Weekly e-newsletter 16/05/2025
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Newsletter in brief
Catch up on key DfE updates
Teaching apprenticeships, pupil mental health support, and inclusive sport – plus, share your views in our Annual Governance Survey 2025.
Governance in 2025 – your voice matters
NGA’s latest blog explores challenges facing governance and why your input in our annual survey is essential.
This week’s recommended NGA resources
Recruit smarter, clarify staff and parent governor roles, and strengthen local governance in trusts.
NGA receives royal recognition
CEO Emma Balchin attends Buckingham Palace garden party – a celebration of governance's vital role in education.
Join our upcoming events
Explore events on attendance, safeguarding, SEND, NPQs and more – including July’s National Governance Conference.
DfE launches inclusive PE and sport programme
‘Inclusion 2028’ to support 240,000 pupils with SEND and train 10,000 staff across 8,000 schools.
More mental health support for pupils
New funding will provide in-school mental health teams for 60% of pupils by 2026, with full access by 2030.
New path into teaching through shorter apprenticeships
From August, PGTA courses will be cut to 9 months to help fast-track more teachers into classrooms.
EEF launches AI lesson planning trial
Schools invited to test AI tools to reduce teacher workload; NGA provides model AI policy for governance teams.