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1Aug 13, '20The proportion of A level grades at grade A and above has seen a rise at private schools this year more than double any type of state school, @Ofqual data reveals. #AlevelResults #10.2×02k1.9k70
2Aug 17, '20BREAKING: Government #Uturn means both A levels and GCSEs will be awarded based on teacher-assessed grades. Students will receive whichever is higher: CAGs or moderated grades. #al6.5×02.5k94717
3May 21, '23BREAKING: 6.5 per cent pay award recommended by independent review body6.3×293k46810510
4Jan 18, '20All schools and colleges in England will be supplied with period products that will available to students for free from Monday, as part of a @educationgovuk scheme to tackle #perio6.1×02.5k92019
5Aug 14, '23As GCSE and A-level exam results days loom, @matilda__martin reflects on the journey these cohorts have faced to reach the big day over the past four years – and asks leaders if a 5.8×272k764286115
6May 22, '20BREAKING... Risk would be halved if return to school delayed by a fortnight, 'Independent SAGE' committee concludes4.8×01.7k1k15
7Mar 19, '21School uniforms are 'outmoded' and 'repressive' and should be abolished so that pupils can 'express themselves', ministers have been told4.7×04488832
8Jun 1, '20To school staff everywhere this morning – whether your school is opening more widely or not – good luck. You’re doing amazing work in the most extraordinary of circumstances. We’re4.7×02.6k6091
9Nov 6, '24The biggest pressure that teachers face is a 'lack of respect', the prime minister says4.3×200k5055333
10Sep 1, '24BREAKING | Some big #Ofsted news to start the new school year, as the DfE announces that single-word ‘headline’ inspection grades have been scrapped with immediate effect. Find all4.1×192k49819024
11Jan 22, '21'I know how hard it is," says First Lady. "I am teaching hybrid this semester myself. And I have to tell you, you know the one thing I love about educators is that we all help one 3.5×02.2k32910
12Jan 5, '21Covid infections among school staff in some areas are far outstripping the rest of the population and as much as four times the corresponding local authority average, figures obtai3.1×077470226
13Jan 23, '18The new website, Mentally Healthy Schools, is set to be launched by the Duchess of Cambridge today and will host more than 1,500 online teaching resources on student mental health3.0×08977450
14Jan 8, '21Parents heap praise on 'invaluable' teachers and 'amazing' schools for their efforts during the pandemic - in a backlash against @GavinWilliamson call for them to report schools to3.0×01.5k4412
15Jul 7, '20A head teacher has found a way of showing new pupils around his school during the lockdown by recreating it brick for brick on the game Minecraft.3.0×01.5k30212
16Jul 19, '22BREAKING: Experienced teachers are to get a 5% pay award in 2022-23 and teacher starting salaries will see an 8.9% uplift in September this year, reaching £28,000, @educationgovuk 2.9×01.3k22413
17Jun 2, '17EXCLUSIVE: The teacher vote is set to make a big shift towards Labour in #GE2017, @tes survey reveals2.8×08046760
18Apr 16, '20"I don’t want people to perpetuate the lie, and it is a lie, that social distancing [in schools] is possible, it just isn’t,” says @Miss_Snuffy2.8×01.3k4569
19Feb 27, '19'Biggest-ever' literacy study in UK of more than a million children shows reading for pleasure has a direct bearing on attainment - but not enough are doing it:2.8×067761728
20Feb 5, '18Exposure to music enhances pupils perceptual, language and literacy skills, and also impacts on their intellectual, social and personal development – we must not let it be pushed o2.7×07966441
21Nov 28, '17Teaching children technical grammatical terms such as “subjunctive” or “subordinate clause” does nothing at all to improve their writing ability, says research2.7×07665620
22Dec 16, '20BREAKING: Government expected to announce delayed start to Jan term tomorrow2.6×04582898
23Aug 14, '20Legal campaigners @GoodLawProject prepare Judicial review case against @ofqual after receiving a deluge of examples of students impacted by the #alevelresults controversy2.5×01k4768
24Oct 8, '23Schools now have to dedicate so much time to pastoral support – to fill in the gaps left by the loss of wider child support services – that it is undermining efforts to improve tea2.4×111k50413613
