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Listen "The Education Brief: 26 October 2024"
Episode Synopsis
The Education Brief: Saturday 26 October 2024 - Top stories include:
End-of-year maths scores may predict Year 8 English performance more accurately than English scores.
Research reveals a gap in maths anxiety between disadvantaged Year 6 pupils and their peers.
Unions representing school support staff have accepted a pay rise of at least £1,290.
Concerns about inconsistency have been raised about Ofsted's new ungraded inspections.
The release of 2024 school performance league tables has been delayed until November or December.
The National Audit Office has warned that the SEND system is financially unsustainable.
This week’s deep dive:
What a national curriculum can and cannot do
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.commonsense.org/education/digital-connections
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/laura-mcinerney-interviews-nick-gibb/
Reading - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Britain-How-Future-Back/dp/1847928145
AI Tool - https://www.flippity.net/
Music by Slo Pony
End-of-year maths scores may predict Year 8 English performance more accurately than English scores.
Research reveals a gap in maths anxiety between disadvantaged Year 6 pupils and their peers.
Unions representing school support staff have accepted a pay rise of at least £1,290.
Concerns about inconsistency have been raised about Ofsted's new ungraded inspections.
The release of 2024 school performance league tables has been delayed until November or December.
The National Audit Office has warned that the SEND system is financially unsustainable.
This week’s deep dive:
What a national curriculum can and cannot do
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.commonsense.org/education/digital-connections
Listening - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/laura-mcinerney-interviews-nick-gibb/
Reading - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Britain-How-Future-Back/dp/1847928145
AI Tool - https://www.flippity.net/
Music by Slo Pony
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