HEP Talks
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HEP TalksMar 14, 2022
The Education Brief: 11 May 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 11 May 2024 - Top stories include:
The DfE is investigating inclusivity in schools, with a focus on institutions with fewer EHCPs.
The government announced larger music hubs across England, reducing the number to 43.
An analysis of the Safety Valve programme uncovered "startling" cuts to specialist provision for SEND pupils.
Matt Hood has been appointed the first permanent chief executive of Oak National Academy
This week’s deep dive:
Emerging changes in Ofsted
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://youtu.be/I3CcXED2EDU?feature=shared
Listening - https://radiolab.org/podcast/memory-and-forgetting
Reading - https://achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2022/12/14/the-ratio-lens/
AI Tool - https://www.thenational.academy/blog/ai-tools-for-teachers-are-just-the-start
The Education Brief: 4 May 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 4 May 2024 - Top stories include:
The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, sparks an outcry
DfE ‘actively looking’ at reforms to £10k special schools place funding
DFE advises all schools create a bomb threat checklist
England scraps 50% rule on faith school admissions
This week’s deep dive:
The future of safeguarding in schools
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://youtu.be/I3CcXED2EDU?feature=shared
Listening - https://radiolab.org/podcast/memory-and-forgetting
Reading - https://achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2022/12/14/the-ratio-lens/
AI Tool - https://www.thenational.academy/blog/ai-tools-for-teachers-are-just-the-start
The Education Brief: 27 April 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 27 April 2024 - Top stories include:
Ofsted is advancing its use of AI to enhance decision-making in school inspections.
Single-phrase Ofsted judgments will remain for now because they provide clarity for parents and are crucial for actions on underperforming schools.
Gillian Keegan expressed concerns over the difficulty of fully funding future teacher pay rises.
Schools are losing nearly a quarter of lesson time to poor student behaviour.
This week’s deep dive:
The future of Progress 8 scores
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=Sh3zm6mN5ZY
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yv8UuKJzgB0qHlqVYccxY
Reading - https://hwrkmagazine.co.uk/talking-floats-on-a-sea-of-write/
AI Tool - https://schoolonline.ai/imaginator/
The Education Brief: 20 April 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 20 April 2024 - Top stories include:
There will be no Progress 8 replacement for school performance measurements in the current and next academic years.
75 percent of primary schools have been forced to reduce their number of teaching assistants.
DfE data indicate a rise in pupil absence rates last term compared to spring 2022-23.
Ofsted's latest report criticises the quality and scope of religious education in England's schools.
This week’s deep dive:
Talking floats on a sea of write - oracy in schools
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading! (Links available on Spotify only)
GCSE revision, reading, and dancing animals with Carl Anka
It's GCSE revision season, and if you or your students need some extra motivation to review, BBC Bitesize and BBC Sounds have you covered with free podcasts covering a range of subjects from English literature to chemistry. In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper speaks with award-winning author, journalist, and podcaster Carl Anka about the English literature resources in which he played a big role.
Carl Anka is a London-born journalist and broadcaster who has written for BBC, Guardian, VICE, NME, GQ and BuzzFeed and specialises in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. Currently a reporter for sports media group The Athletic covering Manchester United, he is also the host of the Talk of the Devils podcast. Along with Marcus Rashford, Carl is the co-writer of You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be – a positive and inspiring guide for life for young readers.
Aside from the BBC resources, Carl and Luke talk about video games, self-control on social media, and how to get motivated to read. It all somehow all comes down to dancing animals...
Listen now, find the BBC revision resources here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdrk7v4#zj2v46f
and read Carl's blog about reading here:
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/books-for-children/you-are-a-champion-carl-anka-favourite-books
The other side of the story with Andrew Swanson
With the advent of AI and dominance of social media, it's easy for educators to worry about digital literacy and how best to integrate it into their students' learning. In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Andrew Swanson, Executive Producer for BBC Bitesize, about BBC Bitesize's news and media literacy resources collectively titled 'Other Side of the Story'.
