The Education Brief: Saturday 26 April 2025 - Top stories include:
Teacher job adverts are down, and the education sector is bracing for a staffing squeeze.
Pupil suspensions surged by 12% last spring, with the North East topping the exclusions charts.
An Inspector Calls reigns supreme for literature GCSEs, but calls for change are growing louder.
School budgets are under fresh strain as pay rises and food costs outpace funding.
This week’s deep dive:
Why CPD fails
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.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/z7mdp9q#zrfwvj6
Reading - https://home.edurio.com/resources/insights/culture-driven-recruitment/
AI Tool - https://gemini.google/overview/deep-research/?hl=en-GB
