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The DfE has launched a £57m scheme to carry out flood protection work for at least 150 schools in England tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Flood protection for schools set out in £57m scheme

The plan is to deliver flood-resilience improvements to at least 150 schools across England, the DfE says

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Loneliness among young people is a shocking problem – our response should be to give schools the time and space to nurture the skills of making friendships, writes @MargaretMulhol2 tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

Do schools need to ‘teach’ friendship?

Amid an epidemic of youth loneliness, rather than trying to ‘fix’ children, schools need space to explicitly set the conditions for friendships to flourish, argues Margaret Mulholland

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There will always be more to do in schools. The challenge is not finding ways to do everything, it is about becoming better at deciding what genuinely matters – and sometimes that’s the most valuable CPD, argues this international leader tes.com/magazine/leadership/…

Why CPD should (sometimes) be about doing less, not more

Professional development can also be about working out what to drop and how to be more efficient, says this international leader

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One in seven state schools in England opted for a two-week October half term this year, prompting an academic to warn of a ‘postcode lottery for families’ tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Warning over 2-week half term ‘piecemeal revolution’

One in seven schools said they opted for a two-week October half term this year

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ICYMI: All the updates you need to know from the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document for 2026 tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Experienced teachers lose right to annual pay reviews

DfE also presses ahead with allowing one-off bonuses for teachers and leaders, despite union warnings about pay inequality

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Screens have become embedded in schools, but there’s now a backlash fuelled by fears over children’s wellbeing and learning. So, is the situation as dire as some suggest? Tes speaks to a screen time researcher to find out tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

Why schools shouldn’t panic about screens

Screens have become embedded in schools, but there’s now a backlash fuelled by fears over children’s wellbeing and learning. So, is the situation as dire as some suggest? Tes speaks to screen time...

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Using an AI photo app to remove a watermark from a school picture might seem harmless, but it’s important that schools make parents aware of the possible safeguarding risks, writes Shezleen Salaam tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

The hidden risks of AI photo apps: what schools should tell families

Using an AI photo app to remove a watermark from a school picture might seem harmless, but it’s important that schools make parents aware of the possible safeguarding risks, writes Shezleen Salaam

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Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Late KCSIE changes leave schools’ safeguarding policies ‘out of date’

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools

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Shakespeare doesn’t have to be confined to English and drama, says this trust, which explains how The Bard has inspired vocational lessons for its students tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

How Shakespeare is being used for vocational lessons

The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking Julius Caesar to thousands of students this autumn. Jasmine Norden finds out how some schools are going beyond the traditional drama workshops

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The Conservatives' @LauraTrottMP has accused Lucy Powell of a ‘failure of leadership’ by showing a ‘lack of public support’ for Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver in a TV interview tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Powell accused of ‘failure of leadership’ over Ofsted comments

The Conservatives’ Laura Trott claims the education secretary ‘undermined’ Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver in a TV interview

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Cerys Turner@cerysturner7Oct 22
Excl: Schools are “drowning” in subject access complaints, driven by AI, fractured parent relationships & unclear guidance. ✍️One trust tells me they’ve seen a 2000% increase in requests post Covid & has spent £100k on answering requests in just a year. tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Trusts ‘drowning’ in ‘weaponised’ subject access requests

One trust alone is spending £100K a year handling a huge rise in requests for personal data, which are often fuelled by parents using AI tools

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Jon Severs@jon_seversOct 22
Schools are being overwhelmed by SARs - costing substantial sums of cash and taking time away from teaching. @cerysturner7 has the details in this week's MAT Tracker newsletter - sign up (and read) for free here: tes-magazine-mat-tracker.bee…

Sign up to the Tes magazine MAT Tracker newsletter

Sign up to get essential and exclusive insights for the academy trust sector delivered to your inbox

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Amid concerns over KCSIE’s length and the sheer volume of guidance to adopt and comply with, changes made to safeguarding policies as late as September has led to patience ‘wearing thin’ in schools. @tes tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Late KCSIE changes leave schools’ safeguarding policies ‘out of date’

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools

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What are the key questions to ask before entering an international school partnership? A development firm CEO explains how they approached finding a partner school tes.com/magazine/analysis/sp…

International school partnerships: what developers want to know

A development firm CEO explains how they approached finding a partner school for an opening in Morocco to demonstrate what the process looks like from the other side

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Knowledge gaps in secondary maths could be widening rather than closing, a major new research report suggests tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Fear of growing knowledge gaps in secondary maths

A significant proportion of students with low prior attainment report that their maths lessons move on before they have understood the topic

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Last-minute updates to KCSIE guidance meant schools' safeguarding policies were out of date at the start of term, leaders say, amid warnings that schools are being ‘set up to fail’ tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Late KCSIE changes leave schools’ safeguarding policies ‘out of date’

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools

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There are now 656 international school groups operating 5,928 schools across the globe – accounting for 38.3% of the market – according to new data from ISC Research tes.com/magazine/news/specia…

Over 650 international school groups now operating worldwide

New data shows rapid growth over the past decade - and how this is changing the management of schools as processes become more centralised

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Violence-fixated pupils referred to Prevent are being sent back to schools because they don’t meet the programme’s criteria, @Rachel_deSouza tells the Southport Inquiry tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Teachers ‘pulling their hair out’ over ‘violence-fixated’ pupils

Children’s commissioner says children who are influenced by harmful online content are being bounced back to school because they do not meet the criteria for the Prevent programme

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Past exam questions and examiner comments can be invaluable for students' learning, but finding them is a time-consuming task for teachers – that’s why I use AI, explains this maths teacher tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

How I use AI to build better assessments

Using past papers and examiner notes to guide student learning is invaluable, but finding them is time-consuming. However, AI can help, says this maths teacher

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Exclusive: A huge rise in ‘weaponised’ subject access requests is impacting staff wellbeing and workload in MATs and schools, leaders warn – but legal experts say staff may be doing more work than they need to in complying with these data requests tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Trusts ‘drowning’ in ‘weaponised’ subject access requests

One trust alone is spending £100K a year handling a huge rise in requests for personal data, which are often fuelled by parents using AI tools

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