25Aug 25, '20BREAKING: Exclusive: England set to U-turn on masks in schools2.4×04763297
26Aug 19, '18‘Teachers are hugely important in helping to protect students from bullies, and also to try to help the students who are bullying to understand why that’s unacceptable in a school 2.3×01.3k2714
27Jun 23, '22'Enabling trans-identified children to use toilets for the opposite sex is possibly indirect discrimination against other children,' writes lawyer @RebeccaMKBull, as she calls for 2.2×095321749
28Aug 26, '20The books on display behind @BorisJohnson during his speech at an East Midlands school today suggest the librarian, or perhaps a disgruntled English teacher, might have taken their2.2×078835414
29Nov 5, '17Comedian @russellhoward praises teachers and says they have one of the hardest jobs in the country2.2×08054870
30Feb 24, '18'Children need to be surrounded by books and parents need to be supportive to show how this is best achieved. Reading for pleasure is the ultimate goal'2.1×07304791
31Apr 21, '20NHS staff have called for schools to remain closed until widespread testing for Covid-19 is in place2.1×08444233
32Nov 8, '18Give teachers a pay rise, say the British public: they're worth it2.1×08683990
33Apr 12, '18'We must use the power of sport, play, and physical education to build the foundations of a healthy and happy life'2.1×06434616
34Apr 2, '20When you head to your door or window to #ClapForCarers at 8pm this evening, please make sure you keep the nation's teachers and education staff in mind #clapforourcarers #StayHome2.0×08423591
35May 13, '20Chief @educationgovuk adviser admits Government June 1st back to school plan risks spreading coronavirus and reveals he did not assess if plans could be effectively implemented2.0×046245114
36Mar 9, '18Hattie: I've struggled to find any evidence that classroom observation makes any difference. Just opportunity for the observer to tell you how to teach their way. #ascl20182.0×07043883
37Feb 23, '18Teachers 'work more overtime than most other professionals in Britain'1.9×05354572
38Jul 15, '20Replacing marking with direct feedback in the classroom not only reduces workload for teachers - it improves pupil outcomes too, according to research by the @EdDevTrust for @educa1.8×068727674
39Dec 21, '17The key to improving literacy doesn't lie in lessons – we need to develop a reading culture at school and at home, says one expert1.8×05814070
40May 26, '18'Why did we think it a good idea to link a child’s results in exams to the performance of the teacher, headteacher and school?' @RealGeoffBarton asks1.8×06483757
41Jan 25, '18'Anyone who works in or with schools knows that they are about intangible things that aren’t easily measured – real learning, relationships, kindness and courtesy' @RealGeoffBarton1.8×06163930
42Jan 15, '21Given @GavinWilliamson failure to apologise this week for 'last-minute' decisions on schools policy during the pandemic, we thought it might be useful to put to together one handy 1.8×051331550
43Mar 18, '18BRITISH TEACHER @Andriazaf HAS ONLY GONE AND WON THE 2018 GLOBAL #TeacherPrize!!!!1.7×08042711
44Feb 21, '18Reading is the best way – the only way – to start the journey towards closing the attainment gap, writes one former headteacher1.7×05394090
45Jun 25, '20BREAKING The government has announced it will be postponing introducing its controversial baseline assessment for four-and five-year-olds until 2021.1.7×06882632
46Jan 6, '21It's "nothing short of disgraceful" that @GavinWilliamson chose today to "threaten" schools on remote learning, according to @PaulWhiteman61.7×08332364
47Feb 13, '19It is "vital that we support teachers with their own wellbeing so that they can provide the best level of care for all children in their schools and communities in which they work,1.7×07192883
48Oct 4, '19Baroness Hale tells Association of State Girls’ Schools, ‘let’s hear it for the girly swots’ as she opens their leadership conference.1.7×06052089
49May 24, '18When did we begin to accept that politicians knew better than teachers? Why did we concede control quite so easily? When – and why - did we lose our professional self-confidence, a1.6×05833383
50Nov 21, '21A reminder for teachers of just how much the work they do matters. What a lovely moment to take the profession into the run-up to Christmas in one of its hardest ever terms.1.6×08812128
