It is hard to imagine a primary school operating without its teaching assistants. Except for those teachers who are old enough to remember when they did! For most of her […]
Lunch: How do teachers eat theirs?
It may seem glib to ask questions about lunch but one of our slight obsessions is the minutiae of the teaching day — and for good reason. Well-validated employment questionnaires […]
Ofsted and Curriculum: Is Their Focus A Good Idea?
Since chief inspector Amanda Spielman took over at Ofsted, she has repeatedly said that inspectors will look more carefully at curriculum during their visits. We asked teachers how they felt […]
Should We Pay Physics Teachers More Than Other Teachers?
The country has a shortage of physics teachers. It’s long-standing, it appears to be endemic, it isn’t getting better. So, what to do? One mooted solution is to pay every […]
The Multiplication Check: When Should It Take Place?
Last week the education secretary announced a series of policy changes, including one on the online multiplication check. One of Teacher Tapp’s purposes is to get quick feedback on government […]
What Teachers Tapped This Week #2 – 24th September 2017
Another week, another set of questions – thank you to the 800 of you taking part. We hope you are learning lots! First, a couple of questions raised by beta-testers […]
The teachers working in schools before my alarm goes off
When my alarm goes off at 7am, 11% of our Teacher Tapp panel are already at work. And most of those are pretty unhappy with the hours they are working. […]
What Teachers Tapped This Week #1 – 18th September 2017
Thank you beta-testers! Over the past week hundreds of you have answered questions and started the Teacher Tapp journey into making schools smarter. Here are some things we have […]
You Helped Us Catch A Bug! (And Also To Learn About Ability Setting)
One reason we only launched Teacher Tapp to a small audience at first is because the technology is new and we must feel our way towards making it fantastic. The […]
What data shows about how we might solve the teacher recruitment crisis
In the four days since the launch of Teacher Tapp we’ve already learned a few weird things we didn’t know before. We know that: far more primary teachers wish they […]