The Education Brief: Saturday 19 July 2025 - Top stories include:
Ofsted will stagger the rollout of its new inspection framework this November.
England’s school population will shrink by nearly 400,000 fewer pupils by 2030.
The DfE’s latest annual report has escalated SEND cost pressures to a “major issue.”
The digital divide between state schools and private schools has widened with AI.
This week’s deep dive:
Challenging Misogyny and Sexism
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=U7G_K4bEH8s&t=59s
Listening - https://educationrickshaw.com/2025/06/08/s4e33-peps-mccrea-on-great-teaching-and-human-flourishing/
Reading - https://www.tes.com/en-gb/for-schools/content/safeguarding-report-2025
AI Tool - https://www.grammarly.com/
