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Episode Synopsis
The Education Brief: Saturday 11 January 2025 - Top stories include:
IFS warns rising SEND costs are set to devour any potential school savings.
The NEU is launching an indicative strike ballot over the government’s proposed teacher pay rise.
Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver talked with the Education Select Committee about report cards, SEND, and the Ofsted complaints process.
Labour has scrapped funding for computing hubs and scaled back language hubs.
This week’s deep dive:
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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=JW3PBLqA87A
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/podcast-john-dickens-interviews-sir-kevan-collins/
Reading - https://www.waterstones.com/book/failed-state/sam-freedman/9781035026609
AI Tool - https://labs.google/fx/tools/image-fx
Music by Slo Pony
IFS warns rising SEND costs are set to devour any potential school savings.
The NEU is launching an indicative strike ballot over the government’s proposed teacher pay rise.
Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver talked with the Education Select Committee about report cards, SEND, and the Ofsted complaints process.
Labour has scrapped funding for computing hubs and scaled back language hubs.
This week’s deep dive:
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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=JW3PBLqA87A
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/podcast-john-dickens-interviews-sir-kevan-collins/
Reading - https://www.waterstones.com/book/failed-state/sam-freedman/9781035026609
AI Tool - https://labs.google/fx/tools/image-fx
Music by Slo Pony
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