HEP Brief: 7 March 2022

Monday 7 March - Top stories include: Full inspections of Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualification providers are being delayed until next year, says Ofsted. This year has not seen the usual surge in pupils applying for state secondary school places, allowing more families to gain their first choice of schools. Women have experienced greater negative social and economic impacts from Covid-19 than men. The government is under fire for two recent actions it took concerning education - the proposal to link student loans eligibility to GCSE results and the breakfast clubs scheme. This week’s deep dive: Exam Revision - and the most effective techniques according to research. We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading! Content from the revision deep dive: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/review-revise-and-refresh https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-new-eef-case-studies-how-metacognitive-strategies-can-support-independent-revision https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/gcses-what-research-tells-us-about-revision-technique https://educationblog.oup.com/secondary/english/effective-revision https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2016/apr/19/students-revise-exams-revision-science https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22565912 https://www.bcu.ac.uk/exams-and-revision/best-ways-to-revise/best-revision-techniques Why teacher training needs to embrace the complexities of SEND, written by Margaret Mulholland for TES: https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/why-teacher-training-needs-embrace-complexities-send