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Te s 16 APRIL 2021
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Frozen out How the pay freeze could lead to teachers quitting, the role of PE in getting pupils active again and other top articles from tes.com
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Racing ahead Tackling Te s’ 10 questions, TV host and horse-racing presenter Clare Balding talks of her journey from shoplifter to head girl
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Spot the difference Differentiation is a key tool in helping individual pupils to bridge their Covid learning gaps – but are teachers using it correctly?
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Tutor triumphs With tutoring the focus of national catch-up efforts, Irena Barker examines the evidence on the impact of different approaches
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New kids on the block To solve the problem of KS3 history assessment giving ‘meaningless’ data, Samuel Atkinson-Sporle decided to create ‘building blocks’
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Look after yourself Every leader aims to put their pupils first, but we must focus on our own wellbeing to best serve children, says Mark Leppard
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Feeling super phonics The idea of using phonics in FE was controversial, but the primary school method of teaching reading has been adapted with success
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