The Education Brief: 22 June 2024

The Education Brief: Saturday 22 June 2024 - Top stories include: Academy trusts are facing significant shortfalls in funding. The Education Policy Institute criticises the "lack of urgency" regarding the crisis in SEND funding. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson aims to bring education "back up the agenda." Unions claim schools could gain an average of £36,000 each for building repairs if the DfE reallocated unspent capital funds. The absence gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers widens during the transition from primary to secondary school, according to FFT. This week’s deep dive:  HEP Professional Development Conference, 2024 We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading! Watching - https://schoolsweek.co.uk/video-school-leaders-and-policy-experts-react-to-party-manifestos/  Listening - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/opening-worlds-curriculum-design-with-christine/id1516532537?i=1000658407329  Reading - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-05-13-what-would-it-take-to-attract-gen-z-to-teaching  AI Tool - https://suno.com/  Music by Slo Pony