Primary

Thursday

21st Nov 2024

Multiplication tables check 2024: 6 insights for school leaders
Tes highlights the major trends from the third year of data relating to the Year 4 times tables test
Counting fingers

Thursday

31st Oct 2024

Scottish primary school leaders’ view of the Budget
AHDS general secretary Greg Dempster looks at whether this week’s UK Budget offers real hope of a boost to education in Scotland
Scottish primary school leaders’ view of the Budget

Thursday

17th Oct 2024

KS1 Sats: everything you need to know
The key stage 1 Sats tests are no longer statutory – so why would schools want to take them? And how do they get hold of them? We have all the information you need in this guide
New optional KS1 tests - everything you need to know

Friday

11th Oct 2024

Phonics check results: 7 insights for teachers and leaders
Stubborn gaps in attainment in the phonics screening check results according to region, the level of SEN support and disadvantage highlight why Labour must focus on early years, say union leaders
Phonics check results: 7 insights for teachers and leaders

Monday

7th Oct 2024

Sats week: key test dates for 2025
All the Sats dates you need to know for the national curriculum tests for Year 6 pupils plus optional KS1 assessment
Sats_week_2025

Monday

16th Sep 2024

How are primary school pupils assessed?
Children attending primary school in England are subject to a series of tests from Reception to Year 6. Tes outlines what each one involves
How are primary school pupils assessed?

Friday

13th Sep 2024

Labour should push forward with toothbrushing lessons
As a new review reveals worrying insights on children’s oral hygiene, Anne Longfield says Labour must ignore ‘nanny state’ criticisms and use schools to fight back
Labour should push forward with toothbrushing lessons

Monday

9th Sep 2024

Scotland’s primary school attendance crisis - and what to do about it
Falling attendance in primary schools has serious implications for the education sector as a whole, warns primary principal teacher Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers
Scottish absence

Thursday

8th Aug 2024

What is the multiplication tables check?
All you need to know about the Year 4 times table check, including which questions are most likely to appear and the 2025 test dates
Times table cards
Phonics screening check: all you need to know
This mandatory test is used to determine Year 1 pupils’ phonics skills. Here’s what you need to know, including the 2025 check dates
Phonics cards

Monday

27th May 2024

How AI’s power can be harnessed by primary schools
Rather than asking ‘should we use artificial intelligence?’ the question must now be ‘how do we make best use of AI?’, says this head at a small, rural Scottish primary school
How AI’s power can be harnessed by primary schools

Friday

24th May 2024

The MATs fighting for the survival of small schools
Leaders of multi-academy trusts formed predominantly of small schools tell Tes how they’ve joined forces in an effort to protect small primaries from closure in the coming years
The MATs fighting for the survival of small schools