The Education Brief: Saturday 5 July 2025 - Top stories include:

• Nearly 100 AP settings may be operating illegally, a new investigation has found.

• Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver is asking school leaders to reserve judgment until September.

• Ofqual is weighing potential action as concerns mount over AI’s impact on coursework integrity.

• One year into its government, Labour has made uneven progress on its education pledges.

This week’s deep dive: 

• HEP ECT Celebration Event

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

Watching - https://news.hackney.gov.uk/news/hackney-museum-exhibition-explores-experience-of-turkish-diaspora-in-hackneys-garment-trade#cc_target

Listening - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/errrpodcast/episodes/ERRR-103--James-Mannion-on-Making-Change-Stick-Implementation-e33qmgo

Reading - https://the-difference.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/What-Works-Four-Tenets-of-Effective-Internal-Alternative-Provision.pdf

AI Tool - https://www.anthropic.com/ai-fluency

Music by Slo Pony