Lalit Jaggi obituary | Teaching
My mother, Lalit Jaggi, who has died aged 96, was an inspirational teacher. She was one of independent India’s first graduates, and in 1978 became head of the English …
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Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system | Special educational needs
England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years, according to a damning report by the local …
Candidate for first female chancellor of Oxford focuses on student gender gap | University of Oxford
A candidate bidding to become the University of Oxford’s first female chancellor has said she would focus her efforts on narrowing the attainment gap between higher-performing male students and …
Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents | Academies
Parents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental health, with teachers humiliating and “screaming” at pupils, and have urged the local …
Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs | Working from home
Recruiters have received a surge in job applications from disgruntled workers at companies that are removing employees’ flexibility over where they work after a flurry of return-to-office mandates were …
Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir
I like to walk around old cemeteries and read the headstones. Here in Iceland, it has been customary to engrave people’s job titles below their names and as I …
Schools in England lack funds to tackle rise in bad behaviour since Covid, say heads | Pupil behaviour
School leaders have said they lack the resources to manage a rising tide of challenging behaviour since the Covid pandemic, after figures revealed a significant rise in the number …
Tests for year 1 pupils in England should be dropped, headteachers urge | National curriculum
Primary school pupils in England should not face compulsory tests on phonics, times tables or grammar and punctuation, an influential headteachers’ union has advised the government. The National Association …
Deadlines may be vital, but so is procrastination. I’ll tell you why … soon | Imogen West-Knights
It’s a classic dilemma. A deadline is coming up, but you’re not quite finished. Do you hand in the work on time in its half-baked state, or do you …
Ofsted is still stuck in a punishment mindset | Ofsted
“Confusing” and “cumbersome” – I agree with the response of school leaders to the suggested grading of schools (Schools in England could be judged on scale of colours in …