Category: Teaching

School suspension in England only to be for pupils’ most serious misbehaviour

Policy intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent bad behaviour in school in ‘internal exclusion’ unitsSuspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour...

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‘AI is scary territory’: art teachers – one 64, one 29 – on cuts, creativity and life in a career that’s under threat

There are 27% fewer art teachers in England today than there were in 2011, and the proportion of students taking arts subjects has plummeted. Here’s what it’s like to work in a job that is essential and often...

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Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class childrenBridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for...

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One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at schoolOne in 12...

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Secondary schools in England to tackle ‘incel’ culture and teach positive role models

Government says new guidance will challenge ‘manosphere’ myths as DfE reports epidemic-scale misogynySecondary school pupils in England are to be taught about “incel” culture and the links between...

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