HEP Talks: Recent Episodes
Haringey Education Partnership
HEP Talks is the voice of Haringey Education Partnership. On this podcast, we will feature weekly briefs about the latest relevant education news, deep dives into new developments in the field, and interviews with top voices in education.
The Education Brief: Saturday 28 September 2024 - Top stories include:
- Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson delivered her first speech at the Labour Party Conference this week.
- Phillipson announced plans to open the first 300 school-based nurseries by next September, as part of a £15 million capital scheme.
- Ofsted is launching the Ofsted Academy later this term by publishing inspector training materials.
- The Birmingham Roman Catholic Archdiocese plans to merge 236 schools into five mega MATs.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Labour Party and Multi-Academy Trusts
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://bit.ly/3AYxhqp
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/94-how-to-fix-education/id1703785141?i=1000669989373
Reading - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-can-the-sector-now-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief/
AI Tool - https://www.briskteaching.com/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 21 September 2024 - Top stories include:
- Labour changes in school inspections and improvement has sparked debate about regional control.
- A new level 5 apprenticeship will allow teaching assistants to specialise in SEND, emotional wellbeing, or curriculum provision.
- One third of students are expected to resit their GCSE English or maths this year.
- New rules will now allow some SEND pupils to listen to music or white noise during exams.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 with Sammy Wright
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://evidencebased.education/can-performance-management-help-shape-great-teachers/
Listening - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00223qc
Reading - https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/using-generative-ai-to-create-role-play-scenarios-for-students?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
AI Tool - https://openai.com/index/memory-and-new-controls-for-chatgpt/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 14 September 2024 - Top stories include:
- Children’s commissioner orders compulsory survey of schools
- No quick fix to special-needs pupil failures, parents told
- Governors told no money for national recruitment drive
This week’s deep dive:
ResearchED National Conference 2024
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://evidencebased.education/can-performance-management-help-shape-great-teachers/
Listening - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00223qc
Reading - https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/using-generative-ai-to-create-role-play-scenarios-for-students?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
AI Tool - https://openai.com/index/memory-and-new-controls-for-chatgpt/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 7 September 2024 - Top stories include:
- Labour's manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers is unlikely to be fulfilled for a while.
- Ofsted is developing a new inclusion criterion for inspections, focusing on supporting disadvantaged pupils.
- GCSE English requires an urgent overhaul, according to a review by exam board OCR.
- From early 2025, all schools will have access to new regional school improvement teams.
This week’s deep dive:
- Ofsted’s response to the Big Listen
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://my.chartered.college/event/holistic-approaches-to-assessment
Listening - https://freshedpodcast.com/yliniva-bryan/
Reading - https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/working-environments-and-productivity/
AI Tool - https://quizizz.com/?lng=en
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 20 July 2024 - Top stories include:
- Exclusions higher than pre-Covid as suspensions rise again
- Eight things we learned from Ofsted’s annual accounts
- King’s Speech 2024: what schools need to know
- No teacher pay decision this week, says Phillipson
This week’s deep dive:
- Curriculum review launched: What schools need to know
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=YeeZ_wD0za4
Listening - https://theedtechpodcast.com/280-what-are-students-expectations-for-ai-in-education/
Reading - https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2024/06/28/sizing-up-labours-ambition-to-address-the-teacher-shortage-in-england/
AI Tool - https://www.thinglink.com/edu
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 13 July 2024 - Top stories include:
- The "alternative big listen" survey reveals deep dissatisfaction with the school inspectorate.
- Financial pressures and support for children with SEND are top challenges for school governors.
- Sir Kevan Collins has been appointed as a non-executive director at the DfE.
This week’s deep dive:
- Key stage 2 SATs 2024
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/live/yCWKFnM9m0U
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GUHlbenJZ8gxHRtgwnVMg
Reading - https://nationalcollege.com/guides/love-of-early-writing
AI Tool - https://poe.com/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 6 July 2024 - Top stories include:
- Half of England’s most deprived schools anticipate cutting teaching assistant spending next year.
- NASBTT says all schools should be mandated to provide placements for trainee teachers.
- An EEF report found that teachers receive minimal training on writing.
This week’s deep dive:
- The 2024 British Election and what it means for education
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=QzOVQD0oIvI
Listening - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-eef-podcast-using-research-evidence-well-in-education
Reading - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clddn31v26ro
AI Tool - https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-gb/sections/21446373975572-Chatting-with-My-AI
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 29 June 2024 - Top stories include:
- TES has published an overview of the three main political parties’ education policies.
- The 2014 computing curriculum overhaul has led to 50% fewer girls taking the subject.
- Seven subject associations say the use of non-specialist teachers is now "endemic".
- Rural schools face the threat of extinction unless urgent action is taken, warns MAT leader.
This week’s deep dive:
- HEP Headteacher Conference 2024
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/zfUOmDlvTtM
Listening - https://www.ollielovell.com/gregashman/
Reading - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/kids-action/articles/media-literacy-education-works
AI Tool - https://goblin.tools/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 22 June 2024 - Top stories include:
- Academy trusts are facing significant shortfalls in funding.
- The Education Policy Institute criticises the "lack of urgency" regarding the crisis in SEND funding.
- Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson aims to bring education "back up the agenda."
- Unions claim schools could gain an average of £36,000 each for building repairs if the DfE reallocated unspent capital funds.
- The absence gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers widens during the transition from primary to secondary school, according to FFT.
This week’s deep dive:
- HEP Professional Development Conference, 2024
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/video-school-leaders-and-policy-experts-react-to-party-manifestos/
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/opening-worlds-curriculum-design-with-christine/id1516532537?i=1000658407329
Reading - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-05-13-what-would-it-take-to-attract-gen-z-to-teaching
AI Tool - https://suno.com/
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 15 June 2024 - Top stories include:
- Conservatives manifesto 2024: All the schools policies
- Labour manifesto 2024: All the schools policies
- Two in three special schools face real-terms cuts, unions warn
- Pay, workload and trust - 3 teacher retention issues to solve
This week’s deep dive:
- WalkThrus Conference London, 2024
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=1ppLAoARvLQ
Listening - https://freshedpodcast.com/ehrlich/
Reading - https://www.educationnext.org/how-building-knowledge-boosts-literacy-and-learning
AI Tool - https://edudownloads.azureedge.net/msdownloads/Microsoft-Education_AI-Toolkit.pdf
Music by Slo Pony
Top stories include:
- Move to home education biggest since pandemic
- EYFS: How ditching our maths scheme is transforming teaching
- Burden of school complaints ‘significant concern’, Ofsted told
- Teaching workforce grows by just 259 as recruitment stalls
This week’s deep dive:
- How Building Knowledge Boosts Literacy and Learning
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=1ppLAoARvLQ
Listening - https://uk.bettshow.com/edtech-unwrapped
Reading - https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/subscribe?ref=z3bT9vaeXq
AI Tool - https://www.moreusefulthings.com/student-exercises
Music by Slo Pony
The Education Brief: Saturday 1 June 2024 - Top stories include:
- The pre-election ‘purdah’ period begins on Saturday, limiting government announcements.
