John Roberts
@johngroberts.bsky.social
SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. [email protected]
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Breaking: An appeal by @naht.org.uk bidding for a judicial review into Ofsted’s new school inspections has been rejected
Heads’ union loses appeal against Ofsted ruling
The NAHT had appealed against a decision not to grant a judicial review into the launch of new Ofsted school inspections
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Breaking: An appeal by @naht.org.uk bidding for a judicial review into Ofsted’s new school inspections has been rejected
Breaking: A heads' union has had an appeal rejected in its legal battle against the launch of the new Ofsted inspection framework. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Heads' union loses appeal against Ofsted ruling
The NAHT had appealed against a decision not to grant a judicial review into the launch of new Ofsted school inspections
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November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Breaking: A heads' union has had an appeal rejected in its legal battle against the launch of the new Ofsted inspection framework. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
DfE has announced that @nigelgenders.bsky.social will be the new chief schools adjudicator starting in the new year. He is currently the chief education officer of the Church of England and CEO of the National Society for Education - a role he has held for more than 10 years.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
DfE has announced that @nigelgenders.bsky.social will be the new chief schools adjudicator starting in the new year. He is currently the chief education officer of the Church of England and CEO of the National Society for Education - a role he has held for more than 10 years.
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📌 With more and more schools joining area-based education partnerships, @ellencph.bsky.social explains what they are and the benefits of joining one, from better support for children to school improvement initiatives
What are area-based education partnerships?
As more schools join these local collaborative groups, Ellen Peirson-Hagger explains how they work and why they matter
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📌 With more and more schools joining area-based education partnerships, @ellencph.bsky.social explains what they are and the benefits of joining one, from better support for children to school improvement initiatives
Great analysis from @jabedahmed.bsky.social for @tesmagazine.bsky.social on how the gender pay gap for headteachers varies across the country. tes.com/magazine/new...
How does the headteacher gender pay gap vary across England?
Male secondary heads earn more in every region of England, but the size of the gap is heavily dependent on geography, Tes analysis reveals
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November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Great analysis from @jabedahmed.bsky.social for @tesmagazine.bsky.social on how the gender pay gap for headteachers varies across the country. tes.com/magazine/new...
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Ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday, @michaelsgreen.bsky.social looks at what schools need from chancellor Rachel Reeves ⬇️
Budget 2025: What schools need from Rachel Reeves
With the chancellor due to deliver her Budget next week, Michael Green recommends four financial priorities that would not only give schools stability but also benefit the wider economy
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November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday, @michaelsgreen.bsky.social looks at what schools need from chancellor Rachel Reeves ⬇️
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Teachers fear the introduction of a Year 8 reading test will worsen student engagement and narrow the curriculum, an NEU poll shows
Teachers warn Year 8 reading test will ‘sap joy’ from learning
High-stakes tests are piling pressure on to pupils and teachers and government policy risks entrenching an ‘exam factory’ culture, says teachers’ union
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November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Teachers fear the introduction of a Year 8 reading test will worsen student engagement and narrow the curriculum, an NEU poll shows
New DfE survey data reveals striking differences in the opinions of leaders and students about whether pupils follow the rules on using mobile phones in school. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Teachers far more likely than students to say phone rules are followed
Findings from the latest DfE behaviour survey also indicate that leaders, educators and pupils disagree about the extent to which their school is ‘calm and orderly’
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November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New DfE survey data reveals striking differences in the opinions of leaders and students about whether pupils follow the rules on using mobile phones in school. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Resourced bases are expected to be a key element of the govt's drive for a more inclusive mainstream school system but some leaders have warned they can actually result in "exclusion in its worst sense." www.tes.com/magazine/new...