The discussion centres on what the resources contain and how they can be used to help inform students about bias, polarisation, fake news, and artificially generated content. It also veers into what teachers and pupils think about media literacy and the credibility of the sources with which they engage.
Check out Other Side of the Story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/groups/c0rx3447znvt
and find the BBC Teach news and media literacy resources here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zfjgdnb
The Education Brief: 30 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 30 March 2024 - Top stories include:
Robert Halfon steps down as the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships, and Higher Education.
Some schools are resisting admitting children with SEND.
Schools will face a delay in learning their 2024/25 pupil premium funding allocations.
Over a quarter of applicants to Initial Teacher Training courses are from overseas.
Teachers in England have experienced a greater decline in their real-terms average pay since 2010 compared to the broader public sector.
The Public Accounts Committee highlights a need for investment in school facilities and SEND.
This week’s deep dive:
HEP’s great rebrand
The Education Brief: 23 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 23 March 2024 - Top stories include:
NFER annual labour market report highlights declines in trends in teacher recruitment.
The government has decided to terminate funding for the Inspiring Governance scheme.
The government has decided to scale back the free National Professional Qualifications.
There is significant demand among teachers for AI training to enhance using it in schools.
This week’s deep dive:
AEPA Annual Conference: Leading Education Locally
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 16 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 16 March 2024 - Top stories include:
The Tes Schools Wellbeing Report highlights challenges in workload, funding, and job satisfaction.
The National Institute of Teaching has met its first-year recruitment target… with a little bit of help.
The DfE has lowered the recruitment target for secondary teacher trainees by 9 per cent.
Only two of 41 councils are adequately prepared for the shift out of private finance initiative.
This week’s deep dive:
A Professional Expectation - a Teacher Development Trust report on professional development
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
https://tdtrust.org/2024/02/29/creating-a-cpd-entitlement-that-works-our-findings/
The Education Brief: 9 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 9 March 2024 - Top stories include:
The Teacher Development Trust's new report highlights the importance of funding for professional development and empowering schools with the autonomy to choose their CPD initiatives.
Ofsted's newest report reveals marked improvement in reading instruction across English schools but highlights weaknesses in writing and spoken language curricula.
Pepe Di’Iasio, incoming ASCL general secretary, emphasised the need for government to focus on streamlining the "middle sector" to reduce workload and stress.
AQA is set to introduce a free digital maths test using adaptive technology.
The DfE has introduced two new governance guides for maintained schools and academy trusts.
This week’s deep dive:
Ofsted’s Big Listen
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Roundtable: Ofsted grades
HEP Talks Roundtable discussions are aimed at giving our schools a voice.
In this episode, James Page, Chief Executive of HEP, and Fran Hargrove, Deputy Chief Executive, host Headteachers Jade-Simone Bacon, Lucy Walker-Collins, and Stephen McNicholas, as well as Senior Improvement Partner Malcolm Willis to talk about Ofsted judgements, the latest Ofsted framework, and what a meaningful inspection process might look like.
The Education Brief: 2 March 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 2 March 2024 - Top stories include:
Fines for unauthorised school absences will increase from £60 to £80 starting in September.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan proposes "more sustainable" teacher pay rises.
Nearly 90% of large multi-academy trusts in the UK plan to expand within the next two years.
FFT Education Datalab reports a significant rise in pupil suspensions and exclusions.
This week’s deep dive:
Working lives of teachers and leaders: wave 2 summary report
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 24 February 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 24 February 2024 - Top stories include:
The trend towards home education has doubled with significant growth in deprived areas.
Dame Rachel de Souza seeks to audit UK schools' mobile phone policies.
Around 20% of the UK's largest MATs gave their CEOs pay rises of £10,000 or more in 2022-23.
Over 10,000 pupils have vanished from the English state education radar.
