The Education Brief: Wednesday 1 October 2025 - Top stories include:

• Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged a library in every English primary school by 2029.

• Ofsted insists it can fund as many monitoring inspections its new ‘report card’ system will trigger.

• Teacher recruitment applications for training are up 10 per cent, but secondary recruitment will still fall 15 per cent short of target.

• An independent review has urged Oak to drop its “National Academy” label.

• The government plans to expand free breakfast clubs to 2,000 more primary schools from 2026.

Round Up for Schools:

• Teachers claim student loan repayments
• DfE resources for effective governance

HEP Updates:

• Order Leadership 55 - the book
• Big 7 - What Every Teacher Needs to Know
• The Bro Code from HEP

Watching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3mg4sMdkU

Listening - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jgm7

Reading - https://www.faireducation.org.uk/report-card-2025

AI Tool - https://uk.bettshow.com/ai-in-education

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