Cerys Turner

Interesting polling from Cambridge Assessment/YouGov: Almost two-thirds of adults are opposed to teachers using AI to mark coursework - despite a big push from the government for schools to use it to support teaching tasks. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Unison and GMB have accepted a 3.2% pay increase for school support staff. It may be a surprise move for some given that the unions urged members to vote against the offer - union leaders have been clear that higher pay will be needed in the future. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Matt Wrack has been elected as the general secretary of @NASUWT after his win in April was contested. Wrack, the former Fire Brigades Union boss, won with 5,249 votes to Neil Butler’s 3,126. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Excellent analysis as always from @cerysturner7 and an honour to feed into this @CommonsEd session alongside @SHSorguk and @teamsquarepeg We can only solve the school absence crisis if we do the hard work of properly understanding what is causing it

New: Papers uncovered by @TesScotland show that the gov wanted to start phasing in its pledge to reduce class-contact time in August, starting with a 50-minute reduction in the time primary staff spend teaching But the proposals were rejected by councils tes.com/magazine/news/…

Teachers will be offered training and resources to tackle online conspiracies and misinformation in the classroom. The National Institute of Teaching and the Institute of Education, UCL, are launching two national projects. tes.com/magazine/news/…

The government's push to make schools more inclusive has been welcomed by the sector. But is the accountability system, which many fear penalises schools which take an inclusive approach, ready for the shakeup? Great long-read from @JohnGRoberts: tes.com/magazine/news/…

Some tension brewing between exam boards and their regulator (good timing before results day): A senior exam board source told Tes that Ofqual "could have interrogated the issue sooner".

New: Ofqual has withdrawn a decade's worth of data on access arrangements after the figures were found to have "significantly overstated" the number of pupils receiving additional support. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Well done @cerysturner7 ensuring the wider public understand the cost pressures in schools on @itvnews itv.com/news/london/20…

A further blow to Ofsted’s school card plans this morning: Education leaders, teachers, former HMI & Prof Julia Waters, sister of headteacher Ruth Perry, have written to the SoS to urge her to delay the proposals, or risk “further, preventable deaths”. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Strong words from @NAHTnews on Ofsted’s report cards proposals: The union warned that the plans risk the “health and wellbeing of school leaders” and raised concerns that no impact assessment on teacher wellbeing, workload & health has been made. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Both articles brought together in this piece by @cerysturner7 tes.com/magazine/news/…

New: Ofsted has admitted that its report card system needs “simplifying”. The watchdog is considering how it displays grade descriptions & the clarity of drafting between the ‘secure’ and ‘strong’ grades. tes.com/magazine/news/…

New: Teach First CEO Russell Hobby will take over as CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust from September. He will be taking over the 45-school trust from Dr Karen Roberts, who is due to retire after 13 years at the helm. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Private school families are in court today to challenge the government’s decision to tax 20% VAT on private school fees. But even if the case succeeds, the government won’t necessarily have to change its flagship education policy. Tes explains why👇 tes.com/magazine/news/…