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The 1,265 hours of directed time rule for teachers is ‘archaic’, trust CEO Rebecca Boomer-Clark tells #Lab24 fringe event – adding that the profession must ‘have a much more flexible understanding of time’ tes.com/magazine/news/…

Guidance and standards issued to schools on breakfast quality and what good breakfast looks like are “grossly out of date,” education minister Stephen Morgan MP has said, after Labour announced plans for a pilot of breakfast clubs next year. tes.com/magazine/news/…

This year, A-level maths became the first subject to surpass 100,000 entries. But is it fit for purpose? My Tes magazine long-read, with insights from David Thomas, @jenniemaths, Andy Noyes and teachers at Inspiration Trust and Egglescliffe 6thForm tes.com/magazine/analy…

Nearly 9% of teachers in England resigned from the profession in 2021-22 – yet in France the figure was just 0.4%. So why do French schools have such good retention? Ellen Peirson-Hagger investigates tes.com/magazine/analy…

How the humble sock became part of the school uniform 'couture wars'. Will this change again under Labour? Dan Worth investigates tes.com/magazine/analy…

Primary-only trusts are at a huge financial disadvantage compared to secondary-only and mixed trusts, leading to a worrying imbalance in the system. With equitable funding, one primary-only trust would be £8m better off. Top work from Jasmine Norden tes.com/magazine/news/…

Most parents support school attendance, but they also want to be able to take their children on holiday at a price that doesn’t bankrupt them. What’s the solution, asks ASCL leader Pepe Di’Iasio tes.com/magazine/analy…

Ever since the decoupling of AS and A levels in 2015, AS levels have been in decline. In less than a decade, the number of AS level entries has fallen by more than 95 per cent. But some schools do still offer AS. They told me why, for Tes magazine tes.com/magazine/analy…

Two big challenges for Govt in today's National Audit Office report on the SEND crisis...to come up with a long term vision for inclusion in schools and to a find a solution to a financial crisis that could see 43% of councils effectively declare bankruptcy by 2026. tes.com/magazine/news/…

This academic year, councils will spend £2.1bn to send pupils with SEND to independent schools. Is a model of partnering a local authority and a MAT the way forward? My Tes magazine feature on OrmistonAcads’s newly opened Freston Junction tes.com/magazine/analy…

The Sutton Trust Report author Sam Freedman writes for Tes explaining how the government has ‘promised cash to fix crumbling schools and free breakfast clubs’ – but ‘far greater funding is needed to tackle the major issues facing schools today’ tes.com/magazine/analy…

A quick 🧵of Tes magazine pre-budget funding stories before tomorrow - particularly this one⬇️The DfE has terminated capital funding bids for some schools after identifying "serious irregularities" in their bids tes.com/magazine/news/…

Alistair Wood, CEO of Edapt, explains how the law reconciles the tension between the rights of teachers to join protests and their responsibilities as educators tes.com/magazine/analy…

And here's our roundup of everything schools need to know from the Budget today - including Education Policy Institute stating £1bn for SEND only represents a quarter of estimated LA high needs deficits tes.com/magazine/news/…

I wrote for TES on what the budget means for education.

Children’s reading is at ‘crisis’ point, National Literacy Trust warns, as the number of pupils who enjoy reading has dropped to the lowest level in almost 20 years tes.com/magazine/news/…

Tes is in Birmingham for #CSTConf24 along with trust leaders across the country - come say hello to myself, Jasmine Norden, Jon Severs & Ellen Peirson-Hagger 👋🏻 Confederation of School Trusts Tes magazine

A decade on since the introduction of the current School Food Standards, why are so many schools failing to meet them? And what’s the point anyway, if they’re not monitored? My Tes magazine feature tes.com/magazine/analy…

School food standards are mandatory – so why doesn’t every school comply? My Tes magazine feature, with insight from TurnerSchoolsUK, Dixons Academies Trust, Pioneer Educational Trust, Food Standards Agency, Professor Greta Defeyter, Shona Goudie, Andy Jolley, Good Food and FM Services🍎🥗, School Food Matters and LACA tes.com/magazine/analy…

Our Tes magazine magazine newsletters have had a refresh – and they're now even more focused on bringing teachers and school leaders the key content they need, when they need it. If you're not already signed up, you can find out how here ⬇️ tes.com/magazine/news/…