The Education Brief: Saturday 26 April 2025 - Top stories include:

• Teacher job adverts are down, and the education sector is bracing for a staffing squeeze.

• Pupil suspensions surged by 12% last spring, with the North East topping the exclusions charts.

• An Inspector Calls reigns supreme for literature GCSEs, but calls for change are growing louder.

• School budgets are under fresh strain as pay rises and food costs outpace funding.

This week’s deep dive: 

• Why CPD fails

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.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/z7mdp9q#zrfwvj6

Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/roundtable-what-educators-really-think-about-the-new/id1608692574?i=1000703953285

Reading - https://home.edurio.com/resources/insights/culture-driven-recruitment/

AI Tool - https://gemini.google/overview/deep-research/?hl=en-GB

Music by Slo Pony