- Gillian Keegan has confirmed that teacher pay recommendations will come after the election.
- Leaders’ unions say Ofsted must undertake "far-reaching reform".
- The government has been urged "rebalance" funding towards schools with the poorest intakes and invest more in alternative provision.
This week’s deep dive:
- Labour’s plans for education
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=G4VrtP3CXmU
Listening - https://radiolab.org/podcast/91705-lucy
Reading - https://uk.bettshow.com/hp-from-crisis-to-classroom-whitepaper
AI Tool - https://ideogram.ai/login
Music by Slo Pony
In this episode re-run, HEP's Luke Kemper talks to artist Sally Newton at South Harringay School, where she has painted two large staircase murals. They spoke about how she became an artist, what it’s like to paint a curriculum on the walls, and how students react to art, among other things. If you’d like to see more of Sally’s work, you can check out her website at www.sallynewton-mural-artist.com.
If you like what you hear, get in touch! Maybe she can paint a mural at your school as well!
Special thanks Ian, Kelly, and Joe at South Harringay for their time and hospitality.
The Education Brief: Saturday 18 May 2024 - Top stories include:
- The DfE has released draft guidance updates on relationships, sex, and health education.
- Baroness Barran wants schools to focus on students who miss the "odd day”.
- £134 million in unspent NTP funds from schools will help finance the teacher pay grant.
- Anti-hacking measures in AQA's exam papers disrupted screen-reading software for SEND pupils.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 with Ethan Mollick
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://ed.ted.com/ted_ed_collections/think-like-a-coder
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FmzJZslGGhBYeDjzLpuHV
Reading - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natives-Class-Empire-Sunday-Bestseller/dp/1473661234
AI Tool - https://chat.lmsys.org/
Music by Slo Pony
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
Music by Slo Pony
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
Music by Slo Pony
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/
Music by Slo Pony
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)
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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
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: 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
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
https://tdtrust.org/2024/02/29/creating-a-cpd-entitlement-that-works-our-findings/
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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.
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI Tool
Music by Slo Pony
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.
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI tool
Music by Slo Pony
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.
Watching
Listening
Reading
AI tool
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Leadership 55 - HEP Booking Hub
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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Purchase your Professional Learning Programme for 23/24 here
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Download the HEP Professional Learning Programme brochure here
Purchase your Professional Learning Programme for 23/24 here
Music by Slo Pony
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).
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
Purchase your Professional Learning Programme for 23/24 here
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Labour report on policies for schools
Mi Window International Multiplier Conference
Music by Slo Pony
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: 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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 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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
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!
Watching
Listening
Reading
Music by Slo Pony
Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aepa-roundtable-learnings-from-haringeys-approach-to-anti-racism-tickets-616416457217
The Education Brief: Monday 5th June 2023 - Top stories include:
- Five members of an independent expert advisory panel will assist the DfE’s review of relationships, sex and health education guidance.
- The Standards and Testing Agency has released the 2023 scaled scores for key stage 1 SATs.
- Spending policies aimed at schools in disadvantaged areas are gradually being eroded.
- The government wants the dangers of vaping to be included in schools’ health education.
This week’s deep dive:
- Generative AI
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
In this HEP Talks episode, we have the privilege of delving into a thought-provoking podcast interview with Penny Rabiger, an ex-teacher and educational consultant who has worked with the Key for School Leaders, Lyfta, and the BAMEed Network, and who is also a member of HEP’s Racial Equity Steering Group as well as a school governor. This podcast explores anti-racist school governance and provides actionable insights for combating systemic racism.
The Education Brief: Monday 22nd May 2023 - Top stories include:
- Capita is delaying the marking of Year 6 Sats papers by a week due to “technical issues”.
- Only 6 percent of schools are planning to extend lesson times to hit the 32.5-hour DfE-advised target.
- The DfE is reviewing its early headship coaching offer after low uptake.
- Multi-academy trusts will not yet be inspected by Ofsted.
This week’s deep dive:
- Schools and Academies Show London 2023
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
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
The Education Brief: Tuesday 9th May 2023 - Top stories include:
- NAHT union general secretary says school leaders are in a “fight for the heart and soul of education.”
- Appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades have plummeted below pre-Covid levels in the wake of the pandemic grading fiasco.
- An increasing number of trainee teachers are being forced to take on part-time jobs.
This week’s deep dive:
- Succession planning with John Tomsett
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/4772_Leadership-succession/DI_Succession-planning.pdf
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
Tuesday 2nd May 2023 - Top stories include:
- The NAHT school leaders’ union will re-ballot its members for strikes over pay, school funding, workload and wellbeing.
- The Standards and Testing Agency published a ‘lessons learned’ review on Thursday last week.
- The National Foundation for Educational Research’s latest teacher recruitment figures are dismal.
- The government is to axe its support programme for schools and trusts with “weak” governance.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 with Bennie Kara
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
A few months ago, Sam Crome, Deputy Head at St. Peter's Catholic School, delivered a talk for HEP's Big Idea on the 'power of teams'. The talk was powerful, inviting both leaders and members of teams think deeply about what is involved in becoming and maintaining a successful team. If you haven't yet seen the recording of it, I highly recommend you take a look before listening to this episode.
In this episode of HEP Talks, I wanted to get deeper behind the concepts behind the 'power of teams' and discover what some of the most important traits of high-performing teams are, and why. I asked Sam questions about how to establish a sense of psychological safety in schools, why debriefing is important, and whether or not teams are humans' most important tool.
This is part 2 of that interview, and we hope it will be useful for everyone who leads, creates, or partakes in team activities in schools. You can find part 1 earlier in our podcast feed
Sam's Big Idea talk: https://vimeo.com/799081076
Sam's Blog: https://pocketwisdom.blog/author/samcrome1/
Monday 24th April 2023 - Top stories include:
- Ofsted is making changes to acknowledge the continuing debate over the death of Ruth Perry.
- ASCL announced its first ever ballot on strike action.
- Schools are grappling with high levels of student absence and the threat of AI cheating on exams.
- Suspensions in England jumped up by nearly 25 percent compared with pre-pandemic levels.
This week’s deep dive:
- The BETT Show London 2023
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=443f8998cb&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rerelease-hard-words-why-arent-our-kids-being-taught-to-read/id1649580473?i=1000605498263
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=f21b857e67&e=74c9343839
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
Monday 17th April 2023 - Top stories include:
- NASUWT will re-ballot teachers for strikes after members voted to reject the government’s pay offer.
- The EEF will be evaluating the impact of Sadiq Khan’s £130 million emergency FSM scheme.
- Many schools remain unsure about how to implement a key government pledge that all schools provide a 32.5-hour minimum school week.
