The Education Brief: Saturday 19 July 2025 - Top stories include:

• Ofsted will stagger the rollout of its new inspection framework this November.

• England’s school population will shrink by nearly 400,000 fewer pupils by 2030.

• The DfE’s latest annual report has escalated SEND cost pressures to a “major issue.”

• The digital divide between state schools and private schools has widened with AI.

This week’s deep dive: 

• Challenging Misogyny and Sexism

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=U7G_K4bEH8s&t=59s

Listening - https://educationrickshaw.com/2025/06/08/s4e33-peps-mccrea-on-great-teaching-and-human-flourishing/

Reading - https://www.tes.com/en-gb/for-schools/content/safeguarding-report-2025

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

Music by Slo Pony