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Introduction of national funding formula for schools pushed back to 2018/19 Justine Greening announces that final decisions on new fairer funding system for schools and higher needs will now be taken 'early in the new year'

‘The best teachers are self-confident because they have developed their competence’ Inner resilience and self-belief are as important for your teaching toolbox as subject knowledge and pedagogical expertise, says Alex Quigley – here's how to develop them...

Marking And Feedback Are Connected, But They’re Not The Same Thing David Didau offers up some strategies for separating the 'wheat' of meaningful feedback from the 'chaff' of high-pressure, excessive marking...

No Place To Play – What Settings Can Do For Children Without A Space Of Their Own When children lack outdoor spaces to call their own, it’s up to early years settings to fill the void, says Juno Hollyhock...

School Attendance Rules are Letting Down Children with SEND – But it Doesn’t Have to be this Way Elizabeth Harris recounts how an ill-judged absence letter prompted her to bring a legal challenge to her LEA...

Sound On Screen – What Can Your Pupils Learn From Music In Film? Into Film picks out three movies that can help inspire your pupils to find out more about and magic and power of music...

Vic Goddard – Here Comes The Summer… ... and with the prospect of six, school-free weeks ahead, Vic Goddard has been considering his options...

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Trouble Brewing? – Restorative Approaches To Managing Behaviour Need Time, Planning And Patience Like a good cup of coffee, restorative practice requires time and patience if you don’t want to get burned, says Paul Dix...

How ‘Family Learning’ Can Improve Your Setting’s Standards Of Parental Engagement Children learn best when their parents are engaged with their education – so let’s use our resources and expertise to get them engaged, says Claire Matthes...

Festival Of Education 2016, Day 2 – Matthew Syed And Stephen Lockyer On Mindset Helen Mulley hears why schools themselves should adopt a growth mindset to learn from failures, but also how 'mindset' is becoming an empty buzzword...

Festival of Education 2016, Day 2 – Why Do We Need The CoT? And Should We Have ‘Safe Spaces’? Helen Mulley witnesses a frank discussion regarding the aims and purpose of the College of Teaching, and watches a debate on the topic of whether kids today are too sensitive...

Why Has There Been A Spike In Number Of People Applying To Become RE Teachers? Sure, there’s a teacher recruitment crisis – so why are applications for PGCE Religious Education courses on the rise? Colin Hallmark has the answer...

NUT Members Votes For Strike Action First day of discontinuous strike action over pay and working conditions scheduled for July 5th

Festival of Education 2016, Day 1 – Greenwood, Greer and Young In the second of Helen Mulley's reports from the Festival of Education, Will Greenwood talks leadership, Germaine Greer talks equality and Will Young talks language concerning the LGBT community...

Festival of Education 2016, Day 1 – Bremner Steps In Rory Bremner makes a good impression, Daisy Christoloudou takes issue with Assessment for Learning and Jarlath O’Brian decries 'fake inclusion' in the first of several reports by Helen Mulley from this year's Festival of Education...

UNISON Survey Finds School Support Staff Having To Deal With Rising Violence And Abuse More than half of TAs responding to survey report experiencing physical violence from pupils and parents over the past year

Anyone For Tennis? – Get Set For Wimbledon With These 6 Tennis Resources For Schools As the renowned lawn tennis competition gears up, here's a selection of resources to get your pupils into backhanding, volleying and smashing spirit...

Ever increasing circles – What the spiral curriculum can do for your students In the first of a new series looking at different teaching and curricular styles, Michael McGarvey considers the Spiral Curriculum...

Mind Your Language – 7 Points To Remember When Supporting Early Learners With EAL There is much that early years settings must consider when supporting children and families with EAL, says Kathy Brodie...

Systems Management – What Does It Take To Run A Successful Computing Department? Just taken over your school's computing department? Terry Freedman shares his top 10 tips for ensuring success from the start...

Sara Pascoe’s School Days: “Miss Banks Said We Shouldn’t Laugh At Other People In A Cruel Way” Comedian Sara Pascoe recalls an early lesson in telling jokes – and why, despite having no religion herself, "We should fight to protect the teaching of RE in schools"...

Who Will You Nominate In The Technology and Innovation Awards 2016? Let us know which teacher and school has inspired you most over the past year, and they could win some fantastic prizes courtesy of LEGO® Education...

How To Deal With Stress In Leadership Former headteacher James Hilton ignored the warning signs of work-related stress until it was too late. Now he helps education professionals recognise and overcome the symptoms...

Hear Me Roar – Using Outdoor Learning To Teach Resilience Are reserves of grit and resilience running low in the classroom? It’s time your class took a walk on the wild side, discovers Anna Blewett...

How forest school lessons can help autistic learners The forest school philosophy has something to offer all young people, says Gordon Cairns – but for those with an autism spectrum disorder, the impact can be especially dramatic...

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