Join a trust, and say goodbye to control of your lessons... That's a narrative that has grown up over the years, but how true is it? And where if it does happen, is it about telling a teacher what to do or freeing them up to have more control? www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

MATs centralising the curriculum: the myths, trends and critics

Talk of teachers being told from the top which PowerPoints to use in their lessons has sparked criticism of curriculum centralisation, but what is really happening in trusts? Jasmine Norden investigat...

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Schools are less likely to achieve the Ofsted inclusion standard if they have higher levels of SEND, new analyses for Tes has found. Big investigation here from @johngroberts.bsky.social and @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

High SEND schools 5 times more likely to miss Ofsted inclusion standard

Experts warn of ‘serious flaws’ in the watchdog’s framework and question why schools with higher levels of SEND and disadvantaged pupils are getting lower grades

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"England has done quite well, and schools, teachers and students should be thanked. However, the certainty with which many conclusions are being drawn suggests confirmation bias is more at play than anything else" @cbokhove.bsky.social on PISA www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Are England’s Pisa 2025 results really worth celebrating?

The latest Pisa international study has sparked many far-reaching claims that stretch what the data tells us - and England’s scores in reading and maths aren’t worth writing home about anyway, says Ch...

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Tes magazine has published its first Mat Tracker newsletter, with insights, trends analysis, merger and acquisition updates, job moves, insider rumours and much more. Huge amount of work from Charlotte. Please do have a look, share and subscribe (it's free!).

Charlotte Santry@charlottesantry.bsky.social · 2d ago

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Every school should have an inclusion statement written and published by 1 January. Here, @jasminenorden.bsky.social asks experts what should be in it and how to make sure it makes a genuine difference. A great resource for all in schools ⬇️ www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

How to write your inclusion strategy statement

Every school needs to publish an inclusion strategy statement by 31 December - Jasmine Norden asks experts what should be in it and how to put it together

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PISA is out this morning: a strong showing in science, but basically flatlined for reading and maths. Labour has hailed "strong" results but made case for change to avoid "standing still". Big political battle will now begin on these numbers. (And worth noting these are far from 'clean' numbers)

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England's scores in the latest Pisa study, published this morning, remain 'strong' according to the DfE – but the government has used the results to make the case for change. @ktorm-social1.bsky.social has all the details here ⬇️

“I’m very much against how the government has tried to water down the [Ofsted] ratings for schools and kind of make them more opaque.” Reform education spokesperson Suella Braverman talks to @jabedahmed.bsky.social about behaviour, SEND, Ofsted and more www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Reform considers return to single-phrase Ofsted grades

Suella Braverman also tells Tes the party favours Michaela-style behaviour rules, alongside plans to mandate hymns and flags in schools

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Lucy Powell appears to want to forget the past two years has happened... that's a very problematic voluntary amnesia. "Powell may be starting anew with the sector, but the sector is not starting anew with Labour. Pretending otherwise is not just odd; it’s disingenuous."

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 6d ago

Will the new Labour DfE ignore the work of the previous Labour DfE – and what are the pitfalls that come with that approach? Editor @jonsevers.bsky.social explores in our first Tes Daily newsletter of the new school year. Read it here ⬇️

"Amid rising child poverty, some schools are spending more than double what they have been allocated to meet the needs of disadvantaged pupils" This just isn't a funding issue, it is a wider failure of the state to acknowledge the holes in public service being filled by schools.

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What do schools spend the pupil premium on? At a time when schools are under increasing financial pressure, @jabedahmed.bsky.social investigates how they are using this disadvantage funding – from paying for core staff to providing food for hungry children

This is a superb analysis of where we are now with Ofsted inspection grades from @johngroberts.bsky.social “I don’t think this is any more coherent, less confusing or less stressful for people,” one school leader told him.

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Two years on from Labour scrapping Ofsted single-word judgements, has this improved the inspection experience for schools and leaders? @johngroberts.bsky.social investigates

"I don’t think blaming anyone for not having grit, whether they’re 12 or 42, is helpful. But it is possible that there have been changes in the ability of kids to finish what they began, work hard, set goals and so forth." Some very interesting discussions in this piece

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Ten years on from the publication of her bestselling book, Grit, @angeladuckworth.bsky.social talks to @helen-amass.bsky.social about how her thinking on this characteristic has changed – and what this means for schools

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Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

📡 Introducing our new newsletter for the 2026-27 school year: Tes MAT Tracker! It features essential insights into academy trusts, those who work in or with them, and the policy that shapes them – all exclusive to this weekly newsletter. Sign up here: tes-magazine-mat-tracker.beehiiv.com

Labour’s plan for vocational options at age 14 risks lowering expectations for many and reversing the academic progress of the past decade, argues shadow education secretary Laura Trott

Laura Trott: Labour risks repeating lowered expectations of the past

Summer policy announcements from the government with little depth risk undoing the excellent work of teachers over the past 10 years, argues the shadow education secretary

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Fact check: does the GCSE system really set up a third of students to fail? Detailed and very well explained piece from @jasminenorden.bsky.social here - well worth your time. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Fact check: does the GCSE system really set up a third of students to fail?

Another year of declining proportions of resit students achieving a grade 4 in maths and English has resulted in much discussion about whether young people are being set up to fail - and whether a gra...