This week’s deep dive:
- WalkThrus - explained!
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://vimeo.com/813466778
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/show/6QGsJkgG8zbRyXREykIffg
Reading - https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/designing-great-hinge-questions
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
A few months ago, Sam Crome, Deputy Head at St. Peter's Catholic School, delivered a talk for HEP's Big Idea on the 'power of teams'. The talk was powerful, inviting both leaders and members of teams think deeply about what is involved in becoming and maintaining a successful team. If you haven't yet seen the recording of it, I highly recommend you take a look before listening to this episode.
In this episode of HEP Talks, I wanted to get deeper behind the concepts behind the 'power of teams' and discover what some of the most important traits of high-performing teams are, and why. I asked Sam questions about how to create a sense of belonging, how the ideas of performance have permeated our work culture, and what makes a team dysfunctional.
This is part 1 of that interview, and we hope it will be useful for everyone who leads, creates, or partakes in team activities in schools.
Happy Easter! HEP Talks has a lot of new content coming up, but today we're going to return to an episode that deserves more attention. If you haven't heard it yet, you're in for a treat. In this episode, Evelyn Davies, a HEP leadership consultant, interviews Mungi Ngomane, author and granddaughter of Desmond Tutu, about her book and the concept of Ubuntu, the African philosophy of interconnectedness. Topics include human dignity and respect, her book Everyday Ubuntu: Living better together, the African way, and how Ubuntu can relate to education.
Monday 27th March 2023 - Top stories include:
- The Department of Education has launched a consultation on the Early Career Framework and initial teacher training.
- Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has said that the government is aiming to publish transgender guidance for schools.
- Greenhouse School Websites has developed an algorithm that they claim can accurately predict Ofsted visits.
- The National Foundation for Educational Research released its annual labour market report, which contains worrying stats about the teacher ‘recruitment crisis’.
- The suicide of a headteacher has triggered a massive outpouring of discontent and frustration targeted at 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://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=8ab59f8b7b&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=3ac3a96128&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=7e8221f3cf&e=74c9343839
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
Monday 20th March 2023 - Top stories include:
- Ofsted is looking for a new chief inspector to replace Amanda Spielman once she steps down.
- Last week, the National Education Union took strike action on both Wednesday and Thursday.
- New DfE data finds high levels of persistent absence among pupils.
- The government wants schools to increase the supply of wraparound care.
This week’s deep dive:
- What’s Going On? The 2023 HEP Governors’ Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/blog/2022/11/30/explained-adaptive-teaching/
Listening - https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/141-behaviourism-cognitivism-constructivism-a-message-for-zo
Reading - https://marymyatt.substack.com/p/subject-insights-design-and-technology
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
Monday 13th March 2023 - Top stories include:
- The deadlock over pay talks between education unions and the government continues.
- The coronation of King Charles is pushing back testing dates.
- The DfE is concerned over the education children are receiving outside of school grounds.
- The number of increasingly serious incidents involving school-age pupils on social media is on the rise.
This week’s deep dive:
- The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=80c4960333&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=29ff9a1309&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=60881d5fc9&e=74c9343839
HEP Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/user118208820
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
In preparation for the Governors' Conference coming up this Saturday at HEP HQ, we are bringing back a HEP Talks episode about governors and their role in Ofsted inspections.
In this episode of HEP Talks, Neetha Atukorale from HEP's Governor Services talks to Karen Tate, governor at South Harringay School about the school's most recent Ofsted inspection. Topics covered include Ofsted preparation, the inspection process, and choosing the right team for the job, among others.
We hope this HEP Talk provides valuable insight into the Ofsted process for school leaders, governors, and staff alike.
Monday 6th March 2023 - Top stories include:
- The government published the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan last Thursday.
- UCL has been awarded a £14.9 million programme to create three-year Language Hubs.
- Mixed MATs are being forced to divert more funding toward their primary schools.
This week’s deep dive:
- NIA Academy Celebration Event
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=961dfad954&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=c28817523e&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=033b0a7c74&e=74c9343839
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wNwhWs3iB5bXhdE3h8WnQ
In July, 2022, I spoke to Margaret Mulholland, SEN and Inclusion Policy Specialist for the Association of School and College Leaders, or ASCL, about the SEND and AP Green Paper, which had been released by the DfE in March. We published part one of this interview recently - you can listen here.
In part two of the interview, Margaret and I talked more about inclusivity and discussed how we can embed it into mainstream education.
The government has just published its response to the SEND Review – The SEND and AP Improvement Plan – and you can expect a HEP summary in our weekly Monday Briefing. We will be speaking to Margaret again in the next few weeks to gain more of her insight into the next phase of the government’s plans for SEND and alternative provision.
Monday 27th February 2023 - Top stories include:
- Gillian Keegan has invited unions to formal talks over pay if they call off their planned strike this week.
- Schools may be forced to plug a 39 million pound shortfall in funding due to free school meals extension.
- The largest Multi-Academy Trusts have given raises to their top earners.
- The DfE has recommended that teachers receive a pay rise of 3 per cent.
This week’s deep dive:
- HEP Talks The Big Idea: The Power of Teams with Samuel Crome
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=2viDhIppIws
Listening - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hwrp?mc_cid=57feab06b0&mc_eid=74c9343839
Reading - https://gesherschool.com/issue-02/
The Big Idea with Sam Crome: The Power of Teams: https://vimeo.com/799081076
Haringey Creates Chair Based Dance - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chair-based-dance-cpd-tickets-537666804887
In March 2022, the Department for Education released the SEND and AP Green Paper, a document which summarised the challenges faced by SEND and AP provision, and set out ambitious reforms to create a single, well-regulated, national SEND and AP system (Read a summary of the paper here). There was a consultation on the paper soon after, which closed in July 2022, and that’s when I spoke to Margaret Mulholland, SEN and Inclusion Policy Specialist for the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).
Margaret has a wealth of knowledge and ideas about how the SEND and Alternative Provision system operates and also casts her expert eye over how well the Green Paper addressed its issues. This HEP Talks episode is a must-listen for anyone keen to gain a greater understanding of how this system works.
Monday 20th February 2023 - Top stories include:
- Teacher pay talks with the education secretary have once again ended with no new offer.
- Seven unions have asked the government to take action on deteriorating school buildings.
- A SchoolDash report analyses which words are most common in positive Ofsted inspections.
- SchoolsWeek tracked which policies from the schools white paper are still alive.
This week’s deep dive:
- Area-based Education Partnership Association 2023 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!
