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henryhepburn.bsky.social
International news editor and Scotland editor at Tes magazine https://www.tes.com/campaign/download-the-tes-magazine-app
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'Why can’t we agree on what great teaching looks like?' asks @brucenextlevel.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

I am delighted to have a new article published in the @tesmagazine.bsky.social today: www.tes.com/magazine/tea... Inspired by a recent conversation with a middle leader, it’s designed to explore the pedagogical question: does anything go?

Consultation opens on changes to opt-out rules for religious observance and RME www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

Tes Magazine is now available on Android and iOS! Find our exclusive content on our brand-new mobile app🤳 For Scottish content download the app; click "explore"; and then "Scotland" Easy! Get it on Android: bit.ly/45xsB8d Get it on iOS: apple.co/3FzfSYh

📣 Announcement! Really excited to reveal that you can now get access to Tes' award-winning journalism via an app! Please do download and tell us what you think! It is available for both Apple (apple.co/3FzfSYh) and Android (link here bit.ly/45xsB8d) phones.

NEW: Guidance for schools on exclusions is 'crystal clear', John Swinney insisted today after coming under fire at #FMQs www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Important contributions from @nuthmani.bsky.social & @mikecorbett1.bsky.social on the new national guidance, which is particularly timely given the increasing spread amongst young people of far-right populism and extremist rhetoric influenced by online discourse and from political leaders globally.

Clear and consistent recording of all racist incidents - “regardless of intent or outcome”- is essential, Scottish schools have been advised. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social @nasuwtscotland.bsky.social

Shared some thoughts with @tesmagazine.bsky.social about the need for this new guidance, especially at a time when far-right narratives are growing and making their way into schools. @henryhepburn.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusion ‘an appropriate and necessary tool’, says behaviour and consequences guidance - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

@ealglasgow.bsky.social hi 🙋🏻‍♀️Nice to see you here. I've added you to my fab Educators of Scotland starter pack. You can check it out here 👇🏽 go.bsky.app/U92yyzH

Half of Scottish secondaries rarely use their grounds for teaching, finds report - which has lots of other fascinating insights into the use (or otherwise) school grounds across Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Half of Scottish secondaries rarely use their grounds for teaching, finds report - which has lots of other fascinating insights into the use (or otherwise) school grounds across Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Exciting news - we now have a @tesmagazine.bsky.social app! And it's easy to find all our Scottish pieces in one place: click "Explore", then "Scotland", for the latest from @emmaseith.bsky.social and me - and much more besides. Android: bit.ly/45xsB8d iOS: apple.co/3FzfSYh

Private schools lose court battle over VAT on fees www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social

Being a primary head is a ‘very stressful and lonely job’ www.tes.com/magazine/new... @ahdscotland.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social

‘Acute teacher shortages’ in rural areas and key subjects www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

Super!

From the archive, on the day that Professor Sir Geoff Palmer's death is announced: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exciting news - we now have a @tesmagazine.bsky.social app! And it's easy to find all our Scottish pieces in one place: click "Explore", then "Scotland", for the latest from @emmaseith.bsky.social and me - and much more besides. Android: bit.ly/45xsB8d iOS: apple.co/3FzfSYh

3 questions to tell teachers if AI use is appropriate - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports on new guidance from @sqanews.bsky.social tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

How Scottish schools are opening up financial careers to girls www.tes.com/magazine/ana... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

3 questions to tell teachers if AI use is appropriate - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports on new guidance from @sqanews.bsky.social tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

🌍 One international school in Kenya is realising its ambition to be fully self-sustaining within three years – here, its leader reveals how…

Being a primary head is a ‘very stressful and lonely job’ www.tes.com/magazine/new... @ahdscotland.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social

‘Acute teacher shortages’ in rural areas and key subjects www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

More than 1,250 teaching posts in Scotland have gone unfilled and had to be readvertised in the past two years, according to new data from @scotlibdems.org.uk www.tes.com/magazine/new... @empoweredscotland.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social

More than 1,250 teaching posts in Scotland have gone unfilled and had to be readvertised in the past two years, according to new data from @scotlibdems.org.uk www.tes.com/magazine/new... @empoweredscotland.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social

An eight-year-old could easily calculate the level of pay offer that would be acceptable to teachers, @eisunion.bsky.social general secretary Andrea Bradley told her union’s AGM today www.tes.com/magazine/new... #EISAGM25

Will it ‘take a teacher being murdered at work’ to see ‘real action to protect staff from violence and aggression in schools’, the education secretary was asked at @eisunion.bsky.social AGM. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

New: A P4 could easily calculate the level of pay offer that would be acceptable to teachers, EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley told her union’s annual general meeting in Aviemore today A vote on strike action over workload also opened #EISAGM25 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

An eight-year-old could easily calculate the level of pay offer that would be acceptable to teachers, @eisunion.bsky.social general secretary Andrea Bradley told her union’s AGM today www.tes.com/magazine/new... #EISAGM25

Will it ‘take a teacher being murdered at work’ to see ‘real action to protect staff from violence and aggression in schools’, the education secretary was asked at @eisunion.bsky.social AGM. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

EIS AGM: Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed www.tes.com/magazine/new... #EISAGM @eisunion.bsky.social

NEW: Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed #EISAGM25 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

EIS AGM: Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed www.tes.com/magazine/new... #EISAGM @eisunion.bsky.social

NEW: ‘Urgent’ call to combat misogyny that @eisunion.bsky.social president says is driving women from teaching www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social #EISAGM25

NEW: ‘Urgent’ call to combat misogyny that @eisunion.bsky.social president says is driving women from teaching www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social #EISAGM25

Should teachers and students work from home once a week? That idea will be raised at the @eisunion.bsky.social AGM this week - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Should teachers and students work from home once a week? That idea will be raised at the @eisunion.bsky.social AGM this week - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Looking forward to welcoming Tes Scotland to the EIS AGM this week. EIS members can expect plenty of coverage of this year's AGM via the free Tes email newsletter and on official EIS social media accounts 📧🤳 #EISAGM25

New: More than a third of surveyed secondaries have had to amend their curriculum because of staff shortages Computing was cut from the curriculum in 20 schools; technical was removed in 9 and 'scaled back in dozens of others' @henryhepburn.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Drama teachers in Scotland are pleased in principle with changes to the Higher course - but the timing is problematic, says this teacher www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

EIS: Teachers ‘at all stages’ hit with excessive workload www.tes.com/magazine/new... @eisunion.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

In the move to diversify bookshelves, schools shouldn’t forget about representing different types of homes, writes @beckacita.bsky.social, as she shares her list of recommendations for books set in flats for @tesmagazine.bsky.social

www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

It’s essential to build bridges between schools and industry through cutting-edge technology such as robotics, says Blair Wilson www.tes.com/magazine/ana...