The Education Brief: 9 March 2024

09/03/2024 13 min

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Episode Synopsis

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!
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