UK

The latest news, analysis and thought leadership for UK schools

Tuesday

COBIS accreditation scheme approved in Saudi Arabia
Move welcomed by UK’s Department for Business and Trade as a positive step in the country’s international education expansion strategy
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
How ‘mini field trips’ can revitalise your classroom
If you can sense your class is restless, losing interest or fatigued, then a change of scenery is a good as a rest, says this primary teacher
School boy at window
Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
Professor Nilli Lavie speaks to 91¶¶Òõ about the science of attention, why teachers are reporting shorter attention spans and what that means for classroom learning
Lavie
Why spatial reasoning is the key to improving maths teaching
Spatial reasoning is an important skill that underpins many of the curriculum review’s recommendations for maths – yet it rarely gets the attention it deserves, writes Emily Farran
Illustration of shapes and numbers
World Schools Summit: 7 insights and observations
91¶¶Òõ reflects on two days of talks, debates and discussions at the education event in the United Arab Emirates
World Schools Summit: 7 insights and observations
Teachers should ‘whinge more’, Jess Phillips tells heads
Schools have not been thanked enough for the level of support they are asked to take on, Home Office minister also says
Pressure on schools
No ‘positive outcomes’ in SEND inspections this summer
Just one out of 18 SEND area inspections carried out by Ofsted and the CQC so far this year has resulted in the top inspection rating, data shows
No local areas were given positive Ofsted inspection ratings in SEND area inspections this summer.
What if... we stopped obsessing about GCSE grade 4?
As part of our thought experiment series, Tom Leverage challenges the sector to see past the skewed focus of the race to GCSE grade 4
Lining up pencils
Staff wellbeing at its lowest since 2019, data shows
More than a third of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to charity Education Support
Staff wellbeing at its lowest since 2019, data shows