Pete Henshaw

3 weeks ago | headteacher-update.com | Pete Henshaw

The study from Incomes Data Research has been commissioned by the National Education Union as it continues to lobby government for an improved teacher pay offer this September. The research compares the basic weekly earnings of both primary and secondary teachers with 11 other professional groups, including accountants, surveyors, engineers, IT professionals, and management consultants.

3 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

Adolescence tells the story of how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. The four-part Netflix series includes themes of incel culture, mysogyny, and the treatment of women. Jamie, who is played by the actor Owen Cooper, is bullied on social media, made to feel ugly and rejected, and is exposed to incel ideas and messages as well as warped views on sexual violence.

3 weeks ago | headteacher-update.com | Pete Henshaw

Organised by road safety charity Brake, Kids Walk sees UK primary school pupils taking part in short, supervised walks in their communities. Schools signing up receive resources and lesson packs that help to teach vital road safety skills. Official figures show that six children are killed or seriously injured on UK roads every day. The Kids Walk is aimed at children aged 4 to 11 and last year 720 schools took part, reaching around 80,000 pupils.

4 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

Official government poverty figures were updated last week and show that in 2023/24 around 4.45 million children were living in poverty (DWP, 2025). This is up from around 4.33 million the year previously. This equates to 31% of all children and the data shows that 7 in 10 (72%) are from families where at least one parent is working. The figures note that the increase in poverty “was mainly due to a real-terms fall in income from employment and self-employment for households with children”.

4 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

Secondary schools should prioritise “individualised approaches” including pastoral support, one-to-one check-ins, and lesson catch-up when addressing student absence – but should still recognise that sanctions have a role to play. A research study based on the work of nine secondary schools with good attendance records has sought to identify “work works”.