The Education Brief: Saturday 3 May 2025 - Top stories include:

• Trainee teacher numbers rise by 8%, with surges in STEM subjects like physics and computing.

• Education unions are taking the Teaching Regulation Agency to court.

• NAHT are taking Ofsted to court over its new inspection regime.

• Interim EHRC guidance ruled trans pupils must use toilets matching their biological sex.

• 82% of school leaders report having children stuck in mainstream schools despite EHCPs mandating specialist provision.

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=sElN9Axzcm8

Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/disciplinary-literacy-pedtech-and-flexible-working/id1516532537?i=1000704845843

Reading - https://thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/powerpoint-and-iwbs-its-time-to-reclaim-analogue-teaching/

AI Tool - https://academy.openai.com/home

Music by Slo Pony