What’s on the horizon in 2025/26?
As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.
This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting policy landscape, as well as evolving societal expectations, and persistent operational pressures.
For governors and trustees, school leaders, and teachers and staff, the key to success is not merely to respond, but to anticipate.
Indeed, strategic vision has never been more crucial. In a climate marked by constant change, those with foresight will be best placed to lead with clarity and conviction.
As such, this series of short blogs aims not just to summarise existing changes but to predict what’s yet to come. It’s a framework for professional curiosity; a panoramic view of the key themes likely to define the year ahead.
This series covers the following:
1 Curriculum and assessment reform
8 Accountability and inspection – Part 1 | Part 2
Building the capacity for change
The year ahead is not one to fear; it’s one to shape. Complexity is a given. But so too is the opportunity to lead with intention, to plan with curiosity, and to grow capacity for change across every layer of the school.
I invite you to take this series of blogs as a starting point. Use the series to prompt questions, provoke reflection, and spark conversations in your senior leadership teams, your governing boards, and your wider school communities.
Leadership in education isn’t just about weathering the storm; it’s about learning to read the skies.
bee | Bromley Education Enterprises Limited 