EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted has again refused to release data showing how many people supported or opposed its report card inspection plans – saying the 'vast majority' of the 6,500 responses were not actually categorised by 'sentiment' schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-slammed…

Exclusive: Staff are set to strike for six days in December and January over a school’s roll-out of a 'virtual teacher', who teaches maths remotely to secondary pupils schoolsweek.co.uk/staff-to-strik…

A social media post by the Department for Education lauding its achievements appears to have gone viral for the wrong reasons, as sector leaders slammed it as 'smug' and 'tone deaf' schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-social-med…

'You should know your schools inside out: if they fail, you should too' Meet Lynsey Holzer, CEO of the Active Learning Trust schoolsweek.co.uk/lynsey-holzer-…

This is Paul’s fourth trust as CEO since 2021. An interesting case study for the sector… is he a turnaround CEO? Does turnaround and change happen better in shorter or longer tenure? Forum Strategy Confederation of School Trusts Browne Jacobson Sir David Carter michael pain ? Good luck Paul with this one ☝️

ICYMI: One of England’s largest multi-academy trusts will survey its pupils for ideas to solve the key stage 3 engagement crisis – before piloting potentially 'radical' solutions in its schools schoolsweek.co.uk/trust-to-pilot…

"The headteacher role is the most critical in education: on that we now seem largely agreed. But we’re failing to do the hard bit of creating a system that is geared to reflect that." The Tes briefing this morning: email.tes.com/cr/AQiOjhAQuaK… Links to . Dave McPartlin

10 Things Educators Need During a School Break and Why 1. Sleep without an alarm Your nervous system has been living on adrenaline and cortisol. Deep rest helps reset the brain restore emotional regulation and improve memory mood and immune function. 2. Silence and nothingness

Excellent reporting here from Cerys

This took a long , long time to put together and it was great to see the (largely) sensible debate it prompted over the month after it was published a few months back. The scientific debate is still where it was, but the cultural debate has certainly become even more polarised.

If anybody is going to be alone on Christmas Day and would like a quick call/zoom then I would be happy to do this - DM me if you want. I can talk about food, sport, tv or the weather. But most importantly I can talk/listen. 💕 If not me, I’m sure I can find somebody for you.

I hope educators sleep late like they did in college, wake up, drink a ridiculous amount of coffee, eat slow, and do whatever they want, no schedule and no guilt, at least for a few days! #HappyHolidays2025

Happy Christmas from HeadteacherChat Wishing all school leaders a joyful and restful Christmas! Thank you for your support this year. Have a wonderful Christmas!

All it takes is one good teacher ❤️

🧡🧡🧡 I’m leaving behind anyone who doesn’t live with integrity- taking with me everyone who showed up when it mattered this year x 🧡

"The elephant in this room is that the funding settlement at individual school level may not be enough to cover finalised pay awards for both teaching and support staff. What happens then?" An excellent 2026 school funding outlook from ASCL tes.com/magazine/analy…