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21 December 2018

Headteacher "brain drain" as more teachers take up posts outside the UK
'The SEND support system doesn’t just need more money to function properly'
Christmas maths puzzles - can you solve them?
The Daily News Summary will return in 2019

Headteacher "brain drain" as more teachers take up posts outside the UK

 

According to Gwen Byrom, president of the Girls' Schools Association and outgoing head of Loughborough High School, the UK could struggle to recruit senior teachers as more take up posts abroad. By Caroline Henshaw, Tes.

 
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'The SEND support system doesn’t just need more money to function properly'

 

Dr Bernard Trafford, a writer, educationalist, musician and former independent school headteacher, discusses the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support system which, he argues, "requires root-and-branch review". Tes.

 
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Christmas maths puzzles - can you solve them?

 

Scotland's education and deputy first minister has set some maths puzzles for 10-year-olds in a bid to inspire more enthusiasm for the subject. But can you solve them? By Henry Hepburn, Tes.

 
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The Daily News Summary will return in 2019

 

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