how to deal with pupil sexual harassment.

• GCSEs and A levels: Ofqual questions comparability of 2022 exams

Exams sat in 2022 won’t necessarily be comparable to previous years’ exams, says Ofqual 

• WATCH: How the pupil premium funding change has hit one school’s catch-up plans

One headteacher explains the impact that the change in the allocation of pupil premium funding is having on his school.

Features

• Left brain and right brain? Beware these myths

You may have heard the one about people either being “right-brained” or “left-brained” - either creative or logical...but it’s just not true - and teachers need to be wary of these neuromyths.

• Why I’ll be keeping my desks in rows after Covid 

Covid restrictions forced this teacher to change her classroom, but now the rows are staying.

• Extend playtime to help close the Covid gap

More playground time will help children in the classroom and address ‘lost learning’, says this teacher 

• Everyone would benefit from laughing more in the classroom

Classrooms should be fun places where laughter is encouraged, and it’s good for the teachers - not just the students, writes one former English teacher

• What impact will the new wellbeing charter have on teacher mental health?

The new Education Staff Wellbeing Charter is coming, but will it make a difference to the happiness of teachers?

• Masks have gone from classrooms - so here is how you can reintroduce group discussions

Discussions were tricky with covered faces in secondary school classrooms, so here are some tips to get the chat going again.

Videos 

Headteacher reacts to pupil premium funding change

What does school smell like?