This week’s deep dive:
How to create an inclusive classroom
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
What the Army can teach us with Richard Watts
The British Army isn't necessarily associated with education, but in this episode of HEP Talks, Richard Watts, Director of Educational and Regional Marketing for the Recruiting Partnership Project at British Army and Capita, explains to Luke Kemper that, actually, the Army is an educational provider. On top of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, the Army has also developed the BASE - British Army Supporting Education - Programme, which provides free digital resources in multiple subjects for class teachers to use, and opportunities for pupils to learn a little bit more about the Army in the meantime.
Richard and Luke talk about these resources, how and why they were designed, and why the Army makes education one of its priorities. You can find the BASE resources at the link here: https://jobs.army.mod.uk/base/
The Education Brief: 17 February 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 17 February 2024 - Top stories include:
New DfE guidance advises academy trusts to collaborate with LAs to manage school places.
Baroness Barran highlighted emerging progress in school attendance in a House of Lords speech.
An EPI report suggests extending the school day to enhance disadvantaged pupils' access to extracurricular activities.
A University of Cambridge study suggests school uniforms may hinder physical activity, particularly among younger girls.
Over a third of female school staff have their flexible working requests turned down.
One in six teachers now undertake second jobs, marking a 42% increase.
This week’s deep dive:
- Mental health in schools
The Education Brief: 10 February 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 10 February 2024 - Top stories include:
Over 100 schools identified with RAAC are set for reconstruction.
The government has announced guidance for primary schools to offer wraparound childcare.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission will assess how the SEND system prepares young people for adulthood.
DfE report suggests over half of special school pupils could thrive in mainstream settings.
This week’s deep dive:
Explicit instruction
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 3 February 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 3 February 2024 - Top stories include:
In September 2025, the government will combine the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework.
The EEF is launching a trial to explore if ChatGPT can reduce teacher workload.
A new NFER report makes recommendations to address the "invisible glass ceiling" facing teachers of colour in the UK.
Ofsted's digital inspection system has faced glitches causing data loss.
A coalition has called for revision to the DfE's draft transgender guidance for schools.
This week’s deep dive:
Haringey Governor Conference 2024 - Moving Forward Together
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 27 January 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 27 January 2024 - Top stories include:
- Ofsted has adjusted its approach to accessing school websites.
- The number of local authority maintained primary schools in deficit has surged by 62 percent.
- Government experts urge funding for schools to trial and formulate a long-term strategy for AI.
- The AP sector is experiencing a significant surge in demand for pupil referral unit places.
This week’s deep dive:
The BETT Show London 2024
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Immersion, AR, and learning with Phil Birchinall
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Phil Birchinall, Senior Director of Immersive Content at Discovery Education, about the concept of immersion and its connections with learning, and how augmented reality (AR) can induce a state of immersion in pupils.
Discovery Education, an edtech company which provides digital learning resources to millions of teachers around the world, has developed Sandbox AR, a free tool for schools to use. During the conversation, Phil talks about the experiences pupils and teachers have had with the tool, and how educators can use it to create immersive experiences in their schools.
Sandbox AR app:
https://apps.apple.com/bh/app/sandbox-ar/id1582806816
TimePod Adventures:
https://apps.apple.com/bh/app/timepod-adventures/id1580919771
All things Discovery Education immersive:
Immersive.discoveryeducation.com
The Education Brief: 20 January 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 20 January 2024 - Top stories include:
Ofsted and the DfE have announced significant reforms in response to the inquest into Ruth Perry’s death.
A new Ofsted policy allows school inspections to be paused for up to five days over concerns about leader wellbeing.
A new study has shed light on the complex factors driving school absences.
Lucy Livings has been announced as the new interim regional director for the South West.
This week’s deep dive:
HEP Inclusion and SEND Conference 2024
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 13 January 2024
The Education Brief: Saturday 13 January 2024 - Top stories include:
Disadvantaged pupils are significantly less likely to attend top-performing comprehensive schools.
