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Responding to stressful situations toolkit

17 November 2023

Stress is a natural response to challenging situations and events. While everyone experiences stress to some extent, stress can be overwhelming when it is particularly intense or long-lasting, and negatively…

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Children’s commissioner briefing on school attendance in England

16 November 2023

Improving school attendance is an absolute priority for the Children’s Commissioner. Children are offered the best start to further their ambitions, relationships and learning when they are in school. However,…

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Managing culture to achieve lasting change

15 November 2023

The importance of managing culture is well understood in big business, but is it too often overlooked in schools? “If you don’t manage culture, it manages you.” These wise words…

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DfE announce 5% rise for teachers’ pension scheme employer rate

14 November 2023

The Department for Education has announced that the teachers' pension scheme employer rate will rise by 5% from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027. This takes the contribution from…

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Ofsted blog: How we inspect safeguarding in schools

13 November 2023

In this blog, Ofsted consider safeguarding through the course of an inspection. They explain some of the main activities they undertake and why. You’ll find lots of references to keeping children…

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Updated: Pupil premium strategy statement template

12 November 2023

The DfE have updated the the 'Pupil premium strategy statement template', and 'Example pupil premium strategy statement (primary)' to update the content in the Outcomes sections and reflect the information…

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EEF evidence reviews: Flexible working, workload, leadership and culture.

11 November 2023

The EEF have published three new evidence reviews looking at strategies to support teacher recruitment and retention. Flexible working approaches could play an important role in improving teacher retention, but…

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Building confidence and desire in struggling readers at KS2

10 November 2023

Free OUP webinar: Tue, Nov 14, 2023 · 4:00 PM Some children enter KS2 lacking age-appropriate reading skills, and this results in issues beyond the acquisition of abilities. Frequently, several…

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Supporting your pupils to flourish in an increasingly digital world

9 November 2023

There are growing concerns within the sector that the current education system is preparing children for a world that may no longer exist by the time they reach adulthood. What…

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Dropping off and picking up before and after school

8 November 2023

Schools have a duty to safeguard children in their care. An important part of this is considering how to ensure that pupils arrive and leave premises safely. Every school should…

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EYFS: Great ways to support communication, language and literacy

7 November 2023

Teach Early Years is launching five reports, freely accessible to anyone in the early years sector. Each report is full of expert advice and inspiring ideas, all complied to help…

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Free resources for World Kindness Day

6 November 2023

The National Literacy Trust have partnered with Penguin Random House UK and Charlie Mackesy to create KS1 and KS2 cross-curricular literacy and PSHE resources to help you celebrate World Kindness…

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