Science disappears from primary timetables in summer term and everyone knows it happens and nobody quite says it out loud. SATs pressure is part of the reason. But a lot of it is that teachers do not feel confident enough in science to fight for the time when something else needs covering. That is a training and support problem, not a personal failing. The subject will not protect itself.
https://www.sciencefix.co.uk/2026/04/science-in-summer-term-how-to-protect-curriculum-time-before-it-disappears/
#PrimaryScience #UKTeachers #PrimaryTeacher #ScienceEducation
Random thought: it's ridiculous that the UK gov-funded Isaac Computer Science website, with teaching materials under the Free OGL (Open Government License), loginwalls everything. Any idea why?
I'm somewhat tempted to legally make an open mirror of it... (I have an old account for sharing activity answers between classes and teachers.)
#computerscience #ukteaching #ukteachers #UnitedKingdom #isaaccomputerscience
UK government boasting about how they’ve improved schools.
Fact: primary class sizes are now the highest in Europe, secondary class sizes are the highest since records began almost 50 years ago.
That’s definitely an improvement, isn’t it?
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Make anti-racism / racial literacy training mandatory for teachers in the UK
#38degrees #ukTeachers #antiracism #racialLiteracy #petition
Research shows us that students in the UK are regularly witnessing and experiencing racism within their schools. This is also evident from recent headlines and news stories which range from hair discrimination, higher rates of exclusion for students from the global majority, issues of adultification as seen in the case of Child Q and most recently the disturbing video of a black child being viciously assaulted outside their school. One of the major ways we can ensure the safety of our...
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