The Education Brief: Saturday 12 July 2025 - Top stories include:
SEND inspections are set for another overhaul following government reforms this autumn.
Suspensions and exclusions in England’s state schools have hit record highs.
School budgets have plunged deeper into deficit, with 10% relying on emergency financial support.
School governors say finances have hit “breaking point” and are their number one concern.
This week’s deep dive:
The New Writing 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://steplab.co/watch/great-teaching-unpacked-episode-4-embedding-development
Reading - https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lost-boys
AI Tool - https://turboscribe.ai/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-writing-framework
