Friday
Inspired Education appoints new Middle East chief
The growing international schools group says the appointment ‘reinforces our long-term commitment to high-quality education’ across the Middle East and North Africa
Quantitative reasoning: why it matters for primary maths
The national curriculum fails to emphasise the importance of the ability to reason about quantities, says Louise Matthews, who explores how it can be taught
Can citizenship be squeezed into a ‘bursting’ primary curriculum?
Citizenship education is to become mandatory in primary schools. But how realistic is it to expect schools to fit a subject ranging from law to finances and media literacy into an already-busy timetable?
How instructional coaching has raised standards in our trust
Driving improvement across a MAT means everyone moving in the same direction – and instructional coaching has been the perfect vehicle, writes leader Andrew Truby
Independent group to monitor Ofsted’s impact on heads’ wellbeing
The NAHT launches advisory group, which will include the watchdog and DfE, amid concerns over new inspection framework
Thursday
Nearly a fifth of KS4 students recorded with SEND
The latest key stage 4 data shows that the proportion of students with SEND has been rising since before Covid, but also that the gender gap in KS4 results has narrowed
How occupational therapists’ role in schools is changing
It used to be the case that occupational therapists only really helped individual pupils with complex needs, but now they are increasingly working to a much broader brief with schools, finds Zofia Niemtus
Creating a school culture where children want to be
Giving pupils a sense of belonging is key to improving attendance – and we can do this through designing a welcoming school culture, says this trust leader
Wednesday
School phone ban backed by Lords in government defeat
The House of Lords votes in favour of a statutory ban on phones in schools, despite the government strengthening its guidance on this issue last month
Do schools need to change course on behaviour?
‘Bad’ behaviour is damaging teacher wellbeing and disrupting learning, despite successive governments trying to tackle it. Could findings from behavioural psychology and child development hold the answer? David Robson takes a look
Digital literacy is no longer enough - our pupils need digital maturity
The rise of AI means that children today don’t just need to know how to use technology – they need to know when to use it, says this senior international leader
