The Twenty-Sixth Republic -Half Term Horror?

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Thanks. Just done it. You are right. Easy!

This equates to 55% of state-funded secondaries

It was 46% the week before

Fewer and fewer posters able to post 'my school hasn't had any cases'.

2 members of staff tested positive today, we'd had nothing up until now. Low case area but seems to be on the rise

Year3 and 4 learning model verbs here. Great example of how to turn something easy that the children use in everyday speech without thinking into some unfathomable mystery by giving it a technical name. And fronted adverbials don't need to contain an actual adverb as long as they have an adverbial phrase, hence "Quick as a flash" as it describes how something happened.

Bloody SPAG. Kids get hung up on labels rather than the actual writing content.

Gove, Gibbs and Cummings deserve a good kicking.

I’m a few pages behind you all but lots of TLRS without time here too. I’ve always thought of it as you either get money OR time - I was told once that each free period was £1000 in terms of school coatings. Occasionally if you are proper HoD or something you get a bit of time, but not a lot.

Apparently DfE have readded the line about schools not being high risk to the guidance....

I get people are saying 'we don't get time for tlr' etc but it is actually the rules that tlr should come with clear time allocations. Essentially you're paid for a 27.5 hour week or whatever it is they claim directed time is. TLR payment is for the additional responsibility above and beyond classroom level not time as your contract remains 27.5 hrs or whatever.

I'm a bit sad that everyone accepts not getting time as normal. Certainly slt don't think they should be teaching a full timetable - some of them barely see a classroom.

If a shop assistant gets made assistant manager they don't do a full time shop assistant job PLUS assistant manager in their spare time. They work the same amount of hours at a higher level of responsibility that is renumerated (I've spelt that wrong and can't be arsed to check sorry). It's meant to be the same in teaching.

Apparently DfE have readded the line about schools not being high risk to the guidance....

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They still have 'last updated' as 22nd October though. Have they snuck it in?

And 'compared to other workplace settings'. Presumably they picked a covid ward for comparison.

Saw it on Twitter earlier today, will double check.

Ah, the TES story was from 21st October, so they must have gone in on 22nd October and put it back in.

Hmm. Someone got bollocked didn't they?

So they've actually updated it without telling anyone.....

I suppose they could argue that that one sentence isn't an update as such, just realising they needed to rectify a "mistake", but what else might they have snuck in???

www.tes.com/news/covid-19-schools-not-high-risk-workplaces-after-all

Anyone else really missing the info and-- up-to-the-minute minute news and analysis on the Data thread but got about three hours of their day back?--

I do hope the unions call for evidence there.

I spy with my little eye a sunshiney nc on mother's thread

I am rubbish at sniffing out NCers - almost as bad as my data analysis.

More children in England missing school over Covid-19 www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54695618

Just thinking about this report... is it the first time we have seen the word 'rotas' on the bbc news website? Are they putting it out there?

Monkey

They will be doing I think.

I’m wondering if they’re also working up to changing their stance on exams - the attendance stats are a nice lead in to that for them.

Interesting article @monkey. Have placed the link on my thread.

Hi everyone! I've been flat out and hence not on here but I love it :-) Behaviour is shocking but most children are lovely and I've built some good rapport. Also very excited by half term. Luckily my school is fairly small for a secondary, so bubble areas don't overlap at all, and we are in an area with low community transmission. Really hate dashing from room to room though.

@TheHoneyBadger it is only TLR3 (the ones for a specific time limited post)that aren’t pro-rata I think? TLR1 and 2 are pro-rata according to the STPCD I think?

There is no ‘rule’ about time and TLRS - the only rule is that all teachers should be give adequate time to carry out their duties so if you have more responsibility then probably in most cases you would need some more time.

I’m not saying it’s right - but those are the rules. I mean we all don’t have enough time in general I’d say, and most schools I suspect will give time for substantive posts but I know some staff at ours don’t have extra time on a weekly basis but then might be allowed x days of cover foe stuff depending on what they are doing.

My last school had it right - a really clear structure where every role had a specific TLR attached to it AND a specified time allocation if one. My current school it is all a bit luck of the draw and down to those doing the time tabling....

all teachers should be give adequate time to carry out their duties

I know. It is a joke. To be clear @TheHoneyBadger I’m not disagreeing time should be given, just saying it isn’t a right! Don’t want anyone to think I’m advocating less time for anyone.