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It’s been more than two years since we stopped using the term NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher) and adopted ECT (Early Career Teacher) along with a new approach to the induction process designed to keep new teachers engaged and motivated.
For those of us who spent many years of our working life in the late 20th century, the 21st century doesn’t look much like the ‘Brave New World’ we all hoped for. Few of us have a ‘job for life’ and with the rise of ‘zero hours contracts’ and the ‘gig economy’, even fewer have real security. […]
Government announces new bursaries for upskilling and retraining. In line with the government’s commitment to give tens of thousands of people the chance to retrain in later life, the Secretary of State for Education James Cleverley announced on the 15th July new bursaries to help people attend more than a hundred new flexible short courses. Developed […]
Government to back Britain’s young players with major investment in music and sport. Acknowledging the vital role of music in developing not only young people’s creativity but also their cognitive development – and that of sport, not just in developing our future champions but in nurturing wellbeing, both physical and mental, the government’s Schools White […]
The National Deaf Children’s Society claims that most teachers don’t know how to teach deaf children. The findings of a survey it recently conducted showed that a third of the teachers participating in the study aren’t confident in teaching them. This raises the questions about whether there is a need for more training for teachers […]
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) launched a new initiative in November 2021 to promote ‘Financial Education Guidance for Primary Schools in England’. It will act as the co-ordinator of the 10-year UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, and IFA Magazine says it is “aimed at encouraging conversations about money in the classroom by setting out […]
With teachers often demanding better conditions, people often complain that teachers are already well-off, thinking they have long holidays. However, teaching is anything but easy and teachers deserve to be paid more. More to the point, they are often working during school holidays – quite the opposite of how they are often perceived. While tasks […]
With an increasing number of parents seeing smartphones as a distraction in schools – particularly in the classroom, questions are arising about whether they should be completely banned, or whether they can actually be managed in such a way that they can benefit children and their education. Despite the temptation to use personal mobiles devices […]