Watching - https://vimeo.com/799081076
Listening - https://freshedpodcast.com/menashy-zakharia/
Reading - https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/consistency-before-challenge
This episode of HEP Talks is a conversation between HEP Chief Executive James Page and Estelle Morris, Baroness of Yardley and Co-Chair of the Area-based Education Partnerships Association (AEPA). It comes ahead of the AEPA annual conference which takes place on Friday, 10 February at 10:30am at the Coram Centre in London. Topics included are the relationship between politics and education at the moment, the role and future role of education partnerships, and a little of what to expect at the AEPA conference, among other things. Listen now and sign up for the AEPA conference at the link here: https://aepa.org.uk/aepa-annual-conference-2023/
Monday 6th February 2023 - Top stories include:
- Over half of schools closed partially or fully due to the NEU strike of around 300,000 teachers.
- Female Ofsted inspectors are more likely to hand out harsher grades for primary schools.
- Oak National Academy saw a spike in traffic during the first day of teacher strikes.
This week’s deep dive:
- Nursery World Show 2023
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=c71951fb51&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=a0f9bf0a7e&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=000c967be5&e=74c9343839
Monday 30th January, 2023 - Top stories include:
- The DfE released several interesting research publications.
- Schoolsweek found four downgraded ‘outstanding’ schools with provisional Progress 8 scores among the highest 100 in the country.
- Fewer schools are meeting the government’s proposed “parent pledge” than before the policy was announced.
- the NAHT and National Education Union have told their members that school staff should not be put under pressure to work on strike days or to cross picket lines.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 - Breaking the Ofsted Barrier
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=3e3f1e72c9&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=38505086e4&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=3f60b89fdf&e=74c9343839
Link to Leadership 55: https://hepbookinghub.co.uk/product/school-leadership-leadership-55-series-22-23/
Monday 23rd January, 2023 - Top stories include:
- Schools are being asked to prioritise attendance for certain groups of pupils and “consider” remote education during strikes.
- Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has raised the prospect of paying teachers in shortage subjects more.
- A survey found that one in ten pupils in England have felt unsafe at school.
- 78 percent of schools previously judged as ‘requires improvement’ have improved to ‘good’ last term.
This week’s deep dive:
- James Page and Estelle Morris at the upcoming AEPA Conference
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=4d659326ab&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=23743f231d&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=f7c4992ea8&e=74c9343839
Link to Conference: AEPA Annual Conference: Leading Education Locally
Monday 16th January, 2023 - Top stories include:
- Ofsted has admitted that its complaints policy “is not working” and will be reviewed.
- Teachers’ Union NASUWT failed to meet the threshold for strike action.
- Absence rates hit 14.3 percent across all schools at the end of last term, mainly due to illness.
- The DfE has updated the non-statutory ‘Teaching online safety in schools’ guidance.
This week’s deep dive:
London Councils’ report on managing school places
And…
Looking forward to 2023 with the HEP Team
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=64b084e296&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=c80629e2a8&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=618ef84cc6&e=74c9343839
Link to London Councils’ report: https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes/children-and-young-people/education-and-school-places/managing-surplus-school-places
In this episode, Luke speaks with Alex Atherton, former headteacher and current HEP Improvement Partner and leadership coach. In the first part of the interview, Luke speaks to Alex about the way he landed his headship at quite a young age, and to see if he thought that journey was replicable nowadays. They also cover key themes of privilege and how education has changed (especially in terms of technology, data, and the focus of schools).
One key topic that continually came up is how skills developed by education professionals in their field are very translatable to other fields, despite that not usually being the perception. Heads and teachers deal with multiple management, behaviour, psychological, and administrative issues every day. When they look for jobs outside of school, they fail to realise how much their experience is worth.
In the second part of the interview, we find out more about what Alex is doing now, specifically about leadership coaching and his work concerning Gen Z. They again discuss translatable educational skills, change over time and how to deal with an increasingly multi-generational workforce.
If you're interested in finding out more about Alex's leadership coaching, follow this link: https://www.alexatherton.com/
To read the accompanying blog post head to the HEP Insights page: https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/hep-insights/
In this episode, HEP's Luke Kemper talked to artist Sally Newton at South Harringay School, where she has painted two large staircase murals. They spoke about how she became an artist, what it’s like to paint a curriculum on the walls, and how students react to art, among other things. If you’d like to see more of Sally’s work, you can check out her website at www.sallynewton-mural-artist.com.
This podcast has an accompanying blog post where you can find some images of the murals that Sally and Luke spoke about. If you like what you see, get in touch! Maybe she can paint a mural at your school as well!
Special thanks Ian, Kelly, and Joe at South Harringay for their time and hospitality.
Monday 12th November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- The School’s Bill is dead, but many of its priorities live on.
- The National Tutoring Programme has failed in its goal of tutoring 65 percent disadvantaged pupils.
- 500 million pounds aimed at making school buildings more energy efficient have been “repurposed” for energy bill savings.
- Ofsted is nearly 2000 inspections behind schedule.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Big Idea with Jade Pearce
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=a0f55e261e&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=4ed69afdfb&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=34ea6628ff&e=74c9343839
Monday 5th November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- The DfE missed their targets for primary and secondary teacher trainees by a long shot.
- Three organisations have launched a joint legal challenge against the government’s decision to establish Oak National Academy as a publicly funded arm’s-length body.
- Capacity checkers will be sent into secondary schools to see if they have space for more pupils.
- The cost of living crisis is increasingly affecting young people’s education, with a growing number of pupils arriving at school tired, cold and hungry.
This week’s deep dive:
- researchED Oxford 2022
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=83cbd3073a&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=dc088641ef&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=ffc15a5f72&e=74c9343839
Monday 28th November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Hunt’s school budget increase is actually slower than increases during the 2000s.
- Around 40 councils have kept funding designated for special schools for themselves.
- The number of very low-attaining pupils in Year 2 reading has more than tripled
- The Queen Street Group warned the government that its policies were encouraging “vulnerable” schools to join inexperienced MATs.
This week’s deep dive:
- Haringey Creates Cultural Education Summit
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=de8603a9fa&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=7ac66c20b9&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=de6c059303&e=74c9343839
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper, HEP Insight and Intelligence Lead, talks to Sian McDermott, Headteacher at Rowland Hill Nursery School & Children Centre, about her school and the outstanding grade it received from its latest Ofsted inspection. Topics covered include how Rowland Hill achieved a grade of 'outstanding' from Ofsted, how the school fostered an environment of joy, how the staff delivers such high-quality and inclusive SEND provision, and what sets Rowland Hill's curriculum apart, among others.
The conversation was both enlightening and fun, and hopefully offers other nursery school teachers and leaders a glimpse at what 'outstanding' early years provision looks like. Of course, there is no magic formula for perfect provision, but Rowland Hill definitely ticked all of Ofsted's boxes and more.
Link to blog post: https://haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk/blog/2022/11/25/what-outstanding-early-years-provision-looks-like-with-sian-mcdermott-at-rowland-hill/
Monday 21st November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Jeremy Hunt, the current chancellor, delivered the Autumn Statement, announcing an extra £2.3 billion a year for schools in the next 2 years.
- Academies Minister Baroness Barran has accepted the need for greater “transparency” in decision-making over academisation.
