The Brief: 5 September 2022

05/09/2022 9 min

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Episode Synopsis

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