SEND: Resource bases ‘can be exclusion in its worst sense’
Mainstream and AP leaders question the government’s focus on resourced provision and SEN units in its drive to create a more inclusive school system
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November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Resourced bases are expected to be a key element of the govt's drive for a more inclusive mainstream school system but some leaders have warned they can actually result in "exclusion in its worst sense." www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Schools already have the ability to cut exam times by switching exam boards, says Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham in response to the curriculum and assessment review
Ofqual chief: Schools can already cut exam times
Choosing between exam boards enables schools to reduce exam times to a degree 'not all that different' to that envisaged by the Francis review, says Sir Ian Bauckham
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November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Schools already have the ability to cut exam times by switching exam boards, says Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham in response to the curriculum and assessment review
Nearly one in three primary school headteachers under 50 is leaving their role within five years of taking up the post, according to analysis published today. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Many ‘overwhelmed’ headteachers leave role within five years
Some 30 per cent of primary heads and 38 per cent of secondary leaders under 50 are leaving their posts within five years, analysis by the NAHT shows
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November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Nearly one in three primary school headteachers under 50 is leaving their role within five years of taking up the post, according to analysis published today. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Teachers on mat leave get 22 weeks less full pay than many other public sector workers - including DfE officials.
What effect does this have on retention, and is it likely to improve? Important article by @cerysturner.bsky.social
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What effect does this have on retention, and is it likely to improve? Important article by @cerysturner.bsky.social
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Why do teachers get such a bad deal on maternity pay?
With women making up the vast majority of the workforce, could better maternity leave pay help tackle the teacher retention crisis?
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November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Teachers on mat leave get 22 weeks less full pay than many other public sector workers - including DfE officials.
What effect does this have on retention, and is it likely to improve? Important article by @cerysturner.bsky.social
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What effect does this have on retention, and is it likely to improve? Important article by @cerysturner.bsky.social
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The government is in danger of overlooking the importance of what is taught in special schools and needs to focus more on students who cannot access the national curriculum, special-school leaders have warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Special schools fear being an ‘afterthought’ on curriculum
In response to the curriculum review, leaders in the specialist sector urge the DfE to focus more on what is taught in special schools and how best practice can be shared
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November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The government is in danger of overlooking the importance of what is taught in special schools and needs to focus more on students who cannot access the national curriculum, special-school leaders have warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Great day chairing Day One of the main stage at Schools And Academies Show - the @tesmagazine.bsky.social team have filed numerous stories from the day including Ofsted, RISE, Funding and more...
Check out tes.com/magazine for all - here is the Ofsted one below
Check out tes.com/magazine for all - here is the Ofsted one below
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Great day chairing Day One of the main stage at Schools And Academies Show - the @tesmagazine.bsky.social team have filed numerous stories from the day including Ofsted, RISE, Funding and more...
Check out tes.com/magazine for all - here is the Ofsted one below
Check out tes.com/magazine for all - here is the Ofsted one below
Ofsted may “tighten” the window for inspection, Sir Martyn Oliver told school leaders at the Schools and Academies Show. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ofsted may “tighten” the window for inspection, Sir Martyn Oliver told school leaders at the Schools and Academies Show. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Two stories out today on the impact of poverty on education. The government will need to tackle the disadvantages that boys from low-income families face if it is to meet its new school-readiness targets, the Institute for Government has warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Focus on disadvantaged boys to hit school-ready target, DfE told
Successive governments have failed to tackle entrenched inequalities in early years outcomes for boys from low-income backgrounds, IfG report warns
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November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Two stories out today on the impact of poverty on education. The government will need to tackle the disadvantages that boys from low-income families face if it is to meet its new school-readiness targets, the Institute for Government has warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Minimum per-pupil funding will not keep up with schools’ rising costs next year, an expert has warned. By @jabedahmed.bsky.social
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School funding to fall by up to 4% in real terms, expert warns
Government’s headline rise to minimum per-pupil funding largely reflects grants being rolled into the NFF, leaving schools facing real-terms cuts, says Simon Oxenham
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November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Minimum per-pupil funding will not keep up with schools’ rising costs next year, an expert has warned. By @jabedahmed.bsky.social
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Baroness Spielman says more evidence is needed on impact of SEND interventions to ensure children get support they need and "that we don’t burn through eye-wateringly large budgets on things that actually aren’t helping those children & might even be doing them harm.” www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Reform deputy says pupils wearing ear defenders in class is ‘insane’
Reform’s deputy leader claims there is ‘over-diagnosis’ of neurodiverse conditions, appearing at an event where a former Ofsted chief says dyslexia just means ‘bad at reading’
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November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Baroness Spielman says more evidence is needed on impact of SEND interventions to ensure children get support they need and "that we don’t burn through eye-wateringly large budgets on things that actually aren’t helping those children & might even be doing them harm.” www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Staff wellbeing across the education sector has dropped to its lowest since 2019.