- The Department for Education has set up a ‘strategic tutoring advisory group’.
- The Chartered College has launched membership for teaching assistants and other support staff.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 Episode 2 with Becky Allen
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=d6091d16dc&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-evidence-based-education-podcast/id1269102364
Reading - https://evidencebased.education/multiple-choice-questions-pros-and-cons/?utm_content=227715753&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795&mc_cid=ec2ecaa309&mc_eid=74c9343839
Monday 14th November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- The gap in average A-level grades between poorer students and their peers this summer was the widest since 2016-17.
- Education Secretary Gillian Keegan believes that tackling inflation is more important than boosting school budgets.
- The Guardian reports that children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps, and sometimes nothing at all.
- Issues with NTP underspending mean that more than £100 million will return to the Treasury.
This week’s deep dive:
- The 2022 Annual HEP Leaders Conference - Kaleidoscope of Education
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=5535134d7e&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=c212141f30&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=91a385bd71&e=74c9343839
Monday 7th November, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Teach First has recruited its lowest number of trainees in four years.
- Unions have accepted a pay raise for school support staff, including teaching assistants, and other council workers.
- Multi-academy trusts have put expansion on hold while they deal with financial pressures.
- 65 percent of headteachers in England felt highly anxious about work during the pandemic.
This week’s deep dive:
- Demystifying Adaptive Teaching - with Fran Hargrove and Luke Kemper
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/channel/UCRzHbY_t3NhZi-sIlGNVegA
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fqkgmh4jtm1ZwphlGzJF5
Reading - https://repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeowp22-08.pdf
Monday 31st October, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Old faces are returning as education ministers under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
- A TES investigation revealed the dire recruitment situation in schools.
- Due to rising costs, most schools are being forced to cut staff, increase class sizes, and forgo building repairs in the coming years.
- New Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance warns schools not to penalise or exclude pupils for wearing their hair in natural afro styles, braids, cornrows, or plaits.
This week’s deep dive:
- Horizons Charity launch event
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=unq5571cDyU
Listening - https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-yu/
Reading - https://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/adaptive-teaching-explained-what-why-and-how-pedagogy-classroom-teachers-curriculum-differentiation-teachers-standards-pisa/#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20adaptive%20teaching%20requires%20teachers,how%20best%20to%20overcome%20these.
It's half-term, so in place of the weekly brief, HEP has released another episode of HEP Talks! In this episode, Luke Kemper, HEP Insight and Intelligence Lead, talks to Marva Rollins, a HEP School Improvement Partner and member of the Racial Equity Steering Group, about racial inequality in education. Topics covered include National Foundation for Education Research report titled “Racial equality in the teacher workforce", the earlier report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, and what Marva herself, along with HEP, do to combat racism and inequalities in education.
There is a newly released blog post on HEP's website called Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Education and Beyond that gives background information and complements this podcast. In it, we analysed racial disparities in Haringey and compared them to the national figures. Please feel free to give it a read using the link above. We'll be back next week on Monday with The Brief, and more HEP Talks episodes coming soon!
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper, HEP Insight and Intelligence Lead, talks to Patricia Lamour, MBE, CEO of Aspire Education Group, and Linda Sarr, Headteacher of Risley Avenue Primary School, about Take It Serious, a new disaster management education project. Topics covered include what disaster management education means and how schools can engage with the Take It Serious curriculum, among others.
On 20 October, a national multiplier conference will be held at HEP to explain more about the project and trial parts of their curriculum (there is a game involved!). Sign up for the event and read more about the project through the links below:
"This project, TAKE IT SERIOUS, recognises the importance of imparting necessary knowledge to educationalists and pupils in order to develop disaster management skills, and to increase awareness about disaster-related issues. The project aims to create outputs and activities which are centred on effective, holistic and inclusive approaches and is aimed at pupils between the ages of ten and thirteen years old. Innovative technological methodologies and the use of gamified learning, based on authentic scenarios, is widely recognised as the most effective way to achieve this. The envisaged long-term effect of the project is to strengthen the profiles of teachers, school authorities and school support staff, and to mainstream holistic and effective disaster management in Europe."
Website: https://takeitserious.co.uk/
Event registration: bit.ly/take-it-serious
Monday 17th October, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Headteacher turnover has increased by more than a third since before the pandemic.
- A report by The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities has confirmed that the pandemic widened existing inequalities between poorer pupils and their better-off peers.
- Ofsted has refused calls to conduct separate annual safeguarding audits.
- Hugely increased interest rates on CIF loans may cost schools tens of thousands of pounds.
This week’s deep dive:
- Leadership 55 with John Tomsett
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://hepbookinghub.co.uk/product/school-leadership-leadership-55-series-22-23/?mc_cid=715bdf839e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Listening - https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/katharinebirbalsingh/?mc_cid=715bdf839e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Reading - https://psych.athabascau.ca/open/engelmann/theory.php?mc_cid=715bdf839e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Monday 10th October, 2022 - Top stories include:
- Headteachers are “appalled” by Kit Malthouse’s comments of “mediocrity” in the school system.
- Ofsted has snubbed calls from school leaders to publish inspection training sheets.
- KS1 maths and literacy results took a plunge this year in the first batch of KS1 tests since 2019.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Ofsted Leaks
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/548792179?mc_cid=3153a0616e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Listening - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/sep/taking-risks-ects-trying-something-new-and-not-being-afraid-it-ecf-staffroom-s01e03?mc_cid=3153a0616e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Reading - http://www.slowteaching.co.uk/2017/08/02/essential-summer-reads-battle-hymn-of-the-tiger-teachers/?mc_cid=3153a0616e&mc_eid=74c9343839
Monday 3rd October - Top stories include:
- Exams will go back to normal in 2023.
- Schools are having trouble finding enough support staff.
- Oak National Academy will not threaten teachers’ autonomy, says Chief.
- The government’s school behaviour adviser is urging headteachers to crack down on vaping.
This week’s deep dive:
- Behaviour in schools: Advice for headteachers and school staff
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=d-rqMc40eUo
Listening - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/sep/how-can-we-prevent-refugee-children-getting-stuck-educational-inequity-rftrw-s17e02?mc_cid=b9a44272a3&mc_eid=74c9343839
Reading - https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/michael-young-powerful-knowledge-curriculum
Tuesday 20th September - Top stories include:
- The energy bill support for schools has been revealed.
- The results of a new DfE energy cost survey have been published.
- Research has emerged about the efficacy of class dogs exciting children about reading.
- The government has widened eligibility for a teaching internship programme to chemistry and language students.
This week’s deep dive:
- Education secretary on opening new grammar schools in England
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=02ee7467c4&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZpML53UfPpRBLJn8OiL5F?si=bbcb60aa7a264d3b&nd=1
Reading - https://twitter.com/CEPEO_UCL/status/1570787199528103944
Tuesday 20th September - Top stories include:
- The government said it “will confirm further details” of its energy support scheme this week.