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"She was one of those teachers who was very motherly, and she took her time with each individual child the way a good mother would." Dolly Parton on her education and the teacher that shaped her.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remembering Dolly Parton: the beloved country singer featured in Tes magazine in 2010 discussing her favourite teacher, Archie Ray McMahan: ‘She took her time with each individual child the way a good mother would’

The number of students leaving school without grade 4 in English and maths remains remarkably consistent because of the 'labyrinthine mechanics of how exams are graded', says @ascl-uk.bsky.social's @pepediiasio.bsky.social, who argues for ‘political boldness’ to break the cycle

Insanity of GCSE resits policy revealed once again

Another year of most resit students falling short of the required grade 4 in English language and maths proves we need a change, argues ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

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The 10 best selling books for teens in the past 12 months... Do they tell schools and English leads anything they didn't know before about the literary tastes of pupils (or explain why non-readers still don't choose to read?) Rufus Thomas takes a look. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

What the bestselling books for teens tell secondary teachers

Secondary schools are being pushed to boost reading, but what is the best way to do that? Rufus Thomas looks for clues in the Waterstones’ bestseller list about what teens actually want to read

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Lots of people saying we have seen this technical pivot from governments before - here's a piece by someone who helped design one of those past efforts and has some points of note for designing it this time around. Great piece from Gareth.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With Andy Burnham outlining his big plan for new technical education pathways in schools, former DfE civil servant @garethconyard.bsky.social highlights the lesson the prime minister can learn from the failed 14-19 Diplomas

The @tesmagazine.bsky.social team have been busy this morning taking your key questions to the gov on thr below and finding what (slim) answers there are. Key qs remain, including the future of P8.. We'll keep updating as we get more detail so bookmark it! Read here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New technical routes for schools: what we do and don’t know

A huge announcement on secondary education was made by Andy Burnham last night, begging a raft of questions. We set out the answers the sector needs and the detail - where it exists - we know already

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Jon Severs@jonsevers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: A huge shift in secondary education has been announced by @andyburnham.bsky.social - new technical routes offered in schools for 14 year olds.... by 2028. Announcing in the holidays with very little info is not a good way of selling it to the sector. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

BREAKING: A huge shift in secondary education has been announced by @andyburnham.bsky.social - new technical routes offered in schools for 14 year olds.... by 2028. Announcing in the holidays with very little info is not a good way of selling it to the sector. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New technical pathways in secondary schools by 2028, PM announces

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

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BREAKING: A huge shift in secondary education has been announced by @andyburnham.bsky.social - new technical routes offered in schools for 14 year olds.... by 2028. Announcing in the holidays with very little info is not a good way of selling it to the sector. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New technical pathways in secondary schools by 2028, PM announces

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

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Feels significant that Georgia Gould has been retained as schools minister. She has been leading on far reaching SEND reforms which are still very much in train. Here is a round up of what the government announced earlier this year. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

How is Labour planning to reform SEND?

The DfE sets out proposals for schools to produce statutory support plans for pupils with SEND and for new national inclusion standards. Here’s everything you need to know about its reform plans

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Congratulations to @georgiagould.bsky.social - reappointed as a minister at the DfE, hugely respected by all who have met her and will bring some needed continuity to the Send reforms.

After a change at the top of the DfE, editor @jonsevers.bsky.social looks back at the tenure of Bridget Phillipson in a post-reshuffle special Tes Daily newsletter. Read it here ⬇️

Tes Daily: A missed opportunity follows Phillipson out of the DfE

Jon Severs looks back at the two-year tenure of Bridget Phillipson in a post-reshuffle special Tes Daily newsletter

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Congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - a lot of big reforms in motion, a lot of heat around those reforms. Some big delivery targets to hit. Proper discussion with the sector will be essential.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Breaking: Lucy Powell has been appointed as education secretary by new prime minister Andy Burnham, replacing Bridget Phillipson

If the system for inspecting MATs isn’t designed correctly, trusts could be put off from taking on struggling schools in disadvantaged areas, warns @ngauk.bsky.social

MAT inspections 'could put trusts off struggling schools'

With the government planning trust-level inspections, the National Governance Association warns against judging MATs by looking at the overall performance of their schools

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Headteacher salaries are now reaching up to £240,000 in some areas, vastly exceeding the proposed MAT CEO salary cap, a @tes analysis has revealed today. Experts have warned the CEO cap may cause a ‘flattening’ of pay generally... Full story below www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Revealed: Where heads’ pay soars above MAT salary limit

Experts warn the DfE plan to control trust chief executives’ pay could deter heads from becoming CEOs, and the £174K approval threshold could effectively become a pay ceiling

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A great appointment - Christine will be thoroughly independent and will need to be

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Exclusive: The DfE is launching a review – led by Dame Christine Gilbert – into Sats failings after results were delayed by more than one week due to 'technical issues'

"Thank you for not being beaten by the pressures put upon you. Thank you for giving kids moments of joy, despite the system often making that so much harder." This morning's leader, which I have put on LinkedIn after some lovely feedback. www.linkedin.com/posts/jon-se...

This morning's daily briefing from Tes magazine - lots of lovely feedback so thought I would post it here: “I am captain of the winged monkeys,” my son told me a few weeks back. I asked him if th...

This morning's daily briefing from Tes magazine - lots of lovely feedback so thought I would post it here: “I am captain of the winged monkeys,” my son told me a few weeks back. I asked him if this w...

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