51Aug 21, '18Every day we put 25 children in a small room, engage them in activities they didn’t choose, sit them with people they didn't choose to be with... that’s quite demanding, says Bill 1.6×058030513
52Mar 18, '20The BBC is planning to provide more educational TV programmes to cater for pupils who are at home during the coronavirus pandemic.1.6×06722985
53Aug 22, '1886% of school leaders found pupils suffered from panic attacks over #GCSEs – while 74% found it had led to depression and another 64% said it had led to pupils self-harming #gcsere1.6×05412879
54Jun 9, '17'If this election result means one thing for education, it's that plans for new grammar schools are dead'1.6×05853080
55Dec 28, '18How do you make your school a happier place? Easy, says one head: start by focusing on the wellbeing of your teachers1.6×059829919
56Oct 27, '18In order for learning to stick, pupils need to remember what we teach them, says @EnserMark. Here are some activities to refresh their memories1.6×054229154
57Aug 17, '20U-turn confirmed. @Ofqual has decided to 'award grades on the basis of what teachers submitted. The switch to centre assessment grades will apply to both AS and A levels and to the1.6×05852474
58Jan 2, '21Education secretary @GavinWilliamson now faces a united alliance of heads, classroom teachers and support staff, all opposed to his 'untenable' 'shambolic' plan to get most schools1.5×07432421
59Mar 30, '18WATCH: Michael Rosen receives standing ovation at #NUT18 after reciting poem warning that pupils are being turned into data1.5×05853236
60Jun 26, '20Teaching assistants 'kept schools open': the 'invaluable' work of TAs in lockdown has ranged from welfare checks to phone calls home, from cleaning duties to delivering free school1.5×07322002
61May 31, '19'Teaching needs to take better care of its staff. Nobody should be suffering with poor mental health because of their work.'1.5×05972578
62Nov 10, '20Some pupils have lost stamina in their reading and writing, others have lost physical fitness and some are showing signs of mental distress in the Covid-19 pandemic, @Ofstednews fi1.5×048011523
63Jul 20, '20Breaking... Teachers are to receive a 3.1 per cent pay rise following their 'vital contribution' during the coronavirus outbreak, the chancellor will say today1.5×05521618
64Jun 10, '18"Schools need to create a 'culture of kindness' to help children succeed in the face of adversity"1.5×05262905
65Apr 4, '20There'll be no 'going back to normal' when this is all over, writes @RealGeoffBarton – so our accountability systems will need to take a backseat as #education goes through a perio1.4×053924213
66Jan 2, '21The @NEUnion is set to inform its members that it is not safe for them to return to schools across England until mid-January at the earliest1.4×06042185
67Jun 8, '20'We all owe teachers a huge debt of gratitude,' says the Prince of Wales in a video message of support for school staff1.4×07432061
68Feb 26, '18.@JamesJkbowen: 'The reality is that most schools run on goodwill with teachers and school leaders going way beyond their contractual obligations every day – this is not sustainabl1.4×04893171
69Dec 12, '18Teaching should have compassion at the heart of all it does. Instead it's now a business model, which drives out the brilliant teachers, writes Colin Harris1.4×05142609
70Oct 5, '20Happy #WorldTeachersDay, everyone! Here's our message – what message would you like to send to teachers across the world?1.4×04612772
71Jan 2, '22DfE's pledge today for 7000 air purifiers is 'totally inadequate' when there are more than 300,000 classrooms, says @MaryBoustedNEU1.4×058222811
72Jan 17, '21Free books will be made available to pupils via @OakNational during the current national lockdown, thanks to a link up with The National Literacy Trust1.4×052924718
73May 16, '19Most adults believe PE is equivalent in importance to English, maths and science1.4×05502422
74Apr 15, '18'It's time for an overhaul of physical education and how it is delivered; we need a greater emphasis on the use of sport as a vehicle with which to nurture physical, social and emo1.3×04472902
75Apr 20, '20Unfair to increase risk for teachers sharing "rooms and equipment with many people, from many households, again and again", says nurse in open letter to @MattHancock. "Teachers hav1.3×05292619
