The Education Brief: Saturday 7 June 2025 - Top stories include:

• Maths hubs funding drops (but DfE says it’s not a cut)

• Teacher supply: why 5 subjects face gloomier forecasts

• Schools risk ‘inadvertently’ breaking minimum wage law

• Popular schools should prioritise places for poorer pupils, says charity

This week’s deep dive: 

• Schools and Academies Show 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://researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-the-classroom 

Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s4e5-steplab-teach-like-a-champion-with-doug-lemov/id1602317019?i=1000672779630 

Reading - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-equality-first-uk-wide-index-reveals-no-local-authority-has-achieved-full-parity 

AI Tool -https://gamma.app/ 

Music by Slo Pony