Teaching
Discover the latest trends, research, and best practices in teaching and learning. From curriculum updates and innovative classroom strategies to the role of technology in education, we provide actionable insights for teachers and school leaders to enhance student outcomes.
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Apr- 2025 -3 April
Female teachers in Scottish schools face ‘more frequent’ violence and abuse
Female teachers in Scotland are more likely to be physically attacked by pupils than their male colleagues and to experience such abuse more frequently, according to research from NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union. Data from the union’s recent Behaviour in Schools survey shows that nearly half (49%) of female teachers in Scotland…
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3 April
Young people in England have ‘weaker’ socio-emotional skills, NFER finds
A new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found that the socio-emotional skills of young people aged 15/16 in England are “significantly weaker” than their peers in comparator countries.The NFER warned that if left unaddressed, these weaknesses could have consequences for young people’s future employability. The…
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3 April
UPP Foundation launches inquiry into widening uni participation gap
The UPP Foundation has launched an inquiry into the future of widening participation in higher education, after its new poll found “significant” regional disparities between teachers’ expectations of how many young people will attend university. Some 75% of teachers in London expect at least half of their class to progress…
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Mar- 2025 -31 March
Adolescence to be shown for free in UK schools
The government has announced that from 1 April 2025 secondary schools in the UK will be able to stream all four episodes of the hit Netflix show Adolescence, in a bid to help curb the rising rate of violent crime against young women in the UK. Netflix has made the…
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31 March
Stoke-on-Trent council fills secondary school places despite shortages
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has ensured that every child that is due to move from primary to secondary school this September, and is requesting a place in a city school, has been offered one – despite continued pressures on demand. A total of 3,161 secondary school places have been allocated for…
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31 March
NITC rejects 5.5% teachers’ pay offer
The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC) has rejected a 5.5% teachers’ pay offer for a second time. The latest offer included a 5.5% cost of living award for all teachers from 1 September 2024, a 5.5% increase on Teaching and Special Needs allowances, a commitment to jointly deliver over 25…
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28 March
T-level qualifications still less popular than BTECs, NAO finds
The National Audit office has suggested that vocational qualifications such as BTECs remain more popular than T Levels for students and should be retained until T Levels can be fully evaluated. The Department for Education (DfE) launched T Levels following recommendations from the 2016 Sainsbury Review, which outlined the need…
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28 March
Humanists UK backs campaign to stop closure of non-faith school
Humanists UK is supporting a campaign that aims to stop Southwark Council from closing the only non-faith primary school in its area, Charlotte Sharman Primary School. The news comes less than a year on from the successful campaign that saved the non-faith primary school from being merged into a Church…
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27 March
Welsh language skills improving in further education but impact ‘inconsistent’
Training schemes to enhance Welsh language skills in further education and apprenticeships are making a positive impact, but with inconsistencies in their long-term effectiveness, according to Estyn.The education and training inspectorate for Wales reported on the ‘Increasing the use of the Welsh language in post-16 sectors’, which evaluates training programmes…
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27 March
Prioritise individualised approaches to tackle pupil absences, NFER says
Schools should prioritise supportive, individualised approaches to tackling pupil absence while recognising that sanctions still have a role to play, new research from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found. The study, Voices from the Classroom – Understanding how secondary schools support pupils returning from absence, is based…
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