- Teacher vacancies have risen by almost two-thirds this September.
- Over 80% of cold calls made to schools to check whether they were using the National Tutoring Programme failed.
- A new report from the National Governance Association shows governing boards have become less diverse.
This week’s deep dive:
- Education Inequalities Report
- https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/education-inequalities/
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=29d9bf7f8c&e=91fc019ff5
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=cc214fd655&e=91fc019ff5
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=cd0ed729c1&e=91fc019ff5
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In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper, HEP Insight and Intelligence Lead, talks to Kate Turnpenney, former CEO of Children First Academy Trust, about how to set up a MAT. Topics covered include how Children First was established, what are its values, and the role of place in the formation of the trust, among others.
Attention to multi-academy trusts, or MATs, has drastically increased since the Schools White Paper was released earlier this year and stated that all schools will be members of an academy trust by 2030. For schools thinking about converting to or joining an academy trust, we hope that this is an illuminating listen for you, as Kate details the process she and others went through in order to set up Children First, which is now the first MAT to join HEP. She also nails down some of the most important requirements and gives advice for starting a MAT.
Monday 12th September - Top stories include:
- A period of National Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has now started.
- New prime minister Liz Truss has named Kit Malthouse as the latest education secretary.
- Liz Truss has announced a six-month government support scheme in order to combat upcoming energy cost increases.
- The Schools Bill is experiencing further delays as it moves through Parliament.
This week’s deep dive:
- Haringey’s exam results
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=6eb4e4f485&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=1b808e6046&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=4b5a9b8d4b&e=74c9343839
In this episode of HEP Talks, Luke Kemper, HEP Lead for Insight and Intelligence, interviews Brenda Hayles about the HEP Science Curriculum, of which she is both the author and illustrator. Topics include Brenda's journey into science education, what the HEP Science Curriculum entails, and how her CPD sessions can help teachers use the curriculum effectively, among others.
HEP members can use the HEP Booking Hub to order the science curriculum as well as register for the upcoming CPD sessions, which detail how to use the curriculum in schools and classrooms.
For non-HEP members, we will be inviting schools from around the country to take part in our curriculum offer starting next September.
Follow Brenda Hayles on Twitter @advisoryscience
Monday 5th September - Top stories include:
- 29 Local Authorities have applied to launch their own MATs via the ‘test and learn’ pilot programme.
- Oak National Academy, the government arms-length curriculum body, is finally scheduled to launch, but with a drastically reduced curriculum.
- SchoolsWeek has compiled a list of key trends for the 2022 GCSE results.
This week’s deep dive:
- Reports on Assessment Reform from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and the Institute for Government
- https://institute.global/sites/default/files/articles/Ending-the-Big-Squeeze-on-Skills-How-to-Futureproof-Education-in-England.pdf
- https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/The-exam-question.pdf
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=uPHDJI17sH4
Listening - https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/lynstone/
Reading - https://soundcloud.com/penguin-audio/how-the-other-half-learns-by
In this episode of HEP Talks, Evelyn Davies, a HEP leadership consultant, interviews Mungi Ngomane, author and granddaughter of Desmond Tutu, about her book and the concept of Ubuntu, the African philosophy of interconnectedness. Topics include human dignity and respect, her book Everyday Ubuntu: Living better together, the African way, and how Ubuntu can relate to education, among others.
We hope this HEP Talk will be an inspiring start to the new academic year, getting school leaders and teachers thinking about the ways in which Ubuntu could help socialise, energise, and unite their students and staff.
Monday 18th July - Top stories include:
- A heat warning is in effect in the UK, with temperatures possibly reaching 40C.
- Schools must “assess and balance” the risk of potential strip searches to pupils’ wellbeing before calling the police.
- Two-thirds of school or trust governing boards have at least one vacancy as the number of empty posts hits a six-year high.
This week’s deep dive:
- New Suspension and Permanent Exclusion and Behaviour Guidance
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1089688/Suspension_and_Permanent_Exclusion_guidance_July_2022.pdf
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1089687/Behaviour_in_Schools_guidance_July_2022.pdf
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://learningwithparents.com/blog/2022/07/04/our-event-with-the-eef-supporting-high-quality-interactions-at-home/
Reading - https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/can-centralised-curriculum-resources-make-you-better-teacher
Listening - https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/128-nuance
Monday 11th July - Top stories include:
- The position of education secretary swaps hands three times in two days.
- the supply of trainee teachers in parts of the country could be disrupted by teacher training provider “deserts”.
- Fifty Chinese students in the past three years have been forced to leave the UK after Britain tightened its procedures to prevent theft of sensitive academic research.
This week’s deep dive:
- The 2022 HEP Headteachers’ Conference and National Key Stage 2 Attainment Data
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=7UojwMiRpNM
Reading - https://education-reimagined.org/pathways-to-purpose-amazed-learning-environment/
Listening - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2022/jul/how-looking-back-can-help-us-move-forward-fighting-climate-change-rftrw-s16e02
Monday 4th July - Top stories include:
- A government attendance adviser has urged the Department for Education to fund dozens more “attendance hubs”.
- The DfE has launched a review into how Multi-Academy Trusts will be held to account.
- A group of sixth formers in east London have come up with an alternative inspection regime that they say would better hold schools to account and improve young people’s wellbeing.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Power of Music to Change Lives: A National Plan for Music Education
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://prideinlondon.org/parade/
Reading - https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2022/06/lgbt-inequalities-in-adolescent-wellbeing/
Listening - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510338/all-guides
Monday 27th June - Top stories include:
- Rail strikes potentially affected hundreds of thousands of students taking GCSE and A-level exams.
- The DfE has launched a new consultation on attendance data.
- TES has uncovered a discrepancy in the success of schools applying for funding to fix crumbling school buildings.
- Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi accused an exam board of “cultural vandalism” after it removed poems from the English GCSE.
This week’s deep dive:
- HEP’s 2022/2023 CPD Brochure
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=2OkVLUMt1LM
Reading - https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59477/trading-please-focus-for-how-are-you-a-listening-strategy-thats-helping-some-teachers-improve-the-classroom-experience
Listening - https://soundcloud.com/freshed-podcast/282-bryan
Monday 20th June - Top stories include:
- School governors are “increasingly concerned” their work is becoming less visible in Ofsted inspections.
- Oak National Academy may not be fully operational by the start of the next school year.
- A new study shows that anxiety does not seem to have a large impact upon the grades that students leave school with.
- Trusts identify growth as both a priority and a challenge, according to a CST survey.
This week’s deep dive:
- Haringey Learning Partnership’s Windrush Day Celebration
- https://haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/voyage-hope-and-style-celebrating-windrush-fashion#article
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/programmes/p0cdtqyf
Reading - https://haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/how-haringey-is-celebrating-windrush-day#article
Listening - https://shows.acast.com/talkart/episodes/sonia-boyce
Monday 13th June - Top stories include:
- The proportion of free school meal-eligible pupils has risen to 22.5%.