£30,000 bursaries could attract more individuals to consider a career switch to teaching.
A recent decision by the DfE will see many misconduct verdicts removed from its website.
The DfE has announced it will reimburse schools up to £4,000 for participating in RAAC surveys.
This week’s deep dive:
Bridget Phillipson, Autumn Term attendance, and the return of Ofsted
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
No Permission Required with CARGO (Part 2)
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks Charles Golding and Lawrence Hoo, cofounders of the CARGO movement.
CARGO stands for 'Charting African Resilience Generating Opportunities' and the organisation has created some wonderful opportunities for expanding the presence of Black-heritage characters in the school curriculum. The resources they created, altogether titled CARGO Classroom, are available through the link below.
In part two of the interview, Chaz and Lawrence discuss the CARGO educational resources and how teachers can use them, the feedback that the organisation has received about them, and plans for CARGO's future.
Check out CARGO here: https://cargomovement.org/classroom/
The Education Brief: 2023 Autumn term wrapped!
The Education Brief: Saturday 23 December 2023
This special edition of The Education Brief includes an Education news review of Autumn term 2023 as well as HEP’s end-of-year reflections.
No Permission Required with CARGO (Part 1)
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks Charles Golding and Lawrence Hoo, cofounders of the CARGO movement.
CARGO stands for 'Charting African Resilience Generating Opportunities' and the organisation has created some wonderful opportunities for expanding the presence of Black-heritage characters in the school curriculum. The resources they created, altogether titled CARGO Classroom, are available through the link below.
In part one of the interview, Chaz and Lawrence discuss the beginnings of CARGO, how it created a space for expression of Black heritage that didn't exist before, and how they pivoted into creating educational resources.
Check out CARGO here: https://cargomovement.org/classroom/
The Education Brief: 16 December 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 16 December 2023 - Top stories include:
The DfE has launched a consultation on the Advanced British Standard.
Private equity-backed firms and a Middle East sovereign wealth fund are profiting from the UK's struggling SEND system.
Ofsted's grading landscape for schools has evolved under the leadership of Amanda Spielman.
There has been a significant increase in fines issued to parents for unauthorised pupil absences.
This week’s deep dive:
The HEP / Haringey 2023 Racial Equity Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 9 December 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 9 December 2023 - Top stories include:
An Ofsted inspection was found to have significantly contributed to the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry.
The UK government won't confirm a deadline for addressing the RAAC crisis in schools until the new year.
Exam board OCR is set to launch the first GCSE to be assessed solely on screen in 2025.
NASUWT accused the Education Secretary of deliberately frustrating the teacher pay process for next year.
This week’s deep dive:
England’s PISA 2022 results
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading, as well as our newest favourite AI tool.
The Education Brief: 2 December 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 2 December 2023 - Top stories include:
The government is eyeing new laws for minimum service levels during teacher strikes.
Experts warn of a potential 12% funding gap for UK schools next year.
Reception pupils show overall improvement in Early Years Foundation Stage results.
Reduction in bursary amounts led to a net loss of nearly 200 maths teacher entrants.
This week’s deep dive:
Leadership 55 with Jim Knight
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading, as well as our newest favourite AI tool.
The Education Brief: 25 November 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 25 November 2023 - Top stories include:
Amanda Spielman's final Ofsted report warns of a fractured social contract between schools and families.
School exclusion rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out the government’s spending plans, but they don’t include schools.
Ofsted is set to implement changes to its post-inspection complaints process.
This week’s deep dive:
AI in Education Conference: Cut Through The Noise
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 18 November 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 18 November 2023 - Top stories include:
Ofsted says that schools tackling high absences will be viewed favourably during inspections.
Former Education Secretary Damian Hinds replaces Nick Gibb as schools minister.
