Thursday
To profit or not to profit? How a new model is changing international schools
International schools have historically been not-for-profit institutions set up to serve expats, but the schools now being opened overseas by UK private brands are different, says this experienced head
Why toilets and isolation are key barriers to Year 7 belonging
Feeling overwhelmed and high levels of distrust have also been identified as core challenges in a new study into primary to secondary transition, finds Jasmine Norden
Teaching in Singapore: Why it’s a ‘go to’ destination for staff
Singapore is famous for being an international business hub – as well as for its strict rules around cleanliness and behaviour. But what’s it like to live and teach in the city-state? Emma Seith talks to leaders to find out
Why we’re reviewing teachers’ professional development standards
The Chartered College of Teaching is hosting a review that will help to put professional learning ‘closer to the heart of educational improvement’, says Dr Grace Healy
Year 8 reading tests ‘least effective’ way to help struggling pupils
NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure
Wednesday
Scope for negotiation on Ofsted is ‘exhausted’, heads warn
ASCL’s senior members are meeting this week to decide how to take ‘more assertive action’ over inspection concerns
OFG Education snaps up 3 schools in international push
Deals for schools in Spain and the United Arab Emirates take the group’s total to four international settings, with the promise of more to come
Could French school protests cross the Channel?
In the past fortnight thousands have been arrested and schools have been disrupted in France amid a wave of protests by teenagers. What’s driving the unrest? And could something similar happen in England?
Headteacher announces exit as DfE adviser
Andrew O’Neill, who was appointed school policy and delivery adviser under previous education secretary Bridget Phillipson, brings an early end to his secondment
6 things I wish I’d known before becoming a leader
One student’s question got this deputy head thinking about the realities of good leadership – and the fact that much of it comes down to accepting you don’t know everything and looking to others for help
The kids aren’t alright: is resilience to blame?
Schools are facing significant problems around pupils’ mental health and attendance, and political voices have pointed to a lack of resilience as the cause. But can interventions designed to boost this quality really help?
Just 15 trainees for this popular subject? The DfE must act
More than 46,000 students took A-level economics this year but the subject has had fewer than 100 new specialist teachers since 2019. The government needs to make this staff shortage a priority, argues academic Sonia Strnad
