News

Thursday

29th Apr 2021

Don’t ‘panic’ pupils over lost learning, teachers told
WATCH Children’s commissioner backs teachers to ‘turn things around’ for pupils but issues plea in conference speech
WATCH: Grade GCSEs ‘dispassionately’, teachers told
Teachers must not let sympathy for individual students sway their judgements this year, says Ofqual chair

Saturday

3rd Apr 2021

WATCH: ‘Far too many’ teachers leaving, says Williamson
Education secretary tells NASUWT he wants to combat attrition rate among new teachers with improved training that will be ‘central’ to Covid recovery plan

Friday

26th Mar 2021

News podcast: Online exams, tired heads and PM’s pledge
The ÌÇÐÄVlog news team discuss the future of GCSEs and A levels, struggling school leaders, and Boris Johnson’s education pledge

Wednesday

24th Mar 2021

Covid catch-up: how to assess the learning ‘gaps’
Using assessment to diagnose learning gaps is complex, says Rob Coe, but he says it needs to be done well if we are to have an impact

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

WATCH: Ofsted must not ‘distract’ teachers, MPs told
Ofsted should ‘keep on the margins’ as teachers ‘teach like they’ve never taught before’, says ASCL leader

Friday

26th Feb 2021

PM thanks schools for work ‘throughout the pandemic’
WATCH: Boris Johnson says teachers are ‘really keen’ to get back on 8 March when there will be an ‘awful lot of testing’

Wednesday

24th Feb 2021

WATCH: Williamson ignores teachers’ distrust in DfE
Education secretary fails to respond to concerns over plummeting trust in his department

Monday

21st Dec 2020

ÌÇÐÄVlog FE podcast: 2020‘s most memorable stories
Join Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker as they round up the year in FE and share some of their favourite tales from 2020