HEP Talks

By Haringey Education Partnership

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... more

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The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.

HEP Talks episodes:

February 01, 2025The Education Brief: 1 February 2025
The Education Brief: Saturday 1 February 2025 - Top stories include:
Schools are becoming a vital safety net for struggling families.

Exam board Pearson has been fined £250,000 pounds after it breached confidentiality rules.

Whistleblowers have slammed Ofsted’s planned report cards as “rushed and botched.”

Per-pupil school funding will rise by 1.2 per cent after inflation, which won’t keep up with costs.
This week’s deep dive:
Preparing for Breakfast Clubs
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.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zpph9ty
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2kWB7NJD4QvOwAbNsByHly
Reading - https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/assume-the-worst
AI Tool - https://labs.thenational.academy/

Music by Slo Pony
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15min
January 25, 2025The Education Brief: 25 January 2025
The Education Brief: Saturday 25 January 2025 - Top stories include:
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson unveiled a series of measures at BETT to integrate AI and technology into schools.

New data reveals a 220 per cent rise in suspensions for racist abuse in primary schools.

The government has appointed two expert panels to advise on making mainstream schools more inclusive and reforming the SEND system.

Nearly two-thirds of primary headteachers doubt the free breakfast club scheme will improve school attendance.
This week’s deep dive:
BETT UK 2025
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.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/z97swsg
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lFWjH9gs2QSOlYr9wmwE9
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/building-stronger-schools-through-leadership-hep-senior-leaders-conference-2024/
AI Tool - https://openai.com/o1/

Music by Slo Pony
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14min
January 18, 2025The Education Brief: 18 January 2025
The Education Brief: Saturday 18 January 2025 - Top stories include:
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson spoke in front of the Education Committee.

The Confederation of School Trusts raised concerns over the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Sir Kevan Collins has been named lead non-executive board member for the DfE.

A new report from Headrest calls trust in Ofsted "almost irrecoverable."

The £10 million behaviour hubs programme, launched in 2021, will end in March.
This week’s deep dive:
The HEP Inclusion and SEND Conference 2025
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=MnzmrFsBLO0
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/show/55VZfVNogPJRgarLDv9TDn
Reading - https://www.aft.org/ae/summer2018/willingham
AI Tool - https://smartdraftr.ai/

Music by Slo Pony
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14min
January 11, 2025The Education Brief: 11 January 2025
The Education Brief: Saturday 11 January 2025 - Top stories include:
IFS warns rising SEND costs are set to devour any potential school savings.

The NEU is launching an indicative strike ballot over the government’s proposed teacher pay rise.

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver talked with the Education Select Committee about report cards, SEND, and the Ofsted complaints process.

Labour has scrapped funding for computing hubs and scaled back language hubs.
This week’s deep dive:
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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=JW3PBLqA87A
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/podcast-john-dickens-interviews-sir-kevan-collins/
Reading - https://www.waterstones.com/book/failed-state/sam-freedman/9781035026609
AI Tool - https://labs.google/fx/tools/image-fx

Music by Slo Pony
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13min
December 21, 2024The Education Brief: 21 December 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 21 December 2024 - Top stories include:
The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Ofsted criticises curriculum ‘barriers’ for SEND pupils in mainstream

Survey reveals an increasing formalisation of SATs practice in the first term of Year 6 across UK primary schools

This week’s deep dive:
Autumn Term wrap-up with Fran and James

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.io.uk.com/post/ucet-2024-annual-conference
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-is-everything-broken-and-how-do-we-fix-it-with/id1714972358?i=1000678605619
Reading - https://tinyurl.com/3cew8prz
AI Tool - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/autodraw

Music by Slo Pony
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17min
December 14, 2024The Education Brief: 14 December 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 14 December 2024 - Top stories include:
Home education in England has risen by 21 per cent over the past year.

The DfE has proposed a 2.8 per cent teacher pay rise for 2025 to 2026.

Exam malpractice in schools and colleges has reached a three-year high.

Ofsted will investigate how schools and colleges are using artificial intelligence.
This week’s deep dive:
Key Stage 4 Performance Insights 2023/24

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=De3HU_PJ600
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/amanda-spielman-interviewed-by-laura-mcinerney/
Reading - https://sendmatters.co.uk/2024/11/11/inclusion-in-every-mainstream-setting-5-ways-to-make-this-vision-a-reality/
AI Tool - https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/

Music by Slo Pony
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13min
December 07, 2024The Education Brief: 7 December 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 7 December 2024 - Top stories include:
The government missed its teacher recruitment targets, with the worst shortfall on record.

The government has announced £740 million to create more SEND places in mainstream schools.

Plans to introduce on-screen GCSE exams by 2025 and 2026 have been delayed.

Ofsted’s annual report highlights rising concerns over “flexi-schooling” and disjointed education patterns.
This week’s deep dive:
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

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.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025f8b/the-one-show-29112024
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-makes-an-excellent-primary-curriculum/id1651691834?i=1000677669744
Reading - https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/networks-of-headteachers-and-schools/
AI Tool - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AI-in-Ed-SEND-Hackathon-Report-Guidance.pdf

Music by Slo Pony
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10min
November 30, 2024The Education Brief: 30 November 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 30 November 2024 - Top stories include:
Rising costs in schools are set to outpace the government’s latest funding boost.

Suspensions in England's schools have soared to a record high, with rates jumping 40% last year.

New data reveals a widening disadvantage gap among reception pupils.

New EPI research reveals that 3,500 schools in England are "isolated" from leadership networks.
This week’s deep dive:
Ofsted Report Cards: What we know so far
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://nationalcollege.com/webinars/cost-effectiveness-best-evidence-in-brief-with-the-crre-at-johns-hopkins-university
Listening - https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-ecstasy-of-an-open-brain
Reading - https://eedi.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-copying-things-down
AI Tool - https://www.d-id.com/creative-reality-studio/

Music by Slo Pony
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13min
November 23, 2024The Education Brief: 23 November 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 23 November 2024 - Top stories include:
A new Teaching Commission aims to address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis.

Ambition Institute, Education Development Trust, Teach First, and UCL Institute of Education secured contracts to deliver the Early Career Framework from 2025.

A report on the Behaviour Hubs programme reveals contrasting outcomes.

The government has commissioned research into the Safety Valve scheme’s effects on children and families.
This week’s deep dive:
New Data on Suspensions and Exclusions
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://fairnessfoundation.com/posts/great-britain
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wellbeing-equation-why-happy-staff-stay-with/id1608692574?i=1000673251399
Reading - https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/mental-health-and-the-internet/
AI Tool - https://www.blooket.com/

Music by Slo Pony
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13min
November 16, 2024The Education Brief: 16 November 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 16 November 2024 - Top stories include:
The government has reversed a 20-hours training mandate for trainee teacher mentors.

The EEF announced a £700,000 initiative to improve student outcomes across 300 schools.

An OECD report dispels the idea that English students have an “anti-maths mindset”.

The government has proposed raising teachers' pension contributions.
This week’s deep dive:
HEP Senior Leaders’ Conference
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.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/ztfxb7h
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/heads-up-difficult-conversations-and-school/id1608692574?i=1000675919550
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/breaking-open-the-pipeline-or-why-pedagogy-has-to-serve-curriculum/
AI Tool - https://ai.invideo.io/signup

Music by Slo Pony
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13min

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How many episodes does HEP Talks have?

The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.

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