The Education Brief: Monday 15th May 2023 - Top stories include:

  • The key stage 2 Sats reading paper worried many school leaders.
  • Primary school pupils have still not caught up to pre-Covid levels of attainment in maths.
  • Mounting workload is a barrier to teachers taking part in professional development and training.
  • Ofsted wants GPs and pharmacies to help schools combat “overly risk-averse” parental approaches to illness.

This week’s deep dive: 

  • Leadership 55 - Episode 5 with Alex Quigley

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

Watching

Listening

Reading 

Music by Slo Pony