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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 91���� 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, 91���� 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 91���� 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 91���� 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

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What does school smell like?

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