The Education Brief: Saturday 21 June 2025 - Top stories include:

• Ninety-three educators received Silver Awards in the Pearson National Teaching Awards.

• The government will rebuild 250 more schools as part of a £20 billion programme expansion.

• Entries for GCSE statistics have nearly doubled since 2021.

• Pupils could lose up to 12 teaching days a year by 2100 due to climate change.

This week’s deep dive: 

• What Might Be in the Autumn Schools White Paper?

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-3-securing-success

Listening - https://evidenceintoaction.podbean.com/e/ep-25-retrieval-practice/

Reading - https://thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/14/learning-to-be-human-ai-and-learning/

AI Tool - https://ai-2027.com/

Music by Slo Pony