Students will receive exam aids for one more year due to pandemic disruptions.
Teacher wellbeing in England has hit a five-year low.
This week’s deep dive:
The Haringey Racial Equity Conference 2023 - Changing the Narrative
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
HEP Talks consent with the Schools Consent Project
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Monica Bhogal, Director of the Schools Consent Project, and Luke Ramsden, Deputy Head of St Benedict's School in Ealing and Chair of Trustees the Schools Consent Project.
The episode centres around the concept of consent, a topic that has been propelled into the limelight by recent events. the Schools Consent Project takes the legal definition of consent into schools to make it accessible and real for secondary pupils.
Overall, the goal is to start a discussion about consent, whether in schools between pupils, between parents and their children, or between teachers and pupils.
How will you start the conversation around consent in your school?
The Education Brief: 11 November 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 11 November 2023 - Top stories include:
Financial support for Teach First’s autumn cohort has resulted in a doubling of recruitment.
The DfE has allocated £35 million pounds to provide temporary buildings for schools amidst concerns over RAAC.
Education unions have called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt for £1.7 billion pounds in additional funding for schools.
Increasing teacher training bursaries is a cost-effective strategy to enhance teacher supply.
This week’s deep dive:
Haringey Feast and Haringey Creates screen printing workshop
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 4 November 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 4 November 2023 - Top stories include:
School leaders may discontinue tutoring programmes when NTP subsidies expire next year.
School support staff unions in England have accepted a pay rise deal worth £1,925 pounds.
The EEF published three reports focusing on teacher workload, flexible working, and school leadership.
Sir Ian Bauckham CBE will serve as the interim chief regulator at Ofqual starting January 1, 2024.
This week’s deep dive:
HEP/EEP Senior Leaders’ Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 28 October 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 28 October 2023 - Top stories include:
Former Ofsted Chief Sir Michael Wilshaw criticised the watchdog for moving away from using data in inspections.
Ofsted has temporarily suspended evaluations of MATs until the end of the current financial year.
The UK government’s £40 million-pound "hardship fund" will be split between academies and local authority-maintained schools.
The release of findings on the effectiveness of DfE behaviour hubs been delayed until 2024.
This week’s deep dive:
Leadership 55 with Sir Simon Wessely
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Leadership 55 - HEP Booking Hub
The Education Brief: 21 October 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 21 October 2023 - Top stories include:
The AQA has announced that GCSEs may potentially be moving online from 2026.
The DfE’s school funding error has prompted calls for Schools minister Nick Gibb’s resignation.
New pay scales for teachers and school leaders for 2023-2024 were confirmed last week.
This week’s deep dive:
The Education Policy Institute Annual Report 2023
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 14 October 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 14 October 2023 - Top stories include:
Education unions demand £370 million in per-pupil funding after a mistake in calculations for the national funding formula.
The Commons Education Select Committee is set to investigate the value of single-word Ofsted judgements.
The results for last year’s key stage 1 tests have been published, showing slight improvement over the previous year, but remaining below pre-pandemic levels.
Martyn Oliver was officially confirmed by the Privy Council as the next Ofsted chief inspector.
This week’s deep dive:
The 2023 Labour and Conservative Party conferences and what they mean for education
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
SuperKind with Keren Mitchell
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Keren Mitchell, co-founder of the not-for-profit, social action-inspiring organisation SuperKind.
The conversation centres around what SuperKind can do for schools, and specifically how schools can use different parts of the website to facilitate the integration of social causes in curriculum. Keren discusses research that shows that introducing activism around social causes to children at a young age makes them more philanthropic in the future, and that teachers actually want to incorporate these topics into their teaching.
SuperKind offers resources for teachers, toolkits for children to take action, and examples of ‘Change-Makers’ from around the world. You can engage with SuperKind on its website, superkind.org, and if you’re interested in signing up for the Social Impact Schools Award, you can get 50% off by typing 'HEP' in the 'How did you hear about us?' question in the registration form.
