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On Monday 20th January, we were thrilled to host esteemed education leaders at our Global Dialogue event in London. Global Dialogue is designed to convene important conversations within the education and international communities, about how improving education and skills outcomes can increase life chances around the world. This year’s event invited attendees to consider the theme ‘Transforming education systems: How can effective education policy ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people?’

We are delighted to share the positive impact of our work on the Department for Education (DfE)’s National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in England, which concluded in August 2024, outlined in ImpactEd’s Final Evaluation Report. The report specifically focuses on the impact of school-led tutors and academic mentors who had access to our training from 2021 to 2024.

EDT is delighted to be working with Leicestershire Local Authority and 29 local schools through the Schools Partnership Programme (SPP), forming a supportive professional learning network (PLN) focused on sustainable school improvement. Working closely with school leadership teams and the Education Effectiveness Team (EET), which supports all education settings in Leicestershire, this partnership focuses on empowering all staff to actively participate in the school improvement process.

EDT was recently externally assessed for the renewal of our matrix accreditation for information, advice and guidance (IAG) services in the UK. The matrix standard is owned by the UK’s Department for Education and ensures the delivery of high-quality IAG services that enable people to reach their full potential. We are delighted to share that we have met the matrix standards and are now accredited for three more years.

On Tuesday 1st October, EDT was proud to join England’s former schools minister the Rt Hon Nick Gibb for a visit to ‘The International School @ ParkCity’, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which displayed impressive quality standards in teaching and learning. The school has been accredited with our International Schools Quality Mark (ISQM) for seven years.

The Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP) forms part of the UK government’s early years education recovery package to support the sector post-pandemic. We are proud to share that, since the launch of the third phase of EYPDP in February 2023, an impressive 10,000 early years practitioners across four cohorts have registered for access to the EYPDP.

EDT’s flagship Schools Partnership Programme (SPP) is marking its tenth birthday this year by building upon its successful collaboration with GwE – a school effectiveness and improvement service that works alongside and on behalf of local authorities in North Wales.

EDT is continuing to expand its skills delivery by being part of the launch of the Mayor of London’s Skills Bootcamps for Londoners. The sector-based skills course, which is free to learners, will help Londoners progress their careers into key sectors with high demand for employees.

We are delighted to announce that EDT will be providing its expertise on INSPIRED, a three-year UK-funded programme that aims to improve foundational learning skills for 200,000 children in Kenya. Our support on the programme will include 100,000 of the most marginalised and vulnerable children in the country’s arid and semi-arid lands, specifically in the northern counties of Wajir and Mandera.

On 16th July 2024, we were proud to contribute to important discussions on the next steps for early childhood education (ECE) in England at the Westminster Education Forum, with our Education Director, Tony McAleavy, delivering the talk ‘Using research and evidence to influence early years policy and effect systemic change’.

EDT welcomes the recent announcement by the UK government on the development of Skills England. We welcome the opportunity to play a fundamental role in the development of an approach that can transform the landscape of skills development in England. We are ready to contribute our research, labour market information, programme delivery, and employer engagement resources and expertise to support this important initiative and help build a more skilled and adaptable workforce for the future.

We are delighted to announce that EDT is contributing to FCDO’s Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) programme, which aims to improve foundational learning outcomes around the world.