ISC Daily News Summary

ISC Daily News Summary 21 December 2018

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

Recruitment and retention

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.


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

SEND

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.


Christmas maths puzzles - can you solve them?

General education

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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Message from ISC

The Daily News Summary will be taking a break over the festive period, with today's DNS (21 December) being the last of 2018. Normal service will resume on Wednesday 2 January, 2019.

From everyone at the Independent Schools Council, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


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