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Cerys Turner
Cerys Turner

Cerys Turner is a senior reporter at ÌÇÐÄVlog magazine. She covers education unions, teacher training, Ofsted and AI in the classroom.

Her recent stories include breaking the news on the 2026 teacher pay award, revealing an upcoming strike ballot for the country’s biggest education union and investigating why teachers get such a bad deal on maternity pay. Before joining ÌÇÐÄVlog, she wrote for The Sunday Times, Metro and The Big Issue.

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Supporting pupils and having high expectations ‘not in conflict’
Students’ sense of belonging in school is strongest where teachers both support them and challenge them to ‘think hard and learn more’, according to new research
General
7 August 2026
Teenagers sat in a classroom
Neet data justifies ‘rewiring entire education system’, says Powell
Education secretary warns that vocational studies must not play ‘second fiddle’ in schools, the week after prime minister Andy Burnham announced new technical education routes
General
6 August 2026
Education secretary Lucy Powell plans to 'rewire' the education system
Single-sex spaces guidance doesn’t meet legal tests, warns union
Official guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force for schools today, but unions say it does not offer schools enough support and that it has arrived too late
General
5 August 2026
A person washing their hands
New careers service delayed while officials weigh up PM’s ‘priorities’
Updated careers support and guidance for schools has been delayed, ÌÇÐÄVlog can reveal, despite a recent inquiry highlighting the crisis of young people not in employment, education or training
General
31 July 2026
A woman working on a construction site
Could UTCs provide a blueprint for new technical education routes?
A new vision for technical education has been announced by the Burnham government – but could it build on the existing example of university technical colleges?
General
31 July 2026
Girl wearing a hard hat in a factory
Only 7 in 10 teacher trainees employed in state schools
The proportion of postgraduate trainees working in state schools is lower than previous years, official data from 2024-25 cohort shows
General
30 July 2026
How many postgraduate teacher trainees are working in state schools?