- 'More needs to be done to prevent further COVID impact on early years'
- Give lower-achieving students the top teachers to boost grades, research suggests
- Sending more disadvantaged pupils to Oxbridge will help level up education, says Eton head
- Katharine Birbalsingh: Teach works of "dead white men" or risk Shakespeare vanishing from classrooms
- Ofsted publishes its guide to a "high-quality" English curriculum
- 'The new Schools Bill is a real grab for power'
- Schools in Wales told to tackle bullying and racism head on
'More needs to be done to prevent further COVID impact on early years'
Primary education and early yearsClaudine Bowyer-Crane, Sara Bonetti and Louise Tracey, looking at the impact of the COVID pandemic on children’s wellbeing and development during Reception, write for Tes suggesting that the pandemic may have a continued negative impact on early years unless more is done to support recovery.
Give lower-achieving students the top teachers to boost grades, research suggests
Teaching and learningResearchers from the University of Bristol have suggested that the most "highly-rated" teachers should be assigned to lower-achieving students to raise GCSE grades. Simon Burgess, the lead author of the report, said: "Whether or not you have an effective teacher is by far the most important factor influencing students' GCSEs, outside of your family background." Tes.
Sending more disadvantaged pupils to Oxbridge will help level up education, says Eton head
General educationIn an interview with iNews, Simon Henderson, the headmaster of Eton College, said he wants to help level up the education system by sending more pupils from disadvantaged areas and the north of England to Oxbridge, as he outlined more of the school’s plans to open three new co-educational state sixth forms. By Will Hazell.
Katharine Birbalsingh: Teach works of "dead white men" or risk Shakespeare vanishing from classrooms
General educationKatharine Birbalsingh, chair of the Social Mobility Commission and head of Michaela Community School, has urged teachers to avoid scrapping historical novels in the name of a “decolonised” curriculum. By Ewan Somerville, The Telegraph.
William Yates, an English teacher at a secondary school in west London, writes in The Independent reviewing ITV’s documentary 'Britain’s Strictest Headmistress', featuring Katharine Birbalsingh. Mr Yates states that the documentary ‘didn’t do anything to reassure me that Ms Birbalsingh is interested in helping other teachers to thrive alongside her’.
Ofsted publishes its guide to a "high-quality" English curriculum
Teaching and learningSchools Week takes a closer look at Ofsted's English subject research review, which highlights the key principles of teaching a “high-quality” English curriculum. By James Carr.
'The new Schools Bill is a real grab for power'
Education policyLord Baker, who was the education secretary between 1986 and 1989, has warned that the Government’s new Schools Bill is a 'grab for power' and will give the Department for Education "complete control over the education system". By Freddie Whittaker, Schools Week.
Schools in Wales told to tackle bullying and racism head on
Welsh educationJeremy Miles, Wales' education minister, has told every school in Wales it must tackle bullying and racism head on, after a pupil lost a finger reportedly fleeing bullies. BBC News.