Hello and welcome back to the tes news podcast On this week's episode we discuss:Fears of special school funding 'postcode lottery'Should schools share questions with candidates ahead of the interview?Should students have access to the internet during exams?


Should students have internet access during exams?

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Join the Tes News team as they discuss another 'catastrophic' shortfall in the number of trainee teachers recruited this year

The ‘dire’ state of teacher recruitment

Join the Tes News team as they discuss an exclusive interview focusing on what we can expect from Catherine McKinnell.

New shadow schools minister speaks to Tes

Join the Tes News team as they discuss a week dominated by Ofsted as it releases it's final annual report before the change of guard and a new era for the watchdog

Ofsted rates its final year under Spielman

Join the Tes News team as we discuss our exclusive analysis that one heads’ leader warned is more evidence of the ‘morale-sapping impact of the inspection system. You can find the stories discussed in today's episode below:Teacher wellbeing survey reveals record levels of stressMore schools keep ‘outstanding’ gradeOfsted reports “opaque” without grades3 Ofsted findings for schoolsOfsted announce Lee Owston as new national director


Is an ‘outstanding’ grade out of reach for schools?

Join the Tes News team as we discuss whether single-word Ofsted inspection judgements are on the way out and consider what inspection in the future might look like. Articles discussed in this week's episode below:Ofsted ‘scorecard’ for schools and MATs exploredOfsted reports ‘opaque’ without grades, warns Gibb
And here are some other stories we think you might find interesting:Labour plans to replace Ofsted grades‘Dreaded’ Ofsted inspections ‘ineffective’DfE issues ‘absurd’ threats to trusts with improving schools 


Should students have internet access during exams?

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