The Education Brief: Saturday 8 March 2025 - Top stories include:

• England’s £11 billion EHCP budget is not improving outcomes for children with SEND.

• School leaders across England are facing an alarming surge in parental abuse.

• Concerns are growing over the government’s decision to scrap behaviour hubs.

• The government’s supervised toothbrushing scheme is set to roll out in England.

This week’s deep dive: 

• Human Intelligence in the Age of AI

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/z33hcxs#zbfgmbk

Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-myths-mastery-motivation-getting-fluent-with/id1516532537?i=1000692227939

Reading - https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/specialist-sector/how-reform-ehcps-benefit-schools-and-families-send-support

AI Tool - https://claude.ai/new

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The Education Brief: Saturday 1 March 2025 - Top stories include:

• Ofsted is set to trial its proposed new inspection framework with visits to around 240 schools.

• New analysis reveals that CEO pay at the largest multi-academy trusts continues to rise.

• Teachers in four Haringey secondary schools have gone on strike over plans to raise class sizes.

• The 750 schools that will take part in a pilot offering free breakfast clubs have been announced.

This week’s deep dive: 

• Your round-up of education updates

We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!

Watching - https://steplab.co/watch/great-teaching-unpacked-episode-1-harnessing-attention

Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RKzI8HvcHtVDzkrwDVdFs

Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/what-do-the-latest-policy-changes-mean-for-governors/

AI Tool - https://teacherbot.io/

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The Education Brief: Saturday 15 February 2025 - Top stories include:

• Ofsted reports marks down for behaviour have halved since Covid, but teachers disagree.

• Teach First has announced James Toop as its new CEO.

• 60% of academy trust CEOs say new reforms would have no impact on their schools.

• Government minutes reveal a heated exchange between Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh.

This week’s deep dive: 

• Haringey Governor 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.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/zm9vwsg

Listening - https://www.ted.com/talks/rethinking_with_adam_grant_sam_altman_on_the_future_of_ai_and_humanity

Reading - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/its-time-to-finally-put-re-in-the-national-curriculum-where-it-belongs/

AI Tool - https://klingai.com/

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The Education Brief:Saturday 8 February 2025 - Top stories include:

• Academy trusts are under growing financial pressure.

• The government is investing £2 million in a new “writing framework” and literacy training.

• The Education Secretary has voiced concerns over the growing number of parental complaints.

• School leaders have slammed the government’s new intervention plans for “stuck schools.”

This week’s deep dive: 

• Improving the way Ofsted inspects education

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=HsXlEwh8VKk

Listening -https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/will-the-debate-over-vocational-and/id1591570847?i=1000684947421

Reading -https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/40-years-of-bett-uk-how-ai-is-shaping-the-next-era-of-education/

AI Tool -https://www.deepseek.com/

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The Education Brief: Saturday 1 February 2025 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive: 

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/

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The Education Brief: Saturday 25 January 2025 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive: 

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/

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The Education Brief: Saturday 18 January 2025 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive: 

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/

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The Education Brief: Saturday 11 January 2025 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive: 

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

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The Education Brief: Saturday 21 December 2024 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive:

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

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The Education Brief: Saturday 14 December 2024 - Top stories include:

This week’s deep dive: 

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/

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