The Education Brief: 30 September 2023
The Education Brief: Saturday 30 September 2023 - Top stories include:
Ofsted’s national director of education Chris Russell will retire at the end of this year.
Ofqual’s chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton will take a new role as chief executive of UCAS.
The government and a youth charity will spend £5.8 million on four projects to examine whether contested trauma-informed practice helps keep children safe.
Eight education unions want the government to invest £4.4 billion annually in school buildings.
This week’s deep dive:
Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils - report from the parliamentary education committee
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 25 September 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 25th September 2023 - Top stories include:
27 new schools have been added to the list of those containing RAAC.
One in five formal complaints to Ofsted in 2022-23 resulted in some change being made.
Indebted councils do have targets to “manage demand” for EHCPs.
Ofsted has released a music subject report with seven key findings.
This week’s deep dive:
Key Stage 1 History Curriculum
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 18 September 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 18th September 2023 - Top stories include:
Ofsted will not inspect schools with RAAC this term.
The disadvantage gap has finally stopped widening this year.
The DfE is reviewing its workforce approach with a focus on flexible working.
One third of teachers are now using artificial intelligence tools to help them with their work.
This week’s deep dive:
researchED National Conference 2023
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
BBC Teach: trauma-informed approaches for care-experienced children with Andrew Tomlinson
BBC Teach has released new resources that deal with trauma-informed approaches for care-experienced children. In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper talks with Andrew Tomlinson, former Head of Content and Commissioning at Bitesize and BBC Teach, about what inspired the BBC Teach team to commission the resources and ways in which schools can use them.
The resources themselves include "three teacher training videos explore what it means to educate and support care-experienced young people through a trauma-informed approach." They also include real testimonies from care-experienced young people in the form of "three short animated films explore stories of care-experienced and adopted young people, told by the young people themselves." You can find them on the front page of BBC Teach or by following the link here.
The Education Brief: 11 September 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 11th September 2023 - Top stories include:
Catherine McKinnell has been appointed as shadow schools minister.
Sir Martyn Oliver outlined his priorities for the role of Chief Ofsted Inspector.
The Teacher Development Trust and the International Society for Technology in Education have produced guidance on the role of artificial intelligence in education.
This week’s deep dive:
Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
Year 3 Unit Guidance - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMoc-GqqTgiG9aSRuCEhISF_EWxCb7TQvux#/registration
Year 4 Unit Guidance - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofumqpjsuGdHKjO7i-vrbrsyteqSyDdF7#/registration
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
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The Education Brief: 4 September 2023
Monday 4th September 2023 - Top stories include:
GCSE grades have recovered, but the impact of Covid still lingers.
The DfE published its consultation response on proposed new rules affecting school attendance.
Study finds “no evidence” selective school systems have a positive effect on pupil outcomes.
This week’s deep dive:
Getting ready for the 2023/24 academic year
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Download the HEP Professional Learning Programme brochure here
Purchase your Professional Learning Programme for 23/24 here
Voices of London: stories of migration with Wendy Baverstock
Wendy Baverstock, primary school teacher at Eldon Primary, curriculum resource creator, and amateur historian, has created a series of resources designed for year 6 pupils about 20th century London migration.
The resources are a fantastic look into the lives of migrants to London during that time, and they include personal stories from relatives and ancestors of students and teachers in present-day Enfield.
Listen to this episode of HEP Talks to hear stories about Granville James Brown, whose daughter Diana would become Deputy Headteacher at Eldon Primary School, as well as Joe, whose family moved from Ghana to live in Wood Green in London in 1985.
Those stories and more feature in Wendy's year 6 curriculum, which Wendy has generously made available for download at the link here. Feel free to read and use the curriculum, and you can even give feedback about the resources on the poll attached to this podcast (Spotify only).
The Education Brief: 17 July 2023
Keeping you up to date with what is happening in education.
