Jon Severs
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Editor @tes - an award-winning news, analysis, and research magazine for the education sector
Portsmouth
Joined June 2014
RT @tes: From headteacher of the year to best use of tech and best inclusive school, Tes Schools Awards 2025 has 23 categories recognising…
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RT @NeilDotObrien: My piece in TES on the Schools Bill: including our amendments to get phones out of schools, and ensure all acts of viole…
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RT @JohnGRoberts: Our latest deep dive into the academy trust landscape looks at Yorkshire and the Humber. A debate about what excellence…
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RT @JohnGRoberts: Having been an education reporter in the county for a long time seeing the first city academy open in Bradford while work…
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Exclusive: Two of the regions with the lowest outcomes for post-16 maths could be left without maths schools, under a government review.
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"we don’t treat teachers like other professionals. We don’t expect doctors or lawyers to put up with abuse of the kind that’s sadly too common for school teachers." Exclusive: @NeilDotObrien on why the Tories are focused on making schools safer
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Here's what SEND in England looks like in numbers... With the government's push on inclusion, led by @TomRees_77, @ellencph has delved into the official data on SEND to reveal the true scale of the SEND system as it currently stands.
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Exclusive: "stuck schools" policy risks creating an intervention category that is harder to get out of than it is to fall into says @JamesJkbowen - it's also under heavy fire from @ascl which calls it "complete nonsense"
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RT @cerysturner7: New: The proportion of multi-academy trusts reporting deficits has tripled in three years, according to the annual Kresto…
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"Ofsted’s proposed school inspection system of eight categories with five possible judgements means there are 390,625 possible inspection outcomes. The old system had a maximum of 256" Inspectors tell @DanWorth they fear new inspection proposals may be unworkable
From workload woes to consistency concerns, serving Ofsted inspectors are not all convinced by the proposals put forward by the watchdog
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Working in a trust leadership team and want to learn from others about how they are tackling behaviour and from experts about communicating with parents? Tes has a free event in March offering all this and more - places are limited so contact Megan for details ASAP
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"There is a difference between building a more inclusive mainstream system and seeking to respond to an acute SEND issue by starving the specialist sector of much-needed investment. The announcements on SEND - in the absence of any policy detail - point to the latter."
Increasing inclusion in mainstream schools sounds like a noble plan – but not if it means starving the specialist sector of much-needed investment, writes trust leader @warrencarratt
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RT @tes: Schools will have a statutory requirement to report and record the use of force from September 2025, under proposals announced tod…
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➡️The case for a universal SEND screener in early primary As the government looks to revolutionise SEND, would a universal teacher-led SEND screener in Year One be the answer to many of the problems? These researchers argue it could - and should.
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"It turns out that during the Big Listen, Ofsted didn’t quite listen big enough, and they’ve ended up amplifying the same old problems." This is a superb analysis from Michael and the similarities to levels is very accurate.
Ofsted’s inspection proposals suggest nothing was learned from the horrors of assessment levels, writes headteacher Michael Tidd
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RT @jon_severs: Just as important as the Ofsted proposals are the proposals for how the DfE will use those Ofsted judgements. Here's what…
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How could we reorganise workload and teacher timetables to truly prioritise teacher development in schools? Matthew Shanks looks at how teachers could "have the time and space to refine their practice and deliver the best possible education"
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Just as important as the Ofsted proposals are the proposals for how the DfE will use those Ofsted judgements. Here's what you need to know about if, when and how the DfE will intervene with your school...
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"The alternative is that we return to a fragmented view of education, driven by data and the need to carry out inspections at pace and as cheaply as possible." Quick fire reaction piece from @EnserMark- unintended consequences point is v v interesting
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