Some 36 per cent of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Some 36 per cent of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Staff wellbeing at its lowest since 2019, data shows
More than a third of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to charity Education Support
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Staff wellbeing across the education sector has dropped to its lowest since 2019.
Some 36 per cent of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Some 36 per cent of education staff are also at risk of clinical depression, according to Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Reform deputy leader Richard Tice claims there is a 'crisis of over-diagnosis' of neurodiverse conditions, while ex-Ofsted chief Baroness Spielman says dyslexia just means 'bad at reading'
Reform deputy says pupils wearing ear defenders in class is ‘insane’
Reform’s deputy leader claims there is ‘over-diagnosis’ of neurodiverse conditions, appearing at an event where a former Ofsted chief says dyslexia just means ‘bad at reading’
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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reform deputy leader Richard Tice claims there is a 'crisis of over-diagnosis' of neurodiverse conditions, while ex-Ofsted chief Baroness Spielman says dyslexia just means 'bad at reading'
There are fears that some schools are identifying too many - or too few - pupils as having SEND, that SEND registers can be “grossly neglected” and that staff lack information on how to use them, A @tesmagazine.bsky.social investigation has found. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
SEND register decisions are a ‘mystery’, warn experts
Lack of guidance on using the SEND register leaves schools under- and over-recording pupils as needing support for special educational needs and disabilities, say leaders
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November 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
There are fears that some schools are identifying too many - or too few - pupils as having SEND, that SEND registers can be “grossly neglected” and that staff lack information on how to use them, A @tesmagazine.bsky.social investigation has found. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
There is no sign of "stubbornly high" absence levels coming down from last year's levels according to new analysis from the start of the 2025-26 year by @fftedudatalab.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Pupil absence remains ‘stubbornly high’ this year
Analysis of 2025-26 attendance rates so far shows absence levels remain similar to figures from the same time last year
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November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
There is no sign of "stubbornly high" absence levels coming down from last year's levels according to new analysis from the start of the 2025-26 year by @fftedudatalab.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
More than a third of teachers who run enrichment clubs do so outside of directed time and without pay, a survey shows, raising questions about how schools will meet the government’s new enrichment expectations. Exclusive by @jabedahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Extra enrichment isn’t possible, teachers warn
The DfE is introducing enrichment benchmarks to push schools to deliver more extracurricular clubs - but research shows that teachers are already working unpaid and out of hours to deliver such activi...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
More than a third of teachers who run enrichment clubs do so outside of directed time and without pay, a survey shows, raising questions about how schools will meet the government’s new enrichment expectations. Exclusive by @jabedahmed.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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The DfE has introduced new AI-driven attendance targets for every school, telling leaders that keeping up momentum on attendance this term will help to guard against ‘the common mid-year dip’
DfE sets AI-powered attendance targets for schools
Headteachers’ leaders dismiss new individual attendance targets for every school as a ‘Whitehall diktat’ that will be an extra burden on staff
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The DfE has introduced new AI-driven attendance targets for every school, telling leaders that keeping up momentum on attendance this term will help to guard against ‘the common mid-year dip’
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There are no signs of ‘stubbornly high’ absence rates falling so far this year, despite a renewed government drive to improve attendance, data experts warn
Pupil absence remains ‘stubbornly high’ this year
Analysis of 2025-26 attendance rates so far shows absence levels remain similar to figures from the same time last year
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There are no signs of ‘stubbornly high’ absence rates falling so far this year, despite a renewed government drive to improve attendance, data experts warn