Join the TES team as they discuss the education world's biggest stories of the past seven days. This week we look at what OCR's decision to dump GCSE and A-levels in modern languages means for schools and the exams industry as a whole. We talk scatter charts as part of an in-depth analysis into the government's plans for a fully academised system, and we grapple with the fiendishly difficult Progress 8 measure, and ask: "Will anyone understand how it works?" Tune in and enjoy.

Join the

TES team as they discuss the week’s biggest education news and views, including

Natasha Devon’s “dumping” by the Department for Education as its mental health

tsar. We talk about school minister Nick Gibb’s clanger on the radio when he

got a grammar question wrong live on air. We hear how teachers would rather small

class sizes to pay rises. And we talk porky-pies and the minefield that is the

employer’s reference. Tune in and enjoy. 

Join the TES team as they discuss this week’s biggesteducation and opinion, including the government’s decision to scrap baselineassessments; the use of artificial intelligence and robots in the classroom and why schools shouldn't utter the word "Ofsted". Tune in and enjoy.  

Join the TES team as we discuss this week's edition of the magazine, including what happened at the recent union conferences; what to do with teachers' onerous workloads, whether initial teacher training should include learning how to work with adopted children. We find out how the Roman statesman Cicero would view our education system and we learn how the grass may not be greener for any teachers considering leaving the profession. Tune in and enjoy.

The TES podcast goes on the road to the Education Show in Birmingham. Join TES editor Ann Mroz, Hannah Wilson Harris Federation Croydon vice principal, Kirsty Tonks assistant principal at Shireland Academy, David Weston CEO of the Teacher Development Trust and TES product director Michael Shaw. There's even a little interview with lTV scientist Kevin Fong. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as they discuss this week’s major

education announcements in the budget and the schools white paper. We caught up

with the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter to hear his advice for

headteachers and schools faced with becoming an academy. And we got NAHT

general secretary Russell Hobby’s views on what the white paper will mean for

the country’s schools. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as they discuss Sir David Carter, the new national schools commissioner, and his vision for academies, they talk about the government's response to criticism levelled at the new primary assessments and they hear about an innovative Dungeons and Dragons-style behaviour management. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as they discuss the growing teacher shortage crisis, why women are scheduling caesarians to get ahead in the race for a top private school and we look at the thorny issue of unconscious bias among teachers. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as they discuss this week's issue including at look at how the educational North/South divide is a distraction, why improvements in education won't budge until the housing crisis is addressed. We talk about why Carol Dweck has had to step in when it comes to the use of her growth mindset theory, and, finally, we hear about the shotgun brandishing new face of the health and safety executive. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as they give their views on the only show in town this week, Bett. We have a quick chat about this week's fantastic issue and we even have a very special guest in the shape of the YouTube entrepreneur, MBE and multi-millionaire Jamal Edwards. Tune in and enjoy.