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HEP Talks episodes

April 27, 2024The Education Brief: 27 April 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 27 April 2024 - Top stories include:
Ofsted is advancing its use of AI to enhance decision-making in school inspections.

Single-phrase Ofsted judgments will remain for now because they provide clarity for parents and are crucial for actions on underperforming schools.

Gillian Keegan expressed concerns over the difficulty of fully funding future teacher pay rises.

Schools are losing nearly a quarter of lesson time to poor student behaviour.
This week’s deep dive:
The future of Progress 8 scores
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh3zm6mN5ZY
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yv8UuKJzgB0qHlqVYccxY
Reading - https://hwrkmagazine.co.uk/talking-floats-on-a-sea-of-write/
AI Tool - https://schoolonline.ai/imaginator/

Music by Slo Pony
12 min
April 20, 2024The Education Brief: 20 April 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 20 April 2024 - Top stories include:
There will be no Progress 8 replacement for school performance measurements in the current and next academic years.

75 percent of primary schools have been forced to reduce their number of teaching assistants.

DfE data indicate a rise in pupil absence rates last term compared to spring 2022-23.

Ofsted's latest report criticises the quality and scope of religious education in England's schools.
This week’s deep dive:
Talking floats on a sea of write - oracy in schools
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading! (Links available on Spotify only)
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool

Music by Slo Pony
13 min
April 17, 2024 GCSE revision, reading, and dancing animals with Carl Anka
It's GCSE revision season, and if you or your students need some extra motivation to review, BBC Bitesize and BBC Sounds have you covered with free podcasts covering a range of subjects from English literature to chemistry. In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper speaks with award-winning author, journalist, and podcaster Carl Anka about the English literature resources in which he played a big role.
Carl Anka is a London-born journalist and broadcaster who has written for BBC, Guardian, VICE, NME, GQ and BuzzFeed and specialises in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. Currently a reporter for sports media group The Athletic covering Manchester United, he is also the host of the Talk of the Devils podcast. Along with Marcus Rashford, Carl is the co-writer of You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be – a positive and inspiring guide for life for young readers.
Aside from the BBC resources, Carl and Luke talk about video games, self-control on social media, and how to get motivated to read. It all somehow all comes down to dancing animals...
Listen now, find the BBC revision resources here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdrk7v4#zj2v46f
and read Carl's blog about reading here:
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/books-for-children/you-are-a-champion-carl-anka-favourite-books
54 min
April 10, 2024 The other side of the story with Andrew Swanson
With the advent of AI and dominance of social media, it's easy for educators to worry about digital literacy and how best to integrate it into their students' learning. In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Andrew Swanson, Executive Producer for BBC Bitesize, about BBC Bitesize's news and media literacy resources collectively titled 'Other Side of the Story'.
The discussion centres on what the resources contain and how they can be used to help inform students about bias, polarisation, fake news, and artificially generated content. It also veers into what teachers and pupils think about media literacy and the credibility of the sources with which they engage.
Check out Other Side of the Story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/groups/c0rx3447znvt
and find the BBC Teach news and media literacy resources here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zfjgdnb
50 min
March 30, 2024The Education Brief: 30 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 30 March 2024 - Top stories include:
Robert Halfon steps down as the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships, and Higher Education.

Some schools are resisting admitting children with SEND.

Schools will face a delay in learning their 2024/25 pupil premium funding allocations.

Over a quarter of applicants to Initial Teacher Training courses are from overseas.

Teachers in England have experienced a greater decline in their real-terms average pay since 2010 compared to the broader public sector.

The Public Accounts Committee highlights a need for investment in school facilities and SEND.
This week’s deep dive:
HEP’s great rebrand
Music by Slo Pony
8 min
March 23, 2024The Education Brief: 23 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 23 March 2024 - Top stories include:
NFER annual labour market report highlights declines in trends in teacher recruitment.

The government has decided to terminate funding for the Inspiring Governance scheme.

The government has decided to scale back the free National Professional Qualifications.

There is significant demand among teachers for AI training to enhance using it in schools.
This week’s deep dive:
AEPA Annual Conference: Leading Education Locally
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool

Music by Slo Pony
9 min
March 16, 2024The Education Brief: 16 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 16 March 2024 - Top stories include:
The Tes Schools Wellbeing Report highlights challenges in workload, funding, and job satisfaction.

The National Institute of Teaching has met its first-year recruitment target… with a little bit of help.

The DfE has lowered the recruitment target for secondary teacher trainees by 9 per cent.

Only two of 41 councils are adequately prepared for the shift out of private finance initiative.
This week’s deep dive:
A Professional Expectation - a Teacher Development Trust report on professional development
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool

https://tdtrust.org/2024/02/29/creating-a-cpd-entitlement-that-works-our-findings/

Music by Slo Pony
13 min
March 09, 2024The Education Brief: 9 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 9 March 2024 - Top stories include:
The Teacher Development Trust's new report highlights the importance of funding for professional development and empowering schools with the autonomy to choose their CPD initiatives.

Ofsted's newest report reveals marked improvement in reading instruction across English schools but highlights weaknesses in writing and spoken language curricula.

Pepe Di’Iasio, incoming ASCL general secretary, emphasised the need for government to focus on streamlining the "middle sector" to reduce workload and stress.

AQA is set to introduce a free digital maths test using adaptive technology.

The DfE has introduced two new governance guides for maintained schools and academy trusts.
This week’s deep dive:
Ofsted’s Big Listen
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool

Music by Slo Pony
14 min
March 06, 2024 Roundtable: Ofsted grades
HEP Talks Roundtable discussions are aimed at giving our schools a voice.
In this episode, James Page, Chief Executive of HEP, and Fran Hargrove, Deputy Chief Executive, host Headteachers Jade-Simone Bacon, Lucy Walker-Collins, and Stephen McNicholas, as well as Senior Improvement Partner Malcolm Willis to talk about Ofsted judgements, the latest Ofsted framework, and what a meaningful inspection process might look like.
51 min
March 02, 2024The Education Brief: 2 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 2 March 2024 - Top stories include:
Fines for unauthorised school absences will increase from £60 to £80 starting in September.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan proposes "more sustainable" teacher pay rises.

Nearly 90% of large multi-academy trusts in the UK plan to expand within the next two years.

FFT Education Datalab reports a significant rise in pupil suspensions and exclusions.
This week’s deep dive:
Working lives of teachers and leaders: wave 2 summary report
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool

Music by Slo Pony
13 min

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HEP Talks is the voice of Haringey Education Partnership. Join us for weekly briefs about the latest relevant education news, roundtable discussions with our schools, and interviews with top voices in education.