Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Tes highlights the major trends from the third year of data relating to the Year 4 times tables test

A small-town US librarian’s lively account of her battle with a group of far-right censors reveals the toll it took on her health

New Ofqual data on requests for this summer's GCSE, AS and A-level assessments have been released. Tes breaks down the highlights

Private Rites by Julia Armfield has an overall rating of Positive based on 9 book reviews.

In both her fiction and nonfiction, she seizes on the allusive, the hallucinatory, the poetic—and sensible boots

The latest Timss report includes data on school absence from 65 nations globally. Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks at where England ranks

New Department for Education data reveals a raft of insights into teacher recruitment in England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger picks out the positives and outlines where the concerns lie

Three years after the Year 4 times tables assessment became statutory, the results from the test continue to improve. So how are schools achieving this, and is it really making pupils better at maths? Ellen Peirson-Hagger reports

From curriculum changes to poor hiring decisions, school and trust leaders share a mistake they made – and, crucially, what they learned from the experience

The planned legislation is set to result in significant changes to academy powers. Jasmine Norden and Ellen Peirson-Hagger outline which freedoms academies will lose and retain