International
The latest news, analysis and thought leadership for the international schools sector, including US, British and International baccalaureate curriculum schools
Monday
24th Feb 2025
How useful is it to compare education systems around the world?
Crude caricatures of how education works in different countries can be unhelpful, writes Christian Bokhove, who says we need a more nuanced approach
5 tips for pastoral leads ahead of exam season
Exams may still feel far off, but the problems that might emerge then often start around now. An international leader shares their tried and tested advice
Friday
21st Feb 2025
International schools group recruits MAT CEO
Rob Tarn will join GEMS Education鈥檚 First Schools Management division after eight years at a large multi-academy trust in the North of England
How schools should prepare for the move away from Windows 10
Microsoft will stop supporting the operating system used by the majority of English schools in October. A trust IT and data director explains how to get ready
Tuesday
18th Feb 2025
Where do 21st century skills go from here?
A quarter of the way through the century, are we following the right path for the core skills we want young people to have 鈥� or do we need to revisit and refine them?
We need to keep an open mind about the root of reading difficulties
There is still an unhelpful reluctance to accept that many children will have additional needs around reading, says Megan Dixon
Monday
17th Feb 2025
Cambridge extends Checkpoint exam series
Exam board introduces a March series for the Checkpoint tests and moves the May series in response to demand from international schools
Schools鈥� quick wellbeing fixes can do more harm than good
鈥楧ropped in鈥� wellbeing interventions don鈥檛 work, research shows. Instead mental health needs to be embedded in school life, says Luke Ramsden