The Education Brief: School Absence - What the Past Can Teach the Present

The Education Brief: Saturday 10 May 2025 - Top stories include:Ofsted may delay its controversial school report card inspections until 2026.The government is shortening the postgraduate teaching apprenticeship from 12 to nine months.Funding for England’s acclaimed maths hubs will drop by 20% this September.218 'stuck' schools will receive support from the newly expanded RISE teams.This week’s deep dive: School Absence: What the past can teach the presentWe’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=Pc6r8ZxJeigListening - https://uk.bettshow.com/edtech-unwrappedReading - https://www.isospartnership.com/blog/strengthening-professional-accountability-working-with-local-education-partnershipsAI Tool - https://www.anthropic.com/educationIfG Report link: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/School-absence-innovation-lessons-last-labour-government.pdfMusic by Slo Pony