Levelling up, Extending the school day, and Early Career Framework

Welcome back to the Tes News Podcast

In this week's episode we discuss:

Matilda Martin shares all you need to know on what the https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/levelling-what-schools-need-know# (government's levelling up white paper )could mean for education.

The Welsh government's https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/need-know-wales-plans-extending-school-day (extended school day pilot), which will see over 1,800 learners in 13 schools and one college benefit from five hours of extra activity over a 10-week period.

https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/ecf-what-can-we-learn-its-first-term-new-teachers-early-career-framework# (The Early Career Framework )was designed to support new teachers when 'the learning curve is steepest' and make their new job a little less daunting. However, Grainne Hallahan discovers that for new teachers – and their mentors – the framework itself is proving one of the hardest parts of the job