Top stories include:
Members of the NASUWT teaching union in England have voted in favour of industrial action
The proportion of key stage 2 pupils reaching the expected standard in all three areas of reading, writing and maths is unchanged from last year, showing no recovery to pre-Covid levels.
The government has accepted a recommendation of a 6.5% oat ruse for teachers, but will only provide extra funding for 3%.
Fewer than one in five governors believe their school or trust will be financially sustainable in the medium to long term, and almost one in ten will have to set deficit budgets or seek government loans to balance income and spending.
This week’s deep dive:
The academic year in review
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Purchase your Professional Learning Programme for 23/24 here
The Education Brief: 10 July 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 10th July 2023 - Top stories include:
Councils are approving higher numbers of deficits for primary schools across the country.
The DfE released guidance aimed at increasing transparency around the growth of academy trusts.
A SEND charity is asking more than 30 councils to guarantee they will not breach their legal duties over education provision for SEND pupils.
Sir Keir Starmer set out the Labour party’s mission for education in a speech last week.
This week’s deep dive:
Mi Window International Multiplier Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Labour report on policies for schools
Mi Window International Multiplier Conference
What does it mean to make schools and classrooms ‘inclusive’ with Margaret Mulholland: The SEND and AP Improvement Plan, Part 3
The SEND Review Improvement Plan was published on 2 March, 2023. The Improvement Plan is a follow up on the SEND and AP Green Paper released earlier last year. This podcast is part 3 of our series about SEND and ‘inclusive education’, and in it, Margaret Mulholland and Luke Kemper conduct a close examination of the Improvement Plan including both its strengths and weaknesses.
How well does the Improvement Plan meet the needs and challenges of the SEND and AP system? As Margaret put it, “The strategies articulated in the Improvement Plan don’t appear sufficient to deliver on the theory of change that was articulated in the Green Paper, even though that theory of change was the right one.”
Listen to hear Margaret’s expert insights on the Improvement Plan in full.
The Education Brief: 3 July 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 3rd July 2023 - Top stories include:
Police are investigating a cyber-attack aimed at exam boards.
NAHT is “confident” that it will get past the threshold required for strike action.
700,000 pupils in England attend schools requiring major repairs.
An FFT analysis highlighted the difference in the proportion of Year 7 students with EHCPs being admitted to mainstream secondary schools.
This week’s deep dive:
The 2023 HEP Headteachers’ Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Education Brief: 26 June 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 26th June 2023 - Top stories include:
What is being disrupted by the NEU strikes in July.
A new national action plan for education being developed by the DfE could mean more direct questions for schools.
The National Foundation for Education Research says school leaders have “significant concerns” about sourcing suitable tutors as part of the National Tutoring Programme.
The increase in number of pupils with SEN.
This week’s deep dive:
Celebrating Windrush 75 - we visit Collage Arts, Haringey Learning Partnership and Stroud Green Primary School to see how they’re celebrating the historic anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush landing in Tilbury Docks.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading.
The Brief: 19 June 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 19th June 2023 - Top stories include:
Ofsted confirmed changes to their inspections last week.
Former Ofsted Chief Inspector said Ofsted’s one-word judgements should be replaced.
The government has opened a new consultation for evidence on the use of artificial intelligence.
The government opened a consultation for the introduction of a British Sign Language GCSE.
This week’s deep dive:
WALKTHRUs Summer Conference Series
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
The Brief: 12 June 2023
The Education Brief: Monday 12th June 2023 - Top stories include:
Gillian Keegan said that some changes being made to Ofsted inspection “will be immediate”.
The DfE has released updated ‘keeping children safe in education guidance’.
The DfE is worried marking boycotts might mean even more trouble for teacher recruitment.
Record numbers of state school teachers are leaving the profession.
This week’s deep dive:
AEPA Roundtable Learnings from Haringey Education Partnership’s Approach to Anti-Racism
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
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