The Education Brief: Wednesday 19 November 2025 - Top stories include:

• Teacher wellbeing has hit a new low, according to Education Support’s latest Wellbeing Index.

• The government’s new AI-generated attendance reports have been pulled just days after launch.

• The DfE have named 36 new attendance and behaviour hub lead schools.

• Councils say the high-needs funding system is on the brink of “total collapse”, while some primaries now have six times as many pupils with EHCPs as others.

• Teachers and leaders say extra enrichment is impossible.

HEP Updates:

• Book sessions on the https://hepbookinghub.co.uk/ 

• https://register-national-professional-qualifications.education.gov.uk/

• https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hep-inclusion-send-conference-2026-neurodiversity-in-the-classroom-tickets-1758147629889

• https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/How-to-use-Multimedia-in-the-Classroom-A-design-guide-based-on-evidence-.pdf

Watching - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/oct/21/why-the-manosphere-clicked-for-young-men-a-visual-deep-dive

Listening - https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/podcasts

Reading - https://demos.co.uk/research/inside-the-mind-of-a-16-year-old-from-andrew-tate-to-bonnie-blue-to-nigel-farage-what-do-first-time-voters-think-about-social-media-politics-the-state-of-britain-and-their-futures/

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

⁠Music by Slo Pony⁠