The Education Brief: Saturday 12 July 2025 - Top stories include:

• SEND inspections are set for another overhaul following government reforms this autumn.

• Suspensions and exclusions in England’s state schools have hit record highs.

• School budgets have plunged deeper into deficit, with 10% relying on emergency financial support.

• School governors say finances have hit “breaking point” and are their number one concern.

This week’s deep dive: 

• The New Writing Framework

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

Watching - https://steplab.co/watch/great-teaching-unpacked-episode-4-embedding-development

Listening - https://zachgroshell.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/how-can-direct-instruction-strengthen-an-mtss-framework-with-stephanie-stollar-diane-kinder-and-marcy-stein/

Reading - https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost-boys

AI Tool - https://turboscribe.ai/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-writing-framework

Music by Slo Pony