- The DfE wants schools and trusts to find another £1 billion of savings to prepare for rising energy and other costs.
- Almost one-third of schools’ buildings include expiring materials or “pose a serious risk of imminent failure.”
- In 2023, a new system will allow applicants from other countries to “apply for qualified teacher status in England”.
This week’s deep dive:
- Racial Inequalities in Education and Beyond
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.channel4.com/programmes/troy-deeney-wheres-my-history
Reading - https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/5-questions-about-motivation-with-daniel-pink
Listening - https://anchor.fm/crem-podcast/episodes/Lavinya-Stennett--founder-and-CEO-of-The-Black-Curriculum--discusses-decolonising-the-curriculum-e1ghf9j
Monday 6 June - Top stories include:
- Schools Week reported almost one in four pupils in England were persistently absent from school last autumn.
- As fuel prices hit record levels, pupils are missing out on experiences outside of the classroom.
- A new poll by T E S has revealed that 4 in 10 teachers would not go back into the profession if they had the chance.
- The schools bill will potentially require more than 10,000 new trustees for multi-academy trust boards.
- The government confirmed a group of four multi-academy trusts will establish and run the new £121 million National Institute of Teaching.
This week’s deep dive:
- Implementing school system reform in 2022 to 2023
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.ted.com/talks/katherine_maher_wikipedia_s_enduring_nuanced_perspective_on_truth?language=en
Reading - https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-tips-partnering-parents-student-success
Listening - https://www.thisamericanlife.org/605/kid-logic
Monday 23 May - Top stories include:
- Chartered College Chief, Dame Alison Peacock, says the DfE left teachers isolated and at risk during COVID.
- The EEF published new research that shows younger children were most affected by Covid lockdowns.
- The Key for School Leaders has published top tips for improving attendance.
- School pupils have been warned by Ofqual about peddlers of “fake exam papers”.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Early Career Framework Part II
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.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/teacher-training-staff-retention-crisis-webinar
Reading - https://impacted.org.uk/impactinpractice
Listening - https://open.spotify.com/episode/61YfJpjxNeUgOY32DUPagx?si=6SFcuuq1TMGMZEoUmGGeIQ&nd=1
Monday 16 May - Top stories include:
- On the 12th of May, the government published the Schools Bill.
- An education charity has lodged a High Court legal challenge against Nadhim Zahawi.
- The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition has announced an inquiry into behaviour and mental health in schools.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Early Career Framework
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=BacHtPrh-qQ
Listening - https://soundcloud.com/dynamicdeps/effective-explanations-adam-boxer
Reading - https://theconversation.com/primary-school-children-get-little-academic-benefit-from-homework-181652
Monday 9 May - Top stories include:
- Exams watchdog Ofqual has released a new three-year vision plan.
- Much of Ofqual’s new plan is focused on the use of technology in exams.
- Schools may be forced to hand back late catch-up cash.
- Half of secondary pupils continued to wear face masks in school.
This week’s deep dive:
- The IEA and UNESCO Responses to Educational Disruption Survey
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=41470f695e&e=74c9343839
Listening - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=8f205dd6bd&e=74c9343839
Reading - https://haringeyeducationpartnership.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e0e57b56160876013ccdcd5&id=128168f51f&e=74c9343839
Tuesday 3 May - Top stories include:
- Female, non-white and part-time staff are significantly less likely to be promoted to headteacher roles, according to new research from the DfE.
- The cost of the SEND system has hit a total of £1.3 billion this year as the places crisis bites and flaws in the system become more visible.
- The government has called issues with ECF “teething problems” and said they can be fixed with “tweaks” by ministers.
- Recently-appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission came under fire for gendered remarks about girls taking A-level physics.
- Ofsted published its new 5-year strategy.
This week’s deep dive:
- The 2022 Haringey BAME Achievement Conference
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=30LjUmzOE9s
Listening - https://freshedpodcast.com/hastedt-meinck/
Reading - https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2016/fall/feature/one-and-the-many
Monday 25 April - Top stories include:
- A new poll by the NASUWT teachers’ union confirmed a significant culture of sexual harassment and misogyny in classrooms.
- Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi expressed his views on education in front of Parliament.
- Schools are facing logistical issues around exam season due to the end of free COVID testing and unclear government guidance.
- Polling by Teacher Tapp revealed that only 14 percent of Early Career Teachers and 9 percent of mentors think the ECT training is a good use of time.
- Due to Covid-related exam invigilator shortages, schools are training staff members to step in.
This week’s deep dive:
- The Send Review: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - Learning Styles Don’t Exist by Prof. Daniel Willingham - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv9rz2NTUk&t=406s
Listening - A Refresh of Primary Curriculum, Team Coaching and New Resources for Teachers on Mind the Gap - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-refresh-of-primary-curriculum-team-coaching/id1516532537?i=1000557453123
Reading - Place 2 Be’s response to the Education White Paper - https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2022/april/schools-white-paper-a-missed-opportunity/
Link to the SEND Review summary: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064655/SEND_Review_Right_support_right_place_right_time_summary.pdf
Link to the SEND Review consultation: https://consult.education.gov.uk/send-review-division/send-review-2022/
Episode SummaryMonday 19 April - Top stories include:
- More than 1 in 3 teachers have no mental health training despite mental health ‘crisis’ among children
- Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson faced heckles and chants
- New data shows secondary school teacher vacancies are at a five-year high
- Teacher unions call for reintroducing free COVID testing after new government guidance
This week’s deep dive:
- The White Paper: Opportunities for All: Strong Schools with Great Teachers for Your Child
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - Why knowledge matters in the common core era
Listening - A New Movement on Standing Rock on Code Switch
Reading - Five things we’ve learned this term about pupil absence from the FFT Datalab Education blog
Content links:
https://www.brookings.edu/events/why-knowledge-matters-in-the-common-core-era/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2022/04/04/1090825396/a-new-movement-on-standing-rock?t=1649948033780
https://ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2022/04/five-things-weve-learned-this-term-about-pupil-absence/
Monday 28 March - Top stories include:
- Over one in five secondary schools in England are now full or over capacity.
- Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has pledged £150 million for every school in England to gain access to high-speed internet by 2025.
- The DfE unveiled its first set of digital and technology standards for schools.
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak leaves schools out of funding plans as poverty and living costs hit record levels.
This week’s deep dive:
- 30 Years of Ofsted - how Ofsted has changed over the years and what the data shows us.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - FFT Education Datalab Virtual Research Conference
Listening - An Ethic of Excellence in Action with Tracey Adams and Sonia Thomson
Reading - The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
Content links:
https://ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2022/03/30-years-of-ofsted/
https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2018/06/22/deprivation-ethnicity-and-school-inspection-judgements/
In this episode of HEP Talks, Neetha Atukorale from HEP's Governor Services talks to Karen Tate, governor at South Harringay School about the school's most recent Ofsted inspection. Topics covered include Ofsted preparation, the inspection process, and choosing the right team for the job, among others.
