Blog
Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you’ll also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you’ll find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
How to digitise school extracurricular activities management: Digitise your school's extracurricular activities today!
What is a School Management System?
A School Management System (SMS) streamlines school operations by centralising data, automating processes and improving communication.
Know the evolution of your school's assets
Investing in building works and infrastructure is a significant priority for schools, with over 52% of schools allocating budgets annually to these efforts. This creates a vast portfolio of assets that must be effectively managed to preserve their lifecycle.
Meet Kim Edwards
Kim Edwards has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher educator, instructional leader, classroom practitioner, IB coordinator, and Deputy Principal for K-12 Schools.
What is your school's data strategy?
School leaders and teachers have more data available than ever before, but turning this into valuable insights to make better decisions requires a strategy.
Emergency evacuation diagrams for schools: Manage with AssetWhere
Schools are spending more time and resources managing risk and compliance than ever before. Having accurate and up-to-date fire and evacuation procedures is a critical part of this responsibility.
How to streamline club sign-ups at your school for fair access
It can be hard for busy international school staff members to manage club sign-ups amongst other work. In this blog, we explore how you can more easily manage sign-ups to your club while ensuring fair access for students.
5 ways to increase student participation in extracurricular activities
Extracurricular activities have a range of benefits for young people, but encouraging attendance can be challenging. In this blog, we explore how you can increase student participation in school clubs without adding to staff workload.
The hidden cost of manual school club management (and how to do it better)
Managing school clubs can be difficult – between sign-ups, taking payments, logging attendance and record-keeping, they carry a large administrative burden for busy members of school staff. In this blog, we explore how you can better manage school clubs to do more in less time.
How teacher retention at your school affects students
As a leader at an international school, staff retention activities are key for you to keep your best teachers. But how does teacher retention at your school impact students?
How teacher wellbeing affects your students’ outcomes
As a school leader, it’s important you support your staff to be mentally healthy at work. In this blog, we explore the link between teacher wellbeing and student outcomes.
How can school leaders support teachers’ mental health and wellbeing?
In this blog, we explore how workload and work-life balance can influence teachers’ mental health and the role leaders play in supporting them.
The importance of seeing the bigger picture in safeguarding
Learn about how a joined-up, holistic approach to safeguarding can help your staff protect children from harm and help create a safer future for every young person in your care.
How Tes Parents’ Meetings supports remote and hybrid parent-teacher evenings
Whether parents are working late, living overseas, travelling, or simply juggling busy schedules, traditional in-person parent-teacher evenings don’t always meet the needs of every family. That’s where Tes Parents’ Meetings comes in.