76Aug 21, '20'When we say "education", we are always thinking of children,' writes @SadhguruJV. 'But I think the most important thing is the evolution of the teacher'1.3×04912817
77Oct 31, '20Close schools for 4 week national lockdown to all but vulnerable children and those of key workers, says @NEUnion. The teaching union has also said that schools should be moved to 1.3×05571422
78Nov 15, '17Schools should be judged on the wellbeing of their pupils, as well as their academic attainment, says @annelongfield1.3×04462660
79Jan 2, '21BREAKING @NAHTnews beginning a legal process to try and challenge @educationgovuk's position over school closures.1.3×05232344
80Feb 4, '21The Duchess of Cambridge says 'a massive thank you to teachers across the country' in a series of video calls with school staff – and urges teachers to focus on their wellbeing1.3×07781284
81Aug 17, '20BREAKING: Teacher-assessed grades will now be used for A levels and GCSEs in Wales1.3×06021761
82Feb 21, '19'I can tell you right now, from where I stand, with all my experience, the real superheroes are teachers – they’re the ones that change the world,' says @RealHughJackman1.3×05521972
83Jul 16, '21Larry the Downing Street cat is the only Cabinet 'member' who seems to know what his job is and does it well. The same can't be said for the education secretary, says Mel Tropman1.2×0844833
84Feb 3, '18'Here’s an idea… What if every new secretary of state were to spend a week working in a school at the start of their term in office?' @JamesJkbowen1.2×05321940
85Feb 5, '21Jarlath O'Brien asks why everyone is suddenly so concerned about children being out of school when thousands of SEND children have been in this situation for years before the pande1.2×04931728
86Mar 28, '20GCSEs should never return - because teacher assessment is highly reliable and a lot better for everyone involved, argue three academics1.2×049412810
87Jan 31, '21Former prime minister Tony Blair has said it would take just two days to vaccinate all #teachers and so is a 'reasonable thing to do' to help schools reopen sooner.1.2×05231041
88Jan 1, '21All London primary schools will now only provide face-to-face education for vulnerable and key worker children in yet another government u-turn. London boroughs had lobbied hard fo1.1×05371352
89Dec 21, '20Begin vaccinating teachers as soon as term starts and move learning online for most pupils @MaryBoustedNEU & @cyclingkev tell @BorisJohnson1.1×05221511
90Jan 26, '21Head's letter to parents encourages those criticising online lessons to "sign up for teacher training at their earliest convenience".1.1×06281064
91Dec 30, '20'Primary school teachers are just not valued nearly enough; they're not paid enough; they do a most important job when the brain is at its most plastic;' says @ProfRWinston1.1×05941233
92Sep 22, '19. @AngelaRayner: We will end the 'spiralling cost of school uniforms' which forces parents into debt and leaves children often wearing clothes that don’t fit #LabourConference20191.1×05131273
93Apr 1, '21Teaching assistants were key in allowing schools to keep running during the winter lockdown and are the ‘unsung heroes’ of the pandemic, researchers have said.1.1×05461203
94Sep 26, '20'If I had my way, teachers would be paid more than doctors. I’d make them the highest-paid professionals, the most valued members of society': @LeeChildReacher for education secret1.0×05611204
95Dec 10, '20BREAKING: Wales moves secondary schools and colleges to online learning from Monday. More to follow1.0×0505952
96Feb 18, '20.@Keir_Starmer writes for @tes: 'We must increase teachers’ pay to reflect the importance we place on educating a child for life and ensure that school funding follows need, not vo1.0×04851292
97Sep 15, '21BREAKING: Williamson removed as education secretary. More to follow.0.9×0495850
98Apr 27, '20After home schooling @ProfBrianCox says "It gave me - if I needed to have any - more respect for the skill and professionalism of teachers... it has been delivered to me very harsh0.9×04461420
99Jul 23, '20Dave Grohl (yep, @foofighters Dave Grohl) has spoken out about schools reopening during the pandemic. 'Teachers provide you with the necessary tools to survive,' he says. 'Who is p0.9×04521013
100Apr 13, '21We've managed to survive a second year without Sats - and everyone's happier, says @chrisdysonHT0.8×04641033

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