We hope this HEP Talk provides valuable insight into the Ofsted process for school leaders, governors, and staff alike.
Monday 21 March - Top stories include:
- On the 17th of March, the government published its response to the Sewell Report.
- The Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review found that safeguards were bypassed and race was likely to have been an influencing factor in the strip-search of a young Black girl.
- The EEF is looking for schools with promising initiatives to increase attendance for a new grant-funded study.
- Year 1 pupils have fallen furthest behind in reading as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This week’s deep dive:
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Monday 14 March - Top stories include:
- Most councils were unable to say how many children missed school while waiting for a placement or how many are educated at home or in private schools.
- Some school leaders are seeking to end gas contracts with Russian firm Gazprom.
- The government is giving a new UK-wide online curriculum contract to the remote learning provider Oak National Academy.
- Only 29% of disabled students in England are receiving the disabled students’ allowance, or DSA, according to a recent report.
This week’s deep dive:
- DfE Guidance for political impartiality - We separate fact from fiction in the government-issued guidance for schools about political impartiality.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Watching - email info@haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk
Listening - https://www.schoolcolorspodcast.com/
Reading - https://www.guernicamag.com/good-questions-are-a-kind-of-salvation/
Content from the guidance for political impartiality deep dive:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-support-to-safeguard-political-impartiality-in-schools
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1050134/6.7731_DfE_Political_Impartiality_Guidance_Pamphlet_WEB__004_.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/05/be-open-be-honest-and-listen-how-to-talk-to-children-about-ukraine
https://talk.economistfoundation.org/headlines/russia-whats-the-next-move/
Monday 7 March - Top stories include:
- Full inspections of Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualification providers are being delayed until next year, says Ofsted.
- This year has not seen the usual surge in pupils applying for state secondary school places, allowing more families to gain their first choice of schools.
- Women have experienced greater negative social and economic impacts from Covid-19 than men.
- The government is under fire for two recent actions it took concerning education - the proposal to link student loans eligibility to GCSE results and the breakfast clubs scheme.
This week’s deep dive:
- Exam Revision - and the most effective techniques according to research.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Content from the revision deep dive:
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/review-revise-and-refresh
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-new-eef-case-studies-how-metacognitive-strategies-can-support-independent-revision
https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/gcses-what-research-tells-us-about-revision-technique
https://educationblog.oup.com/secondary/english/effective-revision
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2016/apr/19/students-revise-exams-revision-science
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22565912
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/exams-and-revision/best-ways-to-revise/best-revision-techniques
Why teacher training needs to embrace the complexities of SEND, written by Margaret Mulholland for TES: https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-teacher-training-needs-embrace-complexities-send
Monday 28 February - Top stories include:
- DfE published new advice on testing and self-isolation for education settings.
- TES has reported that new special schools aren’t being built quickly enough to cope with the rising demand for places.
- DfE attendance survey data estimates that on-site attendance has risen to above 90%, but staff absences remain high.
- The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index, released on the 23rd of February, highlights the devastating emotional effects of the pandemic on young people.
This week’s deep dive:
- We examine ‘The Gove reforms a decade on: What worked, what didn’t, what’s next?’ The Institute for Government report by Sam Freedman, focusing on the structure of the education system, SEND support, and teacher recruitment/retention.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Links to content:
- Latest advice on testing and self-isolation in education settings from DfE https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/21/what-the-latest-advice-on-testing-and-self-isolation-means-for-education-settings/
- SEND Review by Simon Knight for TES https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/specialist-sector/send-review-special-school-places-problem
- Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-the-trust/news-views/princes-trust-natwest-youth-index-2022?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=YouthIndex2022
- Attendance data https://schoolsweek.co.uk/school-attendance-at-highest-since-november-as-covid-absences-fall/
- Sam Freedman’s Report https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/gove-reforms
- Watching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8opg6U-_bc
- Reading - https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-black-history-thought-and-culture-through-art
- Listening - https://soundcloud.com/freshed-podcast/270-sowton
Monday 21 February - Top stories include:
- The DfE has extended its Covid workforce fund for schools
- Ofsted has extended the grace period for bringing the curriculum in line with the new framework until September 2022
- Schools following the DfE’s proposed new behaviour guidance could end up breaking the law
- New government guidance to support teachers in tackling sensitive issues in the classroom in a politically impartial way was published
This week’s deep dive:
- We take a look at the State of the Nation Report to see how pupils and young people’s wellbeing is faring
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Links to content:
Political impartiality in schools guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1fdc2208-0210-4344-be50-fdfe0608c19c&utm_content=daily
How language shapes the way we think, Lera Boroditsky
HEP Blog
Monday 14 February - Top stories include:
- Unions have launched legal action against the government for pre-approving plans to academise.
- Student Covid-related absences have fallen, but teacher absences due to Covid have risen.
- Initial Teacher Training applications have dropped by almost 25% compared with January last year.
- GCSE results entered early in the last two years will not count towards school league tables this year.
This week’s deep dive:
- Exams
The DfE has given the go-ahead for the release of advanced information to support revision for GCSE and A-level exams. We explain what this support package includes and how teachers are reacting.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Links to content:
What kids wish their teachers knew | Kyle Schwartz | TEDxKyoto
Haringey Music Service Conference - Dame Alison Peacock and Prof Nate Holder
Child in Mind podcast is available here
Monday 7 February - Top stories include:
- Critiques of the National Tutoring Programme
- New DfE guidance on behaviour
- Judging schools on inclusion metrics
- Wales trialling longer school days
This week’s deep dive:
- The Levelling Up White Paper - what has it got in store for schools?
We see a focus on development outside London, and a hint at the DfE's preference of schools joining MATs.
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Links to content:
Watching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO3lMjbO5ic&t=430s
Listening - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/audio-stories-chinese-new-year-the-swimming-race/zdd8cqt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/audio-stories-the-dragon-and-the-phoenix/zdppxyc
Reading - https://uk.bookshop.org/books/cleverlands-the-secrets-behind-the-success-of-the-world-s-education-superpowers/9781783524914
Monday 31 January - Top stories include:
- Nadhim Zahawi’s plans for the education sector
- The DfE trials a daily attendance tracker in schools
- Ofsted returns to a full team of inspectors
This week’s deep dive:
- The debate over phonics has returned with a new study from UCL’s Institute of Education. HEP takes a look at the study and the arguments for and against phonics and asks, what is the most effective way of teaching children to read?
We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!
Links to content:
Watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA
Listening: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edtech2022/
Chris Such: https://twitter.com/suchmo83
Attendance consultation: